New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
SAW PRIESTS IN TREES
Mrs. Bull Also Had Visions of
Granddaughter in Pink Radlum.
BROOKLYN BAD FOR DREAMS
Witness at Will Hearing Says
Testatrix Addressed Pump
kins as if Personified.

Alfred. Me. May 2s.-S,range visions OF
Hindu priests in cherry trees and ot tne
anpearance OF her dead granddaugh'e: In a
mink radium" were related Of Mrs. Sarah
g Pull widow Of Ole Bull. at to-day
hearing in the Probate Court of the petit
ton Of Mrs. Bulls daughter. Mrs Olea
Bull Vaughn. Of Cambridge, Mass 70 nave
tho last will of Mrs. Bull set aside on the
ground that the testator was OF unsouhd
mind Miss Sri Swanander. OF brookiNh' AZ
whose home Mrs. Bull visited ~ various
tirnes in 1910. and early in the present year.
terrified that during these visits Mrs. huIl
hoaltb seemed to steadily improve ana
that She was much better when she re-
turned to her Greenacre, Me, nome.
according 70 the witness Mrs. Bun ire
ouently spoke of seeing a swami ~
branches of a full blown cherry 'ree' oi w
casionally in an apple tree. :" nc" - "''
&c brought TO Mrs. Bull, she "ouid ~
-, ,ba, she had Just seen the swami
at,orry tree" The visions did not come
III o., IN Rrooxlvn as at Grecnacrn. now
o,,ar Mrs Bull told the witness 'na' sic
was passing through most .'"i ''''
-u,onoe hut that the Swami had assure"
ber Il would be SUNSHINE ave =,
ao,, she declared that Edwiha' he'
oaosed granddaughter, had coiIle w NV
..,,,L radium." At another time' ne VII
.aid Mrs Bull produced a lot OF an
.,,o ;au,elrv which she had purclise'
60 so,d one niece a locket, vas siil VI
49,, to,her and mother to herself ~
nina came 10 he and told me w.
WHO e. myself" said Mrs. Bull in eA-
s,a,otion Of the purchase OF 5tnef 1e"e'''
Thought Swami Was Her Son.
vre Bull told the witness that swan
,,italandi looked like her deceaSeu
,ord ole Bull. and when her e,"'u
laughter Edwina. died she declare" W
co,ami became her SON Nheh ann IN
,,'.a, ono Gandule criticised MIS- bu"
.t.aariae she told him he had no rish' W
-,,;oise her belief as she was MS ~ "''"
mother. uo,,oween
.,ea which was arranged for MIS- pun
80, herself and Mrs. Vaughn. Harvest -
I'D several pumpkin lanterns were p."'o"
bout Mrs. Bulls room, when "as o''"
- Mrs. Bull was then led III anu "'.S
s-,,ob,ed al the surprise. WAKING a'o"'
w. addressed the pumpkins as II they "e'e
personhed. 10, ~ letters
.,tor possed between Mrs Buil anu Nv
hrother. Joseph G. Thorp. OF bos'o"'
VI '',,,c IN 1901. detracted from the interest
In the forenoon session to-day. i".'
IN chronological order. and maze
,a,hor dry reading Their purpose was
s,,o,y the domestic relations between MIS-
pull and Mrs. Vaughn. 90, g.,
,-stro the letters written In l"l
..,os,ioning Mr. Thorp. counsel trieu W
a,ou, that no change had begun 10 "o'N
=. urs Bulls mind from what had pcio'o
~ known regarding her feelings to""'u
LAUGHTER and Mrs. Abbie Shapleigh' Oh
Lebanon. ,-.o,os, in
uro Rn,l had taken especial interest ]"
49,, Iaoardis Chunder Bose, OF Calcutta Oh
.1oo,,nt Of his illness IN London III i'"V.
O.. ,ools care Of him there, and the interest,"
.,,od for some time. She was u"
,.',,d and France during that year. Mrs
briggs. Dr. Bose, Mr.. Briggs. MISS
ond others were with her. She was
,.or,yav from January until june wv"
~ and Mrs. Bose and she returhihs w
England la'e' IN, ,,o, mr. and Mrs
Mr. Thorp testihed mat Ut. h"u ,ho
I'D Miss Noble returned to India '"o
Duo, ,,oor 1900. and In January. 1901 oieh'
s"l" oortestant, had an operation perforine"
tio OIL remained abroad during Olea
Nj he said. Mr.. Whipple's question:
fi' "' ought out that as far as he Khe"
l's OH showed no disposition to go 10
"'' sa,qhter when she YVES ILL., but ihste"'
her india In August and September
l poor and she and her m0'"er went 10 '''