The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
DISAGREE OVER
TRANSLATION OF
SPANISH PHRASE
Words in Mrs. Cebrian's Letter
Cause First Clash of
Attorneys
PrOpOnent in De Layeaga Case
Shows Her Ire Under
Examination
esudamog Ia gota gorta.,

"Sudamos ia gotta gorta.'
The Spanish words laboriously un-
twisted from the tongue OF E. S. Pills
bury. one Of the attorneys for the
contestant during the hearing of the
Laveags viii contest in Judge Coffey' $
court yesterday, precipita1ed the first
clash in the case. Pi8sbury was read
ing from one of the letters written by
Mrs. Josefa Cebrian, the proponent, to
her brother Miguel, the contestant,
but on reaching that portion of the
letter containing the words he ceased
the translating and uttered the words
in the original Spanish.
we viii not he said, from motives
OF deIicacy, translate those words"
Your pronunciation of them, Mr..
Pillsbury." remarked Judge Coffey,
make them sound rather more barbar-
Gus than they are" The courtroom
laughed and Attorney Peter F. Dunno,
for The proponent. arose with suaYe,
bland objection.
L think" he said, boRing TO Mrs.
Cebrisn, then on the witness stand,
that the words win bear translation"
Then translate them" said Pillsbury,
irritably.
Certainly. / studied Spanish for six
years" remarked the accomplished
Dunne Freely translated they mean
we are greatly exercised No motives
Of delicacy need hesitate there
Pillsbury. evidently deficient in musi-
cal Castilian, hurriedly conferred with
his associate. Oscar Sutro, who, like
Dunno, is versed in the Spanish tongue,
and turned TO Dunno with d satisfied
air.
They mean," he said, we sweat
drops of blood. Then, turning, he
launched into speech on the value of
having documents translated correctly.
lie was in the midst, and becoming
quite enthusiastic over the subject
when Dunno interposed.
Mr. Pinsbury," he said gently, you
are unnecessarily 'sUdamos.
And you, SIR said PillsburY, re-
torting in high dudgeon, are sweating
blood
~Piusbury." exclaimed Dunno sharply.
f'Gentlemen." came from the court
The warning factors subsided.
MRS. CEBRIAN ANGERED
Mrs. Cebrian, the proponent, was kept
on the stand the entire day and sub
Jected TO a pitiless examination by
Pillsbury- She would be asked a QueS-
tion and on answering IL one of her
old letters would be handed to her
and efforts made TO show that she
stated something directly TO the con-
trary. She held up well, but at times
the Castilian pride would scorn the
dignity Of the courtroom and she would
hurl forth her ire. In one instance she
was asked why. according to her let
ters, she did not care TO have her Sis
ter. Maria, give her deposition in the
suit brought by her illegitimate
nephew, Anselmo.
Because she did not know anything
about the matter" she replied.
But, madame" persisted Pillsbury,
If she knew nothing she could have
so stated. could she have not?"
1t is easy Mrs. Cebrian said, for
a lawyer TO ask questions and very
difficult FOR a lady TO answer them. The
reason j did not care TO have my sister
questioned by la sWyers was because the
questions were insulting and rude. I
am a married woman, and il was bad
enough for me; and l was glad to know
that my younger sister, a young and
innocent maid. had escaped the bother
and shame and annoyance to which /
had been subjected"
The letters read yesterday con-
tained manv points in favor of the con-
restant- BY these letters OF Mrs Ce-
brian, an effort viii be made by the
contestant to prove that Maria La
veaga was of unsound mind and that
the sole reason OF keeping her in
Europe was because her relatives
feared she would be declared incom-
petent If brought back TO California