The morning times., 1896-06-20

After soiid week OF expert testimony on
| handwriting the proceedings in Judge Brad
| ley's court. where the Holt will trial is now
on. were pleasantly diversified yesterday
afternoon by the rointroduction OF come OF
the parties in the case to the witness stand.
Judge Bradley at the cl0se OF the day
| again showed his intention Of bringing the
| trial to a finish by the first OF July, as he
| announced IA Few days ago must be done.
| Before court adjourned he stated that it
would be to meet at 10 O'Clock this morn
| ing. The practice OF conducting jury trials
| on Saturday is never rescrted to except in
| cases OF extreme necessity.
Upon further consideration. however, 1t
| was learned that one member Of the Jury is
a Seventh Day Adventist and IL was neceS-
sary to ca Try the trial over until Monday.
''In that event" announced Judge Brad
ley. I'VE will meet at 9instead OF 10 O'clock
| Monday morning"
| Miss Josephine Holt Throckmorton was in
the witness chair when adjournment took
| place. Her examination will be continued
being one Of the most important bits OF
| evidence offered in the proceedings.
| EXPERT HAY CONCLUDES.
The greater part OF the day was taken up
with the concluding Testimony of Expert
| +. b. Hay. who devoted his trained energies
to showing the many characteristics of
handwriting in the will that correspcnded
with chara cteristics that cropped out at
| intervals in the letters used for comparison.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Hay g examina-
tion Mrs. Fannie Ray was recalled to the
stand by Mr.. Worthington. The latter pro-
duced 4 letter written TO the witness by
Judge Holt, and which referred to a loan
| OF $4,000, made by him TO Fitch Ray, the
husband of the witness. Mr.. Darlington
| promptly objected to the Introduction of
| the letter, but Judge Bradley overruled
the objection, and Mr.. Wortbington read
the epistle.
| 1t was dated October "a, 1884, and in
closed draft.on New York for 81 900. 1t
| was stated that the money was a loan TO
| Mr.. Ray, the husband of the witness, and
which the latter had asked for. On reading
the letter Mr.. worthington showed Mrs. Ray
another letter written by Judge Holt to
Mfr. Ray. He asked the witness to identify
it, and intimated that il would throw much
| light upon the whole transaction apd its
relation with the gift OF bonds made to
Miss Hynes.
| MRS RAY WAS NETTLED.
| II know nothing about this letter." said
Mrs. Ray warmly. "If you wish to inquire
| 80 my husbands business you should
question him. You can get him here by
next Monday" !.
"Well, I'd like to have him testify"
responded Mr.. worthington.
! "we'il have something to say about that, -
interrupted Mr.. Darlington.
| II imagine the witness has more con-
| troll over her husband than you have" added
| Mr.. worthington, amid much laughter.
| After controversy bet ween the attorneys
| over the admission oft ne letter into evidence
Mr.. worthington won the day, and the
letter was read. Preceding the reading Mfr.
Worthington offered brief letter written
| to Mr. Ray at the same time the money was
sent to his wife and the note in return for
the loan.
| The letter Mr.. worthington offered bore
date of January 1. 1886, and was written
to Mr.. Ray after Judge Holt had learned
that he had suddenly given up the mercan-
| tile business. He reprimanded in unspar-
| ing terms the young man. not for any fail
ure he might have experienced, he said,
but for the treatment he had given the
writer of the letter.
| The memoranda written by Judge Holt
on the back of an envelope found among
| his papers and referred to earlier In the
trial were read by Mr.. worthinGton. These
| memoranda were indicative of bequests in
| some will. One was Washington Humane
| Society, s.; another, Washington HUI
name Society. SIS 900: Children's Hos
| pitai, 81 900: Associated Charities, 81 800;
| Central Mission, 81 800; Emergency Hos
pitai, 81 500.
| LETTER FROM MRS. SHERMAN.
When this was done Mr.. Lee presented a
| letter written by Mrs. Ellen b. E. Sherman
! TO Judge Holt, March col Mr. Lee
said that in this. letter Mrs. Sherman re-
| ferred to dinner she had attended at the
| Judges house during the month before.
Mr.. Worthington objected and Judge Brad
ley sustained him.
| Miss Throckmorton. will you please Ia Ike
the stand again. said Mr.. Darling gton, as
he gave up his chair to Major Butterworth
| and called the remaining beneficiary under
the will to the witness stand.
| Numerous questions concerning the early
life OF the witness were asked. The first
| thing she remembered was fSr godfather
teaching her to call him .'bon pere." He
constantly gave her little gifts and when
| she was away from Washington she would
send him crudely penDed notes acknowl-
edging the receipt of the presents. Judge
| Holt gave Miss Throckmorton her first
finger ring. When she celebrated her
seventh birthday he gave her smah gold
ring containing seven pearls. 81
Whenever Miss Josephine came to wash
ington with her parents she would stay
| at the house of her grandmother not far
from Judge Hollis residence. The little
girl was almost constantly at the Judges s
house. She breakfasted there as often as
at her grandmother's. Her godfather
ever showed her the greatest affection.
The relations OF Miss Throckmorton with
the Judge were chronologically told.
WAS there ever any difference in Judge
Holt's treatment of you?" asked Mai. But
ter worth. ayafa
There was never particle. iof differ
ence." ~
..How did he always salute you during
| the whole time you knew him?"
"He saluted me as his own grandchild."
How did he address your"
"As Josephine, always"
HIS GIFTS AND LETTERS.
Miss ThrOckmorton accompanied her par
| .nts to New Orleans in 1885. While there
she wrote Judge Holt letter but received
no reply to it. When she returned to
Washington she met Judge Holt who up
raided her mildly for not writing to him.
She replied that she had written but the
judge said he never received the letter.
In August, 1887, the witness testified,
her godfa ther presented her with tlia-
mond ring, she wore it on her finger be-
fore the jury.
"Tel about the visit to the. judges
house when you were informed he was not
ut home. ,ati
I'm the spring OF 1887 I went to the
house and that woman said Judge Holt
was not at home" said Miss Throckmorton
pointing to Martha Scott, one of Judge
Hoit's servants who had previously testi-
fled 1.-THE very instant she said it my
godfather came out OF an adjoining door
The servant stammered that misunder-
stood her and that she said Judge Holt
had lust come in instead of that he was
out"
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