Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-21

Up to September 15, 1900, the father alone maintained the family. He al- ways had high temper, and his farm was considered good one. She did not try to effect reconciliati ton and did not visit him when he was in trou- ble. The whole house was opposed to defendant.
 Mrs Jane Atwood, Watertown, at tended plaintiff when his ankle was broken. The youngest child was then two weeks old
 A painter named Edward Doolittle was employed by defendant at one time and testified to his throwing plaintiff out of the wagon She was in the act of alighting from the wagon when defendant either pushed or threw her and she fell against the fence This occurred about sixteen years age and witness was not sure about the details but he thought defendant threw her as she was alighting from the wagon. Witness would not say de- fendant was hard working man, but would say he had decidedly quick temper.
 Mrs Bertha Stockman, the daughter above referred to, was the next wit ness. Her evidence was mainly cor roboration of her sister Edith's, and she added that he was forever flour ishing' revolvers, knives Or axes. One time he waited two hours on the stairs with a knife to cut plaintiff. Another time witness remonstfated with him for fiaying the horse with a club, whereupon he chased her. Plaintiff then asked him what he was doing and he proceeded to silence her.
 Witness said she was not educated and she did not think she was under any exceptional obligations to her father. She could have gone to school longer than she did, but preferred to stay at home as protection for her mother. When she left home on Sep tember 15, 1900, she was engaged to be married. but had no idea when the ceremony would take place. She was married few weeks later. Her father provided her with clothing. This she made for herself out of her mothers and sisters old clothes.
 Minnie, the youngest daughter, aged 20, testified in similar strain. She lives in Waterbury with her sister Bertha and. is employed in a millinery store. She denied meeting Mir At wood on the road while going to Mrs Cones the day they left home. Attor7j ney Cole tried to show by this witness that defendant had repeatedly warned them to leave the house and that when they did go they were only too glad of the excuse given in his warning to leave.
 Mrs Smith was recalled to the stand and Attorney Cole tried to get her to admit that before the farm and house hold effects were sold she had the pick of the latter. but this she denied.
 c. B. Mattoon testified that twenty five acres of land owned by defendant is worth about SLIGO.
 Court adjourned at this point.
 Mrs Smith testified to-day that when the girls became IS defendant gave each of them a bank book with $500 deposited in her name. This closed for the plaintiff and defendant took the stand.
 He testified his age is 56 and that. part of his farm he accumulated and part, about $2,600, he inherited from his fathers estate. and from his mothers estate he got about $500. His wife did not milk the cows and always had hired help when she asked for it. The incident of the sore foot, told of yesterday, he said was caused by his wife stepping on his foot and breaking a bone in it. He had occasion to ask for broom and he got ft-on the head. He heard that the incident was not accidental. He denied throwing or pushing his wife out Of the wagon and said she jumped from the wagon before he was ready to catch her, and she did not, fall It was not possible for him to throw her because the space was too small. She did not charge him with throwing her then and never heard of the accusation until yester- day when Mrs Smith so testified.
 ''She says she got "a black eye from you" said Attorney Cole.
 "She has two now" said Smith, laughing. Mrs Smiths eyes are dark brown.
 He denied destroying his brothers right eye and said that 1t was done by the horn of an OK.
 Regarding the quarrel which result ed in the separation. he denied there was any violence, but insisted that his brother John should leave the house and plaintiff said that if he left she would also leave. He then went to Waterbury and on his return home found his family gone. His release from the insane hospital was not the result of anything he did. The au- thorities simply released him, he said, because they did not want him any longer. Before his commitment to the asylum he was confined three days at the Plaza hotel.
 His wife refused to live with him and he offered her 5000 to withdraw her lawsuits. He advised her to have sense, not to spend all their money in lawsuits and leave themselves penni- less in their old age. She asked him