The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-09

ton and j. II. Arlington owned III only
| after all the debts on the estate had
been paid. / was employed as Mr.. Al
| ford's counsel"
Mrs. A.: Didn't you get your ten
per cent commission out of the Al
| ford money!"
mo"
| Mrs. A. insisted that Mr.. Whitaker
had received the Avent money.
Judge McIver: But he says he didn't
| get the money.
| Mrs. A.: | know that's what he said.
But | want to get witnesses here to
prove that he did get that money"
Mrs. A. ''Will you please tell the
| court how much of my money you did
! get as a lawyer?'
Judge Whitaker: Il think under the
| contract made by you and the decree
signed by you, about $1,000"
Mrs. A.: why did you for two
years positively refuse to be my
counsel?'
Judge Whitaker: "On what grounds
| did | refuse? Because | was afraid
of you
II took the case to make money out
! of it. | refused at first because l
| didn't want to be troubled with her;
| but when | saw that for two years she
came to my office with her chin ditty,
and was going to be worried with it,
| I determined to take it and make what
| / could out of it"
Whitaker: 81 sent for you TO tell
YOU that / would take the ease"
Mrs. A.: YES, oh yes"
| He then referred to the twenty per
cent contract made between them.
Whitaker: II had it recorded in
| Wake, Vance and Nash counties. But
in some way the original was lost.
| December II, 1889, it was recorded in
Wake county. 1t was drawn up July
Goth"
Mrs. A.: sWhy didn't you have it
recorded at once?"
| w: Il really don't know
| A.: Wasn't that contract destroyed
| q half hour after it was madeg
| w: mo, madam. When the con-
tract was signed l imediately made a
| letter press copy of the contract, tore
| the pages out of the book and gave
them to you. On the 27th | got the
| note from you protesting against the
| high fee named in the contract. You
| wrote: You must make a change for
/ y
science hurt you all day
Judge Whitaker then read his reply
to the lady: Il am willing to cancel
the whole thing if you will sign a
paper to that effect today"
''You declined to sign the paper and
told me to go on with the case
| Mrs. A.: 'You know that [ stood
before you and tore that paper all to
| pieces"
| W.: You did no such thing.
Mrs A.: Didn't you show ten per
cent paper to me, then took me around
behind the desk and made me sign
a twenty per cent paper"
| w: II did not. | don't believe the
| paper has been torn up. ! don't know.
| | never heard of the tearing up of
this paper until you made that charge
| before the Hoola Boom committee
Referring to the presence OF her
son Mr.. Whitaker said: Your little
son trotted behind me like watt
ing boy"
Mrs. Arlington: ''He always trotted
| behind you, and he's trotting behind
| you now; but he'll not trot behind you
| much longer"
| Judge Whitaker read his contract
with Mrs. Arlington.
Mrs. A.: Don't you know the paper
you read is not the paper | signed?'
W.: ut is the same paper"
A.: "Why did you have that paper
recorded?"
W. Because / didn't trust you"
A.: Don't you know that Mr.. Flem-
| ing didn't see that paper, and didn't
know anything about it until the day
| it was recorded"
W.: "Mr. Fleming witnessed your
| signature. And you never went be-
| hind my desk at all TO sign the paper
After deal of skirmishing around
and sharp questioning, Judge Whit
/. aker was released for while.
BARNES WAS ONLY PRINTER.
Guy V. Barnes testified that they
printed 1.-THE Criminal Docket" under
contract, Mrs. Arlington furnishing
them the matter and the papers be.
ing delivered TO her.
W. H. Day read the decree of Vance
county court signed by Judge Arm
field, and signed twice by Mrs. Pattie
| ID. b. Arlington, allowing $1,000 tc
| Judge Whitaker.
Justice Harry Roberts testified t.
the wide circulation of 1.-THE Crimina
| Docket"
Here the State rested its case.
DIR. CRAWFORD ON THE STAND.
Mrs. Arlington introduced DIR. j. II
| Crawford as the first witness for the
| defense.
Mrs. A.: did you ever get judge
Whitaker to draw up mortgage fol
your"
Capt. Day: I'VE object
Objection sustained and exception
noted.
Mrs. A.: did Mr.. Whitaker ever
tell you that he destroyed that con
tract with me2"
Capt. Day "We object"
| Objection sustained, and exception
noted.
Several other questions were asked
all objected to and the objections sus
tanned
Mrs. A.: 'Dr. Crawford is one of my
main witnesses. Am | not to be al
| lowed IN question him."