The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-01
Woodhouse's Parents Ac-
cused By Dorrit Wood
houses Lawyer
OF POSITIVE AND
AFFIRMATIVE ACTS
Each Side in Million-dollar
Suit Is Allowed Six
Hours

Burlington, Dee. 1.-The final act il
the famous Woodhouse million-dollal
alienation suit, which has been occupy
| ing the attention Of county court foI
nearly -four weeks. was started, this
morning when Attorney Warren r. Aus
stln began the opening argument fol
Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse. the plain.
l-tiff in the case. Each side has been
allotted six hours for argument and il
is thought that the case will not be
submitted to the. jury before the first
Of next week.
Dorrit Woodhouse arrived at the
court house early She was attired
in dark dress with turban hat. She
showed signs Of having rested during
the RECESS Of the court and was much
more composed han Wednesday.
Lorenzo II. Woodhouse was a half
hour late. The court room was filled
TO capacity half hour before the time
set for court TO convene and it was not
until $40 o'clock that Mr.. Austin be-
gan his argument. About a half hour
was spent in arguing over motion
presented by the defense.
Mr.. Austin, in opening, said that this
was at appropriated time to consider
such a case as this, the day after
Thanksgiving which held the celebra-
tion which showed what family af-
filiations and love meant. He thought
il ought to give the jury a clear vision
Of what that intangible thing. family
love, meant and Of the tremendous in
jury which was done in the breaking
up OF the home.
Mr.. Austin took the jury back to
1915 when the acquaintance of Dorrit
and Douglas began to became intimate.
He carried the acquaintance through
the time which she spent in the Orient
and old OF her being met on her re-
turn TO the Pacific coast by letter
and telegram from Douglas showing
that he wished to continue the acquaint
ance. He showed that the courtship
between the couple was perfectly
normal from March 1915 to Septem-
ber 1918, to the time when they were
finally married and went to Long
Branch to live under very adverse cir
as he would later show.
The attorney said that he would
show that by acts, positive and affirma-
tive, the parents of. Douglas had tried
to break up the marriage He would 90
into details and first took the visit of
the way home from the hospital the
Long Branch. where Douglas was i'll in
the hospital According to Lorenzo he
never knew Dorrit Stevensn although
he had lived for 90 years in Burlington
and right around the corner from his
in law. That was the ex-
PLANTATION Of his attitude toward her
when he ignored her at Long Branch.
DIR. .Spsrhawk had testified that on
the wav home from the hospital he
subject Of Lorenzo's attitude had been
the subject of conversation between
he two that showed tina Lorenzo's con-
science somewhat pricked him and he
thought It was due him to make some
sort of an explanation. DIR. Sparhawk
,estified that when he alighted from,the
rain at Long Branch with Lorenzo whe
,ey were about to visit Douglas who
was i'll they had been met by Dorrit |
md DR.. Spsrhawk introduced Lorenzo
% Dorrit. Thereupon the father in
aw had swung off and DIR. Sparhawk
walked TO the hospital with Mrs.
)orrit Woodhouse.