New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-13
SOME SHARP FENCING.
MP SWITCHES TESTIMONY CLOSED.
LONG SESSION M THE srEwART Will oAsL'


m Y.ovs. spssroN IN THE STEWART WILL oAsA-
vorurNG IN THE OTHER DIARIES.
r,Ars i lawrence Smith was able 10 get 20 'no
s,,,,,og.te,s Court yesterday, TO 60 on WIN fis $50
rnonv An the Stewart will case. nc 'eS'n'u -,
h.S eaused search to BIO made for the oeher uali'S
rbere was an entry in the enc ior 1907 IN $50
a. a..d lint there were entries such as couioci
49, hsvs brought out in the testimony. The
80 =, 1884 could not be found. He thought thero
-. Greater degree Of intimacy between Mrs stewart
nd his family than between Mr. Buffers iaihnS
ana Mrs stewart. His wife had generally "e0ni-
paned Mrs. Stewart to Saratoga In her Vlsi'S uoio.
Mr Rollins after few questions suddenly " n'.S
and took I'D the diary subject again. MI Sn,iu,
vas asked what he meant in his diary by saying INA.
MS Wife ureed him to 20 up to see Mrs stewart
nm the dav Syhen he had called at her mouse anu
had found several people there at luncnooh no
ssid that he might have had an aversion W 01ui'e
she stairs and needed urging. ~,
Mr. Smith said that when he referred 70 PIE
etevar.,s indignation upon the occasion OF bis saying
ar Iavers thought the transfer included the TENTH
NJ store. she seemed angry that any ono ShouIa
.Atrn m OF Nfr Hilton. When he had tod her uia'
xsr Hilton and DR.. Marcy were putting ther ne'oS
torsthers she grew indignant and said sne "ouiu 70
10 Europe, that she would return and stay IN .na'
h,,ss untii she was carried out And she did mo
witness thought then that she showed more spunA
than he had thought she had His communication
seemed TO her.
THE WITNESS GROWS IMPATIENT.
Here Mr. Smith grew impatient under some
questions and said you go back into "n@e ~
Choate calls ancient history He thought uia' Hll
gtewart, great business man, had been very
scottish, simple in leaving his properly aS no ua
sTo his wife?S was asked.
aUnder Nh. Biitons care,' dryly
when Mr.. Smith returned from Philadelphia ne
had not asked her If she had questioned Mr. hn'"n
about their conversation: nor had she ioid mn.
He had said and he would say again that because
she robufed him on that occasion when he UNDERTOOK
to thank her ne seriously resolved never 10 tam "
her again on the subject. He made tho resoiu"o
for this cause and he had adhered to It.
From that time he never suffered her 70 inen"o.
Mr. Hilton's name to him when he could neiP ~.
when asked what acts of hers were pretty goou
evidence, as he had before testified, thai she wae
pretty nearly insane, he said; One Gay she wac
rich the next day she was poor while one DAY hiton
xrss moor and the next day he was rich. / thought
abe was under delusion in this matter dismissed
the thought of insanity however. ala not Kno"
whether this question would up In her lifetime
or not. ! did not intend to prevent IT,
CLOSING UP THE TESTIMONY.
The afternoon hearing began with the eaolhg ol
letters written by Mrs. Smith to Mr. Hilton The rest
of the day was devoted In the main to clearing up
points which had been lightly touched upon or lett
obscure in previous testimony Toward the end OF the
redirect examination Mr. Choate asked Mr. Smith to
describe conversation he had with Charles p Clinch
Counsel for the proponents offered objections freely
There was a great deal of fencing at all tunes Inc
Euvroeate finally ruled that he would accept the an
gwer but Mr. Smith said that there was not much 10
iav about the conversation, except that Mr. Cnnch m
said that ID useless to Try 10 40 anything, sum
was Mr. Hlltons Influence. ,,,
In regard to the previous statement about MI M y.
TOMS influence with the newspapers, he said that ns
was under the Impression that Mr.. Hilton himself haa
told him that he controlled the newspapers ana t l
tfey could take no action without It's getting to Mr.
HIlton,s ears The hearing over the usual hour
Of adjournment but Il went on with HOMOGENEOUS
drag Mr. Rollins pressed the witness 700 hao III a., 10
gard IN Mr. Hllfon'S becoming master of the house I'M
medistely after Mr. stewards death He insisted on
having an example of Mr. Hilton's arrogance inc
witness rave n ike fash. He said: - The women
wanted Arthur Leary and DR. Haght TO SIT up win me
body Mr. Hilton wouldn't have it. and pracIeSiy
MT Or Hsight out Of the house heard him teil MN
10 Get out as the house was going to DC shut up
rood deal of time was taken up in talking back an9
n vac after O'Clock when the Surrogate adlourrtn
the case until 10 40 O'Clock this morning Mr. stns
testimony closed