Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-09
WILLIMANT'IC

Sisters of Charity of Our Lady @ of Mercy, and $20O to the pastor of St. Josefh's Roman Catholic Congrega- ton to be used for masses. The re- malnder Of the estate was left as fol- lows: One-third to Simon Mcdonnell who resided in Minnesota when last heard from. one-third to Edward Mc- Donnel1 of Winona, Mnn., another brother, and one-third to the children of John Mcdonnell, deceased broth CT.
 Hospital Superintendent Testifies.
 Sister Tharsilla, superintendent of St. Joseph's hospital, was the first witness after the noon recess The witness stated that Mrs. Challenger deceased, did not maintain a free bed at the hospital but she did furnish room at that institution. This room mas since born the name of Mrs. Chal- lenger The witness told of the fur
 nlShing in the room which she esti- mated to cost about fifty dollars. Mrs. Challenger was a member of the La dies Auxiliary of the hospital and this organization is trying to help the
 hospital i nevery way possible Mrs.
 Challenger called at the hospital about
 once every two or three months and
 the witness called on Mrs. Challenger
 about once every two months these
 Endeavor of Auxiliary.
 :On cross examination the witness
 stated that the room was furnished
 d1ferently than the rest and that she
 had been allowed to choose the fur
 nishings for the room and Mrs. Chal- lenger lad paid for them. In ex-
 plaining the Ladies Auxiliary to the
 court the witness stated that the or sanitation had about 235 members at
 the time Mrs. Challenger was a mem
 Der. She said that some of the sis
 ters were honorary members of the organization. On redirect examination it was learned that Mrs. Challenger gave very little to the hospital outside of the furnishings mentioned above. The duties of the Ladies' Auxiliaryxare to solicit help for the hospital through entertainments and other means. It is | the endeaVor of the organization to maintain free bed at the hospital
 As the result of these entertainments about five or six hundreds of dollars
 are raised during the year.
 Describes "Free Bed."
 On being cross examined for the second time the witness stated that what was meant by a free bed was that d bed should be provided in the ward for patients too poor to procure hospital attendance. The Ladies' Aux Hilary would be told when such a pa- tient arrived at the hospital and they would investigate the case and if it was a worthy one it would be treated free of charge. This included medical attention medicine and such like. The witness stated that the entertainment committee procured it's funds by means of entertainments and other things in that line.
 Tells of Visits to Mrs. Page. | Dr. John Weldon was next called tc | the stand and he told of treating Mrs Page as far back as 1904 at which | time he was sent for and found the i patient suffering from chronic alco- holism. He treated her by cutting down the amount of whiskey she had
 been taking to nearly half as much | He finally left the case as she would | not obey directions. The next time l the witness saw the woman was ir | 1910 when she was at the St. Joseph's hospital suffering from a fractured thigh. The doctor told of setting the I injured member without administer 1 ing any drugs. This could be done l said the doctor, because the woman
 was in such condition from the ex-
 cessive C-je of liquor she did not fee 1 any pain. He then told of the effec 1 of intoxicating liquors upon the sys, l tenn when taken in excess. A persor | using liquor as did Mrs. Page would i be inclined to lose her memory ant 1 hide things and forget where she pu i them and accuse people of stealing l l asked a hypothetical question in re l gard to the circumstances of Margare ! Page through the use of liquor. As l suming the facts to be true, the dis l ease from which Mrs. Page was suf i fering was alcohol dementia, the ad 1 vance stage of which is -incurable. Favorable Toward Hospital. | On cross examination the witness stated that he had seen tfie question l read to him by MT. Walsh before bu I in regard to two others which wer
 read he stated that he had neve l heard of them before. Although he i 1 not connected with the hospital at tn I present time he said that he was yer. | favorable toward that institution a he was a founder of it. The weigh of the person or their physical make up would not affect his previous tes 1 timony and he had never known any 1 body to die of this disease. The wit | ness then told of the symptoms O | the disease and stated< that in 191 he first noticed that Mrs. Page wa 1 suffering from the disease which h | thinks is incurable and progressive. At this point the appellants restet | and a short recess was taken. Whel l the court again came to order it wa ! adjourned until Thursday morning a