Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-16
TELLS HIS STORY
Christopher Lawlor Gives Complete History of
 Will Trouble.


 Will Trouble.
 When the superior court adjourned yesterday afternoon Christopher Law Tor the contestant of the will of the late Father Martin P. Lawlor. his brother had every eye and ear Ill the room at the closest attention. He was still telling his story of how he claims to have been discrininated against by his brother. It was the story he had just begun to tell when the Democrat went to press, how toward the close of Patrick's and Martins terms in col lege, Peter, Michael and Finton and himself were engaged in the dry goods business in the Blakeslee building on East Main street, which for years was known afterwards as the Lawlor hotel. Excepting Michael they had been ill the grocery business in the same build ing before their new venture, from 1 1857 to 1865. They had a lease of the premises up to that time, when they made the change they bought the prop erty.
 About 1866, Michael became part ner with them. Witness opened q branch store in New Britain, known as the Law1or Bros. He was not very : clear about the date of Martins ordin- ation. Early in the afternoon he said ! it was 1869 or 1870. Tn 1866 or there it took place in 1868, now he thought it was in 1869 or 1870 Tn 1866 or there abouts he went west and was absent year. He was still member of Lawlor Bros, and he sold clothing at auctions upon his return home. 1 Tn 1868 Finton had to retire from &C., l tive business owing to his having been run over by a fire engine. He suffered a paralytic shock in consequence and died in 18T6 In 1872 the partnership was dissolved and the assets, $4S,OOO, were divided between the four. Wit ness and Finton took the Cherry and East Main street properties and the other two the store property. Witness and Finton were to get $10,000 also, 'sbut,'' said lie, II never got cent and these people have been occupying my property"
 Soon after this he went west and i'll 1877 he came home and has remained here ever since. He then told of the various places where Father Lawlor labored, down to the time he came home, which witness thought was in 1887.
 T never had an angry word with Father Martin Lawlor,'' said witness. The second time he saw Father Lawlor, after the latters return home to stay. he (Father I4awllor) was gath ering chips on the roof of the South Main street building, and the next time he saw him was in the house. Mrs Mary A. Law Tor approached them while they were speaking and Father Lawlor said something to the effect. there's that woman" Witness then lived on Bucks Hill on his farm.
 The next meeting between witness and Father Lawlor was in the Lawlor hotel. Father Lawlor was very sick then. He was lying on a mattress on the floor and Martin McEovy was talk ing care of him. This was the time Mrs Lawlor had left the hotel to live on Abbott avenue. Witness said Mir McEvOy did not want to let him in the hotel and he asked him why he should object to him. He went in. however. and shook Father Lawlor's hands. He appeared to be very low then. That afternoon witness met Michael GuiI- foile. the meat dealer, and both went to see Father Lawlor. This time they were not allowed in.
 year then passed without any meeting. Then they met in 1896. Father Lawlor sending word through MT Guilfoile that he desired to see witness. The meeting took place on Phoenix avenue. in order, to quote the witness "that the folks in the house would not see us together" Father Lawlor was then living on North Main street. He told witness that the folks in the house. would be jealous if they saw them together, and on that account they chose the by streets for their walk. Their conversation was to the effect that Father Lawlor farm and stock and live in house at the junction of Cooke and North Main streets, which Father Lawlor owned. He took him to look at this house, hoping he would like 1t. If witness went to live in the house he was to have charge of all the property owned by Father Law Tor. Finally, witness had his wife look over the house on Cooke street and the upshot was that they moved in.
 Father Lawlor was then building the four story block west of the Lu- theran church on Spencer avenue and witness by agreement he had made with him, supervised the work for about three months. Then the Turner building was purchased and of this witness took general charge at Father Lawlor's request.
 As janitor of the Turner building he held that position from March 16 to %. Then Martin McEvoy sent Michael J. Lawlor Mrs Mary A. Law