Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-07
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN
 SUIT BY ADMINISTRATOR
In Estate of T. w. Warrington, For
 merIy of This City.

In the superior court here on We'd nesday with Judge Milton A. Shum- way presiding. the morning was occu- pied with the trial of the case of Pat rick T. Connell, administrator, vs. Elizabeth l.. Whitford of South Can- terbury. She was -housekeeper for the late Theodore W. Warrington for seven years and MT Connell is admin istrator of MT. Yerrington's estate. The administrator was suing for $500 on the claim that Miss Whitford re- fused to surrender to him certain ar ticles of personal property which he claimed as part of the estate. They included a horse. four sows, wagon and other things. Before MT. Yer rington's death Miss Whitford came into possession of the farm by a deed from him. MT. Warrington formerly lived in this city but spent the latter years of his life on farm in Can terbury.
 Ashley T. Boon, Norwich: Frank H. Palmer, George A. Pendleton, Pres ton; William H. Blacked. William E. Adams, Colchester; William J. Miner, Griswold. Fred O.. Brown. Lebanon; Thurman F. Main. James F. Brown. North Stonington; James w Hunting ton, Franklin Benjamin S. Gallup, Sprague; James H. Purcell. Salem.
 Administrator Cornell, who is son- in-law of MT. Warrington, was repre- sented by Attorney Shields and Miss Whitford was represented by A. M. Brown. MT. Cornell was the first wit ness. He was followed by Nathan c. Gray. who testified to the value of the livestock and by Mrs. Ann H. Cornell and Mrs. Mary R. Lyons, two daughters of MT. Warrington.
 Just before noon the attorneys ask ed and it was announced that the case had been settled. It was reported in court that Miss Whitford agreed to pay the administrator $175.
 Sues for $1o,0o0.
 When court came in after the noon recess a jury was selected for the trial of the case of MacDougall, ad- ministrator, vs. T. A. Scott company of New London.
 utory sum of $1o.000. In the com plaint John J. MacDougaIl, who is ad- ministrator of the estate of the late John A. MacDougall of New London charges that through the negligence of employees of the defendant com stantly killed while working for the company at Hay Harbor, Fishers Is- land, as a ship carpenter on the 11th of April. 191S
 The Scott company was repairing wharf there and MT MacDougail W as Ch5dSCQ SPllGS WHICH were being hoisted from the lighter known as Tender to the lighter known as Eva" during which one of the spiles dropped and struck and killed MT. MacDougall.
 Attorneys Avery and Burrows rep resent the plaintiff and Attorneys c. V. James and A. M. Brown appear for the defendant
 Witnesses who described how a spile broke away while it was being hoisted and hit MT. MacDougall were Herbert Hutchins, James Lake, who was hook CT on. and Thorn Mortensen, who was engineer of the hoisting engine. The last named did not see the spile hit him.
 Capt. William A. White of New Lon- don, who was forman on the lighter Tender at the time of the accident, testified to the crew that worked on the lighter. He said he had known MT. MacDougall for six years and that he was boss carpenter. The witness described how the boats lay at the dock. the starboard side of the Tender against the port side of the Eva.
 The jury in the MacDougall case consists of Frank H. Palmer, Preston; William H. Blacker. William E. Ad- ans, Colchester; Everett M Terry Lebanon; Thurman F. Main, James F, Brown, North Stonington; James w Huntington, Franklin; Louis St Onge Benjamin S. Gallup, Sprague; Charles Budeit, Lisbon; John H. Purcell, Sa- lem; Leonard B. Kinnie, Voluntown
 Court adjourned at 4.30 till the next morning at 10 o'clock.