Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-03-31
FINISHING UP COURT BUSINESS.
Judge Wheeler will Conclude Sessions at New London
this Week-Cochrane Divorce Case Finished-Salter's
Appeal Being Heard.

At New London, Tuesday, stories by
the husband Of presents from the
"star boarder'' TO the wife and reci-
procity. on the wife's part In the form
of affection and emphatic denial Of all
these charges by the wife featured in
a divorce case which occupied the at
tention OF the superior court VIII
liam Cocfrane of Norwich asked de-
cree from Elizabeth Cochrane, former
ly of Norwich, now Of Lowell. Adult
terry is the ground
The case was started last week, but
as there was an unusual amount OF
testimony the evidence was not COM
pleted and the case was continued un-
til Tuesday. Before the Cochrane case
was heard the argument Of demurrer
In the case of William Hoxie VS.. New
Haven road was finished.
Miss Esther Sawyer of Lowell, a
daughter of Fred Sawyer. who is the
Star boarder'' in question, said that
she had lived with her father when
he made his home with the Cochranes
on Laurel hill. She had occupied a
room so situated that she would have
known OF any intimacy between her
father and Mrs. Cochrane and in all
the time the Sawyers had lived with
the Cochranes she had never seen any
improperly between her father and
Mrs. Cocnran@.
Miss Sawyer said that her father
see the Laurel Hill house when they
thought of moving there and that
Cochrane had made q proposition for
the Sawyers living with the Coch-
ranes. When cross examined by At
torney Lucius Brown Miss Sawyer
said that she now resides in Lowell
with Mrs. Cochrane; that she goes to
high school there and works in bak-
cry afternoons and evenings, receiving
IS week, which she gives to Mrs.
Cochrane who in turn clothes her.
Miss Sawyer was questioned by At
tornsy Brown about amount of rent
Mrs. Cochrane is now paying and. a
number of similar questions In the eff
fort to establish the fact that the ex-
penses were beyond Mrs. Cochranes
income.
Mrs. Allen L Moore Of Norwich,
"an old friend of Mrs. Cochrane," tes-
titled to knowing that when Sawyer
lived with the Cochranes his children
lived there also. She also said that
as Cochrane did not give Mrs. Coch-
rane sufficient money to buy necessi-
ties Mrs. Cochrane was obliged to take
in sewing and to sell embroidery.
Mrs. Joseph Z. Mcdonald Of Nor
wich, mother OF the defendant testi-
fed that Mrs. Cochrane lives in Low
ell, and that since she has been there
witness has been obliged to send her
daughter money. In reply to Attorney
Browns question Mrs. Mcdonald said
that when this money was sent II was
as a loan and that Mrs. Cochrane still
owes her mother money.
Mrs. Cochrane then took the stand.
She said that in Lowell since leaving
Norwich she has kept a boarding
house, also doing crocheting and en-
broidery for a means Of revenue. She
said that after the trouble between her
husband and Mr.. Sawyer. the latter
had left the Cochrane home and his
son. Donald, a bellboy at the Waure-
gan house, came there to live.
Cross examined, Mrs. Cochrane de-
MED all of the allegations made by
her husband in his testimony. She ad-
mitted that Sawyer had given her a
watch. She said, by way of apology,
that II was a cheap watch, worth only
$3.50. When Attorney Brown wanted
to know how witness knew the cost
she replied that she never accepted
costly gifts from anyone and wishing
to know value Of watch had inquired
at store. Mrs. Coehrane indignantly
denied that the present had been kept
a-secret.
why Mr.. Cochrane knew It. He
saw it before I did and seemed more
pleased than l." she said.
Mrs. Cochrane said that her hus-
band did not demonstrate with her fer
accepting this gift and that at the
same time he received a pair Of fur
lined gloves from Mr.. Sawyer. who