Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15

upon some of these occasions he said that he had seen Mrs. Page and talk ed to her. He was paid for his ser vices by Fred Chamberlain The wit ness told of his conversation with Mrs. Page in regard to the killing of her horse; this she wanted done so that she would not know about it in any way. For killing the horse the witness was paid by some woman whom he did not know.
 He saw. Mrs. Page after her injury and talked to her about it. She called him onto the veranda one day and asked him what he thought of the in jury and if he could prescribe any thing for it. He never saw her under the influence of liquor and he always thought that she was a woman of sound mind.
 On cross examination he admitted that he never talked to any length with the woman and that lie was re- quested to come to the house. At the time he talked to her on the varanda she seemed to be feeble and cried a great deal. Mrs. Page knew that he was horse doctor but she insisted on showing him her injured knee to see what he thought of it. Before his ness, and after the death of MT. Page, Fred Chamberlain attended to these matters. He got his orders from the latter.
 Mail Driver on Stand
 Jared Fuller. driver of the mail wag- on between this city and Scotland, was the next to testify. He told of ways asked him if he had received his pay when he arrived at the house. He saw Mrs. Page a great deal but he did not talk to her very much. He was sure that she was a woman of sound mind.
 On cross examination the witness stated that he never had much of a conversation with the woman and that he, got his orders from whoever was Pat the house taking care of Mrs. Page. He seldom saw Mrs. Page in the win ter but when he did see her she all ways asked him about his pay. Mrs. Page had paid him on some occasions but just when he could not remember. He had been asked to bring liquor to the house once. but this he refused to do. He never saw Mrs. Page under the. influence of liquor or drink any liquor while he was theSe.
 Cashier Lathrop's Testimony.
 F. Clinton Lathrop, administrator Of the Charles Page estate and cash fer Of a. local bank. was the next call ed to take the stand. He said that he had known Mrs. Page for nearly thirty years and that he lived a quar- ter of a mile from the Page home. Te told of the time that Mir. Page had had the money left to him and of ad- vising him on transactions. After the witness was appointed administrator of the will he went to the Page home very frequently and saw Mrs. Page and the nurse. On these visits he would talk to her of current events and she would talk of her former marriage, manifesting interest in everything she discussed. MT. path- rop told of the S2.4o0 allowance that a fn rC Do nf al lirc some of her land, as she needed the money at the time. All of the checks made out to her were endorsed by her at the bank, stated the witness. She was never under the influence of li- quor any of the times the witness had seen her. The iast time he saw her was the night the bill of sale was signed by Mrs. Page, at which time the woman was very sick. There were five people present at this time, two self. Mrs. Page seemed to recognize the witness and she said that she knew what she was doing. He did not influence her in any way to giving the things she did.
 Check Not Endorsed.
 On cross examination the witness stated that he. Dr. Guild and MT. King were interested in the hospital at the present time. MT. King is a director
  employed. He had beard that Mrs. Page was @ heavy drinker, but he never saw her under the influence of liquor.
 Attorney Walsh then produced a check made out to Mrs. Page on the bank in which the witness is employed and this check was not endorsed. When asked about this check, witness said that it must have been an oversight. He admitted that it was a pretty grave oversight. He admitted trying to re- strain Mrs. Page from getting money, he being afraid that she would over draw her allowance. He never took a receipt from the woman for all or any of the money which he had given her. The witness had never seen the woman go to church at any time. He thought that she was capable of hand ling her own affairs and he did not remember why he had been appointed administrator of the estate when she
 The witness did hot seem to remem- Der much about the more important things and conversations connected with the estate while he Avas being made administrator or of saying some things after he was appointed to the office. Here the court adjourned until 1915 this morning.