WILL ON PHONOGRAPH

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1929, Page 7

WILL ON PHONOGRAPH

OLD CLERGYMAN'S METHOD In the absence of a written document would Hie retold of a will made on a gramophone be regarded as satisfactory evidence in a court of law. providing that- there, were a number •of persons present to testify tbe voice to. be that of the dead person? asks a writer in tin; Sunday News. Au elderly clergyman, the Lev. G. L. Morell, who recently died at a little parish in Florida, drew upi his will and made a vocal copy of it oil a gramophone record, so that there! should be no quibble in law. He bad not a great deal to leave, but in ease there was any differences over the distribution of bis worldly goods' labit upon the strange idea of emphasising a few decisions he .had urriveu at on a record, so that when he passed away his voice would lie heard the. same time that his will was read. The little gathering in the hall where the will-reading ceremony took place was anything but calm when the machine was sot going. There was no mistaking the voi e of the old parson. Fie appeared to be right in their midst, as though speaking from the pulpit. “My Bible” lie said “I want you to keep it in the church so that my friend who follow me may use it. My clock I wish to give to the railway station, and relatives can share the rest in equal proportions, so long as they do not quarrel between them. “There is one more tiling that I should like to impress upon your minds death is just as natural us life No one should fear death, but be prepared for it when it comes.”