The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-18

On cross-examination witness said
he could not swear to DIR. Edward
Thomas writing. He had seen him
write twenty years ago and had filed
a prescription in his handwriting
year and half ago. He is physician
and lives now in New York.
NJ. c. Phelps said that he had lived i'm
Beaufort ~ years. II know Shepard
Davis | think he is so years old"
Il know Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gabriel and
had business with her four years ago.
/ had to go 10 her house because she
could not walk She is living. ! do
not think she has been able 10 be on
the streets for four or five years. She
told me she could not straightcn her
right leg.
Il know Maria Hamilton. Her char
acter is good so far as l know.
Il have known William Rice twenty
five or thirty years. In 1894 and for a
year or two before that he was a drunk
ard and a perfect physical wreck. He
quit drinking about year ago. For
twelve months before that he was a
perfect debauche. | did not see him
with delirium tremens. | have seen
him shaking.
"IIettie Davis character is good so
far as / know"
Charles Springle: Il have lived in
Beaufort over years. / knew Perry
Chadwick and saw him in the summer
of 1894. His physical condition was
very bad. He looked like man with
consumption.
alfred Piggot also looked like con
sumptive in 1854.
William Rice was drinking very
hard in 1894 and for several years pre-
yious. AS a result, his physical condi-
tion was such that he was unable to at
tend to his business.
shepard Davis is rs or so years old.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gabriel is my cou-
sin. In 1894 her physical condition was
bad. She has been so for some years
/ cannot say what was the matter with
her She cannot walk.
II have heard Perry Chadwick is
dead. Alfred Piggot is dead''
On cross-eXamination witness said:
Il have a boat. The insurance compa-
nies did not employ me to get up evil
dence. / was employed to transport
their witnesses. | cannot say possi-
lively that | have seen Rice drinking
since July 9th, 1894" (Date of appli-
cation.)
Dennis Jones corroborated the above
witnesses as to the age and condition
of the health of Shep Davis. Perry
Chadwick, Samuel Windsor. Maria
Hamilton, William Rice, Alfred Piggot.
whose lives were insured in several
companies in amounts varying from
$4,000 to $4,000. All of these parties
were represented to be in frst-class
physical condition and in every way
desirable risks. In no case was there
any suggestion of disease, injury or
ailment.
James Bryant was then called by the
State. He corroborated the other wit
nesses as to Shepard Davis, Samuel
Windsor, Perry Chadwick, Rosannah
Washington (whose branch of the case
came up Saturday. Sarah NJ. Gabriel.
William Rice, Alfred Piggott. Wit
ness said he had been living in Beau
fort 26 years and working for Mr.. Geo.
y. Ives, of Newbern II years.
Jennie Barnes testified that she
knew Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gabriel. having
lived three doors from her for 21 wears
She has been in bad health and con
tned to her house for two years. She
could not get to court She has rheu-
matism; cannot walk.
Florence Chadwick was then called
and testified in effect as she did in the
trial of William Fisher for forgery
that she had never applied for ins1ir-
ance never been examined by DR.. Del
amar( who purports to have made am
examination of her for insurance in
three separate companies or by anv
other doctor She was in bed sick at
tn" time with liberated throat and
rheumatism. Was first taken in the
fall OF 1898 and did not get out of bed
until spring of 1894. Is not we'll now
and was sick all day yesterday.
On cross-examination. witness said
she did not go into Kit Jones' store in
Beaufort and throw S. on the counter
and say DIR. Caldwell gave it to her to
buy cigarettes. Her mother, Jennie
Chadwick. corrOborated her. in the
main.
>. l.. Dill was called to the stand. He
said he had lived in Newbern nineteen
years and had been for six or seven
years superintendent of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad. "Dr. Ed
Ward Thomas is my wife's brother. On
the 9th of June, 1894, | went from New
bern to New York with DR. Thomas.
He has not returned to North Caro-
lima. | am certain about the date be-
cause / telegraphed at the time to Mr..
Chadwick, president of the road, that
| was going to New York, and kept
copy of the telegram. DIR. Thomas
had been at my house in Newbern since
February of that year. l recolIect he
went to Morehead City once whilestay-
ing at my house, but do not know that
he went TO Beaufort. | know that he
spent the last four or five weeks he
was in North Carolina at my house in
Newbern. | am acquainted with his
handwriting. The name Edward
Thomas, signed as medical examiner
to this application for insurance on
the life of Perry Chadwick in the Mich
igan Mutual Life Insurance Company,
is not, in my opinion, in the hand-writ-
ing of DR.. Edward Thomas. This appli-
cation is for $1,000 insurance and is
dated Beaufort, N. c., June 10th, 1894"
At this time DIR. Edward Thomas
was in New York.