The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-19

1 ltTNleW WlIn Mlllllle at liic iouSC oANei l Andersons death. He said Minnie asked me what I supposed killed John' told her l did not know. She was in the kitchen at home sitting down and | her face was eXpressionless. She was not shedding tears or sobbng. It was proposed that she go downstairs. put my arm around her and attempted to | lead her downstairs. When she stood up she said, Oh, don't, don't take me down where John is, and when we went by the door of the bedroom where John was she turned her head and screamed. l I do not remember that she cried at all"
 The ross-examination was not con- cluded until few minutes before four o'clock Nothing new was developed. Charles V. Mclean, the drug clerk, was again called to the stand and testihed as to putting up the prescription writ ten by Dr. Cooper after being called to attend John Anderson. The prescrip- ton, box and powders prepared were put in evidence, but Attorney Chase took exceptions to the same
 The Ansonia chief of police, Thomas Ellis, testified to placing Mrs Anderson under arrest. He said that so far as he saw Mrs Anderson shed no tears and did not seem in the least affectedSby the death of her husband.
 Charles G. Tatten, a member of the police force, testified to keeping watch over Mrs. Anderson on Tuesday night. He saw nothing unusual in the ac- cused's conduct and did not see her shed any tears.
 Arguments in the suit of Lynch, ad- ministrator, vs. Martin were made yes- terday afternoon before Judge Robinson in the superior court. The case of Me Spirit & Sons vs. Geary, growing out of a dispute in the dredging of the Quinnipiac river when the Grand ave- nue bridge was constructed, was begun at 2 o'clock.
 In the United States district court yesterday Judge Townsend heard the quarterly report of expenses and ap- proved the same. The principal bills were approximately as follows: For jury, $500; bailiffs, $500; state prison ex- penses, $400; witnesses, $500; clerk, $500; miscellaneous, $40.
 Two voluntary petitions in bankrupt cy were filed in the United States dis trict court on Monday. Henry A. Bur bank of Willimantic has liabilities of $960.S4 and assets of ,Sl ,464.90. The lia- bilities of Michael Simon of Danbury are S1,79o33, and the assets $5S1 10,
 PROBATE COURT MATTERS.
 There was to have been hearing in the probate court yesterday on the ap- plcation to admit to probate the will of the late Professor Othniel c. Marsh the eminent Yale paleontologist, but by re- quest of counsel it was postponed until Friday April 2s, at ? D. m.
 Frederick l.. Perry and Abraham C. Bernstein were appointed commissioners on the insolvent estate of Jacob Pickus, the Oak street grocer
 On the application of one of the cred itors of Pauline Bernstein, who made an assignment some time ago, the trust was terminated. The assets were very small and as the trustee would be personally responsible for certain claims if there was not money enough in the estate to pay them, no one could be found who would act as trustee
 John A. Corcoran, husband of Mary Corcoran. proprietor of the Adams house in George street, was on tr al yes terday in the city court on four counts, drunkenness, resistance to officer breach of the peace and throwing glass in the street He was fined $3 for breach of the peace $3 for resistance and judg- ment was suspended on the other two counts.
 Thomas Nihll, for assaulting his wife, was fined $20 and costs yesterday morn ing and in default went to jail Be- cause of the lack of evidence Judge Dow | discharged Mrs. Nhill, who was ar rested on charge of drunkenness. Four children may be placed in the County home.