Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-23
FAMILY
ECCENTRIC|T|Es
AIRED IN COURT
Contestant Begins introduce
ton of Evidence to Show
Insanity Of Late Probate
Judge Of County,

With the bcginnlnr Yesterday of the
introduction Of evidence in behalf of
Arthur staab. who Is contesting the
validity Of the will of his brother the
late Judge julius staab. in the district
court of this county, the effort 20 es-
tabllsh the mental ncupacity Of Judge
Staab at The time of Tho execution of
his viii began in earnest
only four witnesses were examined
during the day and the proceedings
but It was apparent from the trend of
The questions asked that 1t is the pur-
pose of the attorneys representing
Arthur suab To go thoroughly into
everything bearing directly or remote
Is on the question of Judge staab's
sanity A recital Of the peculiarlties
and eccentrictios 81 various members
Of The family occupied good part Of
the time of the court yesterday
Family Physician Tcstific~.
When court opened in the morning
Attorney Field resumed his statement
of the contestants case which had
begun Wednesday afternoon. and at
the conclusion of his address to the
Jury Dr w = Harroun Of Santa re,
took the stand
Dr. llarroHn testified that ne had
practced medicine in the capital city
for more than thirty years. and was
for q long time the family physician
OF the family of Abraham staab lie
testified that at the time of his death
Abraham Staah was suffering from
paresis and TINT for some years prior
to his death Mrs Staab, the mother
Of Judge Julius staab, was insane. due
to causes which ne described lie
also told Of the mental condition Of
Paul Staab, . brother of Judge Staab,
who he said had suffered for years
from epilepsy.
A. G. ireland. of Los Angeles, "a
resident for many years of Santa Re-
WAS next introduced for the purpose
of showing certain business ransac-
lions of Judge Staab which it WIS
claimed indicated an unsound mental
condition The cross examination of
Mr. Ireland by Attorney Spiess was
vigorous, and the effort WIS made to
show that the witness himself, and
not judge Stab was responsible for
the irregularities alleged to have oc-
Cured in the transactions about
which AIR ireland testified NUM-
Der Of papers we're introduced in eNi-
dcnce IN connection with the testi-
mony Of this witness
Confusion OF Tongues
The examination OF Charles kiosoN
the first witness % take the stand af-
ter the noon recess. was notable in
that FOR while il kept Interpreter
Ruppe busy uanslaung in four differ
ent languages
Mr. kicsoV whose home is IN Santa
Fc and who was for many years Il
close personal friend Of Abraham
staab, was Introduced for the purpose
.of showing feeling Of animosty on
the part OF Mr. Staab towards his son.
Arthur Staah The contestant The
witness said that his conversations
with the elder sNab were in German,
with some Hebrew words. At
torney Spices native OF Switzerland.
wanted To be- shown. and called upon
MIR kiesov No gepeat the CONVERSE
ton, as nearly ats he could in the
original tongIf ID which i was held.
The witness complied with the re-
Guest and Nlr Ruppe, a native of
Austria translated the German and
Hebrew words INTO English and then
translated them again into spanish
Dispica~eh At Marriage.
Mr. kiesov declared that Abraham
Staoh was ereaiN displeased At the
maniage of Arthur Staab Ills dis
pleasure, said ihe witness. arose partly
from the facI ihat the son had not
asked ms permission TO marry ana
partly from the fact that he had mar
ried Christian He stated. however
that he had never seen any evidence
at iu-freing on the part Of Abraham
Staah towards Mrs Arthur Staah, hut
that on the contrary he had Frequently
referred Ia her as "a nice YOUNG
lads
on the occasions when Arthur
slaah was the subject of conversation.
said Nj kiesos, the father would ire
quentg become excited. and some