The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
.ARnrsrRONG WIAL CASE.
Judge shumway Holds q Further Heari
 in inc NOteA Case.


 day of the witnesses in the Armstrong will case. During the session there
 was considerable of an audience pres ent, which with the large number of witnesses nearly filled the spacious | apartment of the civil side of the court
 The case occupied the attention of the
 court during the entire day,
 All the attorneys in the case, eX- l Judge Harrison and John w. Alling for | the will and Hon. Samuel Fessenden | and eX-Judge Stoddard for the appel-
 lants, were present. The first witness was Captain John Griffin of this city, who was master of the schooner Dread naught and others owned by the de- ceased. He testified that in his opinion | MT. Armstrong was of strong mind and | was not mentally incapacitated. His testimony was not shaken on cross ex- | animation. EX-Judge Harrison then l called Captain Hodgdon proprietor of l the Tontine and Fremont hotels in this | city. He was master of several of the Armstrong vessels prior to his coming to New Haven, and had an interest in
 the schooner Yale after he embarked l 1 said that on March 23, 1895, Lorenzo
 Armstrong called on him at the Ton | tine hotel to discuss matters relative to the stranding of the Yale. At that time MT Armstrong was apparently of sound mind.
 | Mrs. Mille TroWbridge of this city. sister of the first and third wives
 of the testator, was called later in the | day. Her testimony was simply as to the relations between Armstrong and his second wife and the latter's feeling toward her husbands relatives. | Richard Armstrong, a son of the de- | ceased, testified that his father was the managing owner of six vessels and | transacted all business pertaining to them without assistance during the past years of his life. He said that when his father went to Boston in March, 1895, he was in excellent health
 and his mind was perfectly sound He returned about April with cold Af- ter that he only went out once before his death on May s.
 He had only one conversation with his father in reference to a will, and that was in last March. The senior
 
 the latter's wife should remain. The third Mrs. Armstrong was not the boss of the Armstrong household. As the witness put it his father usually
 "had a hand in everything that was | done"
 Upon cross-eXamination MT. Arm strong denied that his father had ever | called his attention to any alleged in- debtedness which he the witness, might have incurred and that his fa- ther knew nothing of any such alleged | indebtedness. The witness said that because of the failure of the Andrew l.. Fennessey Co.,, of HobolSen, N. J., l of which he was a stockholder, there were debts outstanding against him of a total of from s50,000 to $1OO,O0O. This indebtedness, he said, was caused by his endorsing notes of the concern. | Charles H. TroWbridge, cashier of the | Tradesmens bank, followed MT. Arm strong. He testified that the deceased 1 had done business at his bank. He had a conversation with MT. Armstrong shortly ebfore his death and was posi-
 he was of sound and strong mind. As
 
 testified to the same effect.
 A. H. Hurlburt the real estate dealer, was the next witness. He had known
 Lorenzo Armstrong for twenty-five years and had done business with him since 1876. He had managed number of his rents. MT. Armstrong was a frequent visitor to his office and he had always considered him man of strong will power He meant what he said. Fred H. Benton was called and testi- fled that he had known the testator for several years. He had lived within a block of MT. Armstrong for,eight years He had married his niece and knew him in a social way. He always con- sidered him a self-reliant man. He was independent and man of decid- ed views.
 Mrs. Benton, the wife of the previous witness, was then called. She was the daughter of Philando Armstrong and had lived within a block of Lorenzo Armstrong's home for eight years The witness had never noticed any weak ening of the mental faculties in her un- cle. She had never heard Lizzies name l mentioned in her uncle's house or by the members of his family.
 Charlotte s. Ryder, a niece of the first and the third wives of MT. Armstrong, had visited deceased's home many times, going several times week, as she liked MT. Armstrong was an act i've, energetic man, while his last wife was a timid woman.
 She had never heard Lizzie's name mentioned by her uncle but she thou9ht that her cousin Arletta had mentioned her name at one time in casual way, but not specially.
 The last witness called was Philando Armstrong, who was member of the firm of L. & P. Armstrong and a broth CT of Lorenzo. They began business in 1886. His connection with the firm be- gan in 1896 and became a partner in 1S46. The first store was at the head of Long wharf. They owned vessels to- gether and Lorenzo was managing ow- her. The capital invested at the time of Lorenzo's death was about $75000. Their families had always been intin- ate and the children had grown up to- gether The business was always we'll managed and the witness had never noticed any mental impairment in MT
 Armstrong; He was well and active up
 to his last illness. He never heard To- renzo say anything about his divorced wife or his daughter.
 The case was continued until 10