Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-15
THE WILL HEARING.

Mrs Lawlor Continued Her Testimony
 Again To-Day.
 The fourth day, making tue fourtn chapter of the Lawlor will contest, pc gan in the superior court today pc i fore Judge Roraback and jury at II o'clock. Mrs Mary A. LaWlor was testifying when court adjourned iast Friday. She resumed the stand thls morning when court opened and con tinued her story of the property II which she was interested personally and interested with the late Father Lawlor, whose will is in dispute py his brother Christopher. To, the prop erty already mentioned Mrs Lawlor testified that she owned property on HiIl street and Chestnut avenue, and that when Father Lawlor gave the deed to the McEvoy boys he deeded away every penny he was possessed of. MT O'NeilI asked her if she went to Saratoga with Father LaWlor after Father Patrdck LawIor's death. Wit ness said she did, and her sister and one of the McEvoy boys went with them, but not directly after, and to other questions she said "they went up on one of those excursions.',
 ssOne of those cheap rackets, eh ?" said MT O'Neill.
 MT Williams objected to the remark and asked the courts protection for the witness, saying that he thought she had been subjected to enough abuse.
 The remark was excluded.
 It was one of those $5 rackets,'' persisted MT O'Neill, and again the court ruled out the remark.
 Mrs Lawlor then, in reply to MT O'Neill, said she and Father Lawlor once owned a pair of horses and car riage, but she denied they were bought on the results of betting at Saratoga. .
 ''I don't know anything about win nings,n said she.
 .sDid Father LawIor bet?" she was asked
 T never heard of such a thing" she replied indignantly.
 Did not you say they were bought with the winnings at Saratoga?''
 Never did," with increased indigna- ton.
 Some family history and deeds were then introduced and matters went along smoothly, the witness being now in the hands of her counsel, MT Viii IiamS
 MT Williams took her back to her ev- idence of few days ago relating to the Lawlor hotel. She denied that Father Lawlor induced the board of aldermen to cancel certain liens and taxes on the building, and added that he borrowed the money, $7,0OO, from the Dime Savings bank, paid off William Perkins's two mortgages and the city'E liens, $1,9OO. A quit claim deed, signed by Mayor E. c. Kilduff, was then introduced and identified by Mrs LawIor
 This was followed by the introduc- ton of another large number of pa pers, deeds and contracts for deeds, showing how the various pieces of property came into the possession of herself and Father Lawlor MT Will Hams then turned to the evidence and witness said Father Lawlor always showed the greatest solicitude for the NcEYoy boys and that they always lived With her excepting the brief De- riods surrounding their differences about renting the LawIor hotel and the dispute about the partition suit. All of their real estate trans actions, or at least most of them. were Iamlly affairs. Father LawIor buying the interests of his brothers The house on Spencer avenue and. North Main street cost $15 and the Turner building $75,0OO. There are now the following mortgages on the properties: $65,OOO, Turner build Ing; $45,OOO on the property on the corner of South Main and Grand streets; $6,0OO on the East Main and Cherry street block, and on the resi-. dence on North Main and Spencer ave nue, $17,OO0. The Brook street prop erty was sold for qJ,000, and the land under the Lawlor hotel for $13,0OO and So,0OO fire insurance was obtained after the hotels destruction by fire in 1894.
 Christopher Lawlor then took the stand and testified that Father Law lor's age was 50 and his own 70. There were nine brothers in the fam fly, all born in Ireland. Witness and his father and brother John came to this country in 1S4S. Their mother and some more of the sons came later. and Patrick, Martin and Peter came last. Witness worked in a factory, Peter was a clerk in Platt's grocery. Bank street, and Patrick and Martin went to college The father, mother and Mary remained home. Patrick and Martin worked in factory for a time. Patrick went first to college, and Martin, after working about a year in ScovilPs, went to college. 1t was about three years before the civil war they went to college. They were there about thirteen years. Michael was away for some time before the war. Fenton also worked about this time or 1860. Witness was employed in Sccvill's factory some times from Is a. m. to 12 D. m. Patrick was or dained about 1866 and Martin about