Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-28

suspected as being responsible and that taken as a motive. T cannot stand to be suspected of such crime" Rev. Mir. Elmquist quoted Mrs. Lawson as telling him.. and after a further discussion of the matter, T forehandr
 After Mrs. Lawson returned from
 Brooklyn jail the witness said, she
 called him on the telephone and for her-the writing of comforting
 letters. etc, and asked him to pray for her, as she knew that his pre-
 vious prayers had been answered, as
 her liberty had been regained.
 Changed Mind About Reward. Rev. Mir. Elmquist said he talked with Mrs. Lawson another time rel ative to offering a reward to anyone who would apprehend the murderer ! this, Rev. MT. Elmquist said, but later channed her mind. expressing the opinion to him that she would only be putting money into their hands to get me again" MT. Torrey, on cross examination. asked Rev. Mir. Elmquist if Mrs. Lawson did not tell him that she had changed her mind about of- fering the reward on the advice of himself (Nfr. Torrey)s as her attorney. The witness.,,sai he did not recall that Mrs. Lawson made any such ex- planation to him. sr-,,.
 Byron E. Eddy on the Stand. Byron B. Eddy, or East Woodstock, one of the persons summoned to the Lawson home on the night Lawson's he took at that time, his evidence de- veloping nothing of importance.
 confession Might Endanser Her Life. Claude A Hagstrom, a selectman of | the town of Thompson, resident at New Boston, about mile and a quar- | ter from the Lawson homestead, tes- | tified that he was an appraiser of the l Lawson estate following MT. Lawson's i death. While he was at the Lawson home he had a talk with Mrs. Lawson, | with whom he was not well acquaint- ed, after he had completed his duties | as an appraiser. Mir. Hagstrom stated | that Mrs. Lawson asked him at that
 time if our minister (reference to Rev Axel E. mmqufst, pastor of the Swed- | ish church in Woodstock) had her as | a text fasS Sunday. as she had. heard She also expressed wonderment at that
 time. Mr. Hagstrom testified. as tc why the members of that church did not side up with her. as the witness put it. He said that he told her that they would be glad to If she would I clear up certain things relative ate
 MT. Lawson's death. as she was the | only On6 WHO hIlcW WtlO -ttlc nun fCl was and that she should tell, MT Hagstrom said that in reply to this Mrs. Lawson said that if she did tel | it would be dangerous to her life, but l whether through fear of being pun ished by someone for making the con, fession was not brought out,
 Briefly cross-examined by Mr Ter Trey, Mir. Hagstrom admitted that he
 had only a very slight acquaintance Asked by Mir, Torrey if he had pre- vious to the trial told anyone abeut the conversation that he testified he had with Mrs, Lawson. the witness re- fpfied, Yes, with enc nani that's why I'm here, I suppose"
 | Afterneen eess:sn.
 At iz.i5 a recess of enc hour wal erdersd for lunch. .-
 Knew Huraaa frsm Chicken BIeed. | At the beginning of the afterneor
 session Br Marvin M, Scarbrough
 whe had arrived frem New Haven was put on as witness for the state
 He has been professor of bacteriol. ogy and therapeutics at Yale univer.
 sity, of which he is a graduate, as h.
 also is of the University of Oregon for several years past He has mad,