Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-02
CITY BANK CLEAIsINuG.

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membered that it was signed with the
initials ~. G. Bessie Speight, the
witness said, was a former inmate OF
the redlight district, and he so told
Mr.. Wood. She had also been book
keeper for Elias Garcia.
Mother Revokes Employment.
After the conversation with Mr..
Wood, said the witness, he was called
to Magdalena and Socorro on business,
and While in Socorro. he received long
distance call from Mr.. Wood, stating
that Mrs. Petra Garcia had repudiat-
ed the employment of Marion and
Wood, and had employed some other
lawyer. Later the witness corrected
this testimony and stated that he first
heard of his mothers action through
his wife, and that he had thereupon
telephoned Mr.. Wood and notified him
of what had been done.
Upon his return from Magdalena,
witness said that he found that his
mother had actually employed other
attorneys. Subsequently, he said,
Marion and Wood had filed suit
against Mrs. Petra Garcia for the val
ue of services rendered. He could
not say whether the sum sued for was
$3.50 or $500.
The cross-examination of the wit
ness was largely confined to calling
attention to apparently conflicting
statements between his evidence in
this case. and that given on the hear
ing of the case of Marron and Wood
versus Petra G. Garcia. In num-
Der of instances it appeared that
statements made by the witness in
these two cases were in conflict. In
some instances he said that the former
evidence was correct, and in some,
that his evidence ut this time was cor
rect, AT other times he declared that
his memory was at fault.
During the conversation with Mr..
Wood regarding Bessie Speight, said
Mr.. Garcia, nothing was said about
any common law marriage between
the two. as he knew nothing OF the
existence of such a marriage. He SIM
ply stated his fear that the girl would
file q claim against the estate be-
cause she had been going with" his
brother.
Woods Explanation.
After the introduction in the evil
dence of the record in the case of
Marron and Wood versus Petra G.
Garcia, and that in the Garcia will
case, together with certain letters
Identified as having passed between
the firm of Marion and Wood and
that of Thompson and Gibson, of Salt
Lake, Mr.. Wood was called to the
stand. Mr.. Wood said that he first
became acquainted with Juan Antonio
Garcia when the latter came to his
office in July. 1910, to see him about
fixing the estate of his brother, Elias
q. Garcia At the time, he said, Mr.
Marion was on a vacation and he was
in charge of the office. His testimony
regarding what took place between
them conceded in some particulars
with that of Mr.. Garcia, but he said
that the conversation regarding pos
sible claimant to the estate took place
in his office III the morning, ana not,
as Garcia testified, after the conVer-
sation with Mrs. Petra Garcia. Wit
ness was also quite positive that no
mention was made or Bessie Spelsht
at the time, and said that he first
heard that name long afterwards.
Garcia told him, SAID the witness, that
there was woman in salt Lake CITY
claiming to be the wife of Elias CAR
cia, and to be the mother of child
by him, but no mention was made OF
her name. The account OF the confer
ence at the home OF Mrs. Garcia was
the same as that gwen
by the preceding witness. Mr.. WOOD
told of sister of Juan Antonio Car
cia, who was present in the house but
not in the room where the conference
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