Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
JOHNSON WILL CASE
(continued From Page Five).

that Dr. Johnson had changed his mind about the power of attorney, he said he couldn't say.
 Did Not Know of Codieil.
 The witness said he did not know about the codiciL was not interested in the will. Witness said his wife had told him she was remembered in the will. Said the doctor had told her that he had remembered her. The witness said that he did not recall telling Ar thur Williams that the doctor would not make a will. He said he had nev- CT seen the doctor in a stupor or lying Denied telling H. D. Johnson that pr. Johnson took dope. Denied telling the same thing to MT. Fargo.
 Presented Bill for $to0.
 Mir. Shields asked MT. Sullivan if he had not presented a bil l to the Johnson estate for $10O. MT. Sulli- van said he had. Then Lawyer Shields asked him if he had not testified in the probate court that he had no bill against the estate and read Mr. Sulli- vans testimony in which he said that he had no bill against he estate. MT. Sullivan then said that he had pre- scented his bill since the probate court.
 Mrs Lucy A. Sullivan was the next witness and told of her living at the Johnson homestead with Dr. Johnson's s parents. She said that she had been brought up since she was ten years old in the Johnson home. She said that she had been sent to school, and cloth ed by the Johnsons until she was seventeen years old.
 She told of Dr. Johnson coming to her in 1915 and saying, Lucy, I have come to make my home with you as long as I live. You will be well paid A letter from Dr. Johnson to Mrs. | Mary L. Spencer in which he told Of | the selling of the homestead to Jews Was Remembered in Will.
 She told of the drawing up of the | will, but said she only arranged the table and brought pen and ink and paper. She said she was not present when the will was executed. She sai6 that Dr. Johnson had told her that she had been remembered in the will ant that the balance of his money he ha6 given to the Backus hospital She said she was not in the room whel the codicil was signed. Told that Dr Johnson had semed excited after the visit of H. D. Johnson on the after noon of April Il. Said she called Doctor Tingley and told him abou 1 the doctor. The cross examinatio, was taken up by Lawyer Shields ant upon question Mrs. Sullivan said tha she had heard fhe doctor tell H. D Johnson that he did not want MT Johnson to do any business for him She said that she had heard Dr Johnson afterward give his consent tt a power of attorney for MT. Johnson and that A. M. Brown was to draw i up. She said that after H. D. John sons visit Dr. Johnson had broker down and cried and said that h wanted his papers left in Mr. Com stocks office.
 l The Afternoon Session.
 | When the court came in for tn afternoon Mrs. Sullivan took the stan and Lawyer Shields continued tn cross examination at length
 At 2:40 Lawyer Avery said that h would rest the case and that a reces was desired. This was granted.
 The rebuttal was taken up after tn recess and Lawyer Shields read tn
 testimony of Sarah G. Thomas, wh
 was not present. In the reading |
 was shown that Mrs. Thomas live , about five minutes walk from Boz
 rahville and that on an occasion c
 sickness in her family Dr. Johnso
 had been called and that he had mike
 up some morphine for her husband
 who was the patient. In her testimon . she had statel that Dr. Johnson ha
 taken some of the morphine in hi
 hand and swallowed it and then gon [ to sleep on couch where he staye
 for number of hours.
 Bottle Was Labeled Morphine |. She said she knew it was porhin
 because the bottle was labeled mor
 phine. She said when the doctc came out from under the effects sh asked why he took it and he said
 made him feel good. She said ths
 she had met the doctor a number ( times and he seemed to be unable t
 understand all that was said to him , Il H. D. Johnson was the next wit
 ness and he stated that he had mt , MT. Sullivan several times and ths . on one occasion MT. Sullivan in tn
 office of MT. Comstock had said ths Dr. Johnson took dope. MT. Johnso said that pr. Johnson had not told hil
 that he did not want him to do an business for him as Mrs. Sullivan ha 7 previously stated.
 EIjas s. Abel was the next vii
 ness and stated that Orimel Johnso
 had said to him that Dr. Johnson too
 morphine the same as Dr. Samu
 Johnson had done. MT. Abel state v that MT. Johnson had made this state
 ment to him several times. MT. Alb
 said that Orimel Johnson had state I that Dr. Johnson would go to slee for hours. MT. Abel also said that ( l Johnson had told him that he did nt
 want the will broken because he woul f lose by it. He said O. Johnson ha 7 made the statement that he thougl
 that Dr. Johnson had acted strangel
 because he (Dr. Johnson) had ds stroyed Dr. Samuel Johnson's win. Was Not at Club House. , Daniel B Mara was called to tf ? stand and stated that he was not l: 7 the Fftchville club house on the nigl