Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-23
MAUD SANE WHEN
SHE MADE WILL
So DIR. T. J. Allen Testifies, Ad-
ing That Miss HOwricOn
Was Insane Prior Suicide

preston of involution, n common mental
disease occurring during change Of life.
DR.. Allen denied that Maud Howricon
suffered from paronoia and was of the
same opinion as was Or. Flanders. When
asked a hypothetical question which con-
tanned many sub-questions dealing with
the mental condition of Maud as expound-
ed by the hospital DR.. Allen was OF the
opinion that the hospitals side OF the
case was presented in its true form.
Dr. NJ. c. Twtchell of Burlington testi-
fled that on August 81, 1914. Maud Howri-
con came to him for nose trouble and
that he operated and removed a growth
In the right nostril. on November &c.,
1914, she came again and he operated on
the left nostii.. On CROSSE examination
he said he did not make any examination
Of the eustachian tube to determine it's
condition.
Mrs. Cora Hazen was recalled to the
stand this morning and gave her version
of each strange action accredited to
Maud. as told by John. The explanation
or Mrs. Hazen was that the acts were
natural and not resulting from decisions
she was croes-examined by Attorney
Billiard at length. A recess was taken
until Monday.
North Hero, Oct. 16.-Arguments. pro
and con in the Howricon will case will
be made to the jury Monday morning in
Grand Isle county court, it Is expected
The afternoon to-day was taken up with
rebuttal testimony for the proponents
Judge Tudhope of the probate court >tes-
titled that the amount of property, real
and personal which MAUD got from her
parents was A,357.94. The principal fea-
ture of the rebuttal testimony was that
none of the witnesses who lived near
Maud ever heard her revolver shots and
that her garden crops were good Dr.
Sears and Dr. Allen. the latter head of
the school for feebleminded at Brandon
will testify tomorrow for the proponents
the Mary Fletcher hospital.
The contestant closed his case at 1910
o'clock this morning after giving the
jury another dose of entries from the
diaries of Maud Howricon. The reading
Of these entries prompted the proponents
to ask for recess for one hour to con-
slider rebuttal which was granted. At
II o'clock court reconvened and the pro-
ponents put Wyeth Hutchings. one of
the fence viewers. on the stand His
testimony was allowed to be retaken SUBJ
1ect to objections and exceptions.
He testified that John Howricon used
profane language to his sister during the
time of the fence alteration. The W.T.
ness said that the crops Of Mauds
farm looked good the last ten years and
that she used much fertilizer to make
the land rich. This was to offset the
testimony of John Howrcon. the con-
testant. that the property deprecated
considerably In value after Maud as
sumed the management of it. The rebuff
tai was limited to testimony already in
the case by a ruling made by the court.
Shortly before the noon recess Judge
Zed S. Stanton and Assistant Judges C.
A. Barber and Chauncey II. Hayden of
Chittenden county entered the court room
as visitors. They were brought to the
island by Whipple f.. Hendee.
North Hero, Oct 21--Arguments in
the Howricon will case in Grand Isle
County Court will probably be begun
tomorrow afternoon. DIR. Frederick W.
Sears superintendent of the Lakeview
Sanitarium at Burlington. +. T.. Hart
we'll, observer at the United States
Weather Bureau at Burlington, Edward
p. Woodbury. Of Burlington and John
Montgomery. town clerk Of Isle La
Motto, were on the witness stand to-
day. DR.. Sears being questioned the
longest of any of the four
He was examined by Judge Charles
H. Darling thoroughly on the subject of
insanity and the symptoms of paranoia.
Authorizations and decisions. He was
asked hypothetical question concern
ing Mauds actions and their relation
to paranOia and answered that she
did not suffer from that disease nor
was she insane at the time she eXecut-
ed her will in 1902 or removed il from
the bank in 1907
Asked II she was Insane at the time
she committed suicide he said that she
was Asked what form of insanity she
suffered from he said melancholla of
involUtion morbid mental condition
incident to the change of life. The doc
tor said that he had II women pa
tents in his establishment at this time
and that five of them were suffering
from melancholia of involution.
oss-examined by Attorney Vernon
A. Billiard the witness was asked about
things Maud did and If they did not
indicate insanity. The doctor said that
in hC" character.
f. f. Hartwell, observer n =. s.
weather station in Bur ington call
December 1905 when witness for John
Howricon. the contestant, declared they
saw Maud shooting a revolver at an inn
agfnary man behind tree when 1t was
as light as day. Observer Hartwell said
that on the night in question there was
no moon. II being dark and stormy ac-
cording tc his records.
You are trying to get my goat de-
clared Witness Hartweli to Attorney Ru-
rus r.. Brown, who was cross-eXamining
him on the subject Of the weather In De-
cember 1905. The attorney asked him u
he had charge OF the station at Burlink-
ton at that time and he said that he did
not. Asked where he was h. said that
he was at Key West, The attorney then
asked him how he could have personal
and positive knowledge OF the conditions
at North Hero and the witness said from
the records, 1t was after little more
questioning that the witness sprung the
popu.a phrase of the day Mt the law
yer.
Edward p, Woodbury. OF Burlington
xestiried that he was proprietor ana
manager OF the Van Ness house In Bur-
iington when Maud Howricon worked for
the hotel. He knew her, but did not dis
charge her, He did not know why she
left' This was to meet the testimony or
the steward who said that he had to dis
charge her for her strange actions,
'ohh montgomery, town c ERIK or $50
La Motte. testified that DR.. James King
was school commissioner when Maud
'aught there, but did not take an active