The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
INCREASINGLY TALKED TO
Mr.. Conkling Gets MIR. Van SAINT
words Necktie ALI Askew.

New York Sun.
When the Hon. Roscoe Conkling,
in his stunning botrle-green coat, with
the tiny red knot in the lapel, entered
Surrogate Rollins court yesterday
morning, and balanced himself stat
uesquely against the mahogany rail.
ing. Lawyer Van Santvoord backed
up against a big stone pillar, and
braced himself against it to face the
distinguished ex-senator's prolonged
and persistent iueuisition relative to
the making of Mr.. Jesse Hoyt's Sl5.-
100000 will. The retired statesman
shook his snowy and notorious curl
bewilderingly. and having daintiiy
wiped bis white beard with a new
pocket handkerchief of garnet silk,
proceeded to irritate Lawyer Van
Santvoord with steady stream of in.
quiries about his legal memory.
Alter long time the distinguished
ex-senator sighed softly, and, taking a
small pocket knife from his waistcoat.
clipped off a tiny bit from fragrant
cigar and chewed it meditatively
while he promenaded up and down
with finished grace that transfxed
Major freeman, colored attendant of
the court, with admiring awe. With
out noticing the major, the ex-senator
stopped his spectacular walk abruptly,
and, wheeling around, aimed his
shapely forefnger at Lawyer Van
Santvoord's badly demoralized neck,
tie, aud said:
Have you consulted Mr.. Evarts
about this case?
No, rctorted the witness, but
talked with him.
What do you call it then, a con-
ference?
Well, you might call it a caucus,
suggested the witness.
The term seemed to overpower the
ex-senator. He called for a glass of
water, drank it hastily, chewed an
other bit of cigar, and let LAWYER
Van Santvoord alone for fully five
minutes. Then he reused himself
and, referring to an interview between
the witness and the dead millionaire.
asked.
How was Mr.. Hoyt dressed?
He wore clean shirt
Well, interrupted the ex-senator,
when he mad that characteristic shirt
on what did be saw ?
He said, Sam Hoyt has no children
by his marriage with his wife. That's
the reason | gave him 5000, 900 and
Mrs. Samuel Hoyt nothing. He gave
nothing to any of his daughters in-law
unless they had children.
Did you ever know whether SamI. |
Hoyt had a child?
No, did not.
. Are you sure Mr.. Hoyt was as par.
ticular as you say in his remark
had no children by his wife
Yes, sir. That is what he said.
Then Mr.. ConkIing asked the same
question over again half dozen times
and got the same answer, and then in
a subdued burst of self depreciation,
exclaimed that he must be stupid not
to understand it, and wiped his brow
with second handkerchief he fished
out of coat tail pocket. This hand
kerchisf was of white cambria, and
thereafter the retired statesman used
it exclusively, not once disturbing the
garnet silk handkerchief that protrud-
ed unspeakably from the breast pocket
of his bottle green coat.
Fifteen minutes later Lawyer Van
Santvoord boiled over at what he said
was the ex-senator's persistent attempt
to impugn the sincerity of his test
mony. You've done it right along,
sir. cried the witness, pounding the
table with his fist till the stenographer's
notes jumped into the air. You've
done it for week, sir, and its inso-
lence. insolence, sir.
That. returned the retired states
man, softly stroking his snowy hair,
is an expart opinion L want it down
as expart testimony.
Bv this time the eX-seuator's verbal
bonn bardment had driven Lawyer
Van Santvoord's necktie clear around
his left ear, and the retired statesman
magnanimously told the court that he
was ready to stop until this morning.
The court jumped at the chance.
Strange Attitudes in Death.