Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-01

Provisions of Will.
 Mccarthy told nearly the samo story as the previous witness. He stated that MT. Kelly held Mrs. Pages hand on the pen while she signed her mark s-. r
 The provisions of the will were then read to the court. They included the following: $25e to the Windham Gen. ter Cemetery Committee for the main tainance of the Page family burial lot, $6,009 to St. Joseph's hospital of this city for the establishment of one or s200 to Ann Chamberlain, $500 to St. Paul's church of Windham Center, $4,- 900 to St. Joseph's church of this -sty. S1,000 to the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy convent, of this city, and $200 to the pastor of St. Joseph's church, this city. for the saying of masses for the repose of the soul of the deceased. The residue to the es- tate to be left to the brothers of the deceased, Edward and Simon McDon- nell and the children of her late broth CT John. Thomas J. Kelly was named as the executor of the will.
 MT. Potvin, called to the stand, identified a number of papers in con- nection with the will of MT. Charles Page and the resignation of Mrs. Page as executrix of her husbands will.
 Niece Expected Legacy.
 Mrs. Michael Heating of New York city, a niece of Mrs. Page, was the first witness at the afternoon session of court. The witness stated that she first met Mrs. Page twenty-five years ago in Windham Center, where she died. She had made several visits to Mrs: Page since that time and some of these visits we're of a weeks dura- tion. The witness told of the relatives of Mrs. Page, most of whom arc dead. For the last fourteen years to the knowledge of the witness, Mrs. Page had the unfortunate habit of drinking to excess which got worse as time went on. The deceased would take nearly three-quarters of a water glass full five or six times a day.
 The witness was under the impres- sion that the habits of Mrs. Page af- fected her mentally and physically as she was unable to dress or otherwise take care of herself. Mrs. Page spent most of the day in 8 chair drinking and at no time did she do any work about the house. She would wake up thinking someone was in the room. Naturally she was very cross but most of the time she was under the in f1uence of liquor which was always in the house.
 Could Not Care for Herself. 1
 Mrs. Heating stated that her aunt had been under the care of a physi- clan for the past ten years for men, tai and physical trouble Mrs. Page had a number of nurses there as none would stay any length of time on ac- count Of the condition she was in It was necessary to have someone with the woman all the time as her condi- ton was such that she could not get along by herself. A number of times, when the witness refused to furnish her aunt with liquor. she was driven out of the house. The witness stated that Mrs. Page was under the impress sion that people were stealing her money and silver and that she could not remember anything very long or carry on a conversation.
 Mrs. Heating told of her visit to the hospital in this city to see her aunt, who told her at the time that she had made a will and had remembered the witness and her children in the docu- ment. The witness came to the home of her aunt at the request of Mrs. Pal nler. a neigh'bor of Mrs. Page. Mrs. Page had not been of sound mind dur ing the past five or six years, accord ing to the witness.
 Will Surprise.
 Upon cross examination, the witness stated that she had always been friendly wit hher aunt and that sthe only thing they quarreled over was liquor. Three or four years before Mrs. Page died was the first tune LiiSy liGIu IlStu dlly LEOuDl6, ana CnlS was caused by the woman's love for u- qour.
 Mrs. Heating told of speaking to Rev. T. F. Ramon at the grave after the funeral in regard to the will and it was finally decided to telephone Mir Kelley to come to Windham and read the document, which he did, after be- ing called on the telephone by Mrs. Mcdonald. The witness was sur prised when the will was read and she found that her name had not been mentioned; but nothing was done at the time. She went back to her home that night and wrote Simon McDon- old of Minnesota in regard to the mat ter As the result of this correspond ence she became party to the pro- ceedings. Mrs. Heating told of her aunt taking some kind of drug in pill form, which were furnished by Dr. Guild. These were taken so she could sleep. Mrs. Page was grief stricken at the time of her husbands death and she would call his name through the house, after he had died. During Mrs. Keating's testimony the court took recess of fifteen minutes, after which she continued her testi- | mony.
 Took Whiskey Frequently.
 Mrs. Mary Rennie, of Scotland, 7s years old, was the next witness and told of the condition of Mrs. Page at | the different times she was employed there. Sometimes Mrs. Page would l take as much as two quarts of whisky a day and this would make her lopey and she would sleep. Mrs. Rennie al so stated that Mrs. Page was unable to take care of herself in any way, owing to the fact that her arm had been broken in fall some time be- fore her death. One time about five years ago Mrs, Page stated that she was going to be good and she went l without drink for about two weeks: after this she became as bad as ever | and wanted whiskey about every half hour. Two weeks previous to her | death Mrs. Rennie talked to Mrs. Page l upon the veranda of her home and at | this time the latter appeared to the l witness to be of unsound mind. | On cross examination the witness | stated that she first came to the Page | home when Mrs. Page was very sick and she remained there for about five weeks. About two years before the death of MT. Page a priest called at 1 the home and Mrs. Page was very glad i to see him and glad that he came, al- l though she was never known to have | sSSsaaassasszsssasAs- -.jyA4Sszs5zzEMIGl -y