The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
YESTERDAY IN TIE COURTS
THE HOADLEY WILL CASE CON
 IINUED TESTERDIY,

Berlin Bridge Company Sued for Si0,0oo Damages Conway win Contest Begun Nesterday-An Old Soldier Sued by His Wife for on-Support-other Cases. : The consideration of the appeal from probate of the win of Dr. Frederick H. IIoadley by Mrs. A, II. Kimberly was resumed in the civil side of the superior court yesterday morning.
 Augustus II. Kimberly testified on cross examination conducted by Judge Henry Stoddard: shortly after Mrs Hoadley's death in 1875 George Edward and Fred Hoadley had conversation in which they agreed to provide fund for Miss Maria Bradley for her support to the amount of $50 month; that when he was administrator of the es- tate of George Hoadley, ST, he reduc- ed the indebtedness of George Edward to the estate, on one occasion rom ST, ,6S4 to $13,992, and that afterwards in pursuance of the proceedings instl- tuted by Dr. Fred Hoadley, the probate court ordered the administration ac- count corrected and George EdWafds $ former, indebtedness restored to the original figures; that in 1894 he dlscov- cred for the first time that George Ed ward had collected some money from Granville Weed, on the old claim held by the George Hoadley estate, ana that his wife, Cornelia Kimberly, had never received any share of it. He inn mediately put in a claim for one-third of whatever Frederick Hoadley had re- ceived on this claim from George Ed ward into the hands of George k. Cool ey for collection, and after good deal of correspondence MT. Cooley finally collected $150, which was paid by sim con B. Baldwin,, the attorney for Dr. Hoadley and at the same time a gen. eral release of pr. Fred Hoadley from all claims of every kind and nature, belongingto Mr. or Mrs. Kimberly, was executed. This release was read to the witness by Judge Stotidard and identi- fled.
 Ernest H. Jones, clerk in the employ ment of the Winchester Firearms com pany, testified that he first met pr. Frederick Hoadley in New York in the fall of 1894, and from that time on traV' eled with him as a companion down to the date of his death in February, 1895; that from October IT, 1894, to January they stayed at Lenox, at the Gurus house; that Dr. Hoadley the first two days remained in bed and acted as II he were sleepy, but that thereafter he ap- peared perfectly well, and that they musedathemselves walking and riding until the third week in November; al that time.Dr. Ioadley was taken sick and was confined to his bed for three days; that he (Jones) then called in pr Hale the physician of the hotel, who rave pr. Hoadley an injection of nor phine, and that under pr. Hale's dlrec- tions the witness gave Dr. Hoadley second injection the next day. ThiS treatment had a favorable effect, ano two days laters pr. Hoadley was ap' parently quite well. After leaving Ienox they spent one night in New Work and then travelled directly tt Jacksonville, Fla, where they spen two days, and arrived at Palm Beacf February ', 1895. From that time untl the 18th of February Dr. Hoadley con ducted himself like any other man, ant appeared to be perfectly rational A that time the witness noticed tha there was something peculiar about Dr Hoadley's appearance; that his hand tren1bled, and he appeared very ner vous. A case of whiskey was sen down from New York, and the docto and the witness drank it up.
 Dr. Hoadley took to his bed Frida, night before his death. He was drows and trembling, and said he thought h had a chill. Saturday witness called i Dr. Potter, the resident physician Palm Beach, who saw the patient thre times that day, and who also saw hir three times Sunday. About noon 0 Sunday the fever left the patient, an he became quite cool. Sunday nigh Dr. Hoadley became unconscious an remained so to the time of his deatl The witness knew that Dr. Hoadley g6 some drugs at times, but he did nc know what the drugs were, neither di he know of the doctor ever havin practised his profession while he wa traveling with him.
 MT. Burnham, occupation, druggis who owns the Osborn Hall Pharmac. testified that Dr. Hoadley came int his store in the spring of 1893, an ordered a cocaine solution, for whic he wrote out his prescription himsel He seemed rather shaky, and the wi ness thought at first he was intox cated.
 Mr. Willis Mix, proprietor of the M Drug store, corner Church and Chap streets, testified that previous to h acquiring control of the drug store had been employed by MT. Klock fiftet
 years, that he had known Dr. Hoadl' for number of years. For the yea
 1884 to 1886 pr. Hoadley would at tim
 come into the store and order sulpha
 of choral, Magender's solution of mo
 phine Dr. Hoadley would come in al
 order these drugs two or three times
 week, then perhaps he would sudden
 stop and not come in for sever
 months. The witness was shown ty
 pictures of Dr. Hoadley, taken in t
 year 1890, which he identified. The W
 ness testified that the last time he sa
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