The morning call., 1895-02-01
One Was Kind to the Boys and the
Other Caused Estrangement.
SOME DRAMATIC SCENES In COURT.
The Contestant Of The Will Declared He
Would Rather Lose the Case than
Revive a Wretched Story.

OF more OF Georges letters TO MS 1atner.
From the tenor of the young mans tesh-
mony it was apparent that even after the
elder Barron's marriage it was his lnten-
ton to make ample provision for his eldest
son. During the four years of Georges
exile his only correspondent from home
was his brother Willie. His father never
wrote a line to the wanderer, and the slight
he had involuntarily given his stepmother,
Mrs Eva Rose Barron, was in not greeting
her on the porch of the Maytield mansion,
but meeting her in the driveway instead.
The lady evidently got in her fine Italian
hand to prevent the sick old man from
sending any communication to his absent
boy.
The letter from the second Mrs. Barron
(nee Crooks) to her stepsons at Stonyhurst,
full of affection and begging the boys to
look on her as a mother, presents singu-
lar contrast in stepmothers.
The cross-examination of George Barron
was apparently intended to show that his
lack of employment was solely due to him.
self. There was spice of acrimony in it,
but the witness made his responses without
embarrassme
One of the features of the trial so far is
the truly marvellous number of exceptions
noted by Mrs. Barron's counsel, which now
border closely upon 200. The afternoon
session was principally occupied by the
cross-examination of George Barron by Mr..
Lieb. A humorous part of the proceed
ings was the reading of one of George Bar
ron's letters written at sea and containing
description of a storm encountered ON
the voyage. The attorneys stumbling
over and mangling some of the long words
kept, to use a theatrical phrase, the vast
audience in a condition of subdued but
perceptible mirth.
The history of young Barrons life from
the standpoint of the defendants was again
brought forth-his travels in Europe, his
return and his unfortunate marriage, all
colored with the darkest shade of moral
paint.
The attempt of Mr.. Lieb to make capital
out of young Barron's unfortunate mar
rage, followed within a few weeks after by
divorce, was blocked by the redirect ex-
animation of Barron which showed that
the divorce had been obtained not only
with the full consent of Edward Barron
but of the wife herself. The reasons,
though well known, were not brought out
in the examination. But the impression
desired by the Opponents to be conveyed,
hat the divorce was cause of quarrel be-
tween George Barron and his father, was
removed.
The sensation of the afternoon was when,
after some discussion, Mr.. Delmas read a
document from George Barron's wife adj
hitting that she had violated her marital
tn oil
the acceptance of $50 month as long as
she remained virtuous. The lady modestly
added to this document that 5000 down
would be preferred. This was hard blow
at the structure raised by the widows
counsel The most striking feature of the
introduction of this sad chapter in the
early days of George Barron was the re-
luctance of the latter's counsel to have it
dragged into the case at ALL
Mr.. Delmas protested against the reading
of the decree of divorce, and asked that it
be omitted, but Mr.. Lieb insisted that the
Judgment be part of the proceedings.
Mr.. Delmas said that if this be insisted
upon he would be compelled to bring for
ward matters which had better remain
buried. And when he commenced to read
the confession of guilt there occurred a
dramatic scene between counsel and client.
George Barron declared that he would
rather lose the case than have this wretched
story revived. Mr.. Delmas gravely said
that his duty to his client compelled him
to forego all other considerations and then
read the wife's acknowledgment of her
crime The letters imploring George to re-
turn to the sinful woman were addressed
to him in Boston, whittier he had gone to
reside for a year. so the plea of desertion
might prevail. But in order to shorten the
period the charges of cruelty were substi-
tuted and the divorce granted on that
ground.
| When the case opened this morning
| George Barron resumed the stand. After
several letters in the same tenor as those
presented yesterday were read Lieb
began cross-examination.
Before his marriage to his third wife
did your father ever speak to you of your
| future prospects in reference to his own
property"
every often. He would often refer to
certain pieces of property and say, That
will be fine piece for you and that will be
a fine piece for Willie He gave me to
| clearly Understands IL was all TO go TO us,
| with the exception of what property was
to go to clients"
''Did he refer to his own early struggles,
and as to how your life and that of your
brother would contrast with his ownt"
every often."
/ "Did he ever speak to you upon the SUBJ
| ject OF your own better condition in life by
! reason of the fortune he had achieved?'
eyes, sir. He often told me how he re-
ioiced over his riches because of Willie and
myself.
Considerable evidence of similar nature
was given, and the cross-examination failed
to weaken it.
The cross-examination of George Barron
| during the afternoon served to strengthen
his testimony. Leib brought out that
| George married in 1881, and four weeks
later left his wife. She secured divorce
! by agreement after he went East. The
ground was to have been desertion. Leib,
! after vigorous objection by Delmas, secured
/ the admission of the judgment roll show
ing divorce was granted on the ground
1 of cruelty. Delmas handed the witness a
letter and asked him to identity it. Barron
| /.