Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-18
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FRIDAYS TESTIMONY
 IN PAGE WILL HEARING
Dr. F. E. Wilcox Testifies as to Natur' of Alcoholic Dementia--lnk BIots oi Receipt Made Much Of.

Dr. Frederick E. Wilcox of this city was the first witness in the Page will hearing at the opening of Friday mornings session of the superior court. At this session of the court all Of the testimony was finished before the noon recess and court then adjourned until Tuesday morning at 1915, when the opposing counsel will commence their pleas to the jury. It is not known how long this last matter will take, but it is thought that the Jury will have the case before court is ad- journed Tuesday.
 Connected With Norwich Hospital.
 Dr. Wilcox testified to the length of time he had been practicing, of the time he had been connected with Sf. Josephs hospital and of his connec- tion with the Norwich hospital for the insane. During his g years of prac- tice the doctor stated that he had ob- served about 30 cases of dementia, an dhe told of his theory on the mat ter. He stated that alcoholic dementia was an advanced stage of alcoholism but 1t did not necessarily follow that alcoholic cases developed into demen- tia. About per cent. of alcoholic cases deVeloped into dementia, the doctor thought. The witness was then asked the Hypothetical question asked Dr. O'Nen at Thursdays session of the court. He stated that if any person had the symptoms as stated in the question he was not suffering from alcoholic or any other form of de- mentia-
 Dementia Progressive.
 On cross examination witness admit ted that of the 30 cases ne had preVi- ously mentioned he had taken care of only six. He said that dementia was progressive, taking three to four years to develop in a female and from two to three years in male.
 Letter as Evidence.
 A letter which Mrs. Della Heating wrote to her aunt was then introduced to the court by counsel for the ap- pellees as evidence. This letter had been returned to Mrs. Heating shortly after 1t had been received and it was addressed to Mrs. Celia Heating. The contents were read to the jury. {
 Administrator Questioned. E
 A receipt to TIC. Lathrop, sdminiss trator of the GharIes Page estate, was then introduced as evidence. The re- ceipt was witnessed by T. J. Kelley and James A. Shea and the amounts were given. Attorney Walsh called the attention of the jury to the ink Dl0ts on the paper and to the fate that there was no date on tiTe document. In con- nection with this last, Mir. LathrOp was
 
 regard to the matter. Witness could not remember tGe exact date but he thought it was in the latter part of April or the first part of May. He had not noticed any ink blots on the paper before but he thought they were made by the same ink that Mrs. Page had used to sign her mark. The contents of the paper had been read to Mrs. Page before she made her mark
 Dr. Wetdon fbe Stand
 Dr. Weldon was then questioned in regard to ti1e time t44sst. Mrs. Page was brought To tIIe4hospitals and he said that he IId not knew of any time when the woman had been given a hypoder- mic injection. This was not necessary, said the witness, as the lower limbs of the woman were numb.
 Strange Testimony by Miss Lynch.
 Miss Thea Lynch told of hearing a conversation between the reverend mother and Mrs. Maria Challenger in which the former asked the latter to use her Influence to get Mrs. Page to give her one of the diamond rings. Mrs. Challenger told the reverend mother that this would be of no use, as Mrs. Page would accuse her of stealing it the next day.
 Here court adjourned until Tuesday morning, when ic is hoped that the case will be finished.
 A. B. LADD 84