The herald., 1893-07-12
.BATcHELLOR'S PERSONAL talk,
He Attacked Mrs. SteinhauSer's
Character.
Judge Shaw Appointed a Banking
Company as Guardian.
A Peculiar sceno 60 ocur: yesto-dny.
The Sequence of suic'ds-A
Pretty Young widow
Shows Emotion.

The sight of q young woman weeping
bitterly and an attorney saying that he
wanted to show that her character was
not what it ought to be, attracted the
attention of few spectators in Judge
Clark's court room yesterday, where
Judge Shaw was sitting in his place.
The woman was the widow of DR.. j.
G. Steinhauser, whose tragic suicide in
this city about two months ago will be
remembered.
Mrs. Steinhauser had sued her hus-
band for divorce, their lives having
been quite unhappy for some time.
During the progress of hearing before
Judge Wade a personal collision took
place between Mr.. Moye Wicks, counsel
for the doctor, and Mr.. J. Marion
Brooke, Mrs. Steinhauser's attorney, in
which ink bottles flew wildly about the
court room, both lawyers were bruised
up and Deputy Sheriff Rector had his
arm broken.
The suicide of DR.. Steinhauser fol-
lowed hard upon this sensational epi-
eide. He had been very much broken
up over tho publicity which the case
caused, and took poison of some kind,
the exact drug he used never having
been asceptainsd.
The deceased left quite handsome
little estate, consisting of real estate in
this city and Toronto, Canada, where he
also had other property. There were
two little children, Alice May and Sam
uel Stanford Steinhauser.
After his death q search amongst his
| lad ha Af kxun
wills, and in the progress Of the settle
into court, and there appears to be some
powerful influences at work to-hinder
the carrying out OF the wishes of the de-
ceased. III
Yesterday the matter came up upon
petition to appoint the Security Loan
and Trust company of this city guardian
of the children, in accordance with one
of the requests of the doctor. and a
petition for the probate of the legal will
OF the deceased. D. P. Hatch appeared
for the petitioner and @. l.. Batcheller,
whose appearance had not before been
eignifed in the case. represented pro-
testants against the probate of the will.
The first will is altogether too oleo-
graphic, being all in the handwriting OF
DR.. Steinhauser and dated June 11th,
1889. It was written on a sheet of
ordinary note paper. By its provisions
he bequeathes his wife 81 and to his
daughter Alice May he gives all the
remainder Of his property. Should his
daughter die before his wife he wishes
his property to 60 to his brother and
sisters in Wagenstadt, Germany.
In the course of the will the doctor
says: "Nothing must be paid to my
wife except 81. May the good Lord
have mercy on her. My soul l give to
God, my maker.
He names the Security Loan and
Trust company as hiH agents and execu-
tors. The witnesses to this will are
Charles Bretz and G. Stossak.
The terms OF the second will are
slightly different. 1t 10 dated April 4,
1891, and has a strip torn off below the
signature, which is supposed to have
contained the names Of witnesses.
By this will he bequeathes his wife a
house and lot, being lot 46. block l.,
Howe's tract, also the stock and fixtures
of his drug store on South Spring street,
and 500 cash. All the remainder of his
property is disposed OF in much the
same manner as in the first will to his
children. In case they die, the property
is to be divided between his brother and
sisters and his wife. 1t names Louis
schwarz of this city as the executor, and
in case be refuses, Gerhard Stoessrk !;
while Louis Schwarz is named as the
guardian of the children.
When Mr.. Hatch explained to the
court what was desired, the appoint
ment of the Security Loan and Trust
company as guardian of the children
and probate of the will, Mr.. Batchsler
arose and objected. He proceeded to
say that he was prepared to show by
credible witnesses, if he had time to
bring them into court, that Mrs. Stein
hauser's charact er WAS immoral and that
she was a woman OF bad habits.
The court interrupted Mr.. Batcheller
and said he could not see what that had
to do with the case as at present before
him.
The attorney reiterated his state
ments, Mrs. Steinhauser by this time
having broken down. She covered her
face with her hands and cried bitterly
all the time the remarks were being
made.
Judge Shaw, however, brought the
painful scene to an end by granting the
petition appointing the Security Loan
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children, and continued the hearing
upon the petition for probate of the
will until July oath.
Shortly before his death it is said that
DR.. Steinhauser sent draft for $1,000 to
Germany to his Brother presumably in
trust for his children. 1t ia understood
that payment on this was stopped after
wards. Whatever is going on under
meath the surface in the settlement of
the estate will no doubt be ventilated
before the probate proceedings are con-
cluded.
1t is understood on good authority
that DR.. Steinhauser the day before his
death, made and executed third will,
his latest, and forwarded it to his
brother in Germany. 1t Is said that by
it's provisions his. wife is left out en-
tirely from sharing any portion of the
estate or control of the children; that
his brother ia made the executor an1
guardian of the children, to whom the
entire estate is bequeathed, and that
this will is now in the hands OF the
German consul at San Francisco.
The attack made upon Mrs. Stein
hauser by counsel yesterday is con-
tinuation of the issues that were to
have been raised in the divorce pro-
ceedings, which were cut short by the
doctors death.
The will mentioned, it is stated, will
be produced at the proper time.