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part of September or first of October, 1908; Mr. Parnell was a member
of the Lodge here at that time. I don't remember that we made any
official report but we notified the Lodge he was crazy; I don't know
of the Lodge taking any action."
Statement of I. E. Wittum: "Am 24 years old, occupation, farmer;
in the year 1907-8 I lived on a farm about one mile from Paris Wilson,
Oklahoma. Knew Paris Wilson and his family well during three
years; saw Mr. Wilson probably two times a week. In the fall of 1907,
probably in September or October, he had a paralytic stroke which
disabled him to quite an extent; he did not do much work on his farm
after that for the next year; was not able to do any hard work, but
was often up and around, but was not well any of the time, and I know
was not able to, and did not do much work except a little light work;
in the fall of 1908 he had a second stroke, and after that was not able
to do anything."
Statement of James J. Berry: "Am an Odd Fellow, member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge in Table Grove, Illinois; know Paris Wilson and
have known him for several years; he married a sister of my wife; in
the months of May and June, 1909, I saw him several times; he was
in Table Grove two or three weeks at a time and I saw him often
during the time he was there. He was at my home on two or three
occasions; at this time Paris Wilson was in very bad condition physi-
cally. Not able to do any work; hardly able to take care of himself;
he had a stroke of paralysis the fall before, as I understood while he
was living in Oklahoma, and when in Table Grove, during the months
of May and June, 1909, he was almost a wreck physically and mentally,
his body was partly paralyzed, his mind affected, entirely unfitting him
from attending to his duties as a farmer or any other business. I knew
Wilson before .his sickness in 1908. He was a strong, ablebodied man;
I understood and believe it to be true that after his stroke in Septem-
ber, 1908, he was unable to do work of any kind. He was a very sick
man."
Statement of T. E. Detrich: "Age 46 years. Am a farmer. Live
two and a half miles south of Hunnewell, Kansas. In 1907 and 1908
I lived within less than a mile of the farm of Paris Wilson in Oklahoma;
knew Wilson and his family well. In the fall of 1907 Wilson
was taken sick; had a paralytic stroke as I understood. From that
time till the fall of 1908 I saw him often, once a week at least, and
visitPd with the family. Mr. Wilson was not able to do much work
on the farm after his first stroke and he did not do much, but some
light work, but he was not able to run his farm alone and do the work.
He gradually grew worse until the fall of 1908, when he had another
stroke which entirely disabled him. He had hired men in 1908 to do