The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-21
Judge Bernetha Forced to Call
Down" Witnesses Many Times
in Peculiar Suit Now Being
Tried in Court
WITNESS WOULD CALL
ATTORNEY LOGAN LIAR
Court Threatens to Fine for Con-
tempt-Case Comes From Bre-
men-Is Suit on Note-Uncle
and Father Against Sons.


and other places, occupied the
time of the Marshall circuit court
for a few days, and incidentally
furnished much amusement for
the bar, witnesses and spectators
in attendance at the trial.
Saturday morning while on the
witness stand, Louis Vehon, OF
Kalamazoo, Mich. caused no little
trouble to the attorneys in the
case, as well as Judge Bernatha.
His replies to questions of attor-
neys were surly, always quite
smart, and at times real cute. The
attitude of the witness was that
the whole proceeding was a great
bore, and that to be subjected to
a cross examination, was being
badly imposed upon. AT times
he came very near telling the at
torneys in the case just what he
thought of them. Several times
he was warned by Judge Berne-
THAI that his replies would have
to be modified somewhat. The
climax came when in reply to a
question of Atty. H. A. Logan,
the witness hared "Mr. r.Aogan do
you want ne to call you a, liar ?"
Here the Judge interposed and re-
marked spiritedly, IF you do, Mr.
Vehon, l will fine you for con-
tempt of court" Whereupon the
court proceeded to instruct the
cute witness in regard to a few
things concerning respect for
court, and how he should conduct
himself while IN court.
Case is Peculiar One.
The case on, trial, entitled 10
seph Vehon, versus Nathan We
hon, on notes, was very peculiar
one, in which uncle and father,
are arrayed against the latter's
two sons, Nathan, the defedant,
and his brother Louis, who is as
sisting him. according to the
testimony, the facts in the case
are as follows Three years ago,
Solomon Vehon, with his son Ma
than, were residing in the town
of Bremen For the support of
his father, Nathan gave to Solo
mon Vehona ten promisory notes,
one falling due each year for tea
years, of the sum of $3.50 each.
According to agreement there
was to be no interest ON the notes,
which were to be met by the son
as they fell due. For three years,
the father resided in Bremen, and
the first three notes were met
Then the father went to Chicago
and SOLD the seven remaining
notes to his brother, Joseph We
hon, a millionaire dealer residing
in that city for the sum of $500.
Then Solomon Nehon went
to the home of his other son, Lou
is, in Kalamazoo, Mich, where
he resided for a few months until
he quarreled with that son, and
then returned to live with Nathan
at Bremen. While in Kalamazoo,
the father spent the $500 realiz-
ed from the sale of the notes. At
ter he went to live with Ma
than, that son demanded that Sol
omon repay him the sum of $3.50
a year, for supporting the father,
which was to be simply the re-
turn of the notes, which were
sold and spent. 1t was practical
ly settled that the father should
repay the last Z notes. AS they
came due, Nathan refused to pay
them to Joseph Vehon, who
brought suit on the notes. The
father is aiding his brother, and
the two sons are on the defen'e.
Attorneys Logan and Lauer rep
resent the plaintiff, and Kellison
is attorney for the defense.
1t seems that the hot-headed-
ness exhibited by Louis Vehon
on the witness stand this morn
ing, runs in the blood of the fam
lily. The plaintiff Joseph Vehon,
is not attending the case, but sent
his deposition, taken in Chicago
1t is said that while his deposition
was being taken in the Office OF a
Justice of the Peace. the old man
stormed and -raved at the court
and attorneys. even seizing
chair with which to clean out the
place. The latter report was only
gossip about the court room this
and may or may not be
true.