Garland Globe | 1906-03-31 | Page 3 | As Hetty Green Told Story

A8 HETTY GREEN TOLD STORY. She Had Not a High Opinion of Hon. Joseph Choate. When tho Hoyt will case was on trial In New York tho Hon. Joseph H. Chonto, as everybody knows, was ono of tho great lawyers engaged In it. Among tho witnesses on the sldo Mr. Choato wns opposing was Mrs. Hetty Green. It was a field day when sho took tho witness stand. Tho object ob-ject was to find out from her what had passed between her and Ireno Hoyt nt a certain conversation respecting respect-ing tho bringing of tho suit. Mr. Choato vehemently objected to this conversation being given by Mrs. Green and fought viciously to keep her from telling what had passed. During Dur-ing tho whole wrangle sho sat grimly In tho witness box, her shabby old bonnet askew, while sho clutched her rusty hand-bag. At last after a tough fight, tho Court stated that tho quos-tlon quos-tlon might bo asltcd of Mrs. Green in this form: "Whnt passed between you and Miss Hoyt relative to tho bringing of this suit?" "I object," shouted Mr. Choate, noting nn oxcoptlon. And then It wns thnt Mrs. Green snapped out: "Irene Hoyt told mo she meant to bring suit and I said to her, 'Ireno, If over you let that old buzzard, Joo Choate, got his hand in your pocket you won't havo a dollar left.' " All tho lawyers engaged in tho caso had champagne for luncheon that day and Mr. Choate paidr for it. New York Journal.