Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-25
insane
Is RGberta's Opinion
OF Late Mrs, Bull.
Took the Yogi instruction
Simply to Please Her.
Enjoyed Her and Mrs. Farmers
Letters, Even il Insane.
More Of Late Mrs. Bulls Pc
cuIiar Freaks and Actions
Told On Stand, Together with An
other Invoice Of Letters.

AlfEed Me, May 24.-Doubts as to
the sanity of Mrs. Sarah c. Bull from
the very beginning of his course of
lessons in "Raia Yogi from her. were
was ON the stand under cross exanina-
ton this afternoon in the hearing on
the petition of Mrs. Ola Bull Vaughn
for the breaking of her mothers will.
Il have always been in doubt as to
whether l was taking lessons from an
insane person or not" Roberta told
Attorney Charles x. Cobb. Il really
think Mrs. Bull was insane, but l was
taking instructions just to please her.
when Mrs. Bull talked to me l
found 1t uplifting to my mind. The
same result attended the receipt OF
letters. In fact anything that was
pleasing to Mrs. Bull was uplifting to
me. liked to get letters from Mrs.
Bull and Miss Sarah J. Farmer. even
if they were insane
In the opening of his cress-examina-
tion Roberta told of studying "Vedan-
Ia Philosophy" the book of the Raga
Yogi. under Mrs Bull. It took him. lac
said. two months to read the book.
Roberta first became acquainted with
Mrs. Bun, he said, through Mr. Odams.
a member of the cult He was always
made welcome at the home of Mrs.
Bull in Cambridge and size urged him
to go with her to her summer place at
Eliot. Me, that he might meet swami
and learn more of the cult. While he
was awaiting the, arrival OF the swami,
matter of three or four weeks, lie
was the guest of Mrs. Bull.
''Whep. Mrs. Bull talked of going to
India )" said Roberta, she wanted me
to go with her Then she changed her
mind and was going to send me alone.
Finally she changed her mind again
and left me in charge of the studio
House at Cambridge and she went to
England
while Mrs. Bull was away Mrs.
SewaH and | studied together. Mrs.
Sewall giving me lessons in English
and | giving her lessons in Italian Mrs
Sewall asked me to pass some of my
evenings with her and I did"
Asked with Mrs. Sewall did on these
OCCASIONS, Roberta said ':She took
pencil and did inter- weaving writing,
and she painted pictures with her Yogi
power"
When Mrs. Bull returned from
abroad she made arrangements. Wit
ness said, for him to stay at the house
and offered him $40 or $50 a month
What were your duties" witness
was asked.
Il did anything Mrs. Bull wanted me
to- Roberta replied.
Questioned in regard to his belief
in the power of Raja Yogi. Roberta.
said
4 gave Raja Yogi a. good trial. At
first | felt doubt as to the power
took instructions just to please Mrs
Bull and then having received the in
struetions, | used to take exercises by
myself, not to please her only"
Alfred Me, May 24,-Many details
of Mrs. Bulls actions and funny no.
tons in the pursuit of her Hindoo
faith were given today by Nicholas Ro-
berta. the Italian barber, who was
brought to this country to testify for
the contestants against he will of the
late Mrs ole Bull Nichola told OF sew
eral Japanese guests at the Studio
House in Cambridge One of thNe Mrs.
Bull did not like because he had wick
ed powers and after he went away,
she gathered all his trinkets, souvenirs,
etc, and threw them away.
Mrs. Marion Rriggs. he said, spent
some time and claimed size had power
to cure people when lying in bed with
them.
Mrs. Bull was in hospital IN 1906
and claimed that through Mrs Briggs
deodening powers she was able to un-
dergo surgical operation Nichoia de-
scribed funny notions" Mrs Bull had
one in particular was the belize tia.
one glass of milk and six almonds were
sufficient nourishment for any sbody
| for any day. She claimed the natives
in India lived on half a Gun of grain a
DAY Mrs. Vaughn, her daughter. Oh
Jected to Mrs. Bull eating oysters and
steamed clans and prepared for the
mother food which she did not care
| for.
Nichola noticed frequent radical
changes in Mrs Bulls condition as
time went on. After she was i'll she
very often became excited and acted
| strangely In 1907. she would talk t.
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