New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-10
READING TWO RECEIPTS.
r,srp N TIE STEWART Will. CASE.
uurspss MAKES PEouLrAR CONFESSIONS


How THE CONTEST GoEs ON.
= usrr4spn, the architect Of tho Garden City
.ss.srs, tooa the stand yesterday morning in the
sS wi casa 10 80 through the rest Of his examna-
q, was somewhat late In getting TO court
- a. aeIay occasloned by his hardness seemed TO
= Z. some irriiablity among the surrogate and
q 49,, AR the proponents Elhu Root conducted
80 - am IA ton He asked the witness why 1t
-. ~ he lad ssid the day previous that he had
49, contracts, thinking that they were receipts.
~ HARRISON said that he had been deceived. He
M M -. reaA them carefully. Within year after
: - he Arst receipt, however, he had come to
- - uaa somefaing else' was embodied in the
80 Mr.. Root produced paper which the witness
1900 ar one OF the receipts. 1t WAS In Mr..
s,..r,. handwriting. dated March ., 1876. This
Z - sseApt:
hsce ave hundred dollars on account OF service
Hfssssy endsrcd as architect 20 MRS. = ID eioWars,
70 a. ~ services at rate Of per cent and travelling
- M. Root had drawn from the witness the
- that he knew within year nom signing
~ r.nsr that there was Ssomething elso' In II
- ..ndea him another receipt dated September 2,
ssr- mora than q year later, and sskeo MN wnS'
n MS was the case, no hsd sisnoo tno Seeone S"0
rAich read as folowss
Received om corneis s"s1a per ad men
mn, @ &C architect on work done and 20 be done
m Garden City, the sum being pau sa @ st @
an wcrf done and moneys expended upon Or andes
nv direction architect wnsn sIthsr nf them
n stsvsrt or Henry Hilton, or eimer oi tnom'
anpLyrNe TO DIRECT QUESTIONS.
....n.x. .aeeed. confused and could only ex-
.,.. ~ thInx BY saying that he paid no attention
= vhat the receipts contained He did not read
.t~,n m ga sNows said Mr.. RoOt : Is 1t not true
sbst yoa made contract with Judge Hilton TO DO ths
vorh Tor certain compensation, and then tried to
eosrcs him and Mrs Stewart int paying twice as
non ~ Won were entitled to - The witness began
= s.nss marrying feebly with the question Mr.. Root
n.tsd upon an answer and tho Surrogate ruled that
response should be given
sTsen,s said the witness In . somewhat uncertain
way. al did'
sAnds continued Mn Root, sharply, Is It not true
tA,t you demanded three times as much as you we're
wiling yesterday to testify that you were entitled
tor
aTsat Is a fact toe,s was the reply given with
lc;tstiop The witness went on to say that while
he sss waiting at Mr.. Hnton's house for the money
NJ Elton had told him that he would make his
fortpne for him. He said that as the work had gone
On he had seen that moro money was to DO expended
on the building and new plans had to DO drawn.
70 had never talked with Mr Hilton, however, about
Increased oonpeDse hon.
AZ the close of Mr. Harrison's testimony there were
calls for Thomas Hope, who had testified Monday In
regard the prices charged to Mrs. Stewart Tor tapes
ssy and eurtsins Mr. Hope was not TO be found
Il was explained however. that he would be present
Oils morning to undergo his crossexamination There
followed several witness who explained technical
points and answered few Ques lions put by counsei
toth for tbs contestants and proponents. A great
deal Of time was taken up by the examination OF
John NJ. Hopkins, eoohkeeper IN the employ OF A..
r. stewart & Co., who answered Questions regarding
entries in the account books OF the FIRM and the sys en-
Of bookkeeping This routine work did not appear 70
have much Interest for the visitors for their numbers
began to thin out and during tho afternoon there WERE
tms for weeks before.
EXCHANGING COMPLIMENTS.
Mr. Cleveland went through. mass of papers with
the WITNESS and Mr. Root then followed his example.
WHOM he had fnkhed Mr. Choate said: Now,
Brother Root, you win save me some time IL
you WIN tell me what that was ell about
Once WHOM some Of the accounts were being
examined at place where there were some entries
charged te Mrs Stewart for the Grand Union Hotel,
the item ssilk waist and hustle for Mrs. and Miss
Hiltpn.s was found. Mr. Choate wanted to know how
It was that buses and waists for Mr. Hiltpns family
gappose, he SAID dryH, that bnstles were part OF
hotel furniture. Ex-Surosats Rollins thought, how.
ssss sAs there Vas sfssn COED aoai Oh eaau' a0ou'
Hsrets was called ~ counsel for The contest.
Ss,sst properly BE estimated IT'S value to be about
xsoOooo0 from $40 TO s47 square foof. me gros4s
rental Be tsoGght' s Ssn % Rollins wanted &
hnour how he made such estimates. Mr. Harnett ex-
nisned The process by which he reached the value
sxRpisn atom ana then followed tew minutes Of tht
. ssourn.d nn 10 80 oOck ibis morning with BIT
me s,dt Of Henry Hilton and charios J. 0inch
az sSeeutors OF Mrs stewards win, in the Unted
stascs District Court has been oismiss0d Dy .sssS
Coke The cause Of action sued on has Deen set1eo
oufsfde the SQUIRT