New Britain herald., 1926-07-17
Highland Lakes Summer Colony Turns Out En Masse to Attend Hear ing of Four Detectives Who Tried to Dust Woman From "The Cabin"

Winsted, Conn.,, July 17 P>-Mrs
 Marion Hemming divorcee, who pre-
 empted the cottage" The Cabin" of
 her former close friend, Louis S.
 Griffing, electrical contractor of
 Hartford, in the summer colony at
 Highland Lake, was under guard
 again today but only in a friendly
 way and as a matter of official pre-
 cution.
 Mrs. Hemming almost had the at
 tractive settlement to herself for the Ineighbors were up early and came
 here for the court hearing given to four men of a private detective
 agency who on Thursday tried to
 oust her and clear the cottage of its furnishings.
 Policeman On Guard. Mrs. Hemming being told by her attorney, Coroner Samuel A. Her man, that she was not needed as a witness looked forward to the quiet est day in the very lively week for her. The Winsted police chief sent out an officer in uniform to give Mrs. Hemming protection and to see that no one prowled about the place in the absence of neighbors.
 Louis s. Griffing, who deeded the cottage to his mother but engaged ment to oust Mrs Hemming and her son, Burton Strait, IS, came into Winsted and had a barber give him shave before he went to court as a spectator. While the barber was giving his face its last gentle rub, Griffing said he had not been sub poenaed and did not expect to be, but wanted to be on hand to hear the story. He was in Springfield. Mass, at the time the guards used crowbars on the cottage windows to get into the place, his mother, Mrs. Nette Griffing, being commander of the attacking forces. Griffing left his bride, who was Mrs. Lena s. Dickinson, of Springfield, at the cot tage which he is using temporarily for his honeymoon.
 Herman To Prosecute.
 Before Judge Hadleigh How'd opened town court it was made
 known that Mir Herman would prose cute the four detectives instead of G. Wesley Winslow, the court prose- cutor, at the latter's request. MT. | Herman had drawn up a complaint the men with breaking and | entering the cottage in the daytime, and the defendants were to plead to | this in addition to one charging ! breach of the peace.
 Many of the summer visitors at | Highland Lake were among the ! witnesses called, including E. Robert Stevenson, managing editor of the | Republican-Americ | who arrived at the lake about the time the men were making an on- ! 5laught on the cottage which Mrs. held.
 Among others called were George Ahearn and William Doyle, of this place, Mrs. J. Viets and her father, Mr.. Johnston, of Brooklyn, N. Y. .wo young sons of William J. Hogan, of Hartford, Mrs. George Fournier, Mrs. l. G. Bouvee, of Winsted, and George Green of Waterbury.
 The hearing was in the Litchfeld county superior court room as the own court room was too small. Spectators were outside long before t was time for court to open.
 With Griffing's guards removed, he boards taken down from the win lows, the water supply again prov ng adequate to meet her require nents and living conditions at the cottage more agreeable, Mrs. Hem ming is making plans to remain at he cabin for some time to come. Convinced that she cannot be oust- d until action is taken by the su- oerior court, she hopes to stay at he cottage until September at least. The superior court does not meet lntil then.
 In the meantime, she and her son, vho is her companion at the cot age, are spending more time with heir pets of which there are a score IT more on the property. Mrs. Iemming has been living at the cot age for eight weeks but most of he time has been passed indoors.