Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-27
LAWSON TRIAL
 BEGUN AT PUTNAM
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Continued from Page One) accused and the deceased Mir Law | son. followed his sister on the witness questions he related that he left the Lawson home about o'clock on the evening of Aug. 14, the night of his fathers death, and walked to a camp near a pond to spend the night in a tent, as had been his custom for month or more previous. He was ac- companied by Harrison May, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John S. May. and student at Yale. The first informa- | ton he had of his fathers death was when at about a. m., John s. May came to the tent and informed him 1 of the finding of the body. He re- turned to the house with MT. May. Cider Made Father SurIy. | The witness said his father had been given to drinking hard cider for years, but to his knowledge had not drank any for four or five days previous to his father under the influence of the cider to any extent. Did you not | testify before the coroner that he was l a man who used cider habitually ?" l asked MT. Searls. Witness did not re- call just what his answer had been St | that time. MT. Searls inquired if wit ness did not recall saying to the cor oner that he had seen his father when l he showed the effects of cider and that he had replied at that time to the effect that he had and that the cider made him nnorose. MT. Torrey object | ed to the line of questioning. but the | court ruled that the witness might answer as to the effect of cider on his | father. Witness said that the cider sometimes made him surly
 Adolph told about being a student at | Trinity college for three months ond of working in Hartford for more than year. He denied that he left col | lege on account of trouble at home | between his father and mother, and l said that he had returned to Wood stock on account of ill health the de- | tails of which were not gone into by | the attorneys.
 Trouble Over Deed to Farm. It was brought out by MT Searls from the witness that MT. and Mrs. Lawson had an argument over the 1 deed of the farm which was purchased about three years ago last April, and | that Mrs. Lawson had left home for | two or three days after the trouble, going to stay at neighbours. Wit which was vested in MT. Lawson, had | never been changed to his knowledge. | In response to questions by MT. Tor rey, Adolph said that his father had | drank cider for years, but never be- came decidedly drunk: also that his | temper was apt to be surly when he was drinking. The trouble over the deed to the farm began directly after | the purchase of the property, witness said, and continued for two or three l weeks. Adolph said his father had ! promised to have Mrs. Lawson's name | included in the deed of the property. ] After the first trouble over the deed ! had ended. his parents lived peace | fully, Adolph testified
 When he left home to go to camp | on the night MT. Lawson died his fa- ! ther was sitting on the veranda, the witness said.
 1 Clara F. Eddy Questioned. | Clara F. Eddy, East Woodstock, ex- | animation conducted by Attorney Bradford, told of being at the Com stock house party with Miss Florence | Lawson on the afternoon and evening 1 of Aug. IA, and of returning as far as the Eddy home with Miss Lawson, | who then went on to her home. Miss Eddy, as she remembered, reached 1 home about II p. m.
 Testimony of Bernhord Johnson.
 Bernhord Johnson, questioned by | MT. Bradford, told of MT and Mrs. | Lawson being visitors at the Johnson home on the Sunday before Lawson's death Lawson came alone in the af- | ternoOn and with Mrs Lawson in the evening. Refreshments of ice cream | and beer were served, MT. Lawson
 
 | witness. Johnson also testified that he saw Lawson on the evening of | Aug. IA, at about o'sclock, when he ! was driving by the Lawson house. He | stopped and talked with MT. Lawson and the latter gave him a glass of ci- der and offered him more, which was | declined. MT. Johnson was the last witness before the 1 o'clock recess. i Mans Drinking Discussed.
 After recess. at o'clock, Mrs. Bern hofd Johnson. was called to the wit ness stand. She also told of the visit of the Lawsons to the Johnson home, as described by MT. Johnson. and of whiskey and wine being served. Rela- tive to Lawson drinking Mrs. John- son quoted a conversation in which Mrs. Lawson had said to her that a
 woman does not have to stand for a
 man drinking in this country.
 John s. May Describes Scene in Stall
 John s. May, the next witness, told
 of being awakened by Mrs. Lawson
 coming. to his home for help during
 the early hours of Aug. 15, about 3 a
 m. He went with her to the Lawson place. entered the barn and, with Mrs
 Lawson. found MT. Lawson lying dead
 in a horse stall, the horse that had | been occupying it loose and eating in | another part of the barn. For Mir | Bradford he described in detail whai
 he saw there-how the body was
 dressed, it's position, of blood stains
 and sundry other circumstances Ht
 told how Mrs. Lawson was dressed a,
 the time, mentioning that she had
 shoes on and that on going into tho
 stall she lifted MT. Lawson's head
 with her right hand. Under sharI
 cross-examination by Mir Torrey the
 witness later admitted that he wal
 not certain which hand Mrs. Lawson
 used to life her husbands head, nol
 could he be absolutely certain that sht
 had her shoes on when she came tt
 his home for help. \ Saw Blood stained Stockings.
 Mir. May told of being with Coroner
 A. G. Bill when the latter found with,
 in a keg that had been placed inside box or barrel in the cellar pair o
 blood-stained woman's stockings
 these rolled one within the other.
 What Mrs. Lawson Had Told Him.
 In relating Mrs. Lawson's conversa-
 tion with him during the night or
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