New Britain herald., 1915-03-24

1 nlitted that he was in court three 1 years ago for d similar offense and l that he had neglected to pay his fine, l as agreed. His excuse for his failure 1 to pay the fine was that he had no money.
 1 Newton Baldwin was called as a witness. He told of tn efact that he has frequently been called over to the Brayfeld place to quell disturbances i and help the quarrelsome couple to patch up their differences. He ven tured that Braytield was not as black as he had been painted and that, if
 he were given another chance, he would proba bly, show that he had learned his lesson.
 At this juncture Mrs. Brayfield in- terrupted to tell that her husband has been in the habit of holding her up for money when returning i'll their wagon from shopping trips to Meri- den. She testified that, invariably,
 ne would wait until they reached 8 lonely spot and then he would force her to hand over to him all of the ! money in her possession. The prosecutor, in summing up, ad- 1 Necated the separation of the couple l as the only remedy for the trouble. 1 Hc did not think that a jail sentence ! SnOulQ De imposed.
 Judge Griswold, in giving judgment, 1 stated that he disagreed. No man is 1 justified in laying violent hands upon 1 his wife," he declared
 At the conclusion of the case,
 Sheriff Clark took the prisoner to the i Hartford county jail
 Body Returned to Vermont. The body of Mrs. Addie Webster, 1 who died at the New Britain hospital l yesterday afternoon as the result of i injuries sustained in a runaway acci- ] dent with Miss Laura Smith Sunday 1 afternoon, left on the 1O:57 express | this morning route to Eden, Yer
 Elont. where funeral services will be
 held tomorrow. Rev. Carleton Hazen, 1 pastor of the Kensington Methodist
 church. accompanied the body, he l being familiar with the part of the
 state of Vermont in which the de- 1 ceased woman lived, by virtue of the fact that he formerly held pastorates
 at Rochester and Rutland.
 According to the plans which Mir.
 Hazen had this morning, he will re- ! main in St. Johnsbury, Vt., tonight, l leaving for Eden with the body to-
 morrow morning. He did not know ] whether or not he would be called
 upon to conduct the funeral service. Mrs. Webster is survived by her
 husband and a sister, who resides
 in Claremont, N. Fl. She was d hard
 working woman, receiving but little l help from her husband, who is said
 to be a rather shiftless fellow. Miss ] Smith made her acquaintance while doing missionary work in Eden last summer She became very much at tached to the unfortunate woman and kept up a correspondence with her
 after returning to Berlin. She in vited her to visit her last week and, it is understood, paid her fare to Der l lin. Mrs. Webster, who had been looking forward to the trip for weeks.
 arrived here last Friday, the picture
 of happiness.
 Miss Smith took her out for little
 drive Sunday afternoon to show her the town. As the couple drove out
 of the yard, neighbors saw that the
 reins were dangling over the dash, Miss smith being busy talking to her guest The horse ran down the grade l without any guidance from the driver. :, It is thought now that, probably the
 runaway started in his way when the
 couple were returning.
 People who reached the scene of the accident shortly after it occurred state that Mrs. Webster exhibited rare l unseltshness. When the doctors ar | rived. they began attending her, but she asked them to look after Miss smith first, as she felt that she was