The Newtown bee., 1897-04-09
NUMBER 15.

stay at his home and her condition was again rehearsed with the same results as before.
 Cross examined he said he had ex- pected to take Miss Hubbell in his house as an assistant. Never had heard her mention the Lyons name in connection with any home. Before taken sick had helped care for the children. Complained of no ailment except headache. At this point the State rested except for the tes- timony of Miss Hubbell, Dr Smith, Mrs c. B. Johnson and possibly a doctor from the hospital.
 It was now the defense's turn to show it's hand and Attorney Taylor introduced as his first witness, Mrs Smith Seymour of Ridgefield. She testified that Miss Hubbeu lived with her from May to November, the year she went to Mrs Behn's, and she said she was 10 years old then. She was healthy in appear ance, needed strict discipline and could not be depended on or trusted. That she was put in her home by Mrs Weed, the town representative of the County | home, who instructed her to make the girl mind and do as she would by her own and send her to school. Found her a very untruthful child. Didn't tell Mrs Behn her faults as she thought she would find them out and thought per haps different discipline than hers would Thought her a very good actress and that the habit of feigning grew on her. lated to Mrs Behn's family but had been friends for 10 years. Did not think Mrs Weeds instructions to make the girl mind peculiar. Did not send her 10 school while she was with her on &C., count of her own sickness. Would not believe a word she said then but had no 1 intercourse to test her truthfulness since. Never knew her to feign pain or illness.
 Mrs Martha Brothwell knew Miss Hubbell as a cheerful happy child when she lived with her. Was an .errand girl to her and she depended on her to do what she told her to do. Susan 4. Rowan, principal of the Bethel school was called. She knew Miss Hubben when she lived at Mrs Behn's in Bethel, where she attended her school. Could not say that she was a truthful child. Remembered one time that she took 8 pair of gloves that did not belong to her from one of the other scholars. She told her to bring the gloves back in the afternoon buI she failed to come to school. In the meantime the child's mother had seen Mrs Behn and gotten the gloves back. Remembered her run ming away to Danbury once. Her repu- tation among other scholars was not reliable for truth. The cross examina- tion brought out no new facts and was devoted principally to discussing the re- liability of children.
 Mrs Frances J. Hurd of Monroe had known Miss Hubbell from her birth.
 Her real name was Lillian Ley. Her parentage was rehearsed, how her mother died when she was an infant and her father went away soon afterward. She was taken to the aims house and adopted from there by Mrs Emma L.
 Hubbell. Mrs Hubbell's husband died and she was remarried to Thomas Cook and took the child to Springfield. She and lived with MT Fanton for about fCar years, when it was thought best to put
 her in the county home as she was neg lected. During her stay in Monroe she
 saw her often. Could not rely on her hardly word as she had reputation of telling wrong stories. Had seen her but
 twice since and had DO opportunity to , test her reliability. Said Mrs Behn came P to look for her in Monroe, after she had , run away. She asked Mrs Behn if there
 was any young man who would entice , her to run away and Mrs Behn had said a yes. The cross examination brought out IF nothing new except that she was an un' l. fortunate child and was an excellent if mimic.
 ,eI Miss Nellie F. Whitehead was recalled le and said on the Monday previous to No m vember Is, Miss Hubbell said she woul ,e run away because Mrs Behn had cut oi rs her hair. She advised her not to, but t as stay till she was 16 and she said sh
 would. On November 24, when she wis K tied the school, she told her how she rs at away, getting out of the house throug h. Mrs Behn's apartment and going to u ed schoolhouse, where she put on her sho' i'd and went to the corner below the schoo ln- house and waited for Eddie Lyon to con ne back, that he did not come and she wal
 ed on to Mr Stephens corner and wait ,,s there aud not knowing the way to Nj ,ile Lyons came back to the schOolhouse co beri M-Falls, She told the