The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-16

When he offered you the. money
did you make any reply? said III
wait and see what | could re, from
: the court.
Had you received any alimony up
to that time? no.
Was there any due soon? ! hadn't
brought the case into court then.
When he spoke about money,
where was your mother? Upstairs.
Where she could hear the talk? Yes
but not what was said.
Did you answer the door when
Mr.. Prouty came? No.
Did you have quite 4 little con-
versation with him? No.
He first asked if your mother was
there? Yes.
He went upstairs Immediately?
Yes.
Did he have the talk about the
/ stove and the money before he had
the talk about your mother!
1 couldn't say,
When he spoke about your mother
did he go upstairs at once? Yes.
! Did he speak about the baby? NO.
He went upstairs aheal of you!
Yes.
When did you go up? When
heard the baby cry and mother
scream.
When he went upstails {, you went
OH about your work? Yes
You didn't start from the kitchen
until you heard the sounds? No.
Did you go at once to where your
mother and the baby was? No.
mother was in the den.
Was the baby in the den? No.
Was Ward? Yes.
DID you hear any talk? Before |
went upstairs.
If you heard the talk is there any
reason why your mother couldn't
hear as we'll as you? The door was
closed when Ward and ] were talk |
ing and was open when Ward was
talking to mother.
How far was your mother from |
the doorway of the den when you
first saw her? A few steps from the
door,
She was coming towards you? | /
think so.
Did Mr.. Prouty to your hearing /
say anything to your mother about
leaving? l don't know.
Did he to you? Yes.
Before or after he went upstairs?
Before
You were close behind him when
he went upstairs? Yes, but not so
that | could see him.
Did you hear him say things to
your mother before going upstairs?
Yes.
How far was he from your mother
when he started talking? He was in
the living room downstairs just lead
ing into the hallway.
II she was in the room with the
baby when Ward went upstairs she
must have gone into the den? Ger
tainly.
This closed the cross-examination
Of Mrs. Prouty. Lawyer Cook con-
repeated his questions,
many of them very trivial ones, in an
to shake the witness. Mrs.
Prouty became confused at times but
was quite calm most of the time.
Mrs. Ida Blair, mother of Mrs.
Prouty was the next witness. She
was examined by Attorney Thomp
son. The examination was as fol-
lows:
You were at your daughters
1ouse on September |? Yes.
What occasion did you have for
going there? went to help my
laughter as her baby was sick.
Do you remember the morning
Ward Prouty came to the house? Yes
Did your daughter have any other
,elp besides you? No.
How many days had you been
here? couldn't say A few days.
Hal MI Prouty been there before?
No.
When did you first see him? In
he room upstairs.
Where were you? | was in the
com with the baby combing my
,air.
What was his attitude when he en-
tered the room? Not very pleasant.
Did he strike you? Yes.
How many times? Three times.
Did your daughter come upstairs?
Yes.
Did he strike you before your
daughter came up? | can't say | was
SO confused.
DID he strike you with his fist or
open hand? With his open hand. '
Where did he strike you? On the
side of the head. ,
How long did Mr.. Prouty stay up
stairs after your daughter came up? ,
He went right down.
This ended Mrs. Blair's direct ex-
animation and the cross-examina-
ton bv Lawyer Cook was opened. 1t