The morning call., 1894-08-16

to the question that concerned the pater-
nifty of the child. ~ ,~.:~. 80 -. -. ~.
Rodgers agreed that the letters were
competent evidences. Speaking of the
|. al s Indebtedness OF Andrew Crawford
/ TO Mrs. John Martin, he said: "If we can
show the relations of Andrew Crawford
ana Mrs. John Martin TO have been such
that there was no cluan of any money In
this case. and that Andrew Crawford was
the father of this child. then, when we
nave proved those letters 10 be genuine,
as we think we have through Expert
| Schmidt, their competency as evidance
/ ought 10 be allowed - 80. :=.-
Judge Coffey said that objections were
made to the letters on tine ground that they
fell within the ruling of the court on the
paternity question: He wished to hear
/ more on this subject. :: - n.
+. Delmas then supplement ted the speech
OF his associate with few words OF his
own. He said that all he cared about was
whether or not Henry Martin was proved
I to. be the father OF the child. The legit-
simacy or illegitimacy OF the child mat
tered nothing it only concerned Henry
Martin as the father. :.
II hem" urged Delmas, assuming that
Henry Martin is n OF the father, are these
letters competent evidence We say thew
are: Then the counsel dug up law
book and proceeded TO quote from the
! divorce suit of Baker VS.. Baker. 'sIn
! TINS, sald Delmas, 1t was decided that
/ confessions of wife concerning the pa
ternfty Of her offspring was competent
evidence" " -: -. -: - $50.
Mrs. John Martin, who had been sitting
/ still as statue during all this, suddenly
/ sprang to her feet. II never made any
| such. confessions. I'm, going home," she
! said, and flung out OF the courtroom. =.
The attorneys looked at each other,
| while the Judge glared all round. Finally
/ Delmas said: I'm sure / never said the
| lady made any such confession" :.>..::.]=
Johnson said nothing. but Thornton
would not be outdone in politeness. ION
| our part" he said, I'VE wish to saw that
/ we are not responsible for the conduct of
! our client"
Then Delmas resumed: I'VE propose to
! show that this child Is not only not Henry
Martins, but is lot the offspring of this
woman" ~
DO 9TH these letters yo9 propose to intro
Most certainly" replied Delmas. az
| pledge you my word hat they form part of
our evidence in that respect, aud that at
the proper time l snail present that view
OF the case to the jury. Mrs. Isab ella
J. Martin never bore any such child. That
! Is our claim"
Court was about to adjourn when John
son asked leave to say few words.
I'VE wish to deny" he said, "that there
is anything in these letters that can nv
any manner of means be tortured into
evidence as to the maternity of this child
shall ask your Honor to read those let.
tiers tonight befo re passing upon this cues
tion in the morn ing"
Delmas was going to reply when John
son interrupted again. "The fact is D he
said, that we shall show that Henry
Martin was guarded when he was at ths
Palace Hotel. The fact is that Z. b. Pond
and Henry Martins relatives were mt
ting UP job to get the old mans MONEY
I feel so hot in the collar that / could tall
for three minutes more IL / were allowed. -
u give you three minutes" said the
+ Judge. =.
:. Then wish to saw" pursued the irate
lawyer. "that the assumption by counsel
that we have lried to prove Henry Martin
the father OF this child exists only in THAR
Imagination, and is borne out by nothing
ioOur only purpose in introducing the test.
mony we did is to show that the relations
OF Henry Martin toward his sister-in- law
were always friendly" n. = :.
Delmas smiled. wLereat johnson said
II see counsel smiles. But tn at is because
he sees lion in his path"
All Delmas had TO say was that If tho
nature OF the testimony introduced Inv
johnson was as Innocent as learned conn sel
could have him believe then both ne him
self and everybody else, including the
press, were woefuliy deceived. For his
part. the whole sum and substance m
JohDson's case seemed to pnint 10 tho
suggestion that Henry Martin had been
intimate with his slster-in-law and thar
this John B. Martin Jr. was his child.
Further argument being reserved for
this morning