The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-21
THE NORTON DIVORCE CASE
SENSATION CAUSED YESTERDAY
 YDEFENDANT PAINTING.

SENSATION CAUSED YESTERDAY
 DEPENDANT PAINTING. Evidence Produced Mostly Went to
 Show That She Had Been Seen Out
 Late at Nights With Companions and
 Had Been Drinking-LiveIy Tilts Be-
 tween Counsel During the Day.
 The Norton divorce proceedings were resumed before. Judge shumway in the superior court yesterday. Early in the morning Mrs, Norton, who had been suffering from hemorrhages of the head tainted and fell on the floor, and it took the doctor and several of the court officials at least fifteen minutes to revive the defendant. She seemed to be on the verge of another collapse a little later on, but she was revived by some medicine which Dr9 Daggett gave her, and the evidence then pro ceeded without further delay. The principal testimony yesterday consisted of hack drivers, who were brought forward on the part of the plaintiff. Their evidence was mostly to the effect that they had seen the defendant ir- toxicated, and other testimony was brought out to show that she had been out late at nights with companions. There were several sketch artists pres ent from the metropolitan journals, who spent most of their time in sur veying the defendant. Mrs. Norton was plainly attired in neat suit of black, and the only jewelry noticeable was @ small gold cross and her we'd ding ring, Mrs. Norton seemed inter- ested in all that was going on. and at times carefully noted down items from the evidence. At one time she got un- nerved and wept for time.
 Some of the evidence adduced was as follows:
 George Horton, the driver of laun- dry wagon, swore that two months aft CT the elopement he saw the bride leaving hotel at midnight intoxieat- ed.
 I went to Church street on the night in question at the request of c. H.. Hull, a student in Yale university We walked past the hotel, and saw a detective named Webb sitting in the restaurant with his wife. After wait ing half an hour we saw Mrs, Norton coming out of the hotel with young man. She walked along Church street to the corner of Church and Chapel streets and there took a street car. i. What was her conditian?" was ask ed.
 "She was intoxicated, In my opinion" " re piled the witness.
 What made you think she was in- toxicated?" persisted the attorney for the husband,
 She was with a man, and she lean ed on him for support, replied Horton She walked unsteadlly."
 Hull Is son of the attorney con ducting the plaintiffs case.
 Michael Cummings. the keeper of { hotel In Halnden. testified that Mrs Norton came to his hotel with her bus band last January. He said he could not remember whether she was ther, last spring or not. Attorney Hull thei asked him;
 Did you not say in Attorney Kenna' office the other day that Mrs. Morton came there one day last spring ant left on the next to the last car a ni=ht and that Detecfiv eWebb left ol the last car?'
 No, did not, said MT. Cummings and he denied other statements whicl Mr Hull said that he had made.
 George Gillian, head waiter at F. Murphys hotel at Morris Cove, testi fled that he saw Mrs. Norton at the ho tel early on the evening of the liar vard- Yale boat race He said he be lieved she came there in an automobl with party of friends. They ha breakfast there. When Norton wa asked to stand up and Gillian was ask ed if he was with the party he said h did not know.
 Benjamin Stevens, a cab driver, an the last witness of the afternoon. wa l put through a severe examination i connection with the following entry i his day book: Saturday, May 5, hack Jessie Birney Jack Lucey's, a. m. Asked to explain all this, Stevens sai that Jessie Blrney" was Mrs. Norton maiden name, and that the entry sim Iply meant he had been called to tn ihotel kept by Jack Lucey to take lie in his cab, Stevens threw no frrthe light on the incident, however. He in sisted he had no further recollection c the call apart from the item in hi book. He did not even remember tn call. and he did not know whether h took Jessie Blrney OF some other per son away in the cab. "I got cash fo lthe job, and that's all I know about it, lsnapoed Stevens after he had been tn Itarget for many pointed questions, an with that emphatic statement he wa told to vacate the witness chair. l The afternoons proceedings wer continually enlivened by the many tilt between Attorneys Goodhart and Ham ilton for the defense and States Attor
 ney Hull of New London for the plain tiff. Attorney Hull took numerous eX lceptions to Attorney Goodhart's man ner of oss-examination and at time the wordy wrangle waxed so warm tha Judge Shumway was forced to inter vene. On one occasion Attorney Hu
 referred to Attorney Hamilton as ''th fold gentleman with white hair," where