The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
Superior Court.


On Thursday at the opening OF tn
morning session the counsel In the cas-
of Erwin A. Bates vs. William 8. ELL
stated that a settlement of the case hat
been made and 1t would not be tried. TIL,
| case, that of Amos Keefe vs. town O
Union, was then taken vp. The com
plant alleged that the plaintiff was en-
gagged to care for smallpox patients by tn,
health officer, and the town refused II
pay his bill, which amounted to S13O, In
Guiding $15 for bed and $115 for bill
services at 80 a day. Amos Keefe, tn,
plaintiff, was the first witness. He sale
that Elsie Dodge and her mother had the
smallpox In one of his houses. He was
engaged In the lumber business and EN-
ployed some forty men In the woods.
There were about eight men In the house
where the smallpox broke out, and some
thirty OF the other men lived 10 boarding
house quarter of mile away. Health
Officer Upham Of the town came to him
for advice about the matter and engaged
him to look after the house and men. He
did so, and had the men go to work in
the woods every day, and at night used
every effort to keep them In the house.
He secured nurse to take care of the
patients and visited the house q number
bed and mattress, and charged $15. He
thought his services were we'll worth %
a day. Other witnesses for the plaintiff
were Mrs. Margaret Osgood, Edwin l..
Blair, Lewis d. Durand and Fred A.
Moore; while those for the defense were
Edwin w. Upham, George Wallace,
George w. Crawford, Peter Dio and
Mary A. Dodge. MIR. Upham testified
that he did not give Mr.. Keefe orders to
guard the house, but that Mr.. Keefe
seemed to want to do SO and he allowed
him to. The selectmen of the town
claimed that they never engaged the
plaintiff TO take charge of the house, and
knew nothing about the bill until 1t was
presented. Attorney Searls appeared for
the plaintiff and Reed & Reed for the de-
The superior court at Rockville on
Tuesday heard the divorce case Of Mrs
Flora A. Clapp vs. Howard s. Clapp.
Mrs. Clapp, who at the time of her mar
riage In December, 1898, was Miss Flora
Charter of Tolland, now lives In South
Manchester. She testified that after her
until August, 1899, they lived
at her home. Then her husband took
her to his home In Windsor, but the fol
log day he deserted her, saying that he
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support her. He told her he was going
away and would not return, and that she
had better go back home, which she did.
She had not seen him since. Judge
Eager announced his decision In the
stephan divorce case. He granted a di- |
7orce to Sara B. Stephan of Rockville |
rom Henry A. Stephan, well-known
business man OF Rockville, on the ground
If intemperance. The case was to have
been contested by the defendant, as he |
las considerable property, but an agree |
nent was made as to the amount OF ALL |
nony. and the defense Withdrew. Mrs. |
Stephan will receive $1,000 alimony.
There was also hearing In the divorced
,ase Of Anna T. Snow of Stafford Springs /
lgainst George FL. Snow, on the ground I
II desertion. Mrs. Snow said she was
married. In Kew York state In 1892, anfl
alter lived In Wellington and Stafford
springs. Her husband was @ watch
caker and optician, and left her In 1898.
nd said he was going to Chicago to get a
diploma as physicion. Before he went
he gave him all of her money, nearly
400. She had not heard from him for
hree years. She was granted the d.
orce and the custody of the children:
arguments were made by counsel In the
dscS Vi AuuorSOn against h8Wtts0r and
lmes keefe against the town of Union.
he contested divorce case Of Alma M.
yer against Nelson e. Aver was assign
d for hearing on Saturday.
An additional order Of notice was grant
In the cases Of Carl Siegel vs.. Teresiel
iegel and Napoleon Gilman vs.. Della
ilman.
Judge eager of the superior court has
sndered his decision in the case of Henry
Porter vs. Loren M. Lord OF Hebron,
lowing the plaintiff judgment for $63 81.
r. Porter sued to recover $3.50 alleged
Ne for chickens and calves sold the de-
ndant at various times. The court will
} In session Saturday to hear the case Of
yer vs.. Aver of Coventry an action for 1
vorce. .