Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-17

191T He also saw him before that in this city when he purchased alco- h0l in nay store. He also saw him at
 Sullivan's house sitting in the chair about 10 or Il o'clock in the morning l and MT Pratt talked with him in va rious ways. joking with him and talk l ed about three quarters of an hour. He told the doctor that he wasn't looking well, but he replied he was looking we'll but he was afraid he would not pull out. The doctor also said he had made his will and things were | fixed to suit himself. MT Pratt testi- fled that his mental condition at that | time was bright as dollar and his capacity to make a will as far as could see was alright.
 Tn cross examination by Lawyer Shields MT. Pratt said he was liquor | dealer and sold goods to the doctor. 1 He also said thirty-ffvt years ago the 1 doctor was selling liquor and sold when he stopped the traffic When I he was selling he was living at the homestead and his kitchen was where the liquor and drugs were sold. He 1 dollars. His brother Sam sold on | the side Mfr. Pratt said he was at the Sullivan house but he had no way to fix the day for positive. He owing to the poor roads did not con- tinue to Colchester but went past the Sullivan house.
 1 His chauffeur, Gus Shelley was | with him. He also testified that he saw Dr. Johnson in the fall of 1916 at the store when the doctor purchased a quart of alcohol for bathing purpos- | es.
 | At the time that Mir. Pratt went
 to the Sullivan house to see Dr. John son, Mrs Sullivan came to the door 1 and the doctor looked very bad MT. Pratt did not ask any questions about TaT fI1c for a T(tI1 was volunteered. Mir. Pratt didn't think Sullivan had an account at his store but possibly Sullivan migh s | have purchased whiskey at his place of l business.
 | Mir. Pratt testified that he knew Sullivan for a number of years when he started in politics.
 Edwin C. Wheeler Witnessed Will. Edwin C. Wheeler. who lives in Fitchville, was called to the stand by Lawyer Avery. He said he knew Dr.
 Johnson personally and he saw the | van house. He saw the doctor while 1 there and talked with him. He tes | tified that he was summoned to wit ness a will and that MT. Comstoclx,
 MT. Sullivan and Fitch Dolbeare were
 present and also a man by the name | of Lewis.
 | At the time the will was signed ! they were seated in dining room when Mir Comstock called us in the room
 where the doctor was and the doctor
 was asked questions about this being
 his last will. The doctor nodded his head to the question. Dr. Johnson signed the will and he signed it, un-
 assisted. He was sitting up and the
 witness signed with the others The
 doctor asked Comstock to keep will | in his safe. The witness testified thc-s
 he went to school awhile with the
 doctor From his observation the
 witness said in regard to the mental 1 capacity of the doctor, although he was a very sick man he answered the questions properly and acted as if %he
 knew what he was doing. After the will was signed the witness went in walked the remaining distance to his home. He did not hear anyone men l tion about the doctors mental ca pacity.
 In cross examination by Lawyer
 Shields MT Wheeler stated that he
 was at the Sullivan house about 10.30 or II in the forenoon and on leaving the house he left in Dolbeare's car and the witness rode south with Com stock and DoIbeare. He did not hear Mir Dolbeare ask Comstock if he thought the doctor was able to make
 a will He had never seen Dolbeare before. pr. Johnson sat in a night gown and his appearance was that of very sick man. The doctor was
 of sallow complexion and MT Vince
 Ter could not see much Of his eyes so
 
 or not. MT. Sullivan requested the witness to come there to the house to be a witness MT. Wheeler testified
 that he knew Mir. Lewis only as to have seen him Sullivan's teams. Saw Doctor Sign.
 When Dr. Johnson signed the paper it was placed on a board MT Com stock handed him pen and when the board was in position it served as a table. The signature was written up- questions were all asked oy MT. Com stock The witness said he had not seen the doctor since that day.
 Doctor in Sound Mind.
 pr. W. k. TingIey was called to the stand by Lawyer Avery and testified that he was acquainted with Dr. Johnson and attended him in 1911 and had attended him more or less since. 1 He treated him in January and saw him daily until he died, with a few exceptions. The witness stated that Dr. Johnson was suffering from con started in 1911. He was treated so as to be given quietness and rest Dr. Johnson had a disease of skin, an itch l all over his body, which is a difficult ! disease to treat, and it would cause him to scratch. As to observation of l his mental condition, he was sound in | mind in January and in April. He | was sound in mind and thoroughly un- l derstood things. In January he was | capable of making will. and he was capable of making a codicil in April. l
 Cross Examined Witness.
 Lawyer Shields cross examined the | doctor, who said Dr. JohnsOn's disease was one in one part of hardening of | arteries, hardening of kidneys and | enlargement of the heart, and the doc tor explained the disease of aff1iction. The brain power and force could be | unaffected and was unaffected in this |, case. In 1911 he developed Bright's disease and he was a good specimen. The Bright'S disease which began in | 1911 did not affect the brain as it does not affect the will power. The man would not lose his intelligence and wouTd be unaffected as far as brain |