Evening star., 1896-06-11

| resumed In circuit Court No. this morn
ing there was the usual large crowd in at
| tendance. at least half OF the spectators be-
Ing ladies. The desire TO see and hear Mr..
| Luke Devlin, who was named as executor
III the will which is in controversy, and
| who mas played such a prominent r,art I'm
| This trial, was probably uppernost In the
| minds OF ell, though a great deal of inter
| est Is always centered in Miss Hypes and
MISS Throckmorton, the two beneficiaries
! Under the will
Mr.. De~iin's Denials.
| yesterday afternoon after The Stars re-
port closed Mr.. Luke Devlin was recalled
| to the stand and given an opportunity 10
| deny the statements which were made by
| witnesses for the caveators rejecting upon
MIN He was first asked by Mr. Darling
| Ton as TO statements which he WAS alleged
| 10 nave made to Post yorter
| Mr.: Shrader testified ,hat you told him
Maj. lhrockmorton was very friendly
| terms with you, ana visited you every time
\ he came to town"
Il did not say that; he asked me when
| MAJ. Ihrockmorton would be In town and
| vi ere he would stop. l said he would proh-
| he use.
1t was also stated during the proceed
lngs that you We're very fond of signatures
| oi prominent people, and would tear them
on papers in the Office
IT is undoubtedly false: absolutely"
| II was further stated that when Judge
| Holt inadvertently emitted signing ms
lame to official papers you wrote his name
| TO them
That Is absolutely false. 1 never signed
Judge Holts name 10 document in my
| life; not one
Mr.. Shrader stated that you SAID you
| believed that Miss Hynes would be we'll
| p, divided for in the will
That rs correct. From lStio to 1853 sent
/ checks Quarterly from Judge Holt 10 Miss
Hynes L knew she was supported by
Judge Holt, she was his ward"
AT this point the court adjourned When
| IL opened this morning the general under
| standing was that Mr. Devlin would again
/ te called upon to testify. There was a
| brlef delay owing to the fact that MIR.
Wilson and MIR. Worthington were called
| Upon to appear in the Court OF Appeals in
the Slack case The result was thaI it was
| 1890 O'Clock before Mr. Devlia was put
upon the stand.
He was first questioned as TO the meeting
| he had with MIR. Wash. Holt and Col.
| sterett when he broached the propcs,t ,tion
| 10 rent the Holt mansion. He contr8dicted
| their testimony In that he claimed that Mr.
| Holt said that If the other heirs-at law
| agreed he would accede TO the proposition.
| Lfeutenanry RECON- M nd. tion.
The witness Identified a letter that was
| handed to him as i'm Judge Holts hand
writing. Mr.. Darlington offered a certified
| copy of the paper in evidence. The letter
| is in the possession of the War pepart-
ment, the officials OF jecting to its going out
| OF their hands. Mir. Lee explained that the
original, which was in court, could not be
kept, but Mr.. Wilson objected to receiving
a copy when the original was at hand. He
insisted that the paper should remain for
the purposes of this case the best evf-
dence obtainsble. The court decided that
the paper might remain al least during the
day. Mr.. Darlington read the original TO
! the jury. 1t was a letter TO the Seer. tary
! of War recommending the appointment of
Mr. Devln to a second lieutenancy in the
IN m he hi,-h.
terms.
knew Nothing of the Will.
Mr.. Devlin." asked Mr.. Darlington
| what did you have TO do with the writing
| of this will or sending ii 10 the register Of
wilis?'
Il knew absolutely rothing OF 1t until I
| saw Ii at the registers Office
On cross-eNamination. MIR. Deylin said
| that his acquaintanceship with tho Throck-
mortons extended back into the co.'s He
| had known Miss Josephine intimately since
| the time her father was stationed at Fort
Washington. Mr.. WortningtOn questioned
the witness closely to the extent of his
acqua!ntanceship with Miss Throckmortou
developing the fact that from lSS. TO ls..a
ne DID not see her or her father. and did
not communicate with her until the winter
OF lS?i!D, when he received letter from
her asking him If he knew whether there
was Will i'm existence. Her letter he said
had been destroyed, but he remembered II
was on blue note paper. and covered three
pages. He had had other letters from her
since the turning up of the will.
w hen did You destroy that first lei;er?'
me latter part of July or the first part
/ of August, 1S.b5.''
MT Deviin again related the contents of
me letter as far he could remember IL
he said that after his letter in reoly he
Old not communicate with the Throck NOR
tens again until he telegraphcd to them
that a will had been found.
What He Said.
Questioned as to what he said when he
| called at The Star office on the day the Will
appeared, the witness said that his CONVEX
sauon was addressed to DIR. Howe. but that
Mr. Goodwin and Mr.. Miller were standing
| by, and may have taken some part in it
MI Devlin said that he had I'm mis- DOS
session third letter of recommendation
signed by Judge Holt on the occasion of
ms discharge from the army in 1865 IN
was offered i'm evidence and read to the
| jury. So also was the original of the tele-
gram he sent to Miss Throckmorton The
| telegram was as follows:
| Will found. You and Miss Hynes .e,
all. Share alike.
LUKE DEvLIN, Executor"
Inc teiegram was dated August ~, iS.,
| end" "' ''"ei
Asked how 1t was that he knew SO much
| about what had been going on al the Holt
hi iiahsloh sl aIler the JUDGES death, as shown
py the newspaper interviews that were
published at the time of the finding of IN.
! will. Mr.. Devlin said that he had heard of
| II from Mr.. Olds, who lives out on the
Metropolitan branch
| Mr. Worthington read from The Stars
report of the finding of the will. as publish
ed August % last, and asked him whether
| he made any such statements as were
credited 10 him to any one connected with
The Star. He denied them in whole and in
part.
| did you tell any one connected with The.
Star that in your belief the viii had been
hidden by some one of the servants who
| as a result Of some revulsion of feeling
| changed his or her mind and sent il 10 th.,
! register"
Il did not"
Now, will you tell us again what Won
did yourself on the day the will turned
| up:"
| From the court house / went TO the
| avenue. 1 took green car TO Thonpsons S
! drug store. i went to the War Department
| and got Maj. Throckmortons address
| Then L went to the telegraph office at 18th
and r streets. and sent the telegram. Then
| l went to The Star Office.
| Whom were you to meet at Thompson's
| drug storeT"
"A very pretty young lady"