The evening times., 1896-06-23
HOLT TESTIMONY AL N
Famous VIII Case Is in Its
Closing Hours.
JUDGE WILSON ABSENT
His Illness Causes a Slight Deaay.
Mr.. worthingtOn Unable TO Submit
the Prayers for His Side of the
Case-Counsei Argue Upon Instruc-
tions TO the jury.

The closing days of the long-dra VIZ -out
Holt viii trial are at hand. Today's was
the twenty-sixth session and the testi-
mony of witue sses is all in.
For the first day since the trial began one
Of the counsel was absent. Judge Wilson
is i'll and Mr.. WIrthington represented the
heirs-at-law single handed.
Because OF his associates illness Mr..
Worthington said that his side had not yet
prepared their pray Mr.. Darlington sub
mitted the prayers of the caveatees last
evening.
Miss Ii ynes, were present at the opening OF
court. The audience was of the same size
1t has maintained from the beginning On
the tables of the lawyers were piled the
type written volumes OF the testimony in
the case.
The stenographic reports of each day
have been carefully compiled in type
written form, a volume u day. Up TO the
present time the number OF typewriter
pages of the proceedings aggregates over
5000. The whole number of words thatwiil
have been uttered by the time the argument
o t Counselis submitted will approach closely
TO $50 900.
4 bit of clearing up testimony was
taken this morning Mr.. Bell, superin-
tendent of the collection department Of
the city postoffice, was in the witness
chair, At the summons OF the heirs alta W.
He examined the crudely- penncd envelope
i'll which the mysterious viii reached the
registers office and testified that il mus
have been dropped in the mail box be-
tween 8 and O'Clock on the afternoon
, OF August "a, Saturday 1895. The letter
was posted, he said, in the nurthw west sec
tion Of The city, somewhere bet North
Capitol street and Georgetown.
MISS JOSEPHINE'S BROTHER.
wiciiffe Throckmorton, brother Of Miss
Josephine. was called by Mr.. Darlington.
The young man is as handsome as his sis
ter is pretty. He is employed ina New York
ra ilroad office, and brought with him
letter written by Judge Holt. referring to
a dinner party at tile iatter's house and
which is supposed to have taken place
about the time the will was drawn.
In rebuttal of the proposition that the
dinner attended by Gems. Grant and Sher-
man and Mrs. Sherman occurred on Feb
ruary 4, the date of the viii, Mr. Worth
ington read from the judges expense book
There We're no unusual entries for the 7th,
but on February 81 the careful statesman
entered the item of S110.50 spent for a
dinner on that date. Attention was also
called to receipt from John Gray, a
caterer, for the sum mentioned above, for
a dinner on the 21st for seventeen people.
Mr.. Darlington offered in evidence and
read number Of letters written by Judge
Holt to Mrs. Mary Ray during the years
1882 to 1884. The letters were all in
kindly spirit, and Indicated that whatever
differences may have existed between the
writer and the Rays had been punished.
AT 11:15 O'Clock. after Mr.. wurtiingt on
had repeated his motion made yesterday
10 have certain bits of the evidence strck-
en- out. Judge Bradley excused the jurors
until 1 O'Clock. The time meanwhile was
spent in a consideration and discussion of
Mr.. narlington's instructions for the jury
that were filed yesterday.
When court reconvened at / O'Clock,
after an hours recess, Mr. Lee began the
argument to the jury. Every seat in the
courtroom was filled, and a throng crowd
| ed behind the railing, about the door. He
spoke slowly and earnestly.