Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-20


relationship Of roommates between
the two had been terminated b, Judge
Staab ON short noAce. MIR fandolfl
hau never questioned Judge Stanb as
70 mis- reasons for changing his room.
put lotk II for granted that the late
ness 'f his own hours disturbed his
roommate, and didn't blame him for
making q change
appeared Perfectly Sound.
MI IandOlf did not hesitate To say
mat at all times during his acuuaint
anee with Judge Staab the latter APP
pearod perfectly sound mentally, and
ne mad no occasion 20 call his sanity
IN question. The fact that Judge
Staa might have committed suicide.
the witness said, WIS not In his opin
ion an evidence OF insanity. He be-
lieve1 that Judge Staab had become
Respondent on account Of his stomach
trouble and had despaircd Of ever be-
coming curcd--this. he thought. ace
counted for his having taken his own
life.
questioned as TO whether Judge
Staab was Il hypochonhriac Mr. Ian
dolN told Of an amusing incident
e.
you just imagine that you are sick e
Judge Slaab replied. according TO the
witness; "lf you had my stomach
you would know that YOU were sick"
The witness did not consider Judge
Staab erratic, but admitted that he
was nervous and eNcitablc and had
a somewhat peculiar manner. lie
told Of an incident when he and Louis
c. Gumbiner gave a skirt-danee with
out skirts in which they initiated OF
rather hurlesqucd. Judge Staab.
Questioned nv Mr. Field as to Judge
Staab's pecuiarities In playing cards
Mr. Landolfi replied. well. when he
and Tom Wilkerson were playing
always tried to be there to see it,
Mr. Field endeavored TO show by
Mr. Landolfi that Judge Staab took
baths with undue frequency. but was
unsuccessful The witness knew that
he always took n bath after game OF
tennis but would not say whether he
look bath five or six times Il day, as
suggested by the attorney.
Newell Last Nin,ss.
j. Benson Newell, who stated that
his occupation WAS attempting Ia
practice law, was the last witness Of
the day.
Mr. Newell said that he became ac-
quainted with Judge Staab while they
were both members of the tennis club,
of which the witness was secretary.
He had also done stenographic work
for Judge Staab and Identified a
number Of papers as having been
drawn by him at Judge Staab's die
tation. which were placed IN evidence
subject to the right of counsel for Ar
thur Staab to object later. The date
of thescpapcrs was shown to have been
near to that OF the execution of the
will. Mr.. Newell stated that he had
been closely thrown with Judge Staah
during the fall Of 1912 and the spring
of 1913, and gave II as his opinion
that during that period Judge Staal
was Of sound mind.
The witness was given rather bad
half hour on crOsS-cNamination by
Mr. Field, who undertook to make
him state whether or not, in his opin-
ion, suicide is an evidence Of insan-
ity Attorneys Spices and klock OBJ
iected strcnuorsly TO this line of eX-
animation but were ovcrruled by
Judge I,aynolds. I'm the outset Mr
Newell stated that he believed lha'
every man who committed suicide was
temporarily insane, but in attempting
to qualify this statement got badly
tangled. and finally declared that 2
man who committed suicide might on
might not be insane. At the conclu-
sion of the cross examination Attor-
ney Field made n formal disclaimer OF
any intentional discourtesy to the wit
ness.
As the hour for adjournment drew
near Mr., Field stated that he had
concluded his cross-examination Of
MIR. Newell as to his oral testimony
but reserved the right to further ques'
tion him in regard to the papers thai
had been identified by him and condl.
tionally admitted in evidence \
number of witnesses are yet to be ex'
amined, and it is impossible to state
how much time it will take to COM
plete the Trial.