Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-09
WILLIMANTIC OFFICE, 87 Church St. SxE Telephone 21O-2.
PAGE WILL CASE
 RESUMED IN SUPERIOR COURT
Mrs. Hannah Challenger Recalled to
 Testify at Wednesdays Session.

The superior court resumed it's ses-
 sions in this city Tuesday morning at
 ten thirty o'clock. The Page Will case
 was to come up for a hearing and be-
 fore the evidence was taken up Judge
 Webb cautioned the jury not to take
 notes during the trial as it would tend
 to take the jurors attention from
 what was being said, complaint having
 been made by one of the counsel in
 regard to the matter.
 The first witness was Mrs. Hannah
 Challenger, who was on the stand the
 greater part of the closing day last
 week. She was cross examined by
 Attorney McCallum. The witness
 stated that it was on the suggestion of
 Mrs. Page that MT. Lathrop was vis-
 1ted. In regard to where Mrs. Page
 ate while at the beach, witness stated that the meals were brought to the wo- man in her hoom. Mrs. Challenger stated that she had been at the Page home in 1913 and that she never left the woman alone or that she had
 body any presents except on one occa- sion in which witness received a gift. In regard to the talk about the will, it was stated that Mrs. Page told few | things that were contained in the doc ument. The witness told the court
 that Mrs. Page had said she would pay for the doctors bills of the witness while she was sick but this was never done. although Mrs. Page spoke of the matter some six or seven months aft CT it happened. @s
 Talk About Will.
 The witness then told of those pres | ent at the time of the talk about the first will, among whom were, MT. and Mrs. Challenger, Mrs. Page and F,ath- Ter Ramon. Attorney Kelleysand Mr Dunn accompanied by the sformers stenographer called at the house a few l days after this talk.
 The witness told of the pills Mrs Page used to take and of the latter i telling her that she liked to take them Mrs. Challenger told of the people that came to visit Mrs. Page an dof | the things which the witness had re- ceived from the woman which includ- ! ed a ten dollar and a five dollar bill 1 She also told of the time Mrs. Page stated that she. Mrs. Page, had given a gold watch to Mary Day and that she had been offered by Mrs. Page ten dollars if she would go to Coventry and get the watch back,as it had at one time belonged to. sgne 5of the chill dren of Mrs. Page and the later was vey desirous of getting it back
 Thought Woman of Unsound Mind. She said that Father Ramon was | the only priest that had come to the house while she was employed there SM i Page did not gojto church. Mrs. Page had at one time got the witness out ot l bed and told her that MT. Page was | in the room after which she told the witness of the good times that she and i her husband had together. When ask
 ed why she was of the opinion that Mrs. Page had softening of the brain ] witness stated that she thought that I Mrs. Page was not in her right mind Accused of Theft.
 l On e-direct examination, aswitness stated that Mrs. Page had at one time i given her some gold beads and after wards had stated that the witness had 1 stole them. The beads were giver
 back to Mrs.' Page.
 Stipulation Read.
 l Directly after the noon recess a stip- | ulation which contained the fact upor which both sides agreed was sread tc | the court. This stipulation explained
 he organization of Sisters of Our Lady
 of Mercy to which the convent of Oul Lady of Lourdes is affiliated.
 | Attorney Danahey for the appellant: l then introduced a copy of the first vii Iof Margaret Page. dated June 27, 1914
 it being stated that the original docu'
 ment could not be produced This wa! | also admitted as an exhibit. The be
 quests in this will were as follows | committee. $6.O00 to St. Joseph's hos | pital, $3000 to George E. Challenger 1 s2.O00 to Maria Challenger, $500 tt Elsie Challenger, $500 to Mrs. Hanna1 Darrarth, $500 to Fred Chamberlain, | $200 to Mrs. Annie Chamberlain, $50+ to Clifford Wales of Providence, R. | $1,000 to Mary Wales of Providence, R
 ham Center, s4.000 to St. Joseph! | Catholic Congregation $1,O00 to tn,