The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
BEE TAYLOR'S
NEW SENSATION
Discharges Her Attorney in
Court, and Demands That
She Be Given a Hearing
DENOUNCES WITNESSES
Says Their Evidence Is Per-
jured and Slanders Men,
ory of Her Dead Uncle
DENOUNCES WITNESSES

government position in Washington by
a published criticism Of the admins
tration's Filipino policy. In the mat
ter of a few moments of time she
repuC.ated her attorney, demanded a
hearing In her own behalf, criticized
the court, voiced her disregard of rules
Of judicial procedure, and branded the
Witnesses on the other side of her case
as perjurers and slanderers of the dead.
The Incident was as dramatic as it
WIS unexpected Miss Taylor is execu-
trix OF the will of her late uncle, J. d.
Taylor, and is defending a contest in
sIituted by Lizzie Taylor Mcbride, a
sister of the deceased, who was not in
ciuded in the list of benefciaries. The
hearing, as far as the attorneys on both
sides were concerned, was concluded at
noon, and Colonel Barry, who repre-
sents Miss -aylor, and l.. T. Wagner
attorney for Mrs. Mcbride, were dis
cussing with the court as to when they
should file their briefs When the Judge
announced that the case should be sub
mitted Miss Taylor rushed to Colonel
Barry's side and asked him to call her
as witness. The lawyer made a mega
tive gesture and the woman stepped up
to the railing, faced the court and
cried: Your Homer, I demand hear
Ing in my own behalf"
'-Hcw?'' asked Judge Trout
''On the witness stand, I want to
testify to a conversation l had with
some OF these witnesses when they told
me something directly opposite to what
they said here By this time Miss
Taylor had reached the front of the
Judges desk and was much excited.
DISCHARGES BARRY.
But you are too late, madame, the
case has been submitted" said the
Judge, but Miss Taylor became more
insistent. Who is your attorney"
asked the court.
Colonel Barry is, If he will represent
toTney," she said.
Judge Trout asked Colonel Barry
whether he wanted his client to testi-
~, and the lawyer answered no."
whereupon Miss Taylor shouted: Then
/ discharge him. 1 have no attorney.
/ notify you now that have no at
torney and / demand the right to be
hesssd in my own behalf"
. Clerk Kennedy half arose from his seat
with the intention of removing Miss
Taylor from her position, but Judge
Trout bade him refrain and, for the
purpose of hearing her complaint in a
more regular way. invited her to take
the witness stand. Here she declined to
take the customary oath, but "af-
firmed" tt t her testimony would be
the truth.
Colonel Barry thereupon proceeded to
question her along the lines she had
indicated and the third query brought
10 the matter of an alleged conversa-
tion she had with Mrs. Talbot, keeper
of the lodging-house where Taylor
died. Attorney Wagner objected to the
evidence, as the conversation had taken
place after the death of the testator.
Judge Trout sustained the objection.
Miss Taylor became angry. She rose
from her chair and said, II have a
right TO be heard and to show how this
woman has slandered my dead. She
told me the very opposite of what she
testified to-" Judge Trout said her
attorney had prepared the case and
tried it elaborately and advised her to
consult him.
WILL NOT BE STTFLED.
Il desire to be my own attorney"
said the woman, doggedly. There is no
power in the United States to stihe a
witness who wants to show in her own
behalf that another witness has per-
Jured herself I have no counsel. and
no court in christendom can say that I
have not the right to appear for N.Y.
self; I have discharged him and will
not have him imposed upon me.
Il have been threatened that this will
would be broken If did not do certain
things" said Miss Taylor II can show
what influenced this woman to periure
herself"
The Judge admonished her to reflect
a little, and she said the more she re-
flected the more she saw it was her
conscience and her duty not to let her
dead be slandered."
Your spirit is admirable, madame :"
said the court, and she retorted: In
other remarks from this bench, in the
trial of a claim against this estate.
you showed your disapprobation Of nv
conduct"
The Judge replied that he would de-
eide matters according to law and JUS
tice. and If remarks were necessary he
reserved the right to make them in his
own way, but he was sorry that he had
caused her any annoyance.
Then the case went over until
O'Clock, and when the parties reap
peared Colonel Barry said that he was
obliged to remain in the case until he
was replaced in the only way possible
by the regular substitution of another
attorney. and If one was not substftut-
ed. 10 maintain his standing at the bar,
he would argue the case he had present
ed, and he asked the court not to let his
clients conduct prejudice her rights.
Miss Taylor insisted that she had a
Kind feeling for her attorney, but that
she had been taken by surprise, and as
eXecutrix demanded the right to pro-
duee other witnesses to rebut athe per-
Jured creatures who said my uncle was
an imbecile."
Judge Trout closed the incident by
continuing the hearing until next
Thursday.
Lodge and Crane Choice of Caucus.
BOSTON, IN. 12-TJnffed States