The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1895-09-27

Judge Bradley then announced that as
the trustees application was based Oh
the statute he should oyerrule the de-
Mr. Beeeher announced that he should
enter an appeal. Mr. Williams Tetorted |
that Judge had 30 days to consider an
appeal and he moved that Mrs Hazard
should take the chair and be sworn. At
ter come further exchange of eompii-
ments, Mrs Hazard took the oath. Mr.
Williams insisted on q bond for the APP
pearance of Mrs Hazard, when the ques- /
ton came for adjournment, but this was.I
quickly arranged, Mr. Beecher Offering TO |
go bonds for any amount. The amount |
was placed at $500 and court adjourned |
till Tuesday at IL.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS
were resumed at IL o'clock with Mrs Ida |
M Hazards testimony. Mrs Hazard is |
a buxom lady of unusually cheerful dis |
position, and could not refrain during |
the proceedings, when her letters and |
her relations with Mr. Mitchell were be- |
ing questioned, of occasionally being
mirthfui. AS many AS could comfortably |
get into the probate Office were on hand
to enjoy the sensational part of the pro-
ccedings, and they were frequently given
an opportunity TO broadly smile by the
Ingenuity u bEe law y6Es. 1Hcic WCiC
frequent objections To Mr. Williams
questions by Mr. Beecher but the court
allowed MIR Williams to proceed. Mrs
Hazard said she had lived in Monroe five
wears, and when asked If she had ever
been engaged to Lawrence Mitchell, Mr.
Beecher made his first objection, on the
ground that it did not bear on the BUSH
ness dealings between them. Nc VIII
liams thought it WAS important and the
court should go by the statute, and Mrs
Hazard was ordered to proceed. She
said that every promise she had made Mr
Mitchell had been conditional, that he re-
form aud stop drinking, and finally adj
mitted that she was engaged conditional
lY, as stated, but that he had broken
every promise and would not stop drink
ing and reform. This was in the year of
1898 and '9i but she
COULD NOT REMEMBER THE TIME.
Some time during the year 1890, she
could not remember the day or month,
she married Francis B. Hubbell, but had
never been engaged to Mitchell before
that time. Upon her marriage to MI
| Hubbell she removed from EasUon,
where her home had formerly been,
when she was the wife OF Wilbur Bene-
dict, to Monroe. MIR Benedict died 10
| AuSu5GA lOCJs DllC ONNailC l1dAtlAhhSo
with Mr. Mitchell when she lived in Eas-
ton, where he called on her, but at that
time here was nothing said between
them about getting married, or her COM
| ing to Newtown to live. AT about this
| time she came up to Mr. Mitchell's house
for pleasant drive and did not come to
look over the house with the object Of
coming to live. She did not remember
just what time this occurred nor did she
recall that she had told Mr. Mitchell that
she intended to leave her residence in
Easton in April, 1890. Nor could she
remember the time of the drive within
three months. A postal card was pre-
scented which she thought she never
wrote, but would not say positively. She
did not think she ever wrote anything to
Mr. Mitchell regarding her marriage TO
Mr. Hubbell and there was no talk before
this marriage of her
MOVING HER THINGS TO NEwTowN.
At the time she married Mr. Hubbell she
owned her furniture, horse, COW, two
pigs, harness and single seat buggy. On
the occasion of her going to Mr. Mitchell's
place In Newtown she only saw Mr.
Mitchell's housekeeper and could only
remember of going into the sitting and
dining rooms, though she would not state
positively. Mr. Hubbell died in Novem.
Der, 1890, and she was married again to
Mr. Hazard in March, 1895. Referring
to the Newtown trip again, she was ask
ed if she did not write to Mr. Mitchell or
February - and invite him to come dowr
and stay one night as it would make 8
long drive for the horse, to which Mi
Beeeher objected on the ground of the
letter not being produced and the wit
ness given chance to Identify the writ
inc Mr. Williams fhOupht IT.
and the court sustained him. She ther
stated she could not remember. Since
Mr. Hubbell's death she testified TO hav
ing written several letters TO Mr. Mitchell
but could give no dates or the contents
of them. Mr. Mitchell came to her house
sometime within year after Mr. Hub
bells death, but could not remember
whether it was on night when she had
written him to come or not. His frs
visit after Mr. Hubbell's death was in tht
evening but she could not remember
anything of his encounter with dog
though &C the time she kept black dog
of about 100 pounds weight that waE
good natured. She did not recollect thu
occasion of this first visit and did no
then promise to marry him conditionally
or otherwise. She did not recollect O.
ever stating to Mr. Mitchell that she
MIGHT BE SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
by Mr. Hubbell.
Regarding COW she got of Mr. Mitch
ell, she stated she bought it and had thu
receipt, but could not describe the COW
only that it was no good and she soor
exchanged II with him for a better one
Paid him for the COW with money she
either earned taking boarders or from hel
income which proved to be from banl
books 10 the Derby and Bridgeport Saw
ings banks, but could not recollect ex
actly where she got the money. She
took receipts for the proceedings and
they were in her councils possession
At this point recess was taken unit
| 1.30 D.. M, at which time court resumed
promptly. Mrs Hazard stated farther
about the receipts and said she would
produce them and would also search for
any letters she had received from MI
Mitchell, though she thought they had
all been destroyed. The next article to
attract attention was a square box two
seated wagon which she bought OF
Mitchell but had no idea of the price
paid. She also bought another buggy OF
him and for both transactions had re-
ceipts, which were in the possession of
her lawyer. She remembered no cor
respondence about the wagons. Could
/ not remember what work Mr. Mitchell
did on her farm in 1891, if he did any.
He brought some fence posts but she
i could not recollect when it was or how
much she paid him for them. She got
the money from having boarders and
during all of the time since Mr. Hubbell's
death up to last March, had not less than
two and sometimes as many as 15. Pc
ter and James Hubbell were steady
boarders at her house, paying her 81 or
| $150per week. That when Mr. Mitchell
came to work for her
i 1T WAS A PART OF THE CONTRACT
that he should furnish hay for his cat.
| tie, and that he brought down two pair