Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-17
ARGUMENTS REACHED IN
 THE JOHNSON CASE
Two Were Completed Before Court
 Adjourned For the Day "Wednesday

The testimony and rebuttal in the
 Johnson will appeal from probate were
 completed on Wednesday m the su--
 perior court and the arguments were commenced
 When the court came in at 10 o. clock John Fargo was called to the stand and testified that in talk with John S. Sullivan MT. Sullivan had told him that Dr. Johnson was full of dope. He also stated that he had talked with Orin1el Johnson and that MT. Johnson had talked with him about Dr. Johnson
 Lawyer Avery cross examined MT. Fargo.
 l Charles A. Gager, Jr, was the next called to the stand and he testified i to having met MT. Sullivan when he
 was driving in his automobile. MT. Sullivan was in g. wagon. MT. Gager 1 said that he made the remark to MT. Sullivan that he (Gager) would like
 to go up and see Dr. Johnson. MT. Sullivan replied. that it would be of
 no use as Dr. Johnson was full of dope and would not recognize MT. Ga-
 ger. MT. Gager testified that at an- other time he had met MT. Sullivan,
 on a Saturday, and had given him a ride as far as McNa1ly's saloon in | Norwich Town, and in the course of the ride MT. Sullivan had said to MT Gager that he was going to get Whis-
 key for Dr. Johnson.
 Dr. C. C. Gildersleeve was the next
 witness and his testimony took up the greater part of the morning session Dr. c. c. Gildersleeve told of his ex- perience as a physician and a sur kgeon. Dr. Gildersieeve told of the diff. ferent forms of opiates and their eff ! o$c- TJn ,ai hot lo1o Of opium or it's derivatives, such a.
 morphine, heroin and others, would
 naturally become mentally inefficient ! He also stated that a person suffering from toXemic poisoning would be men
 tally unsound.
 Lawyer Shields asked him a hypo thetical question: Assuming that an,
 man in 1911 about 50 years of az should contract pneumonia and whil l convalescent should develop arteri sorosis, and chronic Bright's diseas and this should steadily grow wors until his death in April of 1917, an during the summer of 1916 should tlli man be seen lying in stupor abou
 the place, in a barn among hay an [ rubbish, and should he at times 2 , around with his person exposed an 3 his clothes disa.rranged would he b B mentally sound. Dr. -Gildersleeve an 8 swered that he would not Dr. Glider D sleeve had never met Dr. Johnson.
 Lawyer Avery cross examined th y witness at length.
 l Dr. Patrick Cassidy was called I t the stand and testified to the fact ths e certain opiates would produce slee ,. He also testified to the effects of ce1 a tain diseases mentioned by pr. Gi s dersleeve. Dr. Cassidy said he ha e known Dr. Johnson and thought tn; e he was suffering from melanchol;a. y Arthur Williams testified to a COT 0 versation with Mr. Sullivan in whic $ MT. Sullivan had said that he thougl Is Df. Johnson would not make a will 5. L. H. Burdick, the last witnes 0 stated that he had taken MT. Ma y from Bezrahville to MT. Bailey's hou y in Yantic on the night previous to Nj d Nara's testifying in the probate coul of He said he had taken him back, d company with Sheriff George H. Stal le ton on that night and that as far s= he knew MT. Mara was not at t It Fitchville club that evening. + Both sides rested.
 Following the recess at noon Lay of yer Lee Roy Robbins opened the a
 guments for the defendants. Mr Ro t. bins was followed by Lawyer A. al Brown who presented the first arg rs ment for the contestants
 ot The court adjourned until Thursd y- morning.