Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-27

matters. On one occasion. he said,
le had bought horse and buggy ami
ook great delight in driving out with
he lady who subsequently became mis-
wife His father demanded that he
Tell the horse and buggy. aud he had
'efused on the ground that he ha I
paid for them with his own money
md had Il right to have them. An
,thcr time, he said, his father became
Inpry because witness. after borrow
ny $4,000 from him at per- cent
interest. had reloaned the money TO
me of his fathers customers at a rate
If 10 per cent Still another time.
while at dinner. n discussion had
'ome up over the right of the Witness
o own the morse and buggy and the
'lder Staab had ordered witness 20
cave the table--a command with
which witness did not comply.
Mr. Stanb also related an incident
when he said that his father told
lin OF serious trouble that Julius
Stasb had gotten INTO while stu.
lent at Harvard. The elder Staah
lie said, had gone to Cambridge,
Mass, TO try and get the matter
out, but had not been
subsequently. In Santu
Go. said the witness his father had
allied him and julius Staab into con-
erencc. and In state of great anger
lad declared that he would dish.
lerit julius Staab and demanded that
he latter Sgt paper releasing any
LAIN that he might have against the
state after his death
Mr.. Staap declared that on this oc-
aston he pleaded long and earnestly
With his father 10 give Julius an
,ther chance" and that finally his
counsel was needed and the elder
itaab reinstated Julius Staab in ais
viii
Forced to Sign Paper.
Explaining the circumstance UNI
Ter which he had signed confession
Il having embezzlcd a large amount
# money from his father, the witness
old OF having met \. A. Staab in AL
in 1904, when the latter
rranged meeting with him at the
lome Of Noa llfeld in this city. Pre-
lously he had gone TO Julius Staab's
'ffice ana had found the latter pre-
iaring paper. the contents OF which
lie would not divulge at the time.
Mr.. Staab said that when he ar
lived at the Noa Ilfeld home his
ather, julius Staab. Noa llfeld ami
.ous HELD We're present Immed-
tely upon entering the room whore
lis father was, the witness said, the
after undertook to search him to SET
{ he had a weapon. The father then
harged him with having stolen his
Mothers jewelry and pawned IL in III
'aso. and also with having stolen
money from him. and demanded that
lie sign a confession of guilt and a re-
ease of any claim against the estate
The witness said that at the time
le explained to his father that the
My jewelry of his mothers that he
lad ever had was diamond ring
which had been given to him. and
hat his father himself had sent other
tones that he was accused Of havins
tolen to New York TO be reset and
leaned. He also testified that he re-
minded his father that, to even things
~ between him and his brothers for
he difference in the amount spent
n their education his father had
iven him authority to draw both oil
lis New York and his Santa Fe lc-
cunt for from $4,000 to $4,000 a
ear
At this time, the witness said, his
rife, Mrs. Julia Staab, was i'll at her
ome in this city and he decided,
ather than 10 cause her a shock that
night further imperil her health, to
omply with the demand made upon
i'm. He signed the paper, he said,
iithous reading it, ana considered
hat he had been forced to sign it,
In Oklahoma City.
Immediately after this incident, Mr.
taab said, be went with his wife 20
oklahoma City, where they have
nee lived He told of his financial
ifficulties in that city, and how.
rom time TO time. remitiances mad
cen made him by his father. These
he declared, had not
ONE to him direct, but had been sent
, his wife, and all correspondence
rom his father. he said, had been had
18th Mrs. Staab. Only once after go
TX to Oklahoma. said the witness,
adj he seen his father before his
cath, and that was in 1905, when the
Ider Staab had visited Oklahoma
ity.
The witness told of being informed
T his fathers death by telegraph, /
nd Of going TO Santa Re immediately
pom receipt Of the news, arriving
We minutes before the funeral ser
ices began. He gave an account of
Judge julius Staab's action at the /
me of the funeral, and stated that
e was not present in the parlor when
lie services were being held. He also
.lated an incident after the funeral
hen he said Judge Staab's conduct /
ld been decidedly peculiar.
He then told of the scene on the /
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