Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-16
INTERESTING PHASES
 OF PAGE WILL CASE.
Rev. T. F. Bannon Tells of Writing Will from Dictation.

At Wednesdays session of the su- perior court the Page will case again occupied the attention of the court all day.
 |s H. Clinton Lathrop, who was on the stand when court was adjourned Tues day, was the first witness to testify Wednesday morning. On redirect ex- animation he told of the appearance of Mrs. Page, whom he thought was rather good looking. He told of calling on Mrs. Page with his daughter, to whom the woman talked and asked questions. Mrs. Page seemed to like Mary Day and told him that Miss Day did her work very we'll.
 On cross examination the witness stated that he did rot know at the time that Mrs. Page could not take care of herself in any way.
 Father Bannon's Testimony. Rev. T. F. Bannon, pastor of St. Jo- was the next witness. He told of visit ing Mrs. Page shortly after the death of her husband. At the time of this visit the witness stated that he had found Mrs. Page in bed because of cold. The visit was not very pro- longed, but Mrs. Page told the witness that her husband had been very fond of Father Morrissey, who was with the witness on the visit. In all the witness made but seven or eight calls at the Page home, and on all but two of these 1 occasions he was sent for. He. did not notice anything the matter with the woman on his first visit to the house. Called by Telephone.
 Witness stated that on all of the occasions that he was called to the house he was called by phone, but he i did not know who telephoned. In 1914 when he was sent for, he was told that Mrs. Page wanted to see him on busi- I n fryf-, 4t.A .x~ l he found Mrs. Page on the veranda. He was there but short time before MT. and Mrs. Challenger arrived there. | Mrs. Page then told them that she was going to make out a new will and that she wanted a free bed in the hospital. | She inquired of witness how much money would be necessary to do this, and he told her what he knew of the matter.
 Wrote at Dictation.
 Mrs. Page then said she would leave the hospital $6,000. She asked the wit ness to have some paper brought to her. On getting the paper she asked i the witness to write for her, as she could not do this on account Of her wrist. The witness then, at the dicta- tion of the woman, wrote the follow ing: $250 for the care of the cemetery lot in the Windham Center cemetery $6,000 to St. Joseph's hospital for the establishment of a free bed; $500 to St. Pauls church in Windnam Center; S4,000 to St. Joseph's church; s2O0Q to George Challenger; $2,000 to Mrs Ma ria Challenger: $500 to Elsie Challen- Mrs. Chamberlin; $500 to Mrs Dar- ragh; $500 to Mary Wales: $500 to Clifford Wales, and S200 to the pastor of St. Joseph's church for masses for l herself.
 | Spoke of Dividing Estate. 1 She also spoke of dividing the rest of her estate among her three brothers or their descendants. On this occasion she spoke of leaving her house to the Sisters, but she decided that this should be left out of the will, as she would attend to this later.
 Thought Her of Sound Mind.
 Father Ramon stated that he had never seen the woman under the inf1u- ence of liquor and that he thought she was woman of sound mind. The wit ness said that he had never spoken tc Mrs. Page about remembering the church in her will and that he spoke to MT. Kelley at the request of Mrs Page. The witness remembered speak ing to Mrs. Keating at the grave the day Mrs Page was buried and of tell ing her to see MT. Kelley, as the wit ness knew nothing about where the will was at the time.
 Remembered Provisions of Will.
 On cross examination, witness stated that he remembered the provisions O.
 the will so well because he had reat an article in the paper of that docu. ment only recently. He denied that i was the rule for the curate of a partsf
 to make all of the sick calls. He dit
 not know that Mrs. Page could no
 read or write. He has not seen tht
 notes that were dictated to him sine,
 the day they were written. He nevel
 talked to the reverend mother abou . Mrs. Page at any time. The witnes. was under the impression that Mrs Challenger was the oile who had tele
 phoned to him.
 Mrs. Guild Testifies. Mrs. H. E. Guild, wife of Dr. F. B , Guild, of Windham. was then called t. the stand and she told of knowing
 Mrs. Page and of her visits to thu
 Page home. She had known Mrs. Pag, } for about 19 years and during this tin' l she made q few social calls on th' t woman. On one of these visits she wa shown table by Mrs. Page, who tolt
 her that she wanted the witness t,
 have it. A few days after this visi
 the table came to the house. Th
 witness stated that Mrs. Page coul'
 not get around very well and she al
 ways had a crutch. The two oftel
 talked together about different things | one of which was Windham as it uset
 LO De anu as IL WciS dL tIidL IlIIle III
 witness was of the opinion that Mrs - Page was a woman of sound mind ant
 o the Knowledge of the witness sh
 did not drink.
 No Mention Made of Children.
 On cross examination the witnes
 admitted that during the first IT year
 that she had known Mrs. Page she ha
 called at the house two or three times
 The last time she called on Mrs. Pag
 was during the summer of 1915, an
 at this time Mary Day was present 1 Mrs. Page was eating lunch on tn veranda at the time. She did not knoJ
 how long she stayed at the Pag
 home. In all of the talks that tn
 witness had with Mrs. Page the latte
 did not mention that she had had an
 children. Mrs. Page had come to tn home of the witness on social calls an . to see tie doctor.
 Gave Money on Various Occasions.
 Mrs. H. c. Lathrop of Windhar = Center was the next to testify, an she told of knowing Mrs. Page fo
 nearly 16 years. The first time sh
 met Mrs. Page was at the time she wa
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