Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-21

when a child
Questions as to the terms OF the
settlement between Arthur staab and
the other children OF Abraham Staab
after tn death OF the latter elected
the statement that Arthur Staab re-
.ceived 100000 while Or. Saab and
Judge Julius staab had received
amounts approxlmating $4,000.
The Trip to Europe.
Dr, Siaab stated that he and Judge
staab sailed from New York on May
~, 1919, going first to London. where
thty remained for = short time, Judge
Staab going to Berlin about three
days befor~-tne wTrneys fc~-for the-
continent Tho two met in Berlin
about the middle OF June. on June
"a. on the advice Of Berlin special
list, Judge Staah left Berlin for Glut.
terbach. short distance from Frei-
burg, intending TO take the rest cure
lat a sanatorium which was designed
not only for sufferers from mental
and nervous diseases hut for GONZALES
cents from surgical operations.
Mr.. Staab next saw his brother. he
said In Freiburg, on July %, and
from there the two went to Kreutlin
gen, In switzerland. where Judge
staab entered the sanatorium OF DR..
Haymann. Or. Staah declined TO say
that Or. Haymann was specialist. in
mental diseases ana denied that he
had told the medical man that the
mental condition of Judge Staab had
been cause Of great anxiety to his /
family
The witness. declared that the men |
tai condition Of Judge Staab did not |
change from the time he saw him in !
Albuquerque in the spring Of 1913 up /
to the time OF his death. lie denied |
any knowledge OF Judge Staab having
suffered from insomnia and also de /
MED that he had ever had TO walk I
with him at night to overcome at
lacks Of insomnia
Arthur Staab's Marriage.
Their father. the witness declared. |
became angry with Arthur Staah |
when he married lin secrecy" and |
without asking his permission. lie
emphatlcally denied that the elder
Staab had any prejudice against Ar |
thur on account of his having married /
a Gentle, but admitted having heard I
him say that marriages between peo-
pie of the same religion were always
the happiest
DR.. Staab declared that his father
was mentally sound up to the day OF |
his death, though his memory was
bad In his declining years. lie denied /
that the elder Slaab was the victim
either of paresls or Of senile dementia
during the two or three years proceed
Ing his death. lie also denied hav- /
ing stated, on the occasion of the in
terment Of the ashes of Judge Staab. |
that 'it was better that julius was
dead, because his mind had entirely
failed"
The witness admitted that he had |
concealed the truth about the cir
eumstances of Judge Staabs death az
ter his return 10 America and had
stated that his brother had died of
cerebral hemorrhage. He explained |
that his reason for taking this course |
of deception was that his sisters were
In bad health and had already suf- |
fcred a severe shock in the death OF |
their father, and that he did not wish
to add to their distress
Feeling Of Hostility.
It was ON redirect examination by
Mr.. Spiess that Or. Staab told Of the |
alleged peculations OF Arthur Staab |
lie admitted that his father enter
famed q feeling of hostility towards
Arthur Staab. and when asked for an
explanation Of this feeling. said:
My father trusted him implicitly in |
money matters and this trust was Of
ten abused. He took money from my
father. He stole jewcl1y from my
mother He stole money from John
Dcndahl" These words we're spoken
calmly and dispassionately and with
out trace Of emotion either in voice
on expression During, the recital Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Staab showed no
agitation whatever, but looked stoical-
~ in front Of them.
Dr. Staab confessed that at present
he had a feeling Of hostility towards
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given him after his fathers death.
He stated also that during the life
time Of his father lie had often inter-
cedcd in Arthurs behalf ana had tried
to persuade his father TO send money
TO Arthur ana his wife.
Tic has repeatedly lied to us and
promised to do things that he has
not carried out, said DR. Staab.
When an offer was made TO settle
with him after my fathers death he
wept cOpiously and said he was per-
fcctls satisfied with the offer made
to him Then he went and employed
a lawyer and threatened to break the
Will"
Julius Staab's Feelings.
The witness stated that Judge Jul
ius staab's feelings in regard to his
brother were much the same as his
own. "ne told me that he was not re-
liable" said DR.. Staab in referring to
a conversation with Judge StaaD
about the contestant He said that az
Ter repeatedly trying to help him he
bad found il was no use--that he con
tinucd 10 make Misrepresentation
and Is not to be trusted
Attorney Field had the witness read
a letter written by Judge Staab to Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Staab in an effort
to disprove certain statements that
the witness had made. when the
reading Of this letter was concluded
Judge Raynolds adjourned court until
this morning at 9:30 O'Clock.