Evening star., 1896-06-22
THEIR SIDE CLOSED
Caveatees Are Through in the Holt
Will Case.
MISS THROCKMORTON THE LAST WITNESS
Clearing Up Details in the Famous
Trial.
WILL SOON BE OVER

The sixth week of the Holt will case be-
gan this morning at o'clock, an hour
earlier than usual. a result of Judge
Bradley's desire that the case should be
advanced rapidly as possible.
When court adjourned Friday afternoon
| Miss Throckmorton was on the stand. This
morning she was recalled for cross-exam-
ination by Mr.. Worthington. In answer to
questions from him she related in some de-
tail the acquaintance she had with Judge
Holt, and the friendship that existed be-
tween them. She. was also asked as to the
correspondence that passed between them
AT this point the cross-examination was
suspended while Detective Henry Lacy was
called by the lawyers for the caveatees.
Lacy was assigned to duty at the ST. Louis
convention last week, and has just return
ed to Washington.
The witness testified that he was present
at the interview which Mr.. Truesdell, The
Star reporter. had with Geo. o. Johnson
the colored butler at Secretary Carlisle's
house. Johnson was formerly employed by
Judge Holt. and the meeting between him
and the reporter was brought about through
the kindly offices of the witness Lacy
stated that during the interview, which
occurred some time last August, johnson
said that he had been sent for by Mrs
Wash. Holt, who expressed the greatest
surprise and disappointment that no will
had been found. Johnson also quoted
Judge Holt as saying that none of his prop
erty should ever go to any Of his rela-
tives who had abused him for his loyalty
to the Union.
On cross-examnation the witness said
that he was not certain to whether Mr.
Darlington had told him what johnson had
said while he was witness on the stand
Mr.. Darlington, he said. had asked him
whether he remembered the interview, and
at the lawyers request he repeated the
substance of the whole interview as he re-
meE1bered it. Johnson on that occasion
said that he remembered the break between
Judge Holt and the elder Mrs. Throck-
morton. He regretted it al the time, for
the reason that innocent little chldre n
who knew nothing about the trouble, would
De the sufferers as a result. Personally he
was the better off by it, for Mrs Throck-
morton had been given permission to use
the Judges carriage whenever she wanted
10. ana she wanted to at least every day.
AS Johnson was the coachman he had a
much easier time after the judge and Mrs
Throckmorton ceased to speak
Miss ThrOckmortOn Resumcn
The cross-examinaticn of Miss Throck-
morton was then resumed. She told of.
many visits that she made to Judge Holt
ana described the close friendship that ex-
lSted between her and her Bon Pere" as
she called her godfather. In this she con-
tradicted the testimony of Judge Holt's
was rarely at the house. In answer to a
question from Mr.. Worthington Miss
Throckmorton said that she never met any
one at the house except the servants. She
never saw Mr.. and Mrs. Holt Miss Holt
Col. Sterett or even Mrs. Ray until this ase
began Mr. WorthIngt6n then asked as TO
where she was and where the Judge was
at various times in the last ten years of the
latter life. Thus, for example she stated
that in the spring of 1888 she was staying
with her grandmother on b street south
east, only short distance from the Judge s
ht use. She was in and out of Judge Holt $
house all the time and Mr.. Worthington
then asked her how 1t was that she did not
meet Miss Hyres and Mrs Ray who were
visitors at the house during that period
He also asked her If it was possible for the
judge to have gone to Niagara at that time
without her knowing it. She said that she
remembered his going, for he sent her some
presents from Niagara that summer.
Her subsequent visits to this city were
then gone into at length, Mr.. Worthine-
tens line of questions being evidently di-
rected to showing that the intimacy be-
tween them was not as close as she would
have 1T appear. Miss Throckmorton said
that she was sure that the judges servant
Martha had seen Judge Holt kiss her a
number of times on her arrival or departure
from the house.
AT the time of the judges death. she ad-
mitted. she had no letters from him in her
possession 1t was her custom. she said.
| 10 destroy most of her letters, for army
| oncers families, who move frequently
from place to place. are not able to keep
all they would like to. The letters from
her father to her mother. written from the
| neld when he was taking part in the
| Modoc war. were carefully preserved
Now, Miss Throckmorton. do you re-
| member whether your father wrote to
your mother that he had had a letter from
Judge Holt In which he agreed to take care
| of your fathers family in case your father
was killed?'
I'VE object" said Mr. Darlington III
those letters are wanted we should have
been given notice"
The question was not pressed, and Mr.
Worthington then questioned the witness
as to the letters from Judge Holt to her
| family. which. she testified last Friday.
were kept with others in a box which was
| kept securely locked up. The box was
opened after the alleged will turned up.
and her brother brought them over from
| New York to Mr.. Darlington last summer
She and her mother. she said. conducted
| the search for Bon Peres'' letters while
| the major was at his office down town
| They did not remember at first that the
letters that were wanted were in the old
| box.
During the examination Miss Throckmor-
| ten testified that among the letters was one
| NON General Sherman, addressed to Judge
| Holt on the subject of the Modoc war
When Mr.. Worthington was through with
| the witness, Mr.. Butterworth offered this
| letter in evidence. The other side objected
| On the ground that the evidence was purely
| letter would throw some light on the mat
| ter of General Sherman's signature to the
will. but Judge Bradley sustained the OBJ
| lection.
The examination developed the fact that
| she had kept scrap book from the time
| the alleged will turned up. In it she start
| ed with the telegram from Mr. Devlin,
/ which gave her the first news, and followed
| with every newspaper article which has
| been printed with reference to the case.
Il can bring the book if you want it, Mr..
Darlington" she said.
''Oh. no. Miss Throckmorton Mr.. Worth
ington might claim that it was i'm evidence,
| and 1t would take forever to read it,"
| At the conclusion of Miss Throckmor-
| tens testimony Mr.. Darlington announced
| that he had expected to close his case at
| this point, but some reference had been
| made to Mr.. Wickliffe Throckmorton and
| as the young man was to be here tomorrow
| he would like to put him on the stand
Otherwise he was all through.
Witnesses Recalled.
Mr.. Worthington then called George
Johnson to the stand again. johnson testi-
| fled that during all the time he was in