Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-28
LATHR0P EVIDENCE IS IN
The Attorneys Made IhsIr Arguments This Morning Decision Reserved.

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 The Lathrop divorce case closed yesterday afternoon at o'clock SO far as the evidence was concerned. The arguments began with Attorney O'Neill opening. This. however. may not be the final scene in this pro. longed and sensational drama of the domestic life of one Of the well known citizens of this community.
 The household expenses of the Lathrop family when the husband and wife lived together formed the main point in the closing testimony. In word it may be said that Mrs Lathrop contradicted every item of her husbands testimony. Regarding the purchase of hat, she said that she was one day shopping with friends and one of them bought hat that cost $20 and one bought one that cost SIS. She took a fancy to a dream" but she did not have the Wherewithal and. forsooth, she could only look upon 1t askance. But a short time afterward she was at Sar- atOga races with her husband and at his suggestion she picked out a horse Lizzie" her own pet name, that was running on pretty fair bets 12 to I. Her husband put up the $2 and to her delightful surprise, for she had told him she knew nothing about races, Lizzie" won.
 MT Lathrop wanted the money, but Mrs Lathrop said she would invest 1t in the hat dream she had had and she did. It cost SPA. She said that the most elaborate luncheon she ever gave her friends in MT Lathrop's house cost $50. Luncheon parties on MT Lathrop's birthday cost about $20. In her opinion Mir Lathrop al- ways got the worth of his money, but he was also insistent upon get ting the best, at least for his table. Still he was not extravagant.
 As to her trip south when she feared she was threatened with con- sumption and which Mir Lathrop tes- tified cost him $400, she said that all he did was to buy her ticket, $65,. give her $25 cash and away she went. Some weeks later he sent her check for $50 and still later another check for the same amount. That was all he spent on that trip and she had to borrow $27 from her friends, the Kimballs, to get home. He after wards paid this loan.
 At this point, to the amazement of Colonel Burpee, counsel for Lathrop, MT O'Neill moved for an additional allowance over and above the $500 Mrs Lathrop was allowed a month ago. On this matter, Mrs Lathrop said her husband never gave her ( sum of money larger than $50. Since she was allowed the $500 alimony she has paid out of that sum about $4S0. of which $93 went for two gowns.
 She never knew her husband had mortgaged his property and she never asked him to do so. She never said to him that 1t was better for them to have a good time out of the property while they lived than let 1t be tied up. And she never asked him to make his will
 Now" said Colonel Burpee under cross examination, didn't you often say to him that If he did not pro- vide for you in his will you would go to the cemetery and dance on his grave?"
 Never, sir. never!" said Mrs La- tnrop with disdain.
 She denied having testified before Attorney John P. Kellogg that she gave a party to some Hartford wo- men friends that cost S35 and her husband did not know a soul among them. The mere idea was ridiculous.
 At this point Mir O'Neill attempted to introduce two papers which he claimed were scraps of two envelopes which Detective Murphy sent Mir La throp. Mrs Lathrop thought she got them from either Judge Lowe or Att torney Durant.
 Mir O'Neill called Mir Lathrop to the stand to identify the hand writ- ing, but he could not do so. He could not say If they were envelopes of let ters he had dropped to the sidewalk on August 23. They were ruled out. Mrs Lathrop was then recalled and asked If her husband had more than one post ofiice box about the above time. Objection was made and sus- tained and the evidence was closed.
 The case was closed at noon and this will be the last of 1t. for the present at least. There is every prob ability that an appeal will be taken to the supreme court. Judge Reed re- served decision.