The morning call., 1895-02-26
THE BARRON Will CONTEST
ATTORNEY LEIB CLOSED THE CASE
FOR THE WIDOW
YESTERDAY.
He SCORED WITNESS P. J. SULLIVAN
AND PRAISED HIS
CLIENT.


SAN JOSH Feb. 25.-In the Barron will
case to-day Attorney Leib resumed his
argument in favor of the widow During
its course he said: "There has been much
said by the other side upon the point that
the sons of the first wife by right should
have portion of the property as their
share of what was earned by the first wife
OF Mr.. Barron, their mother. 1t was not
proved that the first wife worked anywhere
at cutting meat except in the little shop at
the Mission. There they made little or
nothing, as according to the testimony of
Witness Scarpa, Mr.. Barronhhad no funds
to fit up his stall in the Washington Mar
ket till he sold horse for $3.50. This, with
two-wheeled cart to peddle meat in, was
about the only belonging of the couple at
the time.
"In regard to the third Mrs. Barron,
why should so much vituperation and
abuse be heaped upon her? Has she not
been lady in giving her testimony in this
court? Did it not prove that she was a
true and devoted wife to Mr.. Barron i?
Did she not make his declining days happy
onesP
Gas regards the union not being love
match there is no convincing proof in that
direction. Through Colonel Deene, a
prominent man, and other relatives of
Mrs. Barron in this State Mr.. Barron went
to Ireland in the hope of winning the
lady's hand. He first laid his case before
her mother, as is proper and as every true
man should do if he is honorable in seek
ing the hand of young woman in mar
riage. After their union Mrs. Barron was
always as devoted as it is possible to
imagine. Notwithstanding their wealth
she would never allow the services of a
nurse to be secured when her husband
was i'll. She always nurssed him herself,
and she emphatically denied, when she
was on the stand, that P. J. Sullivan ever
remained at Mayfeld all night and stayed
in Mr.. Barron's room to care for him dur
ing a spell of sickness.
"In regard to undue influence I claim
that not the slightest foundation has been
laid by the testimony for. any such attempt
to break the will. Almost all the wit
nesses agreed that Mr. Barron was posi-
tive character, one witness making the
statement that he was hard-headed man.
Such man would be the hardest insthe
world to influence in the important matter
OF making will.
SIN regard to Witness P. J. Sullivan, he
is the man who has attempted to carry the
world on his hands as far as this case is
concerned. He rushed around to get wit
nesses and used the word We in giving
his testimony, as if he classed himself
among the counsel for the contestant.
There are certain things that we. do not
like about this witness, Sullivan. He
claimed that Mr.. Barron was an imbecile,
and yet almost at>the end of his life the
testator made two loans amounting to
$175,000. Mr.. Sullivan claimed that he
acted for Mr.. Barron in negotiating this
loan, but Mr.. Murphy, the president of the
bank, testified that he called Mr.. Barron's s
attention to this opportunity for some
loans. In any case, Sullivan collected a
fee for making it."
Leib then reviewed the testimony at
great length and claimed his client was
entitled to verdict. He concluded his
argument at 5 o'clock.
Bowden for the charities will begin his
argument tomorrow morning.