Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-27
JUDGE REEDS SOUND ADVICE
Talked Mr. Main After Case Evidence and Arguments were Completed-Make Up and Live Together, It is Not Too ate-Husband Asks Wife in Court Room.

The third day was occupied with the court, but was finished on Wednesday. At the conclusion Judge Reed gave the young wife and husband some capital advice and urged them to make up and at the same time said he would
 withhold his decision for while At the conclusion of his statement court was adjourned without date.
 On Wednesday morning Alonzo Main testified that he was with Maurice E.. Main when he called and asked his wife to return and live with him. Her mother called to her daughter and warned her to beware of what the law yers told her and she refused to say yers.
 Mr. and Mrs W. F. Jones testified that they met MT Main at Ocean Beach on Beach day evening, but noth- pened to meet by chance.
 Mrs. Florence Bridges, sister of the defendant, told of having talked with her brothers wife and the latter told of doctoring herself, saying she didn't intend to be tied down by lot of lit tie brats. She warned her against it, as it would injure her health.
 Dr. Tingley was recalled for expert testimony and told of treatment he had given Mrs. Main and replied to Dr. KimbalPs statements Others who teS- tified were F. P. Smith, Jr, Carrie Marx Mary WhaIey and A Buchanan after which both sides rested.
 Arguments were made by Attorneys Hall, F. H. Brown, J. J. Desmond and c. W. Comstock.
 Judge Reed as Peacemaker.
 At the conclusion of the arguments. about o'clock. Judge Reed asked At certain phase of the case. and MT. Comstock stated that he would like to make a supplemental complaint in the case as regards the affair at the Car penter house, but nothing further was done.
 Judge Reed then said: I shall not decide the case tonight I do not know what shall do- Of course, the respon- sibility, as has been suggested, is thrown upon the court to deal with this case. I cannot tell what I shall do; I have not made up my mind now, and very likely I will take a sufficient all its aspects. As has been stated, it has been an extraordinary case. an un- usual case. I shall keep the case, very likely, two Or three weeks, but I do anything that I might say to these parties to induce them to forgive the past and to make this matter up and get together, I want to do it; it might be done. I want to suggest that it might be done even now and before any decision is handed in. Of course, I am aware of the difficulties in the case; I am aware perhaps of the rash ness, so to speak, of dealing with this situation After all, it is not beyond the region of possibility or of proba- bility. The case has been, of course, a very difficult one to hear. There have been many distressing things brought out upon the case, things that ought not to be aired in public, but it seems to be necessary in these eases that the truth should come out, or the state nents Of the parties claimed to be the truth should be stated in open court As it has been, both of these parties have testified, both taken the stand and must say that there are features in their testimony. in the appearance of these parties. that it would seem to anyone listening to them and observ- ing them cannot fail to see some good qualities in both of these parties. They evidently loved each other at the time they were married It would not be i'm possible that that might be revived, and cannot help but think of this