Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-24
ONE MORE WITNESS SAYS
 MRS LUTHER WAS SANE

Mrs. Jessie Broadway Lewis, niece of Capt. Joseph Luther. who was left $5,OOO in the will of Catain Luther's widow, Mrs Augusta l.. Luther, which relatives are trying to break, was on the stand in the trial of the case of Harriet s. De- vereaux of Portland against David F. Armstrong of Groton, executor of the will in the superior court in New London Thursday morning and told of her rei;. tions with Mrs Luther. She was Cn the stand most of the morning.
 Mrs. Lewis told of taking up her resi- dence Wit!i Joseph Smith, 2nd., in Broad street in the half of the double house cc- cucded by Mrs. Luther in 1919 and testi- fled to seeing Mrs. Luther regarding property matters or her will. Mrs. Lewis said that she had heard Mrs. Luther say that she was very fond of Armstrong and his wife and child.
 Mrs. Lewis told of going to Brok-, lyn with Mrs. Luther in March, 1921, just before her death and that at that time Mrs. Luther seemed to be in good health. She testified that Mrs. Luther had re- mained at her home three days and nights after their return from New York and told of Mrs Luther's going to the home of Miss Julia Sistare in Broad street where she died The witness told of going to the Sistare home every afternoon to see Mrs. Luther until April Is. On that day she went out there with Armstrong and Miss Lima Beckwitf1 who was nursing Mrs Luther, opened the door and told her that no one was allowed to see Mrs Luther ] Miss BeckWith then went out and the l witness started up the stairs to go to Mrs. ] Luther's room but was stopped by Miss Sistare at the top of the stairs, who told her that she could not go up The wit ness chen said she left the house and did not go there again.
 Mrs. Lewis said that the last time she 1 saw Mrs. Luther was on the night of Al Til
 14. On that night she recalled talking ! in the lower hall and said that it was Miss
 oistare who was doing the most talking. | The witness declared that she never heard Dr. Bradford tell any one to go out and stay out.
 The witness testified that she had not | been in Mrs. Luther's home in Broad street any time between April 15 and May l g, the day of Mrs Luther's death, while ] Mrs. Luther was Ill at the Sistare home ; | that she did not have a key to the Luther home and that she did not go out to Miss Sistares house after Mrs. Luther's death. | Mrs. Lewis said that from her acquaint- ance and knowledge of Mrs Luther, she l thought that MrS. Luther was Of a strong mind and that she had never seen any in-
 dication in her looks, talk or conversation ! that Mrs. Luther was of unsound mind.
 The witness gave testimony that she did
 not have any of Mrs. Luthers property
 in her possession at any time and she
 had no knowledge Of a tin box which
 Mrs Luther owned. in which she kept
 jewels and private papers and which she
 hid behind the bath tub She also testified i that she had never seen the Luther house ligthed while Mrs. Luther was at Miss
 Sistare's house.
 In her cross-examination Mrs. Lewis denied that she had ever had a key tc
 Mrs. Luther's house. She admitted know. ing that the lock had been removed from
 the front door of Mrs Luther's house