New Britain herald., 1926-07-15
THE CABIN SIEGE
 AT LAKE HOLDS UP
Mrs. HenninS Still in Winsted
 Cottage Despite Guards
WINDOWS ALL BOARDED UP
Phone Wires Cut And Food Supply Shut Of - Griffing, Accused of Violating Marriage Promise, De- nies Woman's Claim.

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 Violating Marriage Promise, De-
 nies WOman's Claim.
 Winsted, July Is LP}-Mrs. Marion .Hemming, divorcee, besieged in The Cabin" q Highland Lake cottage by private detectives because she would not give up the place. claiming her former sweetheart, Louis S. Grifing. electrical contractor of Hartford, gave it to her with a promise of marriage, found herself almost in darkness today During the night .the men boarded up the kitchen window, the only one left uuboardod yesterday.
 Supplies Also Cut on
 Griffing, divorced by his wife for misconduct and married to Mrs Lena $. Dickinson of Springfield, Mass, at Newark, \. J., on June 2G. honeymooning in a nearby cottage gave the detectives new orders to- day to make siege lines closer. They were not to permit Mrs. Hemming's son, Burton, aged 12, to leave the porch of the cottage. No one else was to be permitted 10 go near the cottage because last night sympa- thetiC nelghbors, knowing that Grif- ing had cut off the water supply in the cottage, ran by the guards and left five gallon can Of kerosene, q jug of water and d bottle of milk.
 Mrs Hcnming herself, day be- fore yesterday, laid in a weeks sup ply Of food.
 Telephone Wire Removed
 Griffing had also had the tele- phone discontinued but upon being told today that the telephone bell had been heard ringing, he asked the telephone company to take down the wire. A lineman appeared and tried to get at the loop from a pole to the cottage but was stopped by the guards. They refused to allow the lineman to go near the cottage until he insisted that Griffing had given orders to have the loop taken down. One of the guards stayed close beside the lineman while he worked and finally the telephone connection was cut out so that Mrs Hemming had no means Of com .municatiou with the outside except by hand signaling from the back porch.
 Griffing last night had 3 confer ence with the head of the private detective agency in Hartford which had provided the guards and after that the guards moved in closer and boarded up the only window which gave light to the interior of the cot tage.
 Relates Their Romance.
 Before the lines were so closely drawn, however, Deputy Sheriff D. II. Manchester of this place, in q private capacity with a companion. got to the cottage and talked with Mrs. Hemming. Afterwards the sheriff related portions of the con versaton which included a statement Mrs. Hemming made as 10 her friendship with Griffing. She claim cd that she and Griffing fell in love with each other about five years ago and that she induced her husband 10 get a divorce so that she might marry Griffing, and that aftor he got the decree she waited until May for Griffing to keep an alleged promise 10 make her his bride. Headid not keep this promise, she claimed, and not until Tuesday did she learn that he had married Mrs. Dickinson. whose husband committed suicide in Springfield on March l. last. Mrs. Dickinson has a boy and a girl.
 Kissed Her Goodbye.
 Mrs Hcmming said that the first time she knew of Griffing's friend ship for Mrs. Dickinson was when she found a blanket belonging to her among his effects. She said that in May Griffing kissed her good bye upon leaving and promised to marry her soon.
 Mrs. Hemming was divorced from her husband. Raymond Hcmming Of New Haven for assertion. She was asked if she would return 10 her husband If he forgaye her and re- piled she would not go back.
 After Deputy Sheriff Manchester had talked with Mrs. Hemming, he saw Griffing who, upon being told of Mrs. Hemming's claims, said he had never promised to marry her. They had quarrelled, he said. and parted as friends, that a short time ago Mrs. Hemming took possession of the cottage. and on the advise of counsel he was now trying to oust her by means of private detectives
 Deeds Place To Mother.
 Griffing said that Mrs. Hemming's son, Burton, was of her first mar riage to Burton Strait, now of Flori- da, formerly of New Haven. GrtffinG also told the deputy sheriff that he deeded the cottage to his mother on July ', but he intended to use 1t for his wife, mother father and himself when he could get possession.
 Griffing today returned to Hart ford to confer with counsel who had advised him to hire guards to put out Mrs. Hemming. Before leaving he said he might make a reply to Mrs. Hemming's claims.
 GrifTing Is silent.
 Hartford. July 15 Pp-Louis s. Griffing, who is trying to secure pos session of his summer cottage at