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THORPE ON STAND.
Testimony by Brother Of
Mrs. Bull at Alfred.
Tales Of Contributions 10 The
HindOos and Daughters Letter.
Features Of viii Hearing Thursday
Mrs. Vaughn Reported III.

| Alfred, Me-, May 1S.-Testimony re-
| garding Mrs ole Bulls contributions
to certain Hindoos and Japanese and
the reading Of a letter written to Mrs.
Bull by her daughter, Mrs. Olea Bull
| Vaughn, in which the writer express
ed regret al her mothers feeling
''about the Lebanon household" We're
| The principal features at today's ses
sion of the hearing in the probate court
on the viii of Mrs. Bull. which is being
contested by Mrs. Vaughn. When court
adjourned tonight it was until P. NJ.
on Monday next.
Several of Mrs. Naughn's letters to
her mother were read. In one of them.
dated at Boston. May q, 1904 she
wrote
Il am very sorry you feel as you do
about tile Lebanon household. / can
only nope that whatever influence it Is
that has SO prejudiced you will soon
pass away. Surely the faithful friend
ship of a lifetime should not be cast
aside for a new and untried compan-
ionsnip. | pray that a better under
standing may come to you, dear MAN.
ma, Cor your feelings for the past two
years have been very hard to recon-
ellie with what l know your natural
goodness of nature is
Joseph G. Thorpe of Cambridge Mass,
brother of Mrs. Bull and one OF the
executors of her will, occupied the
stand most OF the day. He told of Mrs
Bulls gifts of large sums of money
To Dr.. Bose of Calcutta and Miss Mar
garet f. Noble and said that both he
and Mrs. Vaughn had objected to Mrs
Bulbs living among the Hindoos in In
Ola. He said that at one time Mrs. Bull
had number of japanese artists
living at her Cambridge home. They
We're there as her guests and gave eX-
hibitions Of wrestling, etc.
1t was announced today that Mrs.
Vaughn was i'll at her Lebanon. Me,
home and would be unable to appear at
the hearing.
When the noon recess was taken In
the hearing it was stated that an adj
journment would be taken late this
afternoon until z. NJ. Monday as
sherman l.. Whipple counsel for Mrs
Olea Bull Vaughn, the contestant and
only child of Mrs. Bull, was obliged TO
be IN Boston a few days. 1t is pretty
well understood that Mrs. Vaughn.
Who is sick at her Lebanon home, will
not appear in court, and that her dep
osition Will be taken.
Joseph G. Thorpe of Cambridge,
brother OF Mrs Bull and one of the
executors of her will. who has been
under examination since Tuesday aft
WITNESS fla
stand today and win be recalled Mon
day.
Mr.. Thorpe was examined by Attor
ney Whipple as To the influence he
used on his sister. Asked how he got
around" her, he replied: If YOU ask
me that as deliberate conclusion of
a course of action | should say | did
not" Mr. Whipple endeavored to put
in some letters written by Mrs. Bull TO
Mrs. Shapleigh of Lebanon, but the
court decided not to admit them until
Mrs. S'hapleigh takes the stand to tes-
tify. Seven other letters were intro
duced and Mr.. Thorpe was questioned
in connection with them.
During the cross examination of Mr..
Thorpe he said he raised objection to
his sister spending large sums of mon
ey on travelling and living among the
Hindoos in India. and that her daugh
ter Olea also objected. 1t was brought
out that Mrs. Bull planned to change
the mansion hall at 1853 Brattle St,
Cambridge the homestead. into a hos
pital for DIR. Thomas NJ. Durrell of
Someryille.
Mr.. Thorpe was asked If he had any
idea how much money Mrs. Bull gave
the Hindoos He said she made two
donations to DIR. Bose of Calcutta, In
dia, of $4,000 and $4,000 each. none of
which ever was returned. 1t was claim
ed it was to be used to buy land in
Calcutta on which to build a school
for Indian children.
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1t was also brought out that Mrs.
| Bull was generous contributor To
Miss Margaret L. Nobe and DR.. Bose,
| the latter being given money to build
| a laboratory to develop plant response
| through the delicate influence Sew
eral letters from DR.. Bose to Mrs. Bull
We're introduced. They opened with
the salutation: My Dearest Mother"
and concluded with Your own SON"
Mrs. Bull contributed $4,000 a year
for three years to Dr. Bose, the wit
ness said. out of her income which av-
eraged $1,000 yearly. She had also
given Miss Noble $500 a year since
1899 for her work Miss Noble has
claim of $1,000 on the Bull estate on
note.
/ Witness stated that Miss Noble had
left New York for Calcutta under an
assumed name just after the petition
was filed by the contestants of TIE
will. He admitted that he had made
no effort to take her deposition before
she sailed.