Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-12
FREEMAN WILL HEARING
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| served in Mexico and in France. He
denied that he had even been en-
! gagged by Freeman as his private
chauffeur. He said he was engaged
! as the automobile mechanic for the
Freeman company and took care OF
all the cars until May Is of last year
| when the trusteeship was formed
After that, Mohring said, the cars
/, were repaired at public garages.
The witness told of being employ
ed at Camp Raritan and resignine
in January of last year. DR.. Free
man dictated his resignation, he
said. Mohring testified that he had
never seen DR.. Freeman take any
dope although he often took Veronal
as a sleeping powder.
Minnie Paterson, the witness whc
earlier in the case had testified as
to Freeman's drinking to excess, re-
ceived $40 from Miss Sally Freeman
since this hearing started, Mohrins
said, as he had cashed the check
for that amount.
Mohring admitted writing to U.
S. Senator Frelinghuysen relative to
securing some passes whereby Dr.
Freeman might secure some of the
good" beer which was being brought
into the country on German YES
sells. The passes were secured, he
said, and produced one as evidence.
Considerable stir was caused when
Mohring charged that Russell -
Watson had Joined DIR. Freeman IN
drinking upon a visit to the doctor
with reference to legal business.
Mohring said he knew this to be a
fact as he had poured the drinks.
MI .-s.~,1-, naTl Watson nnfaa M ant
ed upon Il being good stuff" The
witness also told of the doctor cut
ting down on the amount of whis-
key consumed so that he drank more
and more water and less booze.
Mohring told the court that DR..
Freeman, after coming to live with
him, complained of the I'M in
which he had been treated while
living with the Breens. The witness
said the doctors clothes were shah
by and his room was not kept tidy.
Freeman told him, Mohring said,
that If he happened to be asleep at
meal times, the Breens would not
awaken him and when he awoke
they refused to prepare anything
for him, telling the doctor they al
ready had eaten.
After Freeman came to live with
him, Mohring said, the amount of
whiskey consumed daily by the doc
tor was decreased considerably due
to the influence of Mohring. The
amount consumed by the doctor fl
nally became so low, Mohring said,
that no supply was kept in the
house. The witness said Freeman
was abusive towards the entire Breen
family, with the one exception of
John Breen. Sr., the foreman at the
Freeman company's yards, claiming
that he (Freeman) had been paying
out thousands of dollars a year to
them and they in turn were now try
ing to do" him.
NOhring testified that DR.. Free
man had told him that the only
thing he had against is wife was
the fact she had him sent to the
insane asylum instead of to Jail for
being d~isorderly about the house.
The witness said Freeman's memory
was good his condition in 1922 was
an improvement over that of the
before and that whenever he
went to visit Attorney Davey at
Belleville or Davy came to Metu-
chen the doctors mental condition
was good With reference to the
procuring of estimates on a new
t~restle, Mohring testified that DIR.
Freeman took a deep personal in
terest in this matter and went to
the trestle comparing the plans and
specifications submitted to him by
the railroad company with the
measurements of the present struc-
ture.