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Show ocv CASH TO A WOMAN Tne time of Judge Howell has been taken up during the greater part of tho day, hearing the case of Mattie R. Walker, against Hattlo T. Brohu, the action having been begun to recover re-cover $193.50, alloced to be due for certain personal effects sold the defendant de-fendant by the plaintiff. On the witness stand, Mrs. Walker testified that she sold to Mrs. Brohn, a Jersey cow, two lambs,, a set of hnr-ness, hnr-ness, a buggy, two lassoes Mrs. Walker Walk-er calling them lassoctes a range, two halters, a washing machine and $10 in cash. The lattor, Mrs. Walker Walk-er explained, was deliberately taken by the defendant from a $50 pile of money In Walter Rlchey's office, .Mrs. Brohm telling her that she needed the money and was going to borrow "I have neer seen a cent of that money since, Judge," said Mrs. Walker, Walk-er, "and it looks as though I never will, I have gone to her home many times to get It. hut she always runs away and hides so I can't see her." In the course of the cross-examina-tioin, Mrs. Walker refused point blank to answer some of the questions put to her and flatly refused to ajgn hor namo to a paper offered her bv the attorney at-torney for the defendant. "You have seen my signature a good many times and I won't sign my namo to anything for you," she said, "and, besides I am not going to answer all of your fool questions. You haven't got sense enough to ask questions right." Tho court stated that Mrs. Walker would not havo to sign her namo in MMMJVrjMDHRBBM court, because, he thought It not proper prop-er to experiment on signatures betorc Mm court If the ultnoss objected to It Tho com I persuaded Mrs. Walker to answer the othor questions that she objected to answering. The witness said that she sold the things enumerated by her to Mrs Brohm and that Mrs. Brohm had prom Isd to pay for them right nway She btatcd thoitch, that Instead of Mr Brohm bringing her the inonoy she borrowed on the goods, Mrs Brohm had used the money for other pur poses. |