The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-02
MRS. HUNT AND NEPHEW.
The Aunt Made Indignant by the QuestIons
Put by the Lawyers.

The legal warfare between nephew Willie
Jackson and aunt Anna NJ. Hunt. in which the
nephew demands 10000 that he alleges the
aunt got from him through her repeated prom
ises that she would be married 10 him. WIS re-
sumed yesterday before Judge Daly. Mrs.
Hunt. habitcd in black. as before. but with her
immense brooch partly concealed under the
black lace at her throat, sat in the witness chair
all day and persistently denied that she owed
Willie a cent or that she ever promised him her
hand in marriage. With some difficulty she
managed TO sit in position askew To- her
nephew and when she gave her denials Of any
affectonate intimacy with him her eyes flashed
and fairly blazed. She testified that whatever
money Willie expended in furnishing her
noHs9 ne spGni w In, hef d @ ,Se sne
bought for the house she paid for herself.
Mr. Courtney read from nephew Jackson's
testimony. reciting conversations in which all
the details OF her promises OF her hand TO him
were described. bnt Mrs. Hunt denied. with a
toss OF the feathers on her hat that there were
ever any such conversations.
:" Willie is no blood relation to you, queried
Mr. wllLer' so ana Is 1853 years oder IMAM
'9"T guess guess not Son so w od Mrs Hunt replied
You ought to kno'e; perhaps YOU know how
Win asPerlty, Yes. sir; AZ, .,.,,
Indeed! YOU We're mother then at ISL"
Lawyer Wilder asked whether Willie sat up
with her on the night OF Dec 81. 1864. and
whether II was leap year, ana wnether ~ 20
minutes before midnight she said TO Willie.
This il leap year, and | want TO ask YOU a
question" and whether Willie was very affec-
Tomato that night. The eliminating questions
made Mrs. Hunts eyes flash as she put in u fiat
denial. Willie was simply her boarder, at s25 a
week.
Next Mrs. Hunt told what presents Willie had
given her. among them gold chain and locket
gold bracelets. diamond earrings with eme-
raids. bought at Tinany's for 81 600 afterward
exchanged foT $3.50, solitaire earrings. There
was also present OF cluster diamond earrings
set in black enamel Also gold ring with q
valuable red stone, a solitaire diamond ring and
q locket set with diamonds. At another time
800 for silk dress. a pearl ring was given to
her as philopdena. Willie, she said, cast these
| and she went right to her safe and pulled out
! g Q and gave Il 10 him a. their value. She had
clten given Willie presents OF suits OF clothes.
-" Did Willie ever ask TO marry your" Mr..
| Wilder inquired. .
| encouragement; in fact, she laughed ut him.
| Then she said that Willie was frequently in
| toxicated In the house. and that he went away
| because she objected strenuously ~ his con-
:" Don't you drink wine yourself2' asked Mr.,
ence of llquorp
Never sir. neverl" Mrs. Hunt replied in
Haven't some Of your own tenants COM
| planned" MIR. Wilder proceeded. morclle' sly
that you have been boisterous and intoxi-
Gated 2"
Mrs Hunt turned square round 10 tho lawyer
| and Kissed How dare you, sirr anG thon
| turning her head 10 the Court. said, judge
| must answer /"
The answer was not insisted upon. But to a
subsequent question relative TO drinking she
| put In an emphatic denial.