Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-03
A " Cause Celebre. >

!" '"e eOuui'y W oo ohtitlcu W iuiiei
description than that given in our court
report. Tbe main facts Us they appeared IN
the testimony, were a. follows;
upon or shortly before the death oil the
late walter N Greene, lumber merchant oil
TINS city. Ii became known to his partners,
anu others interested IN the settlement oil
his AFFAIRS, that an insurance OF $1,000
existed upon MS LIE, IN Chicago Insurance
company ior tue oeheht oil MIS-. Anne l.
iia'ha"ay' Mrs' hathaway was wido"'
with three chiiuren' VINO had mad reiations
WV" Iuf uiee", ior some fourteen years
.Du nAu 'o'o".u Nun u ouflington' from
ii. "i''o 's'a'o was III
=, w. "pp",
,. 9- H. C-,.,
e'''' Dni'"s ms i'i'''n0
anA''u' W 'eouie 'ne meanS
A"A VI i0'''''ns ms
""1 '"'' "oou' W see IL 'nis
| lie insurance, or some portion OF 1t, could
not be made available in that way They
emnIove3 + r. Dr.v r.o uho hosh.oa
| T. VIM A"u OO0"
MI ufeehe lawyer, ana he made an ar
rangcment with Mrs. Hathaway, by which
he was authorized to collect the insurance
| ,d .,;a e.
""u W i''au poi''o" ioi ie'7 anu expenses
and to pay upon Mr.. Greero's debts. Mr..
| Drew employed Guy &. Noble. E.o. of st.
| aIbans T., ASST him and 49,, 5;,o-a
Gnu ui'ei'
Journeys ID ohicago' settlement OF the
| claim against the insurance company
was made. by whicl, the eomDanv maid
Z, szo >, NJ, u.,t., -
S'''o rE'n'"a' ia"Sers.
vi TINS, as Claimed, 81 l,5OO was paid
| by Mr.. Drew to Mrs. Hathaway. and S65O
r, tvyo lawvs,s o,,,,i,r.d HI, bin, r;r c.oo
''' '7'oo
10 MT. Noble. and Sl5o 10 H. D. Peck,
E-q., Tor services rendered. Mrs IIatha-
wav was not satisfied and cmnIoved T. r
H..
i"io' "'4'' W eeeu'o n'o'o SATISFACTORY
DIVISION OF the money. Mr.. Hard invited
Mr. Drew to his Office, procured, without
d;scI,.;,o b;s oh;.c, n,au,, s,,,,, .,
VI
.ne e'>e anu '"eh' Win threat. oi prosecu-
non anu exposure uehiahueu S0,"oo- Inns
su"' at Seconu 'n'eI' lew, III o.ger 10 a'oiu
exposure oI scanuai anectlns MI uFeenes
memory: anl OF transaction open TO ques,
oun man anu o'"ciS' Die" pain
" ii"Iu, as ''rS' ha'haHaS ia"yer' anu
,ooH ie1e'ps III ruiISuppoShhs IL 10 pe
una' ~ noHI'1I' no'"J ins
.u nun .s.a' II ne lnarul ShouIi uIsco'er tnat
sne so'o paiu 70 o'uer i,"yers hau not oeen
pau lh koou ni'n' no Smou'u NOT regard IL
as nuai setlieuneht' me suit WAS then
orrousn' W reeo.ur rom pIe" any oaiahce
" "on'y 'iS,"eu 30 oc III us "ahus anu oe-
iopsins W .nis ~aS'
On tue triai' the ueiendant produced
"Ii.'en it con'Iac', re- s,s"eu ny Nits ha'na"ay'
authorizing Dre" u collect her elaim 10
empioy eounsei se anu incur expenses anu 10
,ecc''c SS'~o ior ieeS anu eApcnSes IL
oe'hS uhuerstoou. aS mr. Drew testin'u, De-
tween tneih tnal these ilsiiS snon'd ineinue
'ne portion 10 90 Tor ar; "secte utots
which IL was not tnousht nfS' % specify
a,so receipt Ior Si'ooo paiu ty Ore" 10
irs; nsthaway az "no tlms' ahl recslPt
'or $e,V" oi ia'eI u't', "nicn sum. US
etpiaihou ny tne ueir1i"ut' ihclIueu tac
stun previously pam anu the SoOu palu
20 Nopie, Also receipts rom Nolls for
Sooo ano from rex inr Sloo ior tneir
ser'ices iu tne matter. Drew testlheu that
ne pau hrs- uathaway Sl,ooo ~ one time
and SoOo at another, besides the SJ.OOO
pald u Mr. HARD ior her. MIS-. hathaway
'i'N 1890 -
ceipts without knowing what they meant.
ana that sue received irom Mr- Drew only
Sooo. MI haid went on the stand ana
re:ate1 MS connection WIN the case ana his
interviews Win Drew MI NOBLE ueposl-
tion was put IN testiiyihg that ne charged
ana recei'eu So"o iof MS services, ana that
ne uiu not cohsiuet IL an eXOrDitant charse,
the insurance company neing shaSy' the
ciaiin uouotiuI one, anu Ms pay OedhS
contingent on success Mr. reek toSiineu
.na' nc aSheu ""u iecvNSu 80" nr:
uieen parineis an1 ou0h AeepeI ieS-'u~u
'"a' Jury app'ri ~ '''' o'." t'H' I' Oun'
-uieu with 'n''n a. l" Tue NEGOTIATIONS
MN MN'tn "IS- i:",""""S "'u 'ho ilSuihnec
c'upahs' anu t""' l"'S aPpIu,'u Tue Ut
'"'S '"'' i" i.' ""' '''',e e''',, W 1'Oi
~ nuo''e''S' =" '"e p'fin-'. !" M'. naIu-
Tue as NJ, ""~ ueu N ho"; DIn'eI hoo-
et', anu 'iehIy oa.'sr"' ~ : io' 'ii- pse"'
anu ~ 'iri u htri shu l. H. L. L'~reneF' h'q-'
lol MS Ii"'ha"a'. Inc arsuheh's DC,
cupieu SohT nine nou'-. on tne part oi
tne f''tu'."' NJ 'IiIt iIt,t, ,
-
lou u" 70 a. 'Oi
''' "toene .S'"'e pt ~ ehucafof
W 'e1uio Any 'n,u2 ,i'r' nei claiii
70 appiy Oh Mf "'eene ueo's that tue
trahsaction wa ST'nulc tnd' thS re-
oe'pt> sNou os I,a'u"""f "ei" iat'o'
Hnu s..u'.u 'to,'i "ei " ms epi
anu 'net tn'y sho"eu i."uI' on tne iSTG oi
, lnen .na' me pay merits VI SIoo 70 Nooie
an. ,'o " '.a VI Yu' VI az p."pote eio,,
W '"o ""I .nA' I'Iu II
tuey "o ai'"u' I"o S''" wi"
,ia'na""S "oneJ SILL 'ena'heu III Dlc"
nanus.
VI Iue par VI w ue'sneI VIZ oia'ined
tuhb Us tiAAhdNdN ubE tut
esta'e o' N'. "'echo ooulu nave GOV anS-
'n,ne run 'hc insurance 'o"pA,9, thc
otner shuuii oppose tue e'ni'', tney hau
lo'h' ,h'erGs' III securing 'h1 'lai'n' anu
bn,b cs,ata and '.l.,ir,,n, in thn ;r,r.,c,i,n.
that Dr.w c,nl5 Is,,;,im,,aIv nat. -n,.b an
srranoamsnt NJ w.. mada win Nrs
UsIbsw,y,s krnulad,. a,'d .,rs.,nt. do,
d., ..har.os 81 MI, - p..L ,t.,.,1h
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nnt e,arhit,,t r, n tho written ,.,n,ra,.i
ond rco.,ntu h,,L,5 h, ,.,h.r .rid.nc, =,
thar r,I;,iitv wera +, h, d;..rod;tsI hy tho
-. aI ~. ;n,as,',.5 -, ,ha
- - -, -
snd e,ntrsn,. .nd .,h"r 1ncn,nnn
,ary sy;dsnce nf h,s,ne.. trsnsnr-
- ,hn, N., ua,b,.,,, ~
a sba,, and ;n,c,i,,,,,', w,'n:r and
,bo, II w,s i, ,b,, b;,,h.,-t ,,o,,r,.. ,n,.r,b,
L., that ta l,.,n.y
s. - -, Il, r..
- ,.I cesntt, NJ IN
=, snn anJ =, H. i'll g.. ,ar - ooG
~. ;n,, IN ali .,no ,,,r, ,l,,r ~ r,':,.,TsI
80 -, h. .nbn,,,,aJ - th,. x,,,.;1.'
nnJ.r thr.,,, ., ,',n..,,,i,, nd ..~o,,,,r,
VI =, -. r.. ~, ''', =, A..
IT, G.a.a ,t To-, t.,. ,,naI,
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,r, -. a.; .t,",.S S.h,.h s,,,,t :, -,
-, ,s,ad;.od ha H., ct,.r,,. ,,nJ ~. ,h.o't
pncJ ord ,hsr ,ha =, t,I.man, ,,.t, NJ
ia NO. a, any ra,s =, Ga,I - - -
;.Ia.,;n,' 81 ali H. ''''A
"
lhere was some SerY Sharp sparrIns be-
tween the lawyers. Mrs. hathaway 5 rela-
tion 10 MI. "reene was cbnnentei ON with
severity Mr.. Haru was Alluded To as occupy,
ing the position oi lawyer prosecutor and
witness ana MS course IN bringing SUIT
AFTER settlement un terms proposed by