Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-16

lors son to him one evening for the
 keys and he gave them up.
 l When court opened to-day at 9:30 1 o'clock. few outside of those concerned
 ill the Lawlor will case were present. 1 There was some delay occasioned by
 the failure of two jurors to arrive on ! time. The contestant, Christopher
 Lawlor, resumed the stand and his
 story of the whole Lawior family anG
 the accumulation of the property in dispute
 The morning after giving the keys
 to Mrs Lawlor's son. he went to the
 Turner block, and there Martin Me Eyoy met and told him he had en' gagged man to take care of the btnld- ing and that Father Lawlor desired to see him at the house. He went to tue house and Mrs Lawlor said Father Lawlor was down at the block. Sur l prised at the conflicting information. back to the block he went. only to find,
 Father Lawlor was not there. To the house he then went again. He saw Mary Sheehan, the servant, got into the house and found Father Lawlor ill bed asleep. He did not speak to him and he left the house and went home. This was in March. He did not see
 Father Lawlor again to speak to until
 May. Father Lawlor asked him If he were working. Witness said he was, not, that MT McEvoy had discharged him. Father Lawlor said Mir McEvoy had told him he did not like the work, and then Father Lawlor told him to call at the house that evening at 7:30. He called. but Mir McEvoy, who opened the door, told him Father Law Tor was not at home. He did not see him then until a year later He was passing the house and Father LaWlor, who was sitting at window, called him in. He went in and they closed the door. Mrs Lawlor ojected to the door being closed and Father Lawlor said: What do you think of that? A cent of my property she will never get" Dinner was then announced and witness left. This was in the fall of 1897.
 A year later he was sent for by Father Lawlor. No one attended to his summons on the bell. Father Law. Tor, he heard, was sick then, and in consequence of what Dr Axtelle told him he went back to the house. Mrs Lawlor's son refused to let him enter Father Lawlor's room. He caught him by the neck and throttled him, and Mrs Lawlor cried out, Don't let him i'm" However, witness got in and found Father Lawlor ill stupor. Mar tin McEvoy threatened to eject him and to call policeman. Mrs Lawlor cried out to not let him in, but he did get in, and there was some confusion and excitement in the room Father LaWlor told Mrs Lawlor and the oth- CTS to let witness alone, that he was his brother. The servant girl called out that it was shame to not let wit ness see his brother, and then witness shook Father Lawlor by the hand and told him he would have to go.
 Witness then went to Judge Lowe'a office and told him what had taken place. His throat was bleeding and one of his eyes was discolored in con- sequence of the fracas at the house. Witness went to see Father Slocum, but he was not at home. Next morn ing witness called to see Father Law lor He had no trouble in getting in this time and he found that Father Lawlcr had been removed to the room that was occupied by Mrs Lawlor. He did not have much conversation with him on that occasion.
 It was some time after that he next saw Father Lawlor, who was appar- ently physically strong, but mentally weak. He spoke of their young days in Ireland, and of building church on Bucks Hill, on the farm that was vacated by witness when he moved to Cooke street, at Father Lawlor's re quest. Witness was notified to quit possession of the Cooke street house by Martin McEvoy, and he left it. This was in 1899, and he did not see him again until his funeral was taking place in church He did not know Father Lawlor was dying, though he called at his house three weeks before hls death, but no one seemed to be in. Witness was at the house of 4.iichael Lawlor, Mrs Mary A. Lawlor's hus- band. three weeks before his death. Mrs Lawlor was not there. There was only Patrick Holohan and witness i'll the house. Two days before his death he called again. Mrs Lawlor and her sister, Mrs Dwyer, were there then, besides. others. Witness thought Mrs Lawlor came the night before. The defense objected, but MT OhNeill claimed it to show that Mrs Lawlor had been sent for half dozen times before she came and to contradict a statement made by MT Williams, and further to show that this was not creation of MT O'Neilrs, but was common rumor at the time that Mrs Iawlor, who was in Meriden, did not come to her husands. bedside until she had been repeatedly sent for The evidence was struck out. Witness then said he lives on South Elm street and is employed at the Chase rolling mill. His cross-examination then began.
 He said he put $20O into the bus1- ness of the LaWlor Bros. He helped pay for Father Lawlor's education, but his portion of it he could not tell. It cost about $500 year. Almost all his earnings he gave to his father, and he paid the college bills.
 Besides the grocery business the Lawlor Bros were also in the liquof business. They were in this about twelve years.
 His share when the business was sold out amounted to about $6,OOO af- ter his debts were paid. Then they en- tered the clothing and undertaking business. MT Williams then took wit