Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-26
WILLIMANTIC

of the farm and that he received one-half inc income of the place. She had seen
 Mrs Horace Rood cash checks of SS5
 and give Alfred Rood half. Her husband had the contract for driving the bus and made two trips a day most Of the tune. Later he said he was going to give the work to his brother as he was not golng to support her, as she could never get along with his people. She wanted to go to the other house but he said his peo- pIe would not stand for it. He often asked l hey ta settle for $50 and go away where i no one knew her, with her child. On cross examination Mrs. Rood said Rood asked | her to marry him in April but she wished |
 to wait and buy some clothes. Later | 1 when she was pregnant, and he showed no disposition to marry her, she entered
 complaint to First Selectman James M. Smith Previous to her marriage she said
 she worked at the American Thread com ! pany plant and boarded at The Films.
 Mrs. Mary Mackie mother of Mrs.
 Rood testified that her daughter now | aided in the support of her family.
 At the aaternOn session Alfred ". Rood took the stand in his own behalf and ad- mitted failure to support his wife, He
 said he would do so if he~could. He is now 2s years of age and since he was , years old his right leg has been affected
 as the result of a shock. Around home he got about by using his left hand on the ground and dragging his right leg.
 His mother, he said, died in 1908. He
 ldid what work he could about the farm
 He sometimes drove the bus and he aid-
 cd in milking He could not lift the cutter
 bar on moving machine and could not harness horses. For his work on the place
 he received his board clothing and
 spending money. By his mothers will he held @ life lease of the farm His brother Horace had the use of the farm
 and paid taxes, interest and insurance on a Ss,3oe mortgage His brother had the . contract for the school job and witness : got nothing from it.
 During this examination and others Att } torney Danahey and Attorney Tor-ey had , many clashes over admitting testimony, !. and the former gave the court notice of I several exceptions to his rulings.
 8 On cross examination Rood said he first c became acquainted with his wife a year 8 ago last August. He considered the place . worth a dollar day rental value. By his !. mothers will his brother George was ap- f pointed trustee but as George was not of g age Frank Webb acted in his stead AL 1 fred said he had put $500 in bank prior s to his marriage but had withdrawn it 6 before marrying Questioned about his n relations with his wife, he said he used r to meet her and drive her home. Some k times he used team and again an au- It tomobile He admitted having sexual in- e tercourse with her before they were mar d ried. He said he did not ask her to marry c him but that she did the asking He did 2. not want to marry her at first but finally J. did so. He admitted friendly relations q with his wife before marriage, saying IS they happened often, but it was the same g with the rest of the fellows" Questioned 2 about her marital duties he said she a continued them while she stayed there le but often went home and stayed for z le week at time. He admitted he did no ,e pay the expenses at the hospital nor go tt Ee see the child, as he did not know that i ot was his. He admitted that their rela le tions began in June, 1920.
 - Horace Rood testified that his brothe '. could not support his wife, and that Al ~ fred was absolutely dependent upon wit = ness. L. P. Oehrlg of Windham Cente
 testified that fair rental value of tn H place would be about s360 a year Charle q D. Smith. a farmer of Windham Center testified to the same fact Mrs. Florenc q Rood, wife of Horace Rood, was calle 4 but her evidence was not needed. Jame < Potter of Windham Center said $400 T year rental was about right Judge Ott \ E. Robinson. judge of probate for Wind | ham, certified to the accuracy of the wi
 and other papers in his possession. N trustees account has ever been filed, an [ no trustee has been confirmed. Mrs Elisha Palmer of Windham Center gay
 evidence that Alfred had run mowin machines, cut and chopped wood and car Tied It into the house He had als H handled money and had paid her for wor a her son had done at the Rood place. Sl1 admitted having had Alfred arrested q Theron Palmer of Windham Center test fled to seeing Alfred run the moving ma chine, milk and aid at wood carryin, S George Potter of Windham Center told ( 4 seeing Alfred drive the bus. John Lyncl H also of Windhan who had worked at tn Rood place. testified that Alfred could q \ many things about the farm Mrs. Alfre | Martin of Willimantic. matron at Tn 1 Films. told of Alfreds coming there Z 1 week ends to take Mrs. Rood home. Ono J when at the farm she saw him harnes - the horses and hitch them to the wagoI
 Alfred Rood, recalled to the stan
 stated that he did not harness the horse
 that day; they were left in the barn a
 harnessed. They were left that wa
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