New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
SWEDISH MINISTER
 ON WITNESS STAND. Important Evidence Given at Trial
 of Mrs. Amanda J.. Lawson. HELD FOR HUSBANDS DEATH

n@MW AVN hVV@HsW~ ~@ass" Rev. sAxel F. ElInquist Testifies Con-
 corning Conversation He Had With
 Accused at Her Home After Killing
 of Jonas H. Lawson Last August.
 Putnam, Conn, May 27.-What the state considers important evidence was given by Rev. Axel E. Elmquist Swedish minister ats Woodstock, at the resumption today of the trial n the superior court here of Mrs. Aman-e da U. Lawson on charge of man J slaughter, for causing the death cf her husband, Jonas H. Lawson, at their home in East Woodstock last August. The state alleges tna: tne woman beat her husband to death, using club and an axe, after a quarrel over some deeds. Es
 Cause for Murder. e
 Rev. MT. Elmquist testified to go-a ing to the Lawson home to give S1rs. Lawson spiritual counsel. and of telI-p ing her that she ought 70 tell of her life with her husband. "lf did that the witness said, Mrs Lawson replied, they might think it c;a use Tor mur- der" T hope God will forgive me IT l die beforehand" she added, accor-- ing to the witness. MT. Elmquist could not explain what she meant by this latter remark. He said the con versation was all in Swedish ana that was the only way he could translate it. Mrs. Lawson said that the Swedish people had been praying for her, ac- cording to the witness. and when the grand jury freed her after her first arrest, she had stated that their pray CTS had been answered. She had told him she was willing to furnish money for the purpose of tracing the mur- derer, but said the witness, after the grand jury had failed to indict her, Mrs. Lawson when reminded of her promise, declined to furnish the money on the ground that Tt would be putting money into their hands" to get her again.
 Endanger HefALife.
 Claus Hagstrom, appraiser Of the estate of Lawson testified that he had said to Mrs. Lawson that the Swedish people would .'side with her when they yeoNf S1stisfied as to who the mur- cierer wass He Ntold her, he testified. that she was alone. n the house. an.7 should know who committed the crime. Her reply was. according to Hagstrom, that if she should tell N iI would endanger her life. Other wit nesses were Coroner Arthur G. Bi;l, who read from the testimony. of Mrs. Lawson, given at the inquest; Stales Policeman Hurley, who told of com yersations with the accused woman: and Manning Anderson, whose testi- mony was largely corroborative S0r that given by his wife yesterday, which was to the effect that Mrs Lawson had complained about not leaving her name in certain deeds. Mrs. Anderson also had told Of the finding of the body
 The state has one more witness, Df. M.fM. Scarborough Of the Yale Meoi- cal School and Medical Examiner of New Haven, who was to testify as an expert as to the status on the various exhibits introduced by the state. pr. Scarborough would have been calleI , before recess but was delayed in reaching Putnam.
 Expert on Blood
 Dr. Scarborough, when called duali- fled as an expert on blood tests, and said that stains on certain exhibits foNSAA eof SAOliliIiFs NolOShli1ECt dH olAC, stones, a club, chips from the cellar stairs, etc, were blood stains All showed reactions for human blood ex- cepts the stains on an axe. These stains were of chicken blood A hair found on the wooden club compared with a lock from Lawson ss head, bore H resemblance to Lawson's hair Dr. Scarborough was asked a long hypov. thetical question dealing with the finding of Lawson's body and the con- ditions surrounding it, and &Wnether or not if the body was cool khe time death occurred could be desermined He answered that death probably took place ten or twelve hours before that Ina layman had touched theebody and found it cool it Is likely the opinion of that person would be that death occurred two. three ors four hours bes fore. slsI SIX s tY State Rests Case
 The state rested at this p6iis4 For the defense Claus Nelson and his wife, } the later, sister of Lawson, were called andsthey said they knew of no trouble which might have occurred between Mir AfId Mrs Lawson.
 . ISt this point court was adjourned to permit the jury to go to East Wood- stock to view the Lawson farm. EF7 . .t