Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-07

 was the first sign of a motive the state had produced.
 On June 9th she telephoned him and asked him to call, which he did on June I1th at 6.30 p. m
 What Howarth Said.
 She told him he acted dull and he said he had swallowed cocaine, had been at 8 dentists that day and the 1 dentist in some way had allowed him 1 to swallow cocaine. Told her he had | been to Hartford to see the insurance l agent, got mad at him and asked if he knew what he (Iowarth) could do to 1 him. Penrose. the agent, explained that the insurance had not been paid as the company was short of ready l cash, it had paid so many policies late- 1 ly, He went into the den, the site Of most of their talks at her home, sat in l the morris chair and smoked cigar ettes Told her about his father and brothers their names and ages. and l that his father had no use for him because he insisted on going through l high school and then becoming a law yer Said only one dentist In Put nam was any good: there were two others. but they didn't treat their pa tients right, got young girls in the chair and then kissed them. Told of breaking his wrist cranking his auto and had it set at the hospital; Said the Wheaton fire loss was S100,0 900 and I Wheaton deserved 1t. Then, according to the witness, he went at some length into 8 legal row in connection with the Costa estate, in which he claimed Judge Shumway had decided against him, and he had no use for Bill or Judge Shumway after that. Some day he would get square with Bill, the ex- ecutor of the estate. Left on the 10.10 car.
 Would Do Anything for Money.
 The next occasion. the witness testi- lied, when she saw him was June 2Sd, at his office In Putnam, at 1.15 D. m. for money except put himself behind prison bars for six or seven years. Witness at this time told him of a gold mine out in Colorado, on the property adjoining hers, with shafthouse near the boundary which she wanted re- moved, as she thought they were min in vein on her land. Defendant said: Of course I would break laws, but not aboveboard."
 Said girls always confided in him. his mother objected and told him he did wrong; sometimes he got tired of having them call him up and had his mother tell them he was out of town wanted witness to dispose of her west ern property and invest in the east, where he knew good opportunity, road builder who did good work but lacked capital; he would look out for the legal end. Further, she testified, he said no man could get rich and be honest; he was out for money; asked her if she wouldn't change her mind about marrying; said he cared for no one in particular. One girl with $8000 wanted him to marry her, but she did not have enough money Urged her to trust him and she then talked of de- stroying the shafthouse; he said he would go with Ter out west and would do anything for money; asked if she fn lEi1 cS1,i q !, ,5,~-x underhanded l would do, even connive at murder, but nothing aboveboard"
 Here Attorney King objected on the ground that witness was reading from her notes, but the objection was over ruled with caution to witness to use the notes merely to refresh her mem ory
 The Next Visit.
 The next time she saw him was July 3rd at his office. They again spoke of her property in the west. Howarth wished to know the manner in which the shaft house was to be removed. Said he would do anything for money, even murder. Said no rich man got his money honestly, the only way was to be smart enough not to be caught. Howarth asked her if she knew Cain; said he was a fine fellow and they had great times together. He spoke again about the girl in Woodstock who had $S,000, but that wasn't enough Said George Grow of Boston wanted him to go into business with him. Spoke of Wheaton fire and of losing two ma- chimes in the fairgrounds fire. Said his father used to go on sprees. and his brother was very wild, but his moth er who was of Irish descent, was a good woman and very moral, and tried to get him to go to church but he wouldn't go.
 Burning a House Was Easy.
 On July 7th Howarth came to her home by invitation at 630 p. m and had lunch with her. He said he had been to Boston to see Grow, who he was attorney for the gas and elec- tric company and for the Putnam foundry. Witness said she was afraid to trust him and defendant replied it was easy to do anything underhand- ed then went on to say: why look at that house next door, it would be easy to burn it-they might kn6W it, but couldn't prove it-look at the fires in Putnam, every one was set by that hand (holding out his hand with cigarette in iD. The state police would be wild at what I am telling you"
 Joy Rides Described.
 Howarth then, according to the wit ness, explained the advantages ac- cruing to the owner of an automo- bile in that he could take out a girl, stall the engine. pretend it wouldn't go, and have a fine time. One such story was related by witness where defendant said he got back at a. m.
 At this stage Judge Williams stated that the proceedings had now reached 8 stage where witness should be con- fined to statements in regard to the crimes charged. Adjournment was taken to 1.30
 Attorney Alcorn's Evidence.
 The first witness of the afternoon was Attorney Hugh M Alcorn of Hartford. states attorney for Hart ford county and attorney for the Com mercial Union Assurance company of Liverpool the company in which Howarth was insured. MT. Alcorn told of a conversation with defendant in his office at Hartford relative to his claim for insurance. Defendant said he wished the case disposed of as he was going west on important business. On cross examination said he made no threats to defendant. but did tell him he didn't think MT. Searls could act as attorney for Howarth as he was the states attorney. Did not say You want to be sure your skirts are clean before you bring suit.'' Harold D. Clapp, assistant clerk in the auto department at the state cap itaI was called and identified two ap- plications for registration of cars, one dated May 18th, 1912 for a Velie 1910 car, 1105S and the other dated