Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-14

Mrs. Edith Harvey
| Mrs. Edith Harvey of Augusta
was called to the witness stand at
| the opening Of the afternoon session.
She said that on the afternoon Of
the place of business of her father.
John Kittridge. on the top floor of
the Allen building. AS she started
down the stairs she heard the noise
! of breaking glass and she saw Mr.
| Lawrence who was saying something
about his wife being inside of the
doctors Office and that he was going
in. There was no light in DR.. Ka-
| CAMS Office when she came up the
stairs, she declared.
She saw DR.. kagan run out of the
office with Mr.. Lawrence after him.
| The doctor had no coat or vest onN
when he came out. She saw Mr..
Lawrence go into DIR. kagan's Office.
When Mrs. Lawrence came out of the
office shortly afterwards she was full
| ly dressed
Mrs. Isabelle 5oyden
| The next witness was Mrs. Isabelle
Boyden of Waterville, formerly of
Augusta. whose husband, George
Boyden is in the employ of Mr. Law
renee as salesman.
She testified regarding a trip a
party of eight of which she and Mr..
Boyden and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
hac made to Jackman. While there
she had accompanied Mrs. Lawrence
to the post Office. Mrs. Lawrence
had expected to get a letter from a
gentleman friend under an assumed
name. A day or so later. Mrs. Law
renee received a letter and read parts
of it to the latter. While reading it
Mrs Lawrence said, He is a peach"
But she did not say from whom the
letter was. Part of the letter was in
French. and Mrs. Lawrence had told
her that it meant How l miss you,
dear"
Witness testified as to telephone
call Mrs. Lawrence had. Mrs. Law
renee took her down street and on
the corner they met n man. Mrs.
Lawrence stopped. Mrs. Lawrence
and the two girls and Mrs. Boyden
then went to the pictures and the
man came in and sat down beside
|
talked with the man. He had left
before the pictures We're over.
After the picture show, they went
into Grants candy store for an ice
cream. While there, Mrs. Lawrence
scolded the girl Hazel regarding her
physical condition. When they were
on the street again, DR.. Kagan was
coming toward them on the other
side of the street. Mrs. Lawrence
tried to attract the doctors attention,
but he did not look over. Witness
testified that Mrs. Lawrence then
went to telephone in a nearby drug
store and had conversation over the
phone, and clerk in the store had said
Hello DR.. Kagan." Mrs. Lawrence
was quite pleased and asked them If
there was anything they wanted in
the store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyden formerly lived
on Riverton street, Augusta, and pre-
Vious to the summer of 1921 Mrs
Boyden's relations with Mrs Law
renee were friendly. Mrs. Lawrence
began to go around with DR.. Kagan
about the 4th of July, and after that
Mrs. Boyden saw very little of Mrs
Lawrence, she testified.
Witness testified regarding one &C.
casion when Mrs. Lawrence went
down on Riverton street in a auto
mobile with man. That was the
first day of the Waterville fair. She
returned that night before IL o'clock.
i On the trip to Jackr:an, Mrs. Law
renee became intoxicated, witness as
serted.
Cross examined by Attorney Beana,
Mrs. Boyden testified that no one else
became intoxicated on their trip to
Jackman. Mrs. Lawrence had told
her that the man who was at the
pictures with them was MacGilvrev
who was in the employ of Mr.. Law
renee. Witness admitted on the
stand that she had made statements
to someone about Mrs. Lawrence
having cut" her.
Libel Of Mrs. Lawrence
Twelve witnesses were called in
behalf of the defense and Mrs. Agnes
q. Lawrence, wife of Pcrley NJ Law
renee. was called to the stand by At
torney Beanie
-hiS' d"ISIlCc teStlIiCu lIldl ncr
husband had confessed to her at
one time of his infidelity Mr.. Law
renee later made an admission of
this kind in the presence of her sis
ter. Mrs. Gay. A short time after this
incident, in January 1914. she filed
n divorce libel against her husband.
Her husband later made an admis-
sion to her in relation to his health
Her husband told her that he would
mend his ways if she would forgive
him. She dropped the divorce libel
!, as she thought it would be better for
the children. Her husband said that
his business would be injured if she
pressed her divorce action.
Continuing, Mrs. Lawrence testi-
fled that her husband became angry
at her and at times during the past
few years he has acted as crazy
man. He thought that people were
pursuing him.
5 A girl in st. Petersburg, Fla, told
her that Mr.. Lawrence tired to f1irt
with her
On the train returning from st.
Petersburg, the witness testified that
her husband told her that he would
give her q note because of the trou-
BILE the girl at st. Petersburg had
; caused her and he did later give her
the note in the lobby of the Augusta
Trust Company and her husband
told her not to tell anyone about the
note. On another occasion her hus-
band pushed her from the running