Evening star., 1896-06-25

Holding the will In his hand and standing
UP before the jury box, Mr. Worthington
continued his argument on the subject of
the handwriting. referring again to the
various reasons the different witnesses had
given for their opinion that the will was
never written by Judge Holt But it was
Expert Hagan, he said, a witness for the
other side, who made a discovery in Judge
Hot's handwriting that he had never OBJ
served in the writing Of any other human
being, namely, that the judge had way
Of writing the same words twice exactly
alike. Where were these fac-simiIeS? Why
in the will and in the letter to q member
of the Throckmorton family also written
on February Z, 1873.
Gentlemen. when he said that Brother
Wilson and for once fairly lost our COM
pcsure and could hardly keep from chuck
ling, he had discovered for himself exactly
what we had hoped we would be able to
prove by another witness. The resemblance
was altogether too marked for the writing
ever to have been done by the same person
at different times and under different cir
cumsfanceS. Gentlemen. when Mr. Dar-
lirgton saw how pleased we WERE he stop-
ped Mr.. Expert Hagan from Dointinp ont
any more similarities between the will and
the Throckmorton letter of the same date
and asked him to turn his attention to the
Mary Holt letters"
A Strong Inttmntion.
Mr. Worthington created something of a
sensation by intimatng that the will might
have been sent to the registers office by
Miss Throckmordon. IN the course of his
address he said: You find Miss JoseDhine
Throckmorton leaving New York a few days
before this will appeared and going to Gull
peper, Va, where she had relatives living
1t mad never occurred to her to visit them
before. She comes back here and waits at
the Baltimore and Potomac depot for one
hour for her train.
And during that very hour this thing was
mailed and mailed
the city in which she was waiting This
coincidence of the mailing Of that letter:
the coincidence of the date of the will: this
terrible coincidence OF the words in the will
and the words in the letters in the possess
sion of the Throckmerton family, all point
to something which you will have to decide
UPON" Il .
Mr.. Wortningtcn claimed that Judge Holt
would never, under any circumstances
have named Luke Devlinj as his executor:
that his feelings toward his relatives were
such that he would Never have left his prom
erty to outsiders. Speaking of the pift IF
$4,000 to Miss Hynes, he argued that tha he
interest accruing from the bonds was
equivalent to the allowance of 5000 per an
mum, which he had previously made her.
Mr.. Worthington Resumes.
Mr.. Worthington resumed his address
this morning Immediately upon the OPEN
ing Of court. The room was crowded. and
many people were unable to obtain admiz-
sion at all.
Mr.. Worthington. who had nearly two
hours of his time left, began with a con-
sideration Of the question of revocation,
He pointed out that from 1876, when Judge
Holt retired from the War Department.
down to the time Of his death, there were
absolutely no relations between him and
Mr. Devlin. In 1873 when the alleged will
purports to have been written, Judge Holt
had made no permanent provision for the
support Of Miss Hynes. but eleven years
later he presented her with $4,000. SO
that she was assured Of an annual Income
of 5000, precisely the amount that he had