Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-26
BOLD BEN BUTLER
Camping on Judge Hill
tons Trail.
That Worthy Must DisgOrge A.
Il. Stewards Wealth.
Blood Relations of the Deceased Mil
liOnaire in Ireland.
The Will to Be Smashed to Smithereens
and Hilton and the Widow Proved
Pair of PeriurerS
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
New YORK, Sept. 25.-General Butler
and Lawyer Secor claim that the break
ingo A. T. Stewards will will shortly
happen, and that they have documen-
tary evidence in their possession that
will legally nullify the will. The case Of
Sarah Branagh, of Lisbon, Ire
land, who claims to be the
nearest living relative of A. T.
Stewart, against w. III. Smith, the col
ored coachman of the late Mrs. Stewart,
came up before Judge Lacombe in the
United States circuit court yesterday.
General Butler then stated for the bene-
fit of Judge Russell, that they would
prove that Judge Hilton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart had Wis
tied some of these relatives in
Ireland. General Butler also said they
do not propose to have a commission
go over any part OF the
world except Ireland, to find
out from competent witnesses
how many of Mr.. Stewards heirs are
alive, if the matter comes up on a mo-
tion to have interrogatories sent to Ire
land.
'Iwish to ask you, Gen. Butler" said the
court, "whether you now have evidence
in your possession sufficient to justify
the foundation for these interrogations,
or are you hoping to get such evidence
hereafter ."
Il will state fully and frankly to the
court" said Butler, ''that l have such
evidence in my possession. have
known of cases where witnesses have
been bribed and got out of the
way, where large stakes are held by
fraud and wrong. This happens to be
case wherein have now In my pocket
evidence which no one can get unless
they can bribe Inc. That L don't
think anyone will ever do.
l have in that little satchel lying there
on the table letters from A. T. Stewart
in his own handwriting acknowledging
these witnesses in Ireland as his blood
relatives. l don't think any one will
be able to get these letters away from
me-"
Lawyer Secor said the letters had
come into their possession within a
month. On the night Stewart died
Judge Hilton drew up a petition to have
his will proved and probated. Both
Judge Hilton and Mrs. Stewart, he said.
SWOIC W du JldU OtcWdIb
had not blood relation then living on
earth. The will was then Immediately
probated.
This affidavit, Mr.. Secor said, was
false, and the result would be that when
they succeeded in proving that Stewart
had blood relatives living, that the will
would have to be re-proved. Then, he
declared, they would have to prove that
Judge Hilton and Mrs. Stewart knew they
committed perjury when they swore to
the affidavit. The case against Coach
man Smith was merely an incident
in the proceedings they con-
mplated-merely wedge by which
they expected to break Stewards will
and have his blood relatives get their
share of his estate.
Thomas Stewart, he said, was now in
the poor house in Belfast. Mr.. Stewart
in his lifetime used to send him $40
month, as they had letters to prove it.
A commission, he said, would surely go
to Belfast within a month to take testi-
mOny.
General Butler and are now going
off on mission," concluded Secor,
(Which l hope will result in something
that will cause Judge Hilton good
deal of future uneasiness."