Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28

that Judge Holt was estranged from his
family as a result of the bitterness grow
Ing out OF the late war. and he allowed
his uncle to make the first advances This
Judge Holt did by sending to his nephew
q copy Of a pamphlet he had published as
an answer to an attack made upon him
by Jake" Thompson.
An Important Witness
George A Johnson. a middle-aged colored
man. was then called as q witness He
said that he Is now Secretary Carllsle's
butler. but was in Judge Hollis employ
from 1878 to 1894 He was man OF all work
about the house and stayed there at night.
johnson said that he frequently answered
the door bell at Judge Hollis. He knew the
elder Mrs. Throckmorton up to about 1880
She and Judge Holt used to good deal
of each other. but I'm the spring OF 1889
they had some kind of a falling out. Judge
Holt. he said. went around to see Mrs
Throckmorton. When he came back he
asked the witness If Mrs Throckmorton
had been calling upon him for service. the
use or the carriage, etc, while he was alb
sent In kentucky. The witness told him
that she had.
Then" said Judge Holt, IT don't want
you ever to do anything for her again. and
L don't want you ever to allow her on my
premises again.
Johnson said that he knew Maj Throck-
morton. but never saw him at the house
but once, and that was before this diff
.
mother.
Continuing. the witness told of a time
after that when Miss Josephine Throck-
morton came TO see the Judge. He sent
down word that he did not want to see
her. and told Johnson that he did not
want him ever to let any OF the Throck-
merton family inside his house. as he re-
earded the m all as his enemies. She came
icumber of times after that, but the judge
always declined to see her
Johnson said that he did not know Mr..
Devlin. and did not remember that such
man had ever called at the house
At Mr. Worthington's request Mr. Deylin
arose. The witness looked him over care
fully and then said that he did not think
he had ever seen him before.
On the contrary, the witness said, Judge
Holt always showed the greatest fon6neSs
for Mr.. Wash. Holt and his family and
treated Mr.. Hollis children as If they had
been his own. Judge Holt once told him
that his relatives were the only people in
the world that he really cared for.
Remembers Incfdenfs.
The witness said that on one occasion he
remembered driving Mrs. Briggs to White
House reception.
On cross examination the witness said
that he could not remember exactly the
year Of that reception, but It must have
been about 1883. Judge Holt and Mrs
Briggs were always the best OF friends.
johnson said that last August he had an
Park, in the course of which he spoke of
the reasons for the falling out between
Judge Holt and Mrs. Throckmorton. He
did not remember ever having seen Miss
Throckmorton until after the falling out
she Was then about thirteen or fourteen
years of age.
The witness said that he could not re-
member having told a Star reporter In
Franklin Park that Judge Holt had said
that not a dollar of his money should ever
go to his family, who had abused him for
his loyalty during the war. He also told
The Star reporter that Mr.. and Mrs. Wash.
Holt had experienced considerable surprise
that no will had been found.
He did Lot remember saying that the
house looked as though it had been ram
sacked after the judges death.
Emma Foster. colored. who was the COOK
at Judge Hollis house, then called to
the stand. She gave testimony practically
similar to that of the other servants as
to the relations of the different people
composing the household. She was still
on the stand when The Stars report
closed.