The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-27
THE SHERMAN WILL CASE.
Testimony introduced in Effort to Break
the Will.

Burlington. March 27.-That the Rev
Alonzo Chase of Richmond was anxious
to be present "when the old LADY," Mean.
ing Mrs. Caroline Sherman), turned up
her toes" offered in county court yester.
day by |. w. Hatch in the will contest
case in which number disinherited
uieces and nephews of Mrs. Sherman are
seeking TO break the will OF Mrs. Sher-
man in which she bequeathcd her entire
property to Mr.. Chase
Mr.. Hatch testified that Mr. Chase had
often expressed to him that he tChasel
might be out of town when Mrs. Sher-
man turned up her toes" and had left
orders that he was TO be notified at
once if the toe turning process began
while he was absent. The notification
was TO be sent to Mr.. Chase, according
to Mr.. Hatch, before any physician was
notified. Mr.. Hatch said that this re.
mark of Mr.. Chase got on his nerves"
and had been ''on his nerves" ever since.
He and Mrs. Hatch We're caring for Mrs.
sherman in Richmond at the time these
remarks by Mr.. Chase were alleged to
have been made.
Kisses from Chase that made Mrs.
i1hNA iihH ANNl NV Hiblf Luhu SENtilAtNH
again" were also mentioned in the tes-
timony by Mr.. Hatch. The witness said
he had chided Mrs. Sherman because
she sat up late at night playing cards
with the minister and she had replied
that there was magnetism in the
cards when Chase played them" and the
witness said she had once added:
When lie kisses me on the lips it
makes me feel as if was young again
not more than seventeen years old"
The witness said that it was custom
ary for Mrs. sherman and Mr. Chase to
sit up late playing cards, sometimes as
late as midnight. Mr.. Chase would oft |
en- remain all night. the witness said, |
a room upstairs which had |
been reserved for his use At other times |
he slept on lounge in the sitting room
near the room occupied BY Mrs. Sherman.
Caroline Swift, step-niece OF Mrs. |
sherman. told OF letters she had received /
from Mrs. sherman in which the latter I
had told her that her relatives had pro-
tested against Mr.. Chase being at the
house and playing cards with her. Her
thought she should have a
guardian, she wrote.
In another letter Mrs. Sherman told of
having signed note of $500 for the
Hatches just after she came out of a
sinking spell and that Mr. Chase had adj
Used her that the Hatches had taken an
nfair advantage of her. Il
Miss Swift testified that she thought Z
he letters were childish and that from i
THAT she knew of Mrs Sberman's con 4
idence in Mr.. Chase, etc, and other per- !
onal knowledge OF Mrs. Sherman the /
alters mind was unbalanced II
During Mrs. Sherman's declining years q
here were many persons who tried from S
ime to time to care for Mrs. Sherman. Z
AMONG these was Mrs. Sarah Sherman, Ia
Who testified to the card playing sessions
nd said that Mrs. Sherman was in n
lined to take Mr. Chsses' advice on all t
ubjects in preference to advice given by |
thers ID
The witness said that Mrs Sherman c
old her a place for $1,000. She said that o
Irs. sherman Claimed the place was IA
aally worth 81 300 but she was knocking Il
n $500 as gift. The witness said that id
le place was worth only 81 900. Mrs. q
herman's mind, she said was not
hat it ought to have been,' but she ad i'll
lifted that Mrs. sherman was capable "
looking pretty sharply after her own a.
terests. Ia