The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-07
HOADLEY WILL CASE.
Several Witnesses Testify Yesterday an
 Dispositions were Read.


 The Kimberly appeal from probate was continued in the superior court yesterday.
 The first witness called was Julian II. Marsh of Westville, who produced copy of three prescriptions filled for Dr. Frederick Hoadley, one october {, 1898, solution of morphine grains, water one half oz,, for hyperdermical use, one November 10, 1893. hydrate 20 grains, oil of annis 4 drachms, make into pills, one December 4, one oz. Salbromide, one oz. choral hydrate
 Pater McQuaid, real estate dealer, testified that he had known pr. Hoad- ley for fifteen years past, that he saw Dr. Ho,adley last about three years ago in the Eall of 1898, shortly after the death of his brother George Edward Hoadley. Dr. Hoadley was hesitatlnS in conversation at the time and his eyes were dull and his appearance peculiar MT. Thomas H. Heath, clerk at the New Haven house, testified that ln the year 1886 he was night clerk In the hotel that he was present on the nlSht in August 1SS6, when Captain Brewer and ex-Sherfff O'Keefe took Dr. Hoad- lev away from the hotel. That pr Hoadley, as lse was coming down the stairs, took two or three posts out Of the banisters.
 Dwight H. Mctore of Westville, in the employment of the New Haven steam boat company, testified that he ire ouently saw Dr. Hoadley at the house of his sister -in-law, Mrs. Jane Hoadley, during the fall of 1893. That on the first occasion he noticed that Dr. Hoad- ley's complexion was pale and that ne had difficulty in speaking, that when he talked to Dr. Hoadley, the latter would rouse up and answer hlm, put that when he conversed With Mrs. Hoadley, the doctor would Immediately fall asleep He saw him next a week later when Dr. Hoadley came over to MT. Moore's house and sat down on the steps and talked. He noticed that ne walked much slower than customary Dr. Hoadley being a vigorous walker His condition was better than when he saw him the first time, but there was still noticeable a difficulty in talk ing. On the last occasion, Dr. HoadIey met him in Westville and invited h1m to drive into town with him, when ln- vitation he accepted. The witness sald he didn't think that DT. Hoadley was of sound mind at times On cross ex- animation by Judge Stoddard, witness said he didn't think Dr, Hoadley at those times was Insane, that he meant to say that he was under the Influence of some drug, that the doctor was us ually very bright, pleasant man ana very companionable, and that on the . T it,yri to ride. he had no difficulty in under standing his invitation.
 J. M H. Millspaugh of B Center street testified that he had known pr. HoadIev since 1865, that he saw him last three months after the death Of George Edward, in the spring of 1893. The witness was standing in his door when Dr. Hoadley apparently intox1- cated, came up and shook hands. The witness said, your brother George Ed ward is dead, and Dr. Hoadley replied, .syes, and I am staying with his widow" When asked whether from the doctors appearance at that time, he d .ew the conclusion that he was of lnsouud mind, witness replied that he concluded that Dr. Hoadley at the time was under the influence of liquor, but
 
 witness always liked to talk with him.
 Mrs. Nellie Gilbane, New Haven, tes- tified that in the fall of 1893 she was general housework girl at the house of Mrs. Jane Hoadley in Westville, where Dr. Hoadley was staying, that Dr. Hoadley was pale and sickly looking and that the appearance of his eyes was peculiar, that Dr. Hoadley was a xya,1r Eobt never came down to breakfast, that he usually ate dinner and only took soup and after that would often fall asleep, that he very rarely was present at lunch. That Dr.. Hoadley was in the habit every morn- ing of coming down stairs to the kitchen clad in a bath robe and would ask for a pitcher of hot water. Witness stated that in her opinion the doctor was not of sound mind. When cross examined by MT. Fessenden, said that she had been first asked about her knowledge of Dr. Hoadley about a week ago Monday by Mr. Webb of the firm of Ely, Webb Ss Case, she supposed
 MT. Gilbane, husband of the last wit ness, was called and testified that from October 12 to November IS, 1893, he was employed as coachman by Mrs. Jane IIoadley at Westyille, that pr. Hoadley
 
 arrived few days after the witness entered her employment, and that the witness helped him carry Up his bag gage to his room the night of his arri- val that the first time he saw Dr. Hoadley he thought he was drunk, that he was staggering in his gait, that he was shaky and looked pale; that the second time he saw him was 8 couple of days after his arrival when Dr. Hoadley came out to the barn and had a conversation with him about the horses. He noticed that the doctor looked pale at that time; that the wit ness frequently drove Dr. Hoadley into New Haven, probably twelve times or more, but never held any conversation with him on these occasions; that in his opinion Dr. Hoadley did not appear to be of sound mind.
 The depositions of Dr. William F.