The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-23
LOVED DOCTOR !.
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AS SHE DID Y
OUR PRESIDENT
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and testified that the leCCef5 cOnlalH~
cd the truth; that she loved DR..
| Prime and admired him because he
was the only physician who had been
able to help her in her physical all
ments. She said that nine or ten
other doctors had treated her but
that all Others had failed.
Mrs. Bellanger said she loved Dr..
Prime in I pure way like we love
our president. She denied sne cyer
had improper relations wifl DR.,
Prime. She said she wished she had
son with the good qualities of DR..
Prime and that if she had, she would
be happy
The witness testified also that the
letter written by her to the doctor
were foolish and absurd and that d..
Prime had told her this. The doctor
had told her, she said, that if she
wrote those kind of letters again he
would refuse to treat her any more.
| She testified that part of letter
written by her to DR.. Prime referring
| 0 an act of happiness the doctor had
| done her, was true. She md her
| husband had quarreled, she said, ana
| DR.. Prime had restored her domestic
happiness by bringing them together.
Mrs Bellanger admitted seeing the
| doctor on the road to her house and
said she had been told by a Ms.
Libbey not to go to his Office but to
| go back home. She said she had
passed the doctor on the way down
| to his house but that she was on the
curve of the road and didn't see him.
She was going to Barton, she said. y
to see DR.. Prime about her little girl
who was sick.
The witness admitted she had met
Mrs. Prime, Lawyer David Cont
and Dr.. Prime at her home when
Mrs. Prime made serious charge
against the doctor. Mrs. Ballenger
SAID her husband told Mrs. Prime it
would be good for her to get out OF
the house.
Mrs. Balenger admitted being
treated by DR.. Prime at Mr.. Thorn
as Reddington's home in Barton. The
doctor took her there, she said, be-
cause she refused to go to the iot-
tors house. She said her husband
had insisted upon DR.. Prime treating
her tecause he had done her so much
good.
Mrs Goodell of Boston testified
that she and Boston business man
MIS- Prime went on an automobile
l,ip 10 Providence, K. |. During the
trip. she said, the Boston man drove
the machine part of the time and Mrs
Prime the rest of Inc time. When
Mrs Prime didn't drive, Mrs. Good
ell said, she sat in front with the Bos-
ton man.
The witness said che had known
Mrs Prime four years and that Mrs.
Prime had given her several gifts
The tag on one of these gifts was
produced in court to show Mrs.
Primes handwriting. Her signature
was on the tag, which was post-mark-
cd Barton.
Mrs. Daisy Baldwin of Barton was
the next witness. She testified she
had three children and was teacher
in the Barton schools. She said she
had been acting as a nurse for
woman because she did nursing BET
side her school work. AS a result of
her nursing this woman, she said, she
met Dr. Prime.
Mrs Baldwin denied there had ever
been any familiarity between her and
DR.. Prime She denied that she was
ever in the doctors office standing
by the window fixing his necktie. She
said she never visited DR.. Primes
Office regularly.
Mrs. Eva Landy of Boston, sister
of Mrs. Prime, testified that IL years
ago the business man of Boston gave
her sister bunch of violets on the
train leaving North Station, Boston,
for Barton. She testified that he
paid the detective bills amouat-
ing to $240 to the James Ray
Detective Agency of Boston, Mrs.
Prime paid the bills and got receipts
for them.
Mrs. Landy further testified that
he bought Mrs. Prime bed room
set and toilet set ini-
tailed "A" and that she heard Mrs.
Prime tell him that she was going
back to live with her husband but
only for the purpose of getting his
money and then leaving him. She
told him, Mrs. Landy said, that she
was going to sue the doctor for g
$4,000.
Mrs. Landy said that the business
man told her in the presence of
Mrs. Prime that his money and that
Of the doctors Mrs. Prime would
have quite a bunch of money. She
said she had heard him call Mrs.
Prime "dearie", and darling"
while he was rooming at
her home in Boston. She
room for the benefit of Mrs. Prime
and that the business man offered to
pay for Mrs. GoodelPs room where
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