New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-02
sTgWARr VIII CASE AGAIN.
lfRs. wErHElsELL oN THE witness sTAND.
'unsszxn rss7gMoEr IN THE sEEAr CONTEST
Il: v-,erv IN anxorHxs fENT.

~ ~ ~ Aztec AN ApJOV6H Mh4r Asa -
when srr7osate Ransom toak his seat m his court
yesterday counsel for both sides n se sse~ers W..
ssse xxrs in ther usual places The hearing was 40.
iotrned several weeks ego. when after two days o.
brilliant argu1nnnt By nearly all the lawyers
fo con<est the Surrogate ruled that tho testimony "a
Mrs Kats A wetiereff daughter OF J. Lawfence smNh'
,ernrlnz conversations sho had held with MIA s'sv
art was Incompetent on the ground thas py sgn,ns
the agreement for partition OF the estate sac ma
c,s 3, ,rsspeeec marty and had thereby come within
fe forfeiture clause Of the wiz AT thai time Joscpn
n ohcase was absent from the hearing. owing 20 nr
eesz but he vas agasr present yesterday aggressive
ard waehf az ever and bearing the burden OF the ex-
ssujrstgon ard OF attacking and oherihs ouleoao"s.
der the influence Of his koen sarcasm ana hsSnee o.
Wit, the hearing took en- its oid-ume m'eres%, lli
darts Of irony were showered with generous hana
ana they seemed TO wound every one At whom tney
were hurled.
M,x wefhercI wss again on the wtnessstand, but
she was not allowed to testify In regard to the CONVEX
sations She said that in signing her answer 20 tne
butler cosplaint she relied upon tho Judgment on hef
fatber she had no clear idea at the time Of Its pE
,.,t nor ana Abe know much more about IT now. Mr..
1ion aha ssid, called upon Mrs. Stewart nearly every
dzy sometimes both in the morning and afternoon
ne aavs the orsys about the management CT the house
when sshed to cite an Instance she replied that no
orero the goods for the equipment OF the house on
one occasion she had heard Mr. Hilton tell MIS- SOW
art TO change her BDWHs ~ SAG We~ ASe f-~r%%Ns
DRESSED. airs. Stewart had followed bis suggestion
The witness Subsequently testified upon crosseSamlna
ton that thsrs seemed TO her 70 be nothing onsnsve -
Mr.. Hilfon's manner ut tug uns sne hessen -
Inc 80 a.. stsSrars 70 change her gown
s1ns'.as s ss's 1890 ga. sha had never had any
sss a. vii, She had never entered
nssnAlon ~ s s.es-1s ,,,t, a.. p,sIers
INTO any sstseaso''' "'''s -
MIR. cHoATE RESTLESS.
fSaparaI Rrsseu followed up these
questions WITH others covering many aceahs. MI,
chostc became sisbiy restless, ana nnsny sueeesso
10 Mr.. Russell that there were other witnesses "
.,nce whom SURROGATE Ransom ruled that ne wouio
49, u ...... ~ !. o,,aetson tn which Mr.. Choate
tahs IN ahs"cl " t s. ~, -, o,,r Ionar
had objected, Mr. Choate SAD noA. gO1 -
VIII allow me TO ask somes Again, he broke IN Whep
eo,ose, fr the proponents was asking the witness II
she understood some legal point On sno .os ones
admitted 70 the bar II abe could answer such qSoS
tons.s taking up the redirect examination once he
$3.50 a., ,,,,ress ~ sbs had read the code Of civn
asAsa sno "i.pDs s :. 4 - - st.A . ,.a.n
procedure OF course n9tr ne saiu, NitA noen-
Or e,.nen Al his opponepts when no received an an
H'es $50 $50. !, '--...
sTer IN the negative -,
The witness said, that after Mrs. stewards val
~..An Ma cal6