Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-15

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 went over to the house and they had a conversation. Later the doctor took ter fell asleep. He slept quite while and at noon he ate dinner and went te sissp nssiH in the afternoon. sleep ing until o'cleet; The winter of Etantan saw him to spe-.s to and at that time he met him at MT. Sulli- vans, and he appeared te be all right
 Saw Doctor In Barn.
 Jabez I.athrop. wfle Is 2s years of age and lives in Bozrah. claims he knew Dr. Johnson and that he saw nier. during the month of June and at this time he SEW him sitting on the veranda of the Sullivan hel.ss with his everooat on and his head bowed down. apparently asleep. He also stated that he saw the doctor dur ing the month of May laying in the barn which has been previously men toned. He wan laying on his back in the hay and no one was near him. As he laid fhsre his clothing was disar- ranged.
 Thought Doctor Was Sober. Another farmer who resides in Leb- anon, Michael Lynch, testified as to his acquaintance with the doctor and he saw him last summer at the Sul- . II sition. f4r. Lynch was in his wagon and he thought the doctor was sober or at least he acted SO, Mir. Lynch claimed he used to see him about ey- cry day but he had never seen him in the shed or barn spoken of.
 John Fargo testified to seeing the doctor in unbeceming positions and lis testimony was confined mostly on the doctors condition.
 Went to Sleep Against . Tree. Alvin l.. Fargo, who Is no relation to the preceding witness, was next Fargo claims farming as an occupa- ton. At one time he lived below the pr. Johnson farm. He stated he knew the doctor and saw him last summer He said he had seen him walking on the road and at the cemetery while he (Mr. Farge) was working there. MT. Fargo related an incident when cemetery and fell asleep soon after, sitting up against a tree and he thought he slept there for about an hour. He said the doctor used to he had never seen him there wheG there was a funeral. When the doctor woke up out of his sleep he appeared all right but he often sat down to. go to sleep as he was great hand at 1t. Took White Pills.
 He testified that he had seen him asleep the Sullivan house eranda and he had seen him lying on the grass, asleep, but he couldn't recall of seeing him lying alongside of the road. MT. Fargo claims he saw the doctor take white pills about five years ago.
 The Afternoon Session.
 At the opening of the afternoon ses- sion Charles R. Butts, assistant treas urer of the Norwich Savings society, testified in reference to the power of attorney given c. w. Comstock.
 John E. Thomas was then called. Mir. Thomas resides a short distance from BozrahviEe. three-quarters of a mile from the Sullivan place, and has lived there for about 40 years Last summer he was working in Fitchyille and in going to work in FHchYiile he passed the house twice a day. He claims he knew Dr. Johnson since a small boy and when a boy resided in one of his tenements. He saw the doctor last summer about in the month of July and had had a conver- sats5n with him during the summer, and the doctor appeared to be in a dazed condition, by showing it in his conversation, and appeared as though he was not. in his right mind. His that Mir. Sullivan had come to his honse last night CSunday nsSht) and wanted to know if he fThomas) was going against 11im oSafnvan)- fn1r.
 
 on the lawn and in a chair asleep and met the doctor once on the road when the doctor did not know him or recog- nize him.
 Doctor Appeared Dazed-
 To questions asked by Lawyer Avery MT. Thomas told of meeting the doctor and saying good morning to him and that he appeared in a dazed way and sort of muttered and he could not un- derstand him. Because he could not understand him he thought he was not in his night mind. He did nothing else, though, in which he showed that he was not in his right mind. Lawyer Avery cross examined the witness at length relative to the doctors eyes and when questioned as to how a man'S S eyes looked when he takes drugs and for explanation the witness said they only appeared different. The witness said he had seen the doctor under the influence of liquor once and had seen him once take a drink, it being a num- Der of years ago.
 Had Seen Doctor Act QueerIy.
 Fred Bashaw was called to. the stand. MT. Bashaw lived on the BrC~h farm, being employed by MT. Brush, and he testified that he knew Dr. John son and that the doctor stayed at the Brush farm about a year and a half. He said he saw the doctor every night and occasionally in the day time and he had seen the doctor often act queerly. At times while the witness was in the milk barn he saw the doctor run back and forth in the barn, swear ing to himself, and when aswed what the waiter was he said that he thought that he was going crazy. He was al ways friendly with the witness and he used to go out in the lots where the witness was working and he often complained of feeling bad. He took white tablets or grayish white tablets and then he would drop off to sleep. The witness never noticed anything peculiar with the doctors eyes. He said he had never seen the doctor un- der the influence but had seen him sleepy. As for the tablets, he said the doctor told him that they made him feel better.
 Doctor Talked to Himself.
 Mrs. Mary Griffin, who formerly re- sided in the state Of New York, and came to Connecticut in October, 1912 locating at the Brush farm in Bozrah was next called to the stand by Lawyer Shields. She stayed at the Brush farm four years and three months, doing