The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
DELMAS OPENS
DRAMATICALLY
Attorney for Proponents in
Yoell Will Contest Be-
gins i'm Startling Manner

An artistic and effective bit of melo-
drama, introduced by Attorney D. NJ.
( Delmas, enlivened the Yoell- case yes
terday. When the contestants rested
their case in the morning Delmas rose
and gave an eloquent sketch of ]. Alex
ander Yoelrs career.
At the close Of the peroration he sud-
denly said: Il will call as witness
the leader in the assault on his fathers
character
Turning to where John H Yoell sat,
Delmas pointed to him and said, Take
the stand, Mr.. Yoell-"
Very dramatic" remarked YoeL
quickly.
Delmas caught the attention Of the
gathering in Judge Kerrigan's court
and held it till the last dramatic SEN
tence was spoken.
Sensational charges were limited at in
the attorneys speech. Mr.. Delmas said:
The task before me is a painful one. but
could not evade trust reposed in me by the
dead. We intend to show no bitterness or
resentment, but shall proceed without fear
II some OF the blows aimed the who
did so much for his children recoLl upon his
assailants theirs is the blame. not mine
The whisper that sensation was to
be sprung by the proponents in the
room. The testimony was not Of such
a startling kind as was expected Ru-
NOR says the heaviest bolt Of the prose-
cution is held back for to-day.
Evidence intended to show that the
pioneers resentment against his son,
John II. YoeIl, had some foundation,
was introduced. Letters from a young
er son, William Yoell, assailing the
elder brothers character, were read
This letter from this member of the
family declared that his sisters were
cold and proud and that Johnnie,
his brother, was the cause Of all the
family trouble. The letter runs:
1 am sorry. that you are 50 unhappy and
that your children are cold and proud when
who it was that brought the girls UP that
way. Whenever any little boy came TO play
ple were or il they had money. II the
same way with my sisters They were always
cold and proud to me- 1 never had sisters
When / was home. if knew these thizgs.
/ would have acted differently. treated both
you and my mother badly was only.
headstrong boy.
In another letter William Yoell writes
OF his brother Herbert. saying:
Herbert is here 1 do not want my wife
to meet him. do not think him ft 70 meet
her. He was living with woman here. He
has treated me shamefully and wrote letter
to mamma with a lot of lies about Be
cause owed him little money he went to
my EMPLOYER and tried to get my salary He
let me eat at his house once and charged me
for the meals. Nice. brotherly conduct,
wasn't lit
Johnnie is at the bottom Of all your troubles.
Mamma ought to have learned that he was
her evil genius. 1 believe that>you have acted
nobly and that you not as black as you
are painted Though you suffer from the
wrongs and sins of your children, remember
you have one son who loves you.
A shaft leveled at John Yoell in one
of the letters caused litter of amuse-
ment- 1t was an attack on higher edu-
cation AT college. boys are taught to
smoke and drink" declares William. Il
never knew college man who amount
ed TO anything"
Delmas brought out the fact that the
Yoell children had all received good
educations- John H Yoell was on the
stand most of the day, and at times
displayed evidence of a ruffied temper
The introduction of William YoelIs let
ters was strenuously objected to bv
the contestants.
The case will be resumed at 1o:so to-
day.