Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
THE CHAPMAN WILL HEARING.
h Progress Yesterday Until Nearly , o,clocy-Con+inuod to Thursday.

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 O'clock-Continued to Thursday.
 The hearing on the contest Of the will of the late Daniel L. Chipman was in progress yesterday afternoon untli 4:45 o'clock. Mrs Burr, who had pes'a housekeeper to MT Chipman until ne married Miss Sarah Worrall, was the last witness. She took the stand soon after 2 o'clock and in the nature or hsr testimony she was not a disappoint- ment
 Mrs Burr stated that she had been Mir Chipman's housekeeper for some time and that frequently he remarkeu to her that he would like to have some direct relation to whom he could leave his great estate. Mrs Burr asked nm why he did not marry, and while tue idea seemed to him rather pleasant he still seemed to have some fears regari- inc the wisdom of such step. But he was satisfied upon enc point; that was that if he ever did marry, his wife should be a young woma1i He had no use. he said. for women as wives who were as old as he was. and II ne ever married his wife should be young. sprightly woman. Mrs BUTT suggested that he marry Miss Worrah. Mir Chipman considered the suggestion and he looked upon it as quite an lnea. Then he seemed to favor it, and nnaAy made up his mind ito see.
 Mrs Burr saw the process the sug- gestion was making through MT emp mans mind. She had nothing in ln- terest in the suggestion but the old mans veal She did believe that Miss Worrall would make a good helpmeet for him. and few days later she called upon Miss Worrall, who was then employed at Reid < Hughes's, and told her of her talk with MT Chipman. The more the old man thought of If the more he came to like the idea of mar dying Miss Worrall, and so one day he rode to her home and invited her 10 his. The invitation was accepted. Miss Worrall went to Mir Chipman's home, and, to make long story short. they became engaged to be married that sf- ternoon. The marriage took place next day. Miss Worrall remained at the house that night. Next noon num- Der of friends and relatives assembled at the house to witness the marriage ceremony. At the hour appointed MT Chipman not appearing to take his place, great surprise was expressed. He had been seen around the premises only a short time before. 4 search was made for him and he could not be found. His disappearance was most remarkable. The friends ard relatives, in the greatest state of alarm, hurried hither and thither, wondering where the old man could have gone to. Not a trace of him could be found, though every place where he was accustomed to go was searched. Ii began to dawn upon the parties that there would per haps be no wedding after all, when the old man was seen coming up the field outside the house driving a COW before him. The ease with which he was walking and the picture of complete and sublime indifference he seemed to be in showed that he had not ;he slightest idea of what was going on or what he had contracted to do. Why, Uncle Dan," said the guests, "don't you know that you are to be married?' By gum, put that's so,' remarked he, and he went into the house. changed his collar and tie and met his bride in a few moments and was married.
 MT Williams, counsel for the will, tried to prove that Mrs Burr was jeal ous of Miss Worrall. He tried to show that Mir Chipman had repeatedly told her that she was too old to marry and that when Miss Worrall was visiting Mir Chipman the day they contracted to marry she was up stairs in her room in the sulks. burning with envy. But all that the witness would admit was that Mir Chipman had repeatedly said to her that if he ever married his wife should be a young woman. and that she had not the slightest Jealousy toward Miss Worrall. That visit lasted some hours. during which the housekeeper was in her room up stairs. Mir Williams tried to have her admit that she overheard what Miss Worrall and Mir Chipman were speaking about, but she denied having heard a word. She did not know if they had closed the door, aor could she remember if she had closed the door of her own room. She did not remember that Miss Worrall went to her in the kitchen and that she, the witness. told her to keep out, that she had no business for her there. The hearing was adjourned to Thursday morning at 9 o'clock.