Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-09
SUPREME COURT
Case of King VS.. Estate of A
Frank Pulsifer Unfinished
Will Be Continued Today
"a Admitted to
Citizenship

E. King Of Whitefield VS.. the estate Of
A. Frank Pulsifer Of Whitefield, which
was opened at Tuesdays session. TIL.
case will be continued today.
81 Admitted to Citizenship
At the morning session 81 men were
:admitted to full citizenship by Asso.
c!ate Justice Madigan, after they hat
been examined by N. Miles Dodge Of
Boston, a United States naturalization
examiner. Those admitted were: Cliff
ford J. Norm, Robert w. Boucher, AL
bert E. Zufelt, Omer Pooler. ALDER,
Pooler, Napoleon MERCER. John De-
laire, Afchelas Bernier, Dennie More
ney. Ernest ]. Gadbois, George a. Day
Robert B. Goodreau, Noise Veilleux
Sam Zimon, Elias Kater, William C
I Walker, Norbert F. Cyr, all of Water
Vile: Jean Giroux. Ferdinand Morris
cite. Martin Bulger. Alfred Barriault
James Turbyne. Alfred Veilleux, Phil
ip Vigue, Alfred Marcoux. Carl J.
| Bendix. all Of Winslow; Joseph Nc
| Donald, Daniel Brown. Thomas Gin
grow, Arthur Sutherland, Gardiner;
John Bidwell. Vincent w. Rigg. Au
gusta: John Burgess, Sidney; Harry
F. Fowlie. Oakland.
First Case Resumed
| The case before the court was re-
sumed at the opening of the afternoon
session. Twenty-one witnesses were
sworn for the plaintiff
Attorney Heselton of Gardiner fin
ished reading the deposition of Georgia
T. Decker Of Farrningdale, who gave
testimony regarding Mrs. Pulsifer's
health and ability to do housework.
| He then read the deposition of Mrs
Annie NJ. Hapgood of East Lynn
! Mass. who testified that her father
| lived next door to the Pulsifer's. She
went to Lynn about as years ago. She
was in the habit of going to Whitefield
summers. One summer in particular
that she remembered that Mrs. Pull
sifer had been ill for several weeks
and she would suffer good deal as
the spells became more frequent. The
witness had seen Mrs. King apply no,
packs to her mother and do the gen
eral Homework at the Pulsifer's. She
once heard Mr.. Pulsifer say that. he
| intended to Go what was right by An
! ME and the children.
! The testimony Of Annie E. King, the
plaintiff, vas offered but was object
ed to by Attorney Littlefield on the
ground Of the death Ct the other party
! and the testimony was excluded BY
the court. Mr.. Kings testimony was
excluded for the same reason.
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i daughter of Mrs. King. testified thai
| she was with her mother many times
when her mother was doing work al
/ Pulsifer's, Mrs Pulsifer not being able
| to do her own homework. And Wher
Mrs. Pulsifer was ill Mrs. King adj
ministered treatment to her. The wit
ness testified that she once heard Mr.
! Pulsifer tell Mrs. King not to notify
his relatives in case of his death as
| they had not been in his house and
, helped.
! Upon cross-examination the witnes!
stated that she did not mean Mrs. Pulsi
! fer was sick all Of the time, but rathe
that she did not go very much. Witness
admitted that Mrs. Puls.fer attended th'
Baptist Association meetings every yea
that she was able and entertained PEG
pie who attended the meetings. The wit
ness thought that she stated in previous
testimony that Mr.. Pulsifer had told he
mother that sometime she would be bet
ter paid. She had heard it often. 1t wa!
a common statement OF his.
Fred L. Weeks Of Lewiston testified
that he had lived in Whitefeld. Wher
he had visited the Pulsifer home he hae
seen Mrs. King there. He had once
heard Mr. Pulsifer say in substance tina
Mrs. King was the only one who coule
do anything and he was surely going t
remember her.
Arthur Merigold of whiteheld, the hus
band Of the daughter of the plaintiff, ties
tilted that he would often take Mrs. King
over to the Pulsifers' to work. In 1871
Mr. Pulsifer told him that all he wanted
was enough to see Ella and himself
through and then what was left he want
ed Annie to have.
Mrs. Agnes Thompson Of randolph stat
cd that she worked a week at the Puisi
fer home in Whitefield in 1903 and Mrs
King took care Of Mrs. Pulsifer. who
was confined to her bed.
Roy G. Hapgood OF Whitefield testified
that one night he took Mrs. King over
to the Pulsifer home. He had heard Mr
Pulsifer say that Mrs. King had worked
hard and would be rewarded.
Mrs. Florence B. Hapgood, wife Of the
witness who testified previously. testified
that she knew of Mrs. King working
around the bed Of her mother.
Mrs. Frank Little of Pittston stated
that when she had visited the home OF
the Pulsifers she had seen mrs. Pulsifs!
doing Homework there.
William Kennedy Of Whitefield testified
AT