The Washington herald., 1915-01-06

William J. Dante, trustee and manager
! of the estate OF the late Stilson Hutch
| ins, became irritated yesterday in the
| District Supreme Court when Cross-ex-
amined too severely by attorneys in the
case. He took the view that an ATTEMPT
was being made by counsel to discredit
his testimony with the jury. Mr.. Dante
has been constantly on the stand for
more than a week
Bequests Of 5000 each are made to
| Mabel +. C. Lindsay, Elsie G. c. Payne.
and Margaret Z. Clafiin in the will of
Price c. Clafiin. dated April g. 1910. and
Probated yesterday. Harry CIaflin. a son,
| Is to have twenty-five shares of the stock
of the Clafiin Optical Company The re-
naming estate goes to the wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth II. Clafiin, and at her death
to the children.
Bond of $500 yesterday was furnished
by ]. William Henry, head Of the firm
OF Lewis johnson & Co, against whom
an indictment was returned on a charge
of embezzlement by the grand jury Mon
day. Benjamin w. Woodruff, also in
dicted. arranged bond of 5000 Each Of
the brokers' had previously given bond
of 5000 on two other indictments re-
turned last month.
Attorneys for Commissioner Oliver
Newman yesterday consulted with him
as to the steps to be taken to appeal to
the United States Supreme Court from
the decree of the Court of Appeals,
which on Monday sustained the decision
of the District Supreme Court that Mr.
Newman is a "usurper'' Of office. 1t is
probable that direct application will be
made to the highest court for a writ
of certiOraTi.
Eleanor A Chatard brought suit in the
District Supreme Court against the Dis
trict National Bank for the recovery OF
1000 bond of the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne & Chicago Railway Company. in
trusted to the firm of Lewis Johnson &
Co.. bankrupt brokers. which she alleges
turned the bond over to the bank as part
security for a note.
Minnie L. Degges brought suit for
limited divorce from her husband. Fred
erick Degges, and asked the District Su-
preme Court to order him to pay her a
reasonable alimony.
John Charles Steinberg. through his
next friend, Ella Z. Steinberg. brought
suit in the District Supreme Court for
the annulment OF his marriage to Anna
Greiner Steinberg. Ella f. Steinberg al
leges that at the time of the marriage Of
John Charles Steinberg to Anna Greiner
he was a lunatic and not responsible to
enter into bonds of matTimony.
H. Tudor B. Harris, administrator of
the estate of Caroline NJ Harris. brought
suit in the District Supreme Court
against the Phoenix Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company for payment of a 5000
policy on the life of Albert W. Harris,
who died August "a, 1914
Florence c. Satterwhite brought suit
against Grace Mcmillan Gibson and
Preston J. Gibson for payment OF a s5OoU
note. She alleges that on De-
cember s, 1913, she took the Gibsons' note
for that amount for five months, but that
they have paid only the interest on the
paper and have failed to take up the
note.
Antonio Vettori, in answering the suit
of his wife, Linda Vettori, for a limited
divorce, denies that he was cruel to her,
and says he cannot pay the alimony she
demands because she had him thrown
into Jail, and so long as he Is incar-
cerated he cannot find employment to
pay the demands of his wife.