The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-21
.IMR|E GIVES Like TO
MRS. MORRISON
Legatee of Miss Finrey Claims
Woman's Story Is Plan To
Blacken Character.

Allan II. Frazer. counsel for Dr. An.
drew w. Imrie, whose right to the for.
tune left TO him by Miss Sarah Fin
ney Is being contested by her broth
ers, Jared W. and James H. Finney,
declares that the testimony OF Mrs.
Martha Morrison, taken in New York
by counsel for the contestants, is In
tended to blacken the name of DR.. I'm
rie, but that the attempt Will not sue
coed. Mr.. Frazer and the doctor
give her statements an emphatic de-
NAL
Mrs. Morrison, as told In The Times,
Thursday, refuses TO come to Detroit
to testify, declaring she has got all
the notoriety she wants In connection
with the case. She sets forth that,
when she lived in Detroit, she visited
the home of Miss Finney many times,
and frequently participated in bibu-
lous parties when DIR. Imrie was there.
She said she first met DR.. Imrie when
she consulted him about cold.
She lived at the. Hotel fuller on
first coming To Detroit and afterwards
rented the house at No 260 Warren
ave. Here, she said, DR.. Imrie used
to drop in frequently, sometimes in
the afternoon and stay until the early
hours OF the next morning. He would
come intoxicated at times and join
her In refreshments, she said. His
visits caused the women roomers TO
talk" and she said she let them go
on his advice, keeping only the men
roomers.
Mrs. Morrison, in relating some of
the alleged festivities in Miss Fin
ney's home, said that much drinking
was done there. Miss Finney was
crazy about the DOCTOR" Mrs. Morri-
son declared She said that she
(witness) referred to DR.. Imrie as
"Dr. Dope" and that Miss Finney
threw bread and dishes at her Asked
III DR.. Imrie ever said anything to
her about Miss Finney, Mrs. Morr-
son said he told her Miss Finney was
"a booze-fighter and wouldn't live very
long" She said she often saw DR..
Imrie give Miss Finney morphine In
highbals. He gave it to her in this
manner because she wouldn't let him
inject it hypodermically, Mrs. Morrl-
son said. Miss Finney didn't know
rison added. She said the doctor also
gave Miss Finney hyoscine, which
made her crazy, so the guests might
have fun with her.
Mrs. Morrison also said that DR..
lmrie had told her that he didn't
think Miss Finney would live very
long. because of taking the drugs.
She said he also told her that he ex-
pected to get practically all her prop
erty.
Asked how she learned Of Miss Fin
ney's death. she said that Walter,
the doctors son, had called her
up by telephone and said Sarah
has croaked and the old man is in Tor
IT.; watch the papers" She also said
that Walter had told her that ne
knew the doctor had drawn the will
and got Miss Finney to sign 1t. Wal
ter also said that his father wanted
him to leave town, being afraid that
he would tell the Finneys something,
Mrs. Morrison further stated. Size
also related that DR.. Imrie had called
on her since Miss Finney's death and
implored her to stick to him, saying
he would give her trip TO Europe.
She detained his offer, declaring that
she wanted nothing more TO do with
him: that he had ruined her health by
giving her morphine
Cross-examined by Mr.. Frazer In
New York, Mrs. Morrison admitted
that she was often drunk while In DR.
Imrie's company, and that he gave
her morphine to sober her up. She
declared that the doctor, himself. used
morphine. She admitted being adj
dicted to the use of cigarettes, but
denied using opium. She said that she
has often loaned DR.. Imrie money.
Asked what she had worked at for a
living, she said she had ebeen q
oIoaL modal I'm New York