The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-24
DR.. Prime Declares
He Loves His Wife
Continued from page one)

BOOL ana OnOc OnOW IN boston ellue(
on Friday, July II AID that the part,
started the next day, Saturday. Shr
placed the date, Mrs. Landy said, OF
one of the stickers of the show.
When Mrs. Prime showed her tho
letters she received from DR.. PrimC
Mrs. Landy said she advised Mrs
Prime to return to the doctor. She
said she refused to tolerate Mrs
Prime and Walter w. BATHS livinf
at her home any longer and ordered
them to leave. Mrs. Landy said she
remembered Mr.. BATHS saying he
was going to buy Ada, (Mrs. Prince
chamber table to &c with the res.
of her furniture.
The dispositions of Mr.. and Mrs,
! Thomas, proprietors of the Lake
view House in Sanbornville, N. H..
were read in court yesterday. In the
dispositions, they testified that -four
people, two men and two women, put
up at their hotel for the night on July
10. They also testified that the cleo
trio light globe in the room occupi /
by two of the party broke and q
woman was burned severely on TIL
neck. One of the men paid the
bills, they said and also the damaEa
done in the room The party did
not register, according to these depo-
sitions and consequently none could
be identified. 1t was a common thing
the Thomas said, for people to stop
at their place without registering, but
that they always saw to it they got
their room rent.
Mr.. Ballanger, husband of Mrs.
Lena Ballcnger of Barton, mentionc /
by Mrs. Prime as one Of the three
women the doctor had been unduly
familiar with, followed Mrs. Landy
on the stand. He is a telegraph oper-
ator at Barton and has worked at his
present place for five years.
Mrs. Ballengcr testified that he
knew of DR.. primes treating his
wife He testified he knew Of the
letters written by his wife to DR.,
Prime.
He admitted also that he knew Of
the treatmens received by his wife
from Dr. Prime at the home Of
Thomas Reddington in Barton.
He said that the day DR.. Prime
came to his house he telegrapFed the
doctor to come to treat his little girl
who was sick. Although his wifi
ad gone to Barton from their home
a. the Summit he teiegraphed her
TO come back home.
Miss Rosana Joutrous, the next
witness, testified that on August 10,
the day on which she was supposed
to have visited Dr. Prime she was
not working at the Fearless Manu-
featuring Comrany's plant n
Barton but was at the home of her
brother-in-law because his brother
had come home on a furlough from
Camp Dovens on a visit before going
overseas.
Mrs. Isadore Corlis of Boston fol-
lowed Miss Joutrous on the stand,
She said she Saw Mel BATHS, Walter
BATHS, Mrs. Prime and Mrs. Landy
leave on their trip to Sanbornville, n,
H. She waved goodbye to them, she
said, and saw them go.
Mel BATHS of Boston was the first
afternoon witness. He testified as t.
the trip to Sanbornville, n. H., and
corroborated Mrs. Landy's testimony.
He testified that he saw Mrs. Prime
sitting on his brothers lap. AMI saw
Mrs, Prime kissing Walter BATHS
He said his brother called Ms
Prime darling" and "dear." She d'd
the same, he said.
The witness testified that every
time Walter BATHS went out in TIL
automobile on Sundays and holiday
Mrs. Prime went along. He tes-
tilted that his brother had said that
he wouldn't so unless Mrs. Prime
was in the machine. He said that on
the trip to Sanbol'nville, the party
went on to Barton where they stop
ped at the Wilkie home there. He
said he left that night and went back
to Boston but that the rest of the
party stayed over night at the Viii
kie's. The next day, Walter BATHS
and M and Mrs Wilkie drove down
to Boston and Mrs. Prime stayed in
Barton with her husband.
Mel BATHS testified that his brother
paid the fares of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilkie back to Barton from Boston.
He testified that the date of the trip
to Sanbornvillc was July 10 and not
July 6 as he had stated in his depo-
sition. He said he remembered the
date by the fact that the Boot nd
Shoe Show in Boston was over on
July II and the party left the mex.
day, thus corobating the testimony
Of Mrs. Landy.
3 DR.. Prime was the next witness He |
denied ever having been familiar with
any other women and also denied |
having abused his wife. He denied !
also that he threw medicine che 81
at the chandelier il their home and |
hat he broke a vase in the house. He !
declared he loved his wife and that |
1T no time did he abuse her or call |
ler names. She was just as good as
he was at calling names, he said. |
There was no cross-eXamihation of |