Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-13

The plaintiff. MI S0uie tesrlfiaa
regarding the hill for auto parts two
gez1rs ana the express charges. which
he claimed ne ordered and aelfrerec
10 FoGrin- The Hlu alse included SO
baing undispHIed
Cross-examined by Attorney Eol-
way, Mr.. Sonle stated tt1at he had
soid Dart car 10 Forrln en- July s.
B16, and had bean paid fuT il. After
Mr. Forth had maze a trip IN the
car 70 Canada On agent of the cam
pauy examined the car and parTe
were rsplactd- These last IialTs were
replaced, but plaintiff said he had
nothing 70 do with that In the
spring of 1877. ne said. no agent was
there. he testified that Mr.. Forth
gave the order for the auto parts by
wuro Of mouth.
The defense IN the case WIS the
general issue. thai the defendant
never purchased the gears from the
plaintiff. bit that they We're purChas-
ed to take the place of defective parts
which on authority Of the general
agent Of the bort autornohlie cam
pauy ware sent IN exchange.
Defendant. Eugene Forth of AuEus-
L. testified that ne Is a loom hxer al
the Edwards mill Regarding the aufo
parts. ne testified ne never ordered
them. C-oss-sxaminBa. ne testified tt2i
he got the auto pzrIs from Mr.. SeIiis
ANA took the old auIo parts hack u
Mr. Souie
-Arnere Ma-prs Of Augusta. an auto
mobile reTAlrer. testified thaI ne repair
ed M Fn-rins car in 1glT.
In The absence Of The Jury. ATTORNEY
Mclean argued fur = verciicI 10 De d.
r'ected for the plaintiff. hu Judge
Beaue's decision Was To let he cass
go 70 the yury ON the question Of facr.
The cass WAS then argued by the al
coTntg-s. Judge Became gave the ct12rEE
q he iury, calling attention thE1 the
question was whether or mn Forth ~
someone else Tor Forth Ordered The
parts trcTn 1dr. Soule. and # so anr
ne md RECEIVED ths parts he woull bE
ianis
The .urr mad ms case 1Inder deiibar-
alton -boEt . minutes. returning q Yer
4iut fpr the plaintiff for ss5a.
Sosft rs. Ladn
Alienation 81 affections was III.
charge IN the mex. case before the c,ur-
that u Richard n Scott ri Fayertf
against -AshTnRn l. Laad Of Mt. YER
non. ATTORNEY Tor The plaintiff WAS
Ellsworth E. PeRcosA u Walerv.lle.
while D. J. 1dcGiIicuddy Of LEWIS on
appeared Is counsel fur The defendant.
Damages claimed n he case are sat
al $500. AItur-Isv; Peacock outlined ths
plaintiff : case winch was IN substance
as follows: That Lhe plaintiff Richard
II. Scott. was z former res1-eTTt = MISS
achuserts 6ur czIns 70 Maine i've 81 SIX
years ago ana opened a summer no1e! or
camp al Echo AXE. Fayette- Mr.. Scott
Is All accountant ny profession. He .:ad
been married. nm IN lsib his wife died.
He met Evelyn May stone q wong
girl L veArs 81 axe. ana or Jan. 1,
7qls, they were married. Scott was then
81 years Of age. For time they -esid-
al ~ he CAMP a. FayeGte ana during
me arst twa vars Of their married lie
the-e was nothing unpleaEanI. They
Wf--E dtiNH+tl &1LFffe-. MI -4EA1i
became -he driver on the r. r 2. mail
route and Mr. ana Mrs. Scott T-ade
ne acquaintance u Ar. and Mrs. Ladd.
Later. Mr.. Scott noticed g growing .rrIi-
mary between MS wife ana Mr.. Ladd.
and finally ne spoke 10 MS wife anuI,-
it, bu- Sne szid Il was all nonsense.
that sfls ana MIR. Ladd were 5ust
friends. Ana Il was fhe claim Of ne
plaintiff Lat Mrs. Scot; gradually began
10 Grow cool towards her husband. ana
finally Told nun that she WIS going To
work ana thar sing wanted 70 bs lnde-
pendent.
Nine witnesses weYe sworn II 1ur
the plaintiff.
The greater DAT Of the Monday
afternoon session was taken M with
Iht testimony Of The plaintiff, Rich.
ara II. Scott Of FaYe1te He-TestIhsd
that on Jan. a 1916. he was married
and his wife is Evelyn May Scott
formerly Evelyn Stone They were
married al Mt. Vernon ana first lived
81 Arlington. Mass. They then w@nI
70 MS fathers camps AZ Echo lake
IN Fayette ana they both ala wori.
around the place They got alanE
very ulct.lv and his wife showed al
ft-ctiUn tur him. In 1915 they first
Iner AshInan L. Ladd. VINO Was the
driver On he r z q route No. -
III Vernon. Up @ January - 9l9,
thar relations had bean vt-v plaag-
ant ana / Was then that he frsT bt-
gan IA tack notice u1 things.
Nj, Scott rad gone On a business
trip t. Concord. y. Il. HIS wife had
asked him for some money and ne
gave her so Nv check. He mad pre-
rlpllsly objected 20 hsr going 70 PtrT--
and wt1iie ne WAS away. nut ne h4l
afterwards found out that she mad
gone 70 Portland al that time fsnd
lad come back 70 her -ranurnuthe--
house On Jan. 4. 1919 She went then
% Childs' horne. ana had refused -
come home when ne asked her 10.
The meetings Of Ashnan l. Lads
and Mrs. Scott were testified 20 br
Mr.. Scott. He mad asked her 70
come back 70 the czrun. but when she
found that ne had talked things over
with MS father ana mother she
would nuf live there with them. Re
ferT1uE to the meetings 81 Mr.. Lad I
ana Mrs. Scott, MIR. Scott stated IiIat
he could swear that upun one occ,Is-
ion ne saw Mrs. Scott push Mr.
Lalid away from her. While Mr.
Ladid was ON the R. T. .. route he
would Stop and talk with Mrs. Sent
On an average Of about half an hour
a day. end one day he stayed there
81 minutes talking with Mrs. Scott.
Scott had spoken To her abUnt The