which manufactured the postage me- postage the manufactured which Robert List that it can definitely tell tell definitely can it that List Robert story that he was given the will be a a be will the given was he that story

ter, notified Nevada Attorney General General Attorney Nevada notified ter,

tained the will. , , will. the tained up in court, the Pitney-Bowes Co., Co., Pitney-Bowes the court, in up

Utah, gas station now believe the an- the believe now station gas Utah,

swer lies in a postage meter stamp on on stamp meter postage a in lies swer

Attorneys trying to break Dummar's Dummar's break to trying Attorneys

will, about his role in its discovery. discovery. its in role his about will,

the back of the envelope that con- that envelope the of back the

mysterious stranger at, his Willard, Willard, his at, stranger mysterious

all but the Morman will has been dis- been has will Morman the but all gas station operator Melvin Dummar, Dummar, Melvin operator station gas here have been closely questioning questioning closely been have here named a beneficiary in the Morman Morman the in beneficiary a named

drawn up by the billionaire before he he before billionaire the by up drawn

counted by officials. officials. by counted

died last April 5. The authenticity of of authenticity The 5. April last died

house here purporting to have been been have to purporting here house

the will is a fake. fake. a is will the

received at the Clark County Court- County Clark the at received

today they can now tell for certain certain for tell now can they today

in a court here about the validity of of validity the about here court a in Hughes, investigators said privately privately said investigators Hughes,

three days of inconclusive testimony testimony inconclusive of days three the so-called Morman will of Howard Howard of will Morman so-called the

StaTp Held Key to Hughes Hughes to Key Held StaTp

Although it has not been brought brought been not has it Although

For For

The will is one of 35 that have been been have that 35 of one is will The

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27—Despite . . 27—Despite Jan. VEGAS, LAS

the last three days attorneys attorneys days three last the

Washington Washington

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By Bill Richards Richards Bill By

Feet IStall Writer Writer IStall Feet

stamp found on the envelope. envelope. the on found stamp

envelope shows envelope

could not have been inserted in a nor- nor- a in inserted been have not could

that an examination of the ink would would ink the of examination an that

strong doubt on the will's validity and and validity will's the on doubt strong

Conn., postage meter company, also also company, meter postage Conn.,

experts connected with the company's company's the with connected experts whether the postage meter stamp or or stamp meter postage the whether sert Inn meter. meter. Inn sert

raised another question about the the about question another raised

stamp on the envelope are smeared, smeared, are envelope the on stamp

be conclusive. conclusive. be

investigation said the evidence casts casts evidence the said investigation

the will is a fraud. But knowledgable knowledgable But fraud. a is will the

the numbers of the postage meter meter postage the of numbers the their sequence conflicts with the De- the with conflicts sequence their

case, a Pitney-Bowes spokesman said said spokesman Pitney-Bowes a case, identification number of that machine machine that of number identification

to List and others involved in the the in involved others and List to today. today.

time the alleged will was drawn up. up. drawn was will alleged the time

The company supplied the six-digit six-digit the supplied company The

fore or after 1969. The Mormon will is is will Mormon The 1969. after or fore

age meter at the Desert Inn where where Inn Desert the at meter age

Hughes lived in seclusion during the the during seclusion in lived Hughes

Jan. 17 that there was only one post. post. one only was there that 17 Jan.

a three-page memo to List's office office List's to memo three-page a

dated 1968. 1968. dated

if th, ink in the stamp was used be- used was stamp the in ink th, if

"The location of the image on the the on image the of location "The

The memo to List by the Stamford, Stamford, the by List to memo The

Pitney-Bowes declined today to say say to today declined Pitney-Bowes

Investigators here said that while while that said here Investigators

In addition, Pitney-Bowes said in in said Pitney-Bowes addition, In

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that the envelope envelope the that

after he' discovered the will in his his in will the discovered he' after service station. ' ' station. service of Hughes' Hughes' of

Dummar through the series of events events of series the through Dummar

day, Paul Freese, attorney for three of of three for attorney Freese, Paul day, will. will.

Hughes' relatives claiming a portion portion a claiming relatives Hughes'

City where it was found and that he he that and found was it where City

delivered the document to Mormon Mormon to document the delivered

the will. He has acknowledged that he he that acknowledged has He will. the

questioning here that he did not write write not did he that here questioning Church headquarters headquarters Church opened the envelope and read the the read and envelope the opened Morman will case. case. will Morman The Nevada attorney general is con- is general attorney Nevada The

sidering criminal indictments in the the in indictments criminal sidering

spokesman said Pitney-Bowes would would Pitney-Bowes said spokesman

ambled by the FBI at List's request. request. List's at FBI the by ambled worked from photographs of the enve- the of photographs from worked

lope that showed the stamp en the the en stamp the showed that lope

the stamp and its date Were genuine. genuine. Were date its and stamp the said the meter in the Desert Inn in in Inn Desert the in meter the said

1968 was the Model R series. series. R Model the was 1968

back across the envelope's flap. The The flap. envelope's the across back

not offer its its offer not The spokesman said company experts experts company said spokesman The

the envelope containing the stamp. stamp. the containing envelope the

mal manner into any Model R series series R Model any into manner mal memo said. A company spokesman spokesman company A said. memo

machine and meter combination," the the combination," meter and machine

In careful questioning here Wednes- here questioning careful In

The will and envelope are being Ee- being are envelope and will The

Dummar, 32, has insisted during during insisted has 32, Dummar,

Pitney-Bowes has not had access to to access had not has Pitney-Bowes

$2 $2

own own

billion fortune, led led fortune, billion

opinion on whether whether on opinion

in in

Salt Lake Lake Salt

ment. ment.

convicted Hughes' autobiography for- autobiography Hughes' convicted

enough information to his wife, Bon- wife, his to information enough

leged that Dummar researched the the researched Dummar that leged ger Clifford Irving, and then gave gave then and Irving, Clifford ger

nie, so that she could write the docu- the write could she that so nie,

reading the book, 'Hoax," written by by written 'Hoax," book, the reading Hughes to help his wife write the the write wife his help to Hughes

Weber State University in Utah and and Utah in University State Weber

Dummar learned all he could about about could he all learned Dummar three-page Mormon will. Freese al- Freese will. Mormon three-page material on Hughes while attending attending while Hughes on material

Dummar denied the accusation. accusation. the denied Dummar

Freese charged in court today that that today court in charged Freese Fate Fate