The morning times., 1897-02-09
VAN R|sW|CK CASE DRACs
Mrs. Martina Carr Still on the
Witness Stand.
\ BREACH OF CONFIDENCE
1t Caused an EstrangeLnent Between
Herself and Her Nephew, Will
ton The Gift of Ice Stock-Sote
Books Offered in Evidence--A
SkillfuI Cross s-Examinatiou.

The Van Riswick will case is progressing,
been occupying the stand on three different
court days, has not yet concluded her
testimony. She was under the skillful
crosS-eXamination yesterday of Judge Jere
Wilson, and he succeeded in compelling her
to admit some things which might explain
some of the intimations OF Mr.. Wilton j.
Lambert's counsel.
Mrs. Carr told of the estrangement be-
tween herself and her nephew Wilton. 1t
lad not been caused by the alleged actions
OF his father in refusing to sign her pres
ent of ice stock, but resulte d from q breach
of confidence, which Judge Wilson did not
go into because it merely involved the
assertion that Wilton had betrayed re-
mark regarding some friends. Later he
collected certain rents of property and
charged her commission. This resulted
i'll some little coldness on her part but
she admitted that following the occur
renee she Went 10 the theater with Wilton
and took refreshments with him at the
Raleigh. Judge Wilson asked her if she
had not taken supper, but she answered,
The well-known lawyer drew from the
witness that soon after the gift to her
of ice stock, which she had said was as a
compensation for what her father had
done for Mr.. Lambert, Mr.. Van Riswick
had been shown by his son-in law list
OF cases in which he had appeared as
counsel for Mr.. Van Riswick. Mr.. Lam
bert wrote at the bottom of each case
unpaid and this infuriated her mother,
said Mrs. Carr.
The witness stated that she had gone To
North Carolina every summer since 1889.
The first summer she let her horses stay
at Van View until her return, but when
she came back they were so used up that
she told her mother that she would not
let them stay there again unle SIS Mr.. Lam.
bert's family were. prevented from using
them.
In answer to queries from Judge Wilson,
Mrs Carr explained that she sold her
159 shares of ice stock, receiving in pay
ment $22 900. The lawyer wanted to
know what she had done with the money
and she replied that Sl3, goo was put in
two houses in this city.
Whose name is the title OF the property
in?'' she was asked, and the answer
was, ''Mr Carr's."
what did you do with the balance?'
We'll, $4,000 OF it was placed in a
cotton mill in orth Carolina
Whose name was the stock in?'
'Mr Carr's, but he indorsed it to me-
Now then, about the rest OF the money,
| Mrs. Carr" inquired the attorney, and she
explained that that went into Norfolk real
old iy,t ty-zE rrrr
This served the purpose of Judge Wilson
| to show that property which had been
/ given Mrs Carr by her father had gone
into Mr.. Carr's name, and the Will was
| drawn to prevent any further property
| from going into that channel.
Counsel for Mrs. Carr offered in eyi.
| dence certain notebooks OF the late Mrs.
| Van Riswick Mr. Worthington read ex.
tracts at random from one Of the books
| There We're recipes for cooking ham an6
| cabbage, for washing flannel, and PLAN
| for constructing an ice-hodse. The cour
| suggested that such extfacts might wei
! be admitted without being read, but Mr.
| Worthington insisted, antfzse was allowed
| to proceed after an explanation by Mr.
| Perry that it was perfectly proper t,
| show the deceased's mental condition
| The entries We're misspelled and writtei
| in an unscholaIy manner.
| 1--WE want to show the difference be
| tween what she wrose when by herself
| and the letter TO Mr. Darlington, which
| was not of her own creati0n,'' remarked
| the lawyer, insinuatingly.
| Mrs. Carr said she first heard of hel
| mothers will two days after the funeral
| 1t was through a statement made to MI
| Carr by Mrs. Lambert. Mr Perry Offered
| in evidence an alleged coaimmica tion