Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-24
CATR0N TELLS
PECUL|AR|T|ES
Of JUDGE STAAB
Fellow Member of Board Of
Bar Examiners Reaches
Directly Opposite Conclusion
TO President Lucas.

Testimony by Charles c Catron. a
son Of United States senator Thomas
y cairon and ono of the members
Of the state board Of bar examiners
directly negatNing that Of President
W j. Lucas Of The same board. was
the principal feature OF the seventh
day Of the Staab viii trial
From the time the state board of
bar examiners was created by law I'M
TIL the untimcly death Of Judge Stuab
AT a sanitafium In switzerland In the
summer Of 1913, the board consisted
Of Judge Staab, Mr. Lucas and Mr..
Catron. The three were closely assoel-
ated IN all the deliberations OF that
board They met together aud travel
cd together They oolaborated in the
work imposed by law upon the board
The three knew each other intimately
and had every opportunity TO judge
Iof the strength and weakness Of each
other
Based on their relations to each
other, President Lucas testified with
unt qualification that Judge Staab
was not only sane. but was 4 man Of
brilliant Attachments Arguing from
the same premises. Mr. Catron de-
clarcd under oath that in his opinion /
Judge Staah was insane
tnnolations again.
The morning session was consumed |
by testimony from NJ Il Hickey and |
Thomas X. p. Madison as TO the an /
notations made by Judge Staab in t
volume OF the compiled laws of New
Mexico while the latter was a mem-
her OF the commission To revise the
laws of the state. ana by "a former
servant Of the Staab family. named
McClinc, who testified to the failure
OF Judge Staab To recognize him on
meeting him in Sania Fet and his
installing him Tor another negro,
named hramletL Twins In Albuquer-
que
Il knowed something WIZ wrong +
said McCline, cause I'm a lot
handsomer man nan MI Bran
lett
McCline also testified To an occas
sion while he was in the service OF
the staah family when judge Staab
VAS callod to dinner but failed to re-
-pond Repeated reminders that 9TH
els were waiting for him TO come 70
he table seemed only to hritate \
Judge Staah, said the witness
Catron on stand
Charles &, Catron was the first Wit
less after the noon recess He told
IF having known Judge Staab from
'hildhood, and said that up to the
imc they went away 60 college they
friends While Mr. Catron was at the
Of Chicago Judge Staab
yas connected with Chicago law
rm and they had seen each other
frequently during that time
Mr Catron told of his associations
With Judge Staah on the board OF bar
MANNERS and stated that the first
ime that he had ever noted a change
n the mental condition OF the testa-
or was IN February 1911, when the
,oard went 10 Roswell To conduct eN-
lent Lucas had met Judge Staab IA
and while waiting for
he train 10 leave for Roswell theN
rad killed some time in the bar Of
he ANarado hotel purine the most
Il the time Judge Staah took no part
n the conversation. bat later he be-
IAN to talk about ills stomach trou-
lie, and during almost the entire trip
rom Albuquerque to Roswell and re-
urn. he would talk Of uothng else
It seemed To be the onlY thing on
us mind, remarked Mr.. Catron
The party. said Mr. Catron. started
o return from Roswell by auto As
ar as Vaughn "Rs some peculiar
Means he said, We had a flask OF
whisky with as or the return trip
IN the way from Roswell Ia Naughn
he auto ran into snow hank aud
VAS necessary to areturn 10 Ros-
welt
Drank " the Whisky
Mr. Catron told how Il was ncces.
AIRY ia the situation ia which the