Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-02
SAY MAUD HOWR|CON Was SANE
Many witnesses In VIII Cssc Say WOm-
an who Left Money to Hospital
WINS In Right Mind

: an who Left Money to Hospital
! WINS In Right Mind
North Hero. Sept. G-Testifying before
/ the Grand Isle county court here to-day
two witnesses for the Mary Fletcher hos
pital prepayment Of the will Of Maud
Howricon. in the legal battle brought TO
break the will by her brother. John How
ricon. Wyeth l.. Hutchine and Harland
T. Fefee introduced evidence in favor
Of the hospital which showed that Maud
/ Howricon was not OF the best of terms
with her brother during her lifetime and
had several disputes with him.
! Wyeth l.. Hutchns aged %, Of North
Hero testified on direct examination
that he had worked for Miss Maud How
! rcon on two occasions. once fence
+ viewer This latter occasion was at the
instgaton NJ Maud, who was Of the
opinion that her brother. John Howricon.
now the contestant in the viii was not
doing his share in keeping up he fences
between their property. the complaint
being made under the Vermont statutes.
The outcome of the fence viewing was
! against Maud. the findings being that
John was keeping up more than his
! share. He said he thought she was
| sane
Harland j. Fefee. aged S.. Of North
Hero, testified on direct examination that
he had worked for the Howricon family
many years ago and knew Cora. Maud
and John as children He said he was
first selectrnan of the town Of North
Hero at the time of the school episode
at the New Jerusalem schoolhouse which
resulted in the discharging of Maud as
teacher by the school committee She
was offered her pay of 500 for the time
she had taught, but she would not accept
II. claiming that she was due money for
the entire term. She sued the town in
the minor court and lost and then took
tho case 20 the Grand Isle county court
and the lower court was sustained She
was awarded SIG with interest, the amount
totallng Al N. He said that she seemed
to bear hard feelings towards John. On
cross examination he said that Maud was
obstinate and willful and when she be-
lievcd she was right she would stick to
her end to the finish.
James Cruley of North Hero said he
worked for the Howricon family about
% wears ago and saw Maud frequent
ly. He said on one occasion after he
had remarked to her that her farm
was kept UP we'll she said that she
would like to sell il and asked $4,000
The witness was of the opinion that
this was too high He thought that she
was sane
Slas Dubuque Of North Hero said
he had lived near the Howricon family
for eight years, that he ran the How.
ricon farm on lease for one year
The lease was made out by Maud her
self and was read in court. He was
of the opinion that she was sane, He
was cross examined very briefly regard
ing business affairs between Maud anc
himself
sherman Dodds. bridge tender be
tween North Hero and Alburg for more
than 20 years, testified he worked fol
y Mauds mother off and or years ago II,
saw Maud occasionally going over tn,
= bridge and she would talk to him. Or
u one occasion she asked him II he hat
! any money. he said that he did an'
II she asked him to loan her 10 cent?
so she could buy some ice cream H
thought she sane.
u Judge John Tudhope of the grand Isl,
u county probate court was the first wit
2 ness of the afternoon session. He was no
: icross-examined, but testified on direc
u examination concerning the Wills of tn
father and mother of the Howricon chill
: dren Maud was admnistratrix OF hotl
V Wills and settled her account in the pro
bate court in September, 1902 Both estate
u We're worth about $500 Jointly at tina
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