Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-29
THE DOoLITTLE CASE.

All The Testimony In-The Argu-
 ments To Re Made This Morning
 Trouble Brewing Between The
 Good People or Woodbridge Over
 The Case.
 The famous Doolittle case threatens to be bone of contention between the good peo- pie of Woodbridge over which the town will be divided into factions which will fight it out during the winter. The people seem to take deep interest in the case. They crowd into the court room and lister. closely to all that is said. At the close of the testimony and after the adjournment yesterday Cyrus Warner, a prominent man in the town walked over to the corner where stood Philip E Allen and told him that he had lied most out rageously in his testimony just given. Allen replied that he did not lie and said it took a pretty good man to call him liar. It re- quired the combined forces of Mrs Ida AL len and Mrs. Burton Dickerman to keep the young man from walking right into the older man who had questioned his testimony. Low mutterings were heard among the crowd and quiet threats made that the case and it's animosities would find it's way into the next town election. It seemed as though there were several fights brewing.
 Mrs. Sarah R. Woods was the first witness called. She testified to the general good character of the new Mrs. Doolittle, with whom she had lived two years. Mrs. Loren E. Doolittle, pleasant-faced lady of middle age and great good humor, told the court that in her opinion Lucius was competent to manage his own property.
 T rom Woodbridge, next occupied the witness seat. He had had business transactions very re- gently with the defendant, and from what he knew of him he thought he was fully capa- ble of managing his own property. This witness is nephew of old Lucius, and on the cross-examination Mir Hamilton ascer- tained that he had called his uncle an old fool, but he explained this away by telling the court that he did so because the old wanted too much for his milk. The witness admitted that there had been coolness ex- isting for some time between the families of the defendant and Loren Doolittle the wit ness father.
 Elihu Sperry was called to the stand to ex- plain Lucius' conduct at a certain town meeting at which the complainants claim that the defendant waltzed around among the benches in the town hall. MT. Sperry said that MT. Doolittle had spoken in the meeting about tue way the public school was conducted, and in order the better to show the meeting how the children behaved while at school, he pranced around among the benches as he said the children had done. Charles J. Peck, who was one of the di- rectors at the Woodbridge fair, cleared up considerable of the mystery surrounding old Iucius and his actions on the day in which the defendant rode horseback on horse l which was attached. to wagon. It seems Lucius had pitted his horse against one of his neiehbors, and together they flew around the track. Lucius saw that he was beaten in 1 the race so he climbed over the dashboard l and on to his animals back that he might l spur him on to victory better
 Cyrus Warner then testified to the fnan- cial ability of the defendant and Dennis Me | Quinn denied having called him an ldiotic old I liar MT. and Mrs Alfred L. Key, Lewis Hitchcock, Lewis Thomas, w. W. Peck all | testified that in their opion he was capable of of conducting his own affairs.
 Theodore Baldwin, Stephen F. Bradley, l William Morgan and Miss Nora G. Quinn | also testified.
 Mrs. Ida Allen was called to testify about Judpe's testimony and also that of Cyrus 1 Warner. They had testified that they did not | consider Mir. Doolittle incapable of managing | his affairs Mrs. Allen testified that on diff l ferent occasions these gentlemen had remark l ed about the old gentleman's strange pecul- iarities and had called him crazy or words to | that effect.
 Philip Allen heard Cyrus Warner say that MT. Doolittle's housekeeper bought some fish
 and clans of peddler and paid hlm With Mr DooIittle's money. She took the pocket book out of her pocket. She had quite a
 good many bills in her pocketbook, and he
 thought it strange that the old man would 1 give her the money.
 Ernest L. DooIittle was called and stated 1 that Dennis MeGuinn had told him that his father was crazy old liar. B That was said l about year ago. MT. McGuinn testified for 1 the defence
 Attorney Doolittle leaned back in his seat and asked this question: Did you hear anybody say that Mir. Blaine was Harp The witness said he had.