Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-11
STILL!'ON TRIAL
The Long DAa'b WI! Out olmstead Will
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) Case J
T ESflM@TsoF THE CooE
Medical oa"id3 Of the Te'tatoF's
Physical Condition.
MANY OBJE.C TT N S


ANY BJE.C TON S
The third week of the trial of the Ohm
stead will case was entered upon before
Judge Bradley in Circuit Court No. this
morning. the trial having been adjourned
Friday afternoon until today. At that time
Mrs. Nash. a colored woman. the cook of the
olmstead family. was on the witness stand.
having been called as witness on behalf
Of Mrs. Linda Hutchinson Webb. who is
contesting the will of her sister, Mrs. John
+. Oimstead, who died August 1, 1888, her
will having been made on the 9th Of the pre-
ceding June.
when the trial was resumed this morning
MI. H. Ross Perry. Of counsel for Mrs. Webb,
before calling Mrs. Nash back to the stand,
called MIR. Thos. r. Jones as witness. Mr..
Jones stated that he is the vice president of
the National Savings and Safe Deposit Com
pany. and was connected with the company
at the time of the death of Mr.. Hayward M.
Hutchinson. Several days previous to Mr..
Hutchlnson's DEATH said Mr.. Jones. Mr..
Noah L. Jeffries and Mr.. 0lmstead called at
the office of the company in reference to a
box which Mr.. Hutchinson had on deposit
there.
Mr.. Perry then explained that he offered
to prove bt Mr.. Jones that Mr.. Jeffres and
Mr.. Olmstead demanded Mr.. Hutchinsons
box; that they were refused; that Mr.. Jones
then accompanied them to the residence OF
Mr.. Hutchinson; that they entered the sick
chamber, when Mr.. Jeffries suggested to
MIR. Hutchinson that he sign power of at
torney authorizing Mr.. Olmstead to obtain
the box; that Mr.. Hutchinson shook his
head saying, mo, no." with look of re-
pugnance; that thereupon Mr.. Jeffries sus-
sested that Mrs. Hutchinson be authorized
to obtain the box, and that was done. the
purpose of the offer. further explained Mr..
Perry was to establish a chain of evidence
tending to show that Mr.. Olmstead was
engaged in scheme to obtain possession of
his Wife's. share of the Hutchinson estate.
Mr.. Henry E. Davis, on behalf of Mr. Ohm
stead, objected to the introduction of such
testimony. as being immaterial, irrelevant
and too remote to affect the questions at
issue In the present case. Judge Bradley
sustained the objection, whereupon counsel
for Mrs. Webb noted an exception to the
courts ruling, as they have done on every
occasion when the court refused to allow
the introduction of similar testimony. This
line of testimony was, however, admitted
by Judge Cole on the first trial of the case.
Mr.. Perry then called Mr.. Benz. P. Snyder
of the National Safe Deposit Company to
show that Mr.. Olmstead demanded the box
OF Mr.. Hutchinson, and that the demand was
refused. The same objection was made, and
the court ruledias before, another exception
being noted. D II
The Cook Testimony.
Mrs. Addie Rashi the olmsteads' cook
was then recalled to the witness stand,
| when Mr.. DAVIS proceeded to subject her
TO a long and Eigid eross-exa animation. but
developed nothing materially new. He
first called her attention to an affidavit
| made by her previous to the first trial of
| the case when, the witness explained that
although she signed it it contained several
pfy ,pisi Sha had
she said. called the attention of the young
| man who took it to the errors, when he told
| her that she could correct them when Civ
| ing her testimony IT the trial of the case.
| In her affidavit She stated that Mrs. Ohm
| stead had FREQUENT sinking or unconscious
! spells. and she corrected that statement by
| saying that she had but two that she kne W
| Ga. She also corrected the statement in
| the affidavit that she saw the will made
| saying that she heard the papers rustiing
| and thought she saw them arranging the
papers.
| referring to the evening the will was
| signed the witness intimated that Mrs
| Olmstead was at least in possession of he,
| faculties by explaining that Mrs. Olmsteae
| Teprimanded her for admitting visitor
| into her presence at a time when Mr.. Ohm
| stead was engaged over important fapers
Since the last trial. she said. she had reat
| over the testimony given by her at III,
first trial several times. but denied reading
it over with her daughter, also a witness
then and Eow. Mrs. Nash admitted meet
ing. during the first trial. Alice Dickson
Mr.. Olmstead's washerwoman, but denie.
that she intimated to the woman that st'
| was giving false testimony or anything Elk
| that. To Mr.. Totten Mrs. Nash said sh
had received only the regular witness fee
for testifying in the case.
| Some Points.
Anna Blake. colored. who was employee
by the Olmsteads in the spring of 1854, test
fled that Mrs. Olmstead was often in teacs
Upon one occasion, after Mr.. and Mrs
Olmstead had had a talk. Mrs. Olmstea
cried a great deal, remarking to witness
The better you try to be the mora trouble
, you have" On another occasion, said tn
witness. Mrs. Olmstead asked her husban
| to excuse and forgive her, saying that sh
| had forgotten, when he replied: Il SuppoS
you've forgotten that you were married.
Mrs Olmstead, said the witness then erie
very much. and Mr.. Olmsread said nothn
more to her.
How did he look?'' inquired Mr. Perry.
We'll just like he always did, answere
| the witness.
THAT is enough" remarked Mr.. Perry.
| The witness said Mr.. Olmstead spoke i
! his usual tone of voice to his wife. and ono
Mrs Olmstead told her that she did not dis
obey Mr.. Olmstead. and would not allo'
, any ono else to disohey him. Once Mr.
Olmstead gave her a dress, and some tim
after that she had witness return it, sayin
that Mr. Olmstead had told her that sh
J could not give away anything without hi
consent.
Medical Testimony.
II Dr. T. T. Sewers who was Mrs. DIN
| stead's physician, and also her father
physician, was then called as a witness o
behalf of Mrs. Webb. The witness state
that he treated Mrs. Oimstead until he lei
: for Europe. June 30 1889. explaining tha
she became an invalid in February pre-
, | vicus. She had been i'll before then, but nc
| with the disease (Bright's) of which sn
d:ed He discovered in March, 1889. tha
she was suffering from Brights diseas
l wien he became convinced that she wa
: fatally affected. DR.. Sewers then describe
a | the character of the disease, and state
, ! that it impaired all the functions of I'll
! human body. particularly the brain al
, | nervous system.
! In Mrs. Olmstead's case. said DR.. Sewer
: the disease progressed rapidly. and SON
Il days he visited her two three time
Frequently he found it necessary to a,
u minister drugs which he carried with hi
: | to ward off and prevent threatened col
:. WILSON'S On the 18th Of June, 1889. 81
!, suffered a CONFUSION, but she was threa
! ened between March and July six or eigl
Il times. The administration of the dru: