New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
DISBR0W CASE RESUMED.
TESTIMONY AS TO THE BOATS on THE
BAY-MANY WITNESSES STILL
- To RE HEARD
TO BE HEARD.

Good Ground Long Island, July THE second
week Of the hearings in the Disbrow case began
To-day. and from present indications they may
drag for two weeks more The District Attor-
ney has still many witnesses 10 examine. and
the defence will call more than score. At
this rate, with only three or four witnesses a
hay. il is hard TO see when the case will come 10
an end. Justice Foster has to write out every
word OF the testimony in longhand, and this
IS slow work
Disbrow was brought over from Riverhead
his morning by Sheriff Wells. The counsel
did not arrive until the II % train. go that it
WAS almost noon before the court got 10 work.
TO make up for this delay longer afternoon
session was held but not much advance was
made in the case. Erastus W. Tuthill, station
bgent and telegraph operator at Eastport, was
the first witness. He testified that on the morn
ing Clarence Foster and Miss Lawrence disap-
peared a young man gave him the following tel
ngram to send 10 Mrs. Lawrence:
Dirnple and Clarence Foster are together. I
will not rest until find them.
It signed L. A. Dishrow and TuthiI ar
srst identified Disbrow as the young man who
sent the message. but later weakened. and
eventually the sum Of his testimony was that
Disbrow looked like the man who gave it 10
him
Mrs. Adelaide TernelI. wife Of the proprietor
Of the hotel where Disbrow lived. and which
WAS visited by Foster Miss Lawrence and Dis
brow just prior to the occurrences on the hay
took the stand next Mrs. Ternell had persist
emily refused 10 talk, and because of this 1T was
thought that she might have something to tell
She added little TO what is known The girl had
taken dinner at the hotel on Sunday. June 8, she
Esid. Disbrow and Foster being there ar the
baIne time. The next time she saw the girl
when she saw the body on the shore Miss
lawrence had worn stock outside of a collar.
and the material was such that it would not
shrink Mr.. Smith laid great stress on this
last, IL being contsnded later that the stock had
thrunk. causing any marks that might be proved
10 have existed about the throat Mrs Ternell
xRid that she did not the trio al her place
on the night of the tragedy She saw Disbrow
leave there the morning Of the 10th His room
had been occupied that night. had another
room on the same floor This room had not been
rented, but two persons had occupied the bed.
John E Ternen followed his wife, He said
that he had been up practically all the night in
question watching for chicken thieves. He slept a
while lounge. and about midnight went out
. the barn. He found a horse and wagon there.
In the morning. after hearing of some disturb
bnce in the house. he went to DisbroW's ROOM
Disbrow was dressing. He had seen the un-
rented room, and it was evident two persons
had been in il He saw Disbrow later in the
parlor, and told him to leave the hotel.
Terneu said that he never saw Foster Dis
brow and Miss Lawrence together. On the
night OF the drowning he had not been near the
shore, nor had he heard any outcry or unusual
noise.
Nelson B. Squres. the owner of the leaky
boat which. il is thought, may possibly have
been turned adrift a blind to make it appear
that Foster and Miss Lawrence went out in II,
testified TO where his leaky boat and his
brothers. larger and sound boat the
evening before the tragedy. He told Of the
leaks in the sides and bottom of his boat and
identified the and Oarlocks. He said that
on the morning after the drowning il was found
that one of his brothers boats had been dis
furbed. On Monday night his brothers big boat
was one hundred and fifty feet north of where
It was one hundred and fifty feet south Of that
point and about in front of Ternels hotel.
From where his brothers boat beached in
the morning a mans footprints led toward
the hotel Near where his boat had been there
Were footprints-a mans or mems, and also
wonans.
Under cross-examination Squires said that
not without close examination could il be
certained that his boat unsafe, if the in
Vestigator was working at night. A long trip
could not be made with his boat without con-
slant bailing. II would be unsafe if two in
toXicated persons occupied it. If two persons
were in the boat and tried TO change places 1t
that if the boat tipped part way it would
right Itself II the person or persons in IL fell
out. He knew Dsbrow. who was frequently
along the beach and could easily have known
the dangerous condition Of the boat.
John Carter, who worked for Squires, gave
somewhat similar testimony. 1t was he who
tied Up the boat He slept in the boathouse,
close to the shore, but heard no noise between
o'clock and 4:30 that night