The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-24
WITNESS WAS IN Tears |
Miss Moore Broke Down and
Cried on the Stand.
FAMILY HISTORY EXPOSED
Trial of the Moore Barbour win
Case Enliyened by Testimony About
the Extraordinary Profanity of the
Testator - Numerous Objections
From the Counsel Tor the Defense.

In tears and in the greatest distress Miss
Moore, as a witness in the Moore Barboul
will contest was this morning driven to go nj
length into the disagreeabe details of fam
lily history. Including the alleged extraordi-
nary profanity OF Old David Moore, her
| grandfather.
Miss Moore continued her direct testi
moDy in answer TO questions by Mr.. y.
WorthiDgton. She was asked why Tho
suit TO recover her fathers share IN lie
graEdfather's estate was So delayed, VIII
it was not brought in the lifetime of Iii
| father, James l.. Moore.
My father was drinking great dea
| in that time" she replied, land couldn'
be depended on to do anything. He wor
ried a great deal about this thing" Al
this the witness began crying.
MIR. WorihinGLon then said he would I'M
dertake 10 prove that when any of the chill
dren tried To discuss with their iathcr the
question OF their share in the estate he
would go off on spree.
Judge Wilson. as attorney for the de-
| tense, objected.
MIR. Wor,hinglon then stated that the
point had been made against his clients
| that their father died in 1886, while the
salt was not brought till 1890. He wanted
| To show the reason for this.
SHE DID NOT KNOW.
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oosep'iine' ho" Mis- h'.n''un'
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go, to soa, ,,ir7 .Ios,,., s,,,d ont ,t his
home more than any of the other children.
Miss Moore replied that she didn't know
| till a year and a half after her ia her death
| that they had any rights left. Her brother
| had thcn grown up and one OF her sisters
| had married 4 lawyer They discovered
| that they had a right stin to make
contest for the property they thought
| should belong to them.
| She then went to see Judge Cole. They
| then hcsitated TO bring the suit on account
| of the expense and the disagreeable noto-
| riety.
Her grandfather slept in the dining-room
| and had three clocks then going all the time.
He was very fond of talking of re-marrying
| He would say in the presence of her grand
mother that If he ever got a chance he was
| ca:ng to marry again; was going TO marry
him a young wife.
"Did he seem to be jesting?'' asked Mr.
worthington.
mo. not at all; he meant it,
"Now, Isubmit. your honor. demonstrated
Judge Wilson. THAT is an inference and
must be stricken out"
mo. he did not seem to be jesting,' cor
rected the witness.
HE RIASPHEMED.
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err was wasoot the ordinary nrorane
words. butitwas bIasphemy."
Judge Wilson objected and insisted that
the exact words should be given.
He moved to strike out everything except
the word used"
Miss Moore became much embarrassed at
the prospect OF being obliged to repeat her
grandfather's exact language. She said
he used the names of Christ and God in the
most profane way possible. twashorrible.
NO. no." said Judge Wilson, that won't
do. We want something tangible, not these
rlittcrlpg generalities.'
IT think that's tangible enough" re-
marked Judge McComas, land it isn't
quite a gIittering generality. The use of