The morning call., 1895-02-06
WORRIED BY WOMEN FOLK.
Wrecked Mentally and Physically
When lie Made the VIII.
AGENT SULLIVAN'S STORY CONCLUDED.
In His Shattered State the Aged Million.
aire Became Subseryient to Er,
Third Wife'S Demands.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 5.-Ihe Barron Will con-
test opened to-day with the continuation
of Agent Sullivan's examination. A
weary day was anticipated until fortu-
nately Mr.. Delmas obtained possession of
the witness and brought forth testimony
that at the time Edward Barron made the
last will he was a wreck mentally and
physically.
The nagging of the negro woman had
virtually knocked all the sense out of the
old man. As landlord, from his agents
testimony, Barron was not severe, but
when Mrs. Eva Rose came upon the scene
tenants had to pay up or get out. While
the witness was telling this story the
widow and the tire-woman, Johanna,
gazed at him and smiled with bitterness
and extreme irony.
When Miss O'Leary, the widows sister,
became member of the Barron house.
hold Georges affairs did not improve.
Miss O'Leary and Mrs. Eva Rose made it
mighty warm for George, who at this time
did not stand very high in the old mans
favor.
Toward the close of his life Barron had a
dread of quarreling with any one. He
wanted peace, and was willing to purchase
it at any cost. He was anxious to run
away from the negro woman-to leave the
State-but his health would not permit
the change. When he began to fail rapidly
Eva Rose Barron used every effort to con-
ceal his condition. When travelling be-
tween Mayfeld and San Francisco, Mrs.
| Eva always carried a flask of whisky to
keep him stimulated. He could not sub
NIT to the dentists treatment without
IL hot
tered.
When the witness fell again into the
| hands of the widows counsel the prospect
of dreary session was foreshadowed, and
| it was amply realized, with the exception
of a CLEAN of sensation by the statement
that Barron declared to the witness that
his condition was unbearable, and that the
women folk made it pretty hot for him at
home; that he had pains in his head and
could not sleep, and that he was on the
rack generally.
The cross-examination by Attorney
| CARRIER lasted most of the afternoon.
| In response to question by Delmas as
! to the cause of his interest in the breaking
of the will Sullivan said: 81 considered
! that great injustice had been done to the
/ boys, especially George Barron, that his
! treatment had been UNANIMOUSLY wrong, and
! it was because desired to see the wrong
righted that took such an interest in the
case"
| tWas not the refusal of the widow, Eva
Rose Barron, to keep her promise and make
a Just settlement with Edward Barron's
! eldest son the chief motive that made you
| take such an INTEREST,""
An objection was sustained, and Sullivan
continued: "Mrs. Barron was controlling
and domineering over Mr.. Barron for the
reason that he often said in 1891 that he
was most miserable and that his wife was
abusing himself and every one else con-
nected with the negro case, including Mr..
Davis. He was entirely subservient to her.
He said often that his life was unbearable,
and he had no hope of removing the
trouble in the future. His distress became
so great that 1 asked Chief of Police Crow
/ ley, Judge Hayne and Mr.. Pillsbury to
| intercede with Mrs. Barron in behalf of
| her husband. He would often tell me
when he came to the Office how little he had
| slept during the night before.
sIt was in 1891 that Mrs. Barron began to
| exercise general supervision over business
| affairs Mr.. Barron attended most of the
meetings of the directors of the Mutual
Bank that were held in 1892. He did not
want to let Mr.. Phelan and the rest know
! how sick man he was. Once Mr.. Barron
was so weak at one of the meetings of the
directors that they had to help him on
with his overcoat. He would often drag
himself to one of those meetings when he
was not able to go anywhere"
This closed the examination of Witness
Sullivan, he having been on the stand
three DAYS. The taking of his testimony
was begun at the opening of the court last
Friday morning. Mr.. Delmas stated thee
in behalf of the contestant he would nexe
introduce the deposition of Mrs. Barron
taken before the opening of the case. AS
the counsel on the other side had not yet
had an opportunity to examine this, it
was agreed that its introduction be con-
tinued till tomorrow morning at 10
| o'clock, and the court adjourned till that
time.