The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-26

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Wallingford. Went out to vomit sev eral times.
 Between Cedar Hill and North Ha Ven l went outside and Rathbun wa! lylng as though asleep. He didn't ap pear to know anything. When we go 10 Walllngford, I said I was going nome. l put on my coat and started up to catch a train for home. He start ed to go to the toilet and said he fell SICK I took my dinner pail and came home on the train. Everything except the coffee was in the dinner pail, as il IS now when got home
 got home about 7:15. Percy and Essie and Mrs. Rathbun were there Put my pail on the sink shelf. Said tc her not to let the children touch the pail as there was something the matter with the coffee. She took the pail and emp tied the coffee into the sink
 T told her that I had taken a swallow or the coffee and had burning sensa- ton in the throat: that I had vomited and was cold and had come home. Told her Will Cher husband) had taken some or the coffee and he might come home. D
 Was this before or after she emptied the coffee?'
 After, thirtk. My best recollection is that I told her before she ernptied it, | too" l Do you remember that she secured the pail with Sapolio?"
 NO, sir; I don't remember that I was pretty slck.'
 Were Percy and Essie there " | II don't just remember"
 "Then I went upstairs to bed, and took off my clothes. The doctor came" Did Mrs. Rathbun say anything?" T don't remember Didn't she say that she was sorry l Will was sick" T don't remember" Didn't she say that there was noth- | Ing the matter with the coffee?" T don't remember I think she said there couldn't be anything the matter with the coffee as no one had been near It."
 Didn't she say it might be the su- gar?" T think she said it might be from the coffee standing in the pail all night" Don't you remember saying some- thing about the sugar coming from the caboose ?'
 "No sir.''
 Don't you remember that she said something about putting more sugar in the coffee?" "No, sir; I don't remember that"
 Did she ask you if you wanted a doc tor when she came upstairs?"
 'No, for I had already sent for a doc tor"
 Did she ask you if you wanted doc tor at all?"
 q don't remember"
 Did you look in the glass and ob- serve that you were pale that morn ing?"
 T don't often look in the glass. don't remember looking in the glass that morning."
 Witness said: T sent Percy for a doctor when I went in. Nellie came in and did all the waiting on me. I can not remember that Mrs. Rathbun said anything to me when she came up- stairs. Don't remember whether she or Nellie told me that Will had come home"
 TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
 "Did you see her to speak to her that day again?'
 "When I went into the ambulance that afternoon she helped me put on my coat"
 You didn't ask how Will was?'
 "No. sir.'
 Had you then learned that he was dead?" NO, sir"
 "Why didn't you inquire how Will was?" 1T don't know"
 Anyone else there?' ''Yes, sir; Dr. Klenke.'
 Witness said he went to the hospital in the ambulance.
 "Did you take chew of tobacco that | morning while you were in bed?"
 'I don't remember"
 On this Thursday, December 20, was your life insured?" "Yes, sir; $500 in the Prudential" Anything been said between you and | Mrs Rathbun about that insurance?" Yes sir; on December I had been | to New Britain to my sisters the day | before Told Mrs. Rathbun that I had | an idea of signing my insurance over to my sister. That in case I wanted a | home up there they could take care of | me-