New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-09
Tur BIG MEDIUM NEEDS REST.
urp ppo1uER THINKS A YEAR WOULD DO.


An ARTIST EXPERT rRovoKEs LAUGHTER AT IhS
prss DEBAR TRIAL @l'i"tf
Matters wore enlivencd ut the Diss Debar triai
,-o.torsav nv George G. T. Solomon, the femaic
defendants alleged brother in whom her lawyers
nm oss-exam nation, caught Tartar. He loeneF
fod n number Of letters written by Ann " Dena'
and this peculiar postal card written oy DisS
Debar. which would seem to indicate thhe hi'
rslations with his supposed wifc have not been
always as pleasant as they might nave oeen
A. NAV start down ION visit to yOu) at any moment
and NAV use strategy find out whether have written
IN vou Please remember that In any case hA'e NV
written TO you on any subject whatever
The card was signed "B. d. the Generais
initials reversed. The witness also paeh',heu
Tho family bible that contained the record OF
sister AIMS birth 1t was at this stage that MI
Townsend and ex-senator Boyd undertook 70
:. tack,e, him. The object Of thor cross-exam>na-
.,or was evidently to yile" him, and but 1or
tho rood sense, the patience. and the shrewdness
~ Jndue Gildersleevc, they would probably have
succeeded in getting Solomon, who 10 almost as
excitabIe as his sister, committed for contempt OF
court After they had pestered him Tor some
time as TO his record the Judge said ne wouio
allow them q broad scope In crossexamina'loh'
but they must cease putting questions 'nno
seemed 10 have no aim but 10 1rritatc the WITNESS
Mr.. Solomon every now and then INDUCED IN
confidential asides with the Judge. What klnd
NJ n question is that ?" he remarked occasionally.
" don't want that man to make monkey OF
mein was what he yelled at grave Mr. Boyd
az one point my client insists upon my pressing
the question: said Mr.. Boyd, IN reference 10
another. "Well. your clients out Of her NINA
said George, complacently. Mr.. Boyd tried hard
% cot the witness to acknowledge that he was
appearing against his sister from unworthy mo-
tives; but this is what he elclted thihR
there is good in her yet and / want to save
that good. I think she wants just one years
rest of body and mind. ,nT,A,
INSPECTOR Byrncs testified that while the madame
,vas in his custody, she told him that MIR. Marsh
was close-fsted and she got very little money
from him. Christian NJ. Bovec, IT,, of the law
firm of Arnoux, Ritch e. Woodlord, told how
Madame Diss Debar tried to raise 81 1900 on the
property at No / sc Madison-ave.,, from the Chem
zeal National Bank whose attorney he was The
loan was not contaminated because he found out
about Mr. Marshs life lease. z. Wood Perry,
AN artist and member Of the Academy gave ex-
pert testimony as to the worthlessnesS OF the
spOok" pictures.
Mr. Townsend-Do you know positively that the spirits
had nothing to do with painting of these pictures
A-Weu 1 have seen pictures painted with the aid OF
spirits myself
MI Davis-what spirtsi A.-spirits Of turpentine-
Much laughter.)
Two more Academicans William II; Beard
and Charles Wright Turner testlhed THAI the
pictures were devoid of merit, and bore every
appearance Of having been painted in oils BY
human hand and with common brushes Inc
case was adjourned till Monday.