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and all her family as II they had been his

and all her family as II they had been his
own children.
Miss Holt said that when she was here
in 1893 she htst Mrs. Sterett at the Judges
house. She r remembered once when he
spoke Of Coll Eterett.
What didihe say about Col. Sterett?"
asked Mr.. BItterworth.
The attorneys for the caveators entered
an objection that there was nothing m the
direct examination that made this proper
subject Tor orGss-exa mination.
Judge Bradley sustained the objection.
Mr.. ButterwoTth then questioned the wit
ness at some length about her visits to
this city and Judge Hollis bearing toward
her She said that the first letters she
could remember ever writing were to her
The visits that Judge Holt made at her
fathers house every spring and fall until
his final illness were then gone into at
Ter 9Th. She said that she did not remem-
Der ever having met Miss Hynes or any OF
the Throck.f,orfops either at her home or
al Judge H6at.s.
She said that on one occasion her uncle
told her that he wanted her to learn
French, for he wished all her family 10 en-
joy trip to Europe after his death. ana
she was TO be the Interpreter. Frequently
he told her that he cared more for her and
her family than he did for anybody else In
the world.
Mr. Butterworth asked her to fix date
when he said that. She said that she could
rot name any particular time any 1aore
realize that her father and her mother
cared for her
Miss Holt again said that The judge tcld
her that they would have soou tiea, more
money after his death than they did tEen.
Did he say where you were gong 10 get
it?' asked Mr.. Butterworth.
mo, he didn't snapped the Witness, .or
there wasn't any other way we could get
1t. My father was too much or an lhVa'ld
to make fortune"
Miss Holt was asked whether IN these
conversations she ever heard her uncle
speak of any other members OF his family,
but an objection to the question was SuS-
tanned.
Did Not Know Him.
Miss Hollis examination was concluded
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. and Frances
Strothers, a colored servant formerly en-
ployed at Judge Hollis house, was called as
a witness.
She testified that she was chambermafd
in the judges household for several years
prior to his death She remembered one oc-
casion when the elder Mrs. Throckmorton
came to the house. The Judge sent down
word that he would not see her. and did
not want ever to hear of her calling again
SO far as she knew, none OF the other men,
bers of the Threckmorton family ever
called at the house, nor did she ever hear
of any such person as Mr.. Luke Devlin.
The witness gave additional testimony as
to the pleasant relations that existed be
tween her employer and his relations, the
Hollis aid the Steretts, ccrroboratng in
this the evidence Of the other servants Of
the house.
The witness said that when the judge was
too ; ok to write he used to dictate his let
tiers II her to the coachman. Charles
She never wrote to any of the Throckmor-
tons, once she wrote to M.ss Hynes, but
she frequently wrote to Mr.. Wash. Holt
and his family. These letters were all OF
warm and affectioEate nature. Like all
the other servants, she said that she had
never seen the alleged will nor had she the
slightest idea of how II came to be sent to
the register of wills.
During the last week of the judges life
she said. Col. Sterett WAS at the house
every day She testified to the finding
of a memorandum in the judges closet. a
paper bearing the words Date Of VIII. jan
/. 1885, etc, but nothing new was devel-
oped
At Mr.. Worthington's request Mr.. Luke
Devln rose to his feet. The witness was
asked to look at him carefully and say
whether she had ever seen him before.
She said that SHE had not.
The cross-examnation of the witness was
conducted by Mr. Darlington, and was still
in progress, when The Stars report closed