Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-15

acquainted with him at a funeral MT. Johnson presented the court .wifil list of the doctof5 estate as compiled
 In August of Hast year. He stated he
 was with the doctor on Aug. 30, 1916, at his safe deposit box and that his business connections with the doctor
 began in 1910. MT. Johnson told of investing the doctor s ernoney in stocks
 and bonds and told of an Incident that occurred in c. w. Counstoclt's office
 when he went with the doctor to see MT. Cemstoek by appointment and Mir. Sullivan was there in the office and while the doctor and MT. Cofn- stock were out of the room Mir. Eulli-
 van asked the witness what he thought of the doctor and that Mir. Sullivan told him that the doctor took dope, which was the first that the witness
 had known of his dope-talSing and
 which came as surprise. He told
 Of the doctor going to his home to
 dinner in 1910 and at that time the doctor fell asleep after dinner And
 Mir. Johnson told of other business transactions which he carried out for the doctor. Tn 1917 on Jan. 18th MT. Johnson called at the Sullivan house,
 as he had heard that the doctor was sick.
 Mrs. Johnson went with the witness and they were met at the door by Mrs. Sullivan and we heard the doctor cry out as if in pain. While there the doc
 tor did not say much only to the ef- rect that he was not feeling well He said nothing concerning the will or carrying out any further business. The witness saod that Mrs. Sullivan ap- peared surprised when she met them at the door and was anxious to know what Dr. Tingley had told them, On i the 20th I went there again he saod and the doctor was melancholy and nothing relative to making a will was talked about. Mrs. Sullivan was pres ent all the time he was there. On Feb. l2th, Mir. Johnson saw the doctor
 again.
 While there the doctor asked why | the witness came. The witness said he understood the doctor to say that | he wts feeling better but Mrs. Sulii- | van saod that he was not better. Aft | CT being there fifteen minutes he | seemed to go asleep and Mrs. Sulli- van saod he was tired. The wit ] ness went out of the room and wait Mrs. Sullivan saod he was awake
 again. While waiting for the doctor 1 to awake again, the witness had con versation with Mrs. Sullivan relative to the seriousness Of the doctors ill., ness and mentioned the face that something ought to be done in the l line of care for the cemetery lot and she said that she thought that had l been taken care of.
 On April 11th Mir. Johnson went to ! the house again and talked with the doctor and told him that MT. Com stock was anxious to close the broth ! CT s estate ana suggested that the QOc- l tor give him power of attorney as | then matters could be easily attended l to. He told of the doctor wishing to l have A. M. Brown draw up the pow | CT of attorney.
 Told of MT. con1stock's Death. Mir. Johnson told of telling the doc | tor of the death of Mir. Comstock but | he did not question about the death and that he went. away with instruc- ] tions relative to the power of attoF- ney. The next morning Mrs. SuHi- van called the witness by telephone
 and said that the doctor didn't want anything done and she told the wit ness that he (the witness) had up- ] set the doctor by telling him of the 1 death of MT. Comstock.
 Urged Doctor to Go to Hospital. Reference was made consultation of doctors and of MT. Mathewson be- | ing at the house and Mrs. Sullivan | said that no one would see the doctor | without the doctors permission. On 1 the date of the doctors death he went | to the house again and inquired con 1 cerEing the funeral arrangements but
 no suggestions of wills or codicils were made. The witness told briefly of l trying to encourage the doctor to go | to the hospital. Mr. Johnson was on | the stand when the court adjourned
 until 9.30 Wednesday morning.