Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-15
MRS. WELLS GREAT
LOVER OF CHILDREN
Grieved When She Thought Her
Grandchildren Were Being
Turned Against Her by Their
Parents, so Mrs. F. H. Parker
Testifies in Will Case

me VI 'arKer' Il close rrlehu OF MrS. WeH9
Tor ~ years on the business stano huiS-
way AFTERNOON III ti'e Ne"S VIII caat, w
winch INC Step-uauE hter' Ann" Wc,9
oNkeS' ana tne hal-slster' i!ani'""
Wens' are atteinp''nE TO pTehN INV WIZ
OF me ia'e bllle IL NeiS' MtS, al Nei
teStiIied tna' Mrs Nehs toid ne. ano
t.ough' anna ana JIM Were lyme W Nv
lluencc ner oloest eranonaush''t "s"l'S'
Her ana hoPeu ih"t tIlc si'l "o"'.' ,c'u' u
10 yer we" S"e re"c"e" ''' 't' "a "'''
non ...,...
Inc witness had hcard of me ln'Su'uer
s'dno'hg petWeeh MIS- E'i'e Ne''N on
Anna MRS Parker 'o'u inc inc'oont "I',VI
mas oeen reIated ny other witnesses Vt d"
',,',e "hen MrS' Wei'S sp'n '''o''.1 |" Nv.
VI her ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 IN up .t' ''''.
~ Scnoo'' ana inc s'rl wrote tna"hu.S ~,
i"r IT, ou' la'er wrote "'l"tnp7 80. Nv
Which 'ne money was returhcu say ,,''N
va" NV "'i""'" w NS'P
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io' t'e 'on'e9'"'''s IA 'ue -
.he sranuo6usHtor WAS hot "''"N,u
weep .iie "'oiieI 'eo"H'c VI '.V
ne scnoo' Wh'ch ste was a''e'''i'e, ~, :,
ta'her VII nef teS.''ronE eE II'.',
.h't MrN' Wet.S "I''''lo''eu .iis -,
( "ouu PropdpiE ne hV''iip'eu ~ 'Np't''i'
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sne ma" s."' ''" "'on
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| '''N WIZ M' -, ', , .',.,,.
! Zen u"ES "a'" U'i'' - In 49,, :,
tlcaliN senl-ahhuai 'rIPS' ne W,,''''S
ma, she nao never KNOW" 81 w. ~ Nv.
Gazing on NrS, Nc'iH !" .i' '',' ''"i N
mat shc ana MIS- No.S "au "'', ",'N
ing ."ese .r'pS toRe''''' ,'eF 49," So
10 inc h'.tmore OF 'i,' he',on' 49, -
I New YORK NJ one ur'"' wiz" AIS az
ker lad been our Tor inc "'''r'loou' 49,
| Nelis sald 10 h'r Wno" S"e ''"' NV" -
whom 40 You th'hN mas pe'n "'''
She then went on 10 say 'ha' "or wv
granddaugh'erS had cai,eu Oh "cr an" '''"
| they mad had nice Visit Sho presume
! that somcpodE was WIN t"ei'i W." "9'''''
nut "'o no' ASK l"'H' any '"'7'''i' ''''
! 1t. e.
MIS- "e''S WIS SI''' 'oN'' W -,
ldreh' accoroihe 70 'n' N"'cHS' !" Wv
closet OF Mrs NeiIS was ''n'P'' 'i''' ,
where she kcpt EH'S Tor P'oi'''' '''''''
for children. she rememhcrcp 'HrS'
hummer or chiiorcn AT 'htlS'thaH I'm.
ana had "o'oe'i"l ','''''''H w '''''
birthdays. \ hummer OF summers ne
grandchlidren came 20 h"''''S ~" .'t'
spent the summer with her' WINE 'he'
parents were travelling IN europe ah'
Mrs. Wells seemed 10 ENJOY very i''u'
having the chlioreh WIN her
uSuaIH very re''ceht "nou' ''I oU,'
Al a1lairS. Al one i"'c, """eN'', ~, '"'N
's "''' 80 "' 49,, 49, -,
l'o''e" '''.'' '''' ''o'''E ''''
~ w W'' a. H''o ,'-,.,'' ~ t
''ln w. ~ Nc, '''i ',,'. .,,, ,,, ,ba
onuI' '" ,'''', nc ~
49,, 80 ,,,,.,., do,, ,.bt.h CHI
~ o.oa ,.aa,,.a;,,r, ,,.hor, eho nod 500
-, o,,a,,i,e, ,,isi,s 70 ,ho VOLS home AM
t,ou. ,,,on,' ti,,os sho bod soon tbcn, Their
zach yoar ho,irning With 1919 and con
,iruira M ~ tho time that Mrs We'll
diod n,,,,ho,. ne families from, the hi
uera r,op,ioned most Of whom have bee
on tho ,,itneee stand
Questioned as TO whether she had see
. nan,hora of tbe family of Charles Well
, there Mrs Parker said that she ha
seen members of that family there bu
not very often and not much in the eve
ming and never at meals. As to the othe
members of the Wells family. she ha
never seen any of the men there. but ha
seen Mrs. Frederick Wells and Mrs.
Nelson Jackson there.
Mrs. Parker knew Mrs. Wells befor
her marriage. and also knew Edwar
Wells. But the acquaintance with Mir
Wells became much more intimate ate
va {
eether. including one trip TO Calforni
where they spent about three months e
gether.
Mrs. Wells was an excellent housckeel
. or, managed her own home, including II
Q grounds and gardens. which We're Eel
n we'll filled with flowers under her dire
r ton. according to Mrs. Parker, who 4
8 clared that she had always considert
v Mrs. Wells of very sound mind and vii
:, an excellent memory. Two letters we
t introduced which were written by MI
II Wells to Mrs. Parker these being :.
y only ones of many w..oh Mr.. Har%
had saved.
+. Mrs. Parker was not cross K2l!.,n'
|. Thursday, as she was the las, witne
a on the stand in tho afternoon. and the {
= rect examination was not quite compile
II cd. The only other witness on &
IS stand Thursday was DR.. George NJ. S
d bin. VINO attended Mrs Wells as /
e family physician for many years.
d DR.. Sdbln's testimony was largely co
r. fined to his relations with tho Wells far
n, lily from professional standpoint. !
l. told of his visits to the Wells home. 60
A. ering period from June, 1902, until t
,r time Mrs. Wells died. lie attended h
is In her last sickness, Besides visits