The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-01
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
THE DORE FIRE MYSTERY rs PROP
ING An TNTERE STING CASE.

Defense Intimates That the Property
Was Set on Fire-Tibbles Case Is Settled
Hearing on the Curr Estate-Cases In
the city Court.
The case of Daniel Dore against the
F. w. Babcock Oil company, in a SUIT
for $15 900 damages for fire IN Octo-
Der, 1896, is proving very interesting
one, and from the way the defense car
ried on their part of the trial yesterday
they are apparently attempting to lay
foundation for claim that the Dore
block was set on fire.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Josephine
MCGOWAN, 7. Stoddard, Mrs. Mary Jo-
sephine MCGOWAN, Weather Observer
Tarr and George A. Law were on the
witness stand at different times. Mr..
TAR had with him records showing the
condition of the day and the velocity OF
the wind on the day Of the fire, october
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whether or not candle would have
been necessary to see to fill the oil cans
in the cellar of Dore's place and Wheth-
er certain statements of former Witness
es were correct.
Mr.. Dore testified that on the day OF
the fire he was away ducking with
Father Russell, and the defense asked
him all sorts Of questions concerning
his absence, insinuating that he had
some special purpose in going away
that day.
Yesterday Mrs. Dore was on the stand
and Lawyer Hamilton asked her If she
had not told one of her neighbors That
she could not live in her apartments,
because the rats and the cockrOacheS
annoyed her so and that she was going
to move out. She was also asked If she
did not say to one of the neighbors that
Mr. Dore's business was poor. She de-
MED both these insnuations and said
that neither was fact, anyway.
Mrs. Scully, one of the neighbors, told
about Mrs. Dore's actions on the day
of the fire on the stand yesterday morn
ing. She was in the store alone with
Edward McEnroe, clerk, who was
then sixteen years of age. He was the
one that let Higgins have the candle,
although Mr.. Dore had forbidden his
using it before.
Judge Cleaveland held a hearing in
the probate court yesterday afternoon,
which opens up a new chapter in the
controversy which has been going on
in the probate court over the estate
of the late Edward Curr The hearing
is for the purpose of giving Clifford l.
Stoddard, the administrator Of the es-
tate, an opportunity to examine Will
liam Curr, of this city, a brother of the
late Edward Curr, to whom the de-
ceased had given various sums Of mon
ey during his life time.
The controversy has rather unusual
features. 1t has grown out of the APP
plication of Mrs. Fidelia Curr, widow OF
Edward Curr, who lived on Grove
street, in this city, and fer some time
in the state of New York, for an allow
anec from his estate. The estate Is
valued at $780,
| The granting of the allowance is OPP
posed by the mother and brother OF
Curr, on the ground that his wife had
deserted him before he died
| great deal or testimony has been
taken by Judge Cleaveland on both
sides, and the question he has to de-
eide is whether the wife deserted her
| husband or was turned outdoors. II
| the former she is entitled to no allow
ance from the estate If the latter, she
is entitled to the allowance and to
portion of the estate.