The morning times., 1896-06-06
ITS THIRD WEEK CLOSED
Holt Will Case Has Been Ad.
journed Until Monday.
END NOT YET In SIGHT
Trial Has Served TO Throw Much
Light ON the Home Life and Char
acter of the Late Judge Advocate
Genernl-Hls Tenderness of Heart
and Wide Sympathy.

The third week of the Holt will trial closed
with the fourteeuth session yesterday. A
breathing space VIII be taken until Monday
when the tug of war will be resumed.
The fight up To date has been royal one
and the legal generals have conducted their
offensive and defensive lines with skill that
approaches genius, on both sides. and now
neither can claim to be the vlctors.
There has not, as yet, been development; ;
that is, 50 far as to determine whether or
not the mysterious, charred and dirty paper
that is hustled and tossed about ali the day
duling the din OF the legal battle, is genuine
or not, where it has been for little short OF
quarter OF Il century, and who wrapped it
up 50 carefully and who so stcalthily sentit
To- the register of wills. The mystery of
the Holt wilr' still remains to be solved.
1t does not mean.that nothing has been
accomplished in the three weeks war that
has been waeed. In the beginning the
beneficiaries under the alleged viii made
out prima fdcie case: that is. they have
rendered sufficient evidence to court and
jury to prevent the curious paper from being
ruthlcssly tossed aside aud refused adj
mission to probate.
ANOTHER BATTLE COMING
With that accomplished they have had
only to look TO their defenScs since The
aggressive for a week aud more has beea
taken by the lefs-;t- law and they have not
yet consumed all their ammunition When
they are through, which will probably be
some time about the middle nf the coming
week, the bencficiarieS will again press
forward aud the heirs will be compelled
to make the same stubborn fight that they
are ut this minute forcing their opponents
to make or go down before their fire of
testimony.
In the beginning the benericiaries brought
pl Iisfi
ly tablewtnesses who had known udge
Holt, or the famous people whose names
appear as witnesses to the mySte rious pa Der
aud they Swore that he must have written
theinstrument and thatGrant, Sherman ard
Mrs. Sherman must have signed it.
Since then the shCirs-at-law have Elaced
upon the stand twice us many witnesses who
had been intimate with Judge Holt for
much OF their lives, or had served in an
official capacity under him and they with
equal certainty affirmed that the Zen that
wrote the will never rested in the Judges
hand.
Far more interesting than anything else
has been to the public, however is the in
sight that has been given into the life of
great man. Mr.. Darlington stated in the
trials beginning that lie would prove that
! Judge Holt was man without a family"
WHAT HAS BEEN SHOWN.
As matter of fact the aggregate of all
the testimony that has been offered since
the beneficidries rested their case has
gone to show that he did have a family to
the members OF which he was attach and
they TO him with far more than ordinary
tenderness. In fact, it would fall none
short of the truth to say that the story
OF his life as it has been told on the
witness stand up to date has been such
as to wholly belle the thought that he
would leave his wealth to others than those
Of his own blood.
| AS to the man himself the testimony
has shown that he was eccentric not
very at first. but the malady grew on
.sim as years brought pain and disease
His hea rt was filled with tenderness
He loved his people. He loved the world
| though the dark days OF infirmities shut
| him off from il for the last four or five
| years of his life.
| He was generous. No one could have
doubted that had they sat in the courtroom
| on aim ost any day, Of the trial His gener-
osity went out, towards the members of
| his own family and that very fact was
| only another terrific shot from the bat
| tericS of the e@yeaborS.
| Not alone was this pride OF giving rather
| Than receiving confined to his own people
| though. Those were merely the only i'm
| stances allowed to be told on the witness
| stand, but the number outside is far more
| interesting if not of such magnitude
/ JUDGE HOLT'S KIND HEART.
| The reporter was told of an instance
| yesterday at the close OF the trial. A
| young lady neighbor of the judge, had
1 Won his attention and interest She was
i about to get married
l 'sDo not take the step hastily, my girl -
| said her distinguished neigtbor You
4 should consult an Older head Bring your
| intended husband around and let me sec
l him."
A few days later the young lady led
1 her blushing lover into the presence of
| thc judge. A happy evening was spent in
! the parlor OF the old mansion on New