The San Francisco call., 1906-09-14
SOCIETY ON STAND
IN WILL CASE.
Those Who Knew Bertha
Dolbeer Intimately De
clare She Was Rational
CONTEST NEARS END

Further testimony regarding Bertha
Dolbeer's love for exercise and violent
sports and her enthusiasm over auto
MODELLING and golf was given yester-
day in the will contest case in Judge
Coffey's court by a number Of promi-
nent San Francisco society people who
were intimately acquainted with the
young heiress before her death. John
D. Spreckels, Harry NJ. Holbrook. Mrs.
Grace Spreckels Hamilton, Mrs. Lille
Spreckels Holbrook, Miss Virginia Jol-
life, Miss Mary Jolliffe and William
P. Horn were among those who were
called by Miss Eta Marion Warren's 6
attorneys TO testify.
John D. Spreckels, who was the first
to take the stand when the case was
called in the morning, spoke OF Miss
Dolbeer's passion for utomobiling, de-
claring that she was more skillful in
handling her car than many expert
enced chauffeurs. He described her
manner as always pleasant and said
that she had an active brain, an alert
eye. good nerve, and always appeared
perfectly healthful and rational.
Harry M. Holbrook told on cross
examination Of a conversation with
Miss Dolbeer after return from an
automobile trip to San Jose.
WANTED A BUNGALOW.
.She spoke of Miss Warren as be-
ing very dear to her" he said She
remarked that she would like to have
bungalow in Menlo Park where she
could be away from the city and the
social strain of Burlingame and such
places. She spoke of the value of
friends and of how she. would like to
have place where they might call in
on trips in their automobiles or by
train and be quietly entertained. She
spoke of my liking for orchids and
flowers. l never noticed that she was
phlegmatic or quiescent I thought
Miss Warren about her equaf mentally
and never noticed that either yielded
to the other. They were always ap-
parently in accord"
Mrs. Hamilton told of stopping with
Miss Dolbeer at a hotel. when the latter
declared she was not able to sleep well,
5ut attributed it to the fact that she
never could sleep well the first night
in strange bed. She also declared
that Miss Dolbeer and Miss Warren
were equal mentally and appeared like
sisters.
Mrs. Holbrook spoke of Miss Dol
beers reticence concerning herself. say
ing that she never made confidant.
although she was always afable and
pleasant and perfectly rational.
EXCURSIONS IN PARIS.
Miss Virginia Jolliffe was on the
stand twice during the day. and told
at some length OF being with Miss
Dolbeer in Paris and OF the excursions
they took together in that city and
vicinity. She spoke of-a trip to the
Eiffel tower, when Miss Dolbeer re-
fused to ascend on the plea that such
heights made her dizzy.
we did lots of shopping together
in Paris" said Miss Jolliffe, and Miss
Dolbeer looked better than / had ever
seen her before. She was perfectly ra-
tional and it never entered my mind
to question her sanity. She said little
of her relatives. but told me she liked
Mrs. Watson and that Mrs Moody had
no heart"
Miss Mary Jolliffe also testified to
Miss Dolbeer's apparent sanity. as did
William P. Horn and Peter B. Kyne
a stenographer in the Office of Dolbeer
& Carson: Miss Dora Rasmussen,
former servant at the Dolbeer home,
told of Miss Dolbeer's rest cure and of
a dinner party at the home immedi-
ately preceding it.
Most of the witnesses for the re-
spondent have been called and the case
will undoubtedly be closed within the
next few days.