Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-19
Lawyer Halls Trials.

yeF's Methods of Settling Claims Strange if True--InterestinS Develop ments-The Gaze Rot Finished.
 The hearing in the case of Henry F. Hall, he Wallingford lawyer charged with per ury, was resumed in the City Court yester lay morning after the general business of the court was disposed of
 When the case was called Loyal Moulthrop | took the stand and continued his testimony. | In reply to Mir. filling he said that after he returned from the South he went to John RuzselPs house in Wallingford to stay. He was led here by MT. filling to allude to con- versation with Mr. Hall. MT. Moulthrop said that Hall told him that they" would skin him sud advised him to protect himself Hall said that I must put in some claims there against the estate to have something out of it if they could take the last dollar from us they would do it. lie proposed my getting up notes. Two were made and given to Mrs. Groethe. Note exhibited and locked over carefully by Mir. Arvine and Mir. Hall These notes were made some little time, per haps three weeks or more, before the Gid dings insolvency proceedings. One was made to account for the $3,OOO mortgage and the other being against the estate.
 
 in 1879. [The contrary appears on the face.1 About the note made up for pre- sentation against the estate NIT. Hall said that so much would be saved There was ring to skin us and rob us and we could have ring the other way. Mir. Hall talked with me about the claim of my nephew in Alabama and made that claim up and said that would save so much more. Hall asked ms if he would take one and advised that 1t be $3, 800. He said the only way could get out of it was to put in these claims, and said we must keep our mouths shut and 1t would be all right I did not owe Robert Moul- throp, my nephew, anything at that time. Hall planned the whole thing and told me the story to tell. think MT. Hall and myself did not converse as to how l was to say 1 re- ceived the money from Robert. Another lie titious claim was spoken of between Mir. Hall and myself, due to John Russell Mir. Hall said that Russell would take similar one, few hundred dollars, and that Colin Russell would take one. The talk about the Robert Moulthrop claim and about all these notes took place, I think, before Mir. Giddlngs brought his suit. Previous to the appoint ment of a trustee, MT. Hall had tried to ne- gotiate 8 settlement with my creditors. l went to Virginia perhaps week after the trustee was appointed, or two weeks. No one had been examined about my estate in the Probate Court previous to that.
 went to Virginia on the advice of Mr. Han He called at my place in North Haven one Sunday morning, driving down, he and his b1 other Seymour. Frank Hall said that he saw it was wearing on ne and that had nothing to do then and asked if there was not some place where I could get away If would go away and be gone month he thought that he could settle matters better than he could if I was there, should they get me into their hands. He asked where my nephew lived and I said I didn't know exact ly. He said, "Well, go down there" I said that it would cost considerable to go down there and had no money, and if was going anywhere I would rather go down to Mir. Halls Tin Virginia. He said that was just the place. I said that I was willing to go to get out of the confusion. He said that 1 had better go as soon as possible-the first train the next morning I wasn't prepared to go | then and hadn't the money. He said if could not go then to come up to Walingford | to his house the next evening after dark, | and not to show myself. I said that I would do that The Virginia Hall is William D.. Hall, formerly of Wallingford, who ran a bone mill near the boundary of Waliingford and North Haven. He had been my neigh bor for twenty. five years and moved away six or eight years ago. I went to Frank ! Halls house the next night and Mir. Hall said he had the money for me to go South with, | $2O, and he gave that to me to pay my ex- [ penses. He said that he would see me at the ! train and then turned me loose in the street,
 
 ! quarters of an hour waiting for the train to l come Mr. Hall said that I must ride in the | first car. I obeyed orders and he rode in the seat with mo to New Haven from Walling- \ ford. We had talk about this matter, and | he said that if I would stay away about 6 l month he thought that everything would | be settled up. I told him that should | the brick yard be sold before I go, back I wished he would go to Mir. Web
 ster, 8 rich man, and get him to save it fol | me. MT. Hall held up one hand and said, t'] l will save your brick yard I will save you, farm, will save everything" Mr. Hall said | that if the ring got hold of me they woulo ] be quizzing to get something out of mo- He l said that there was New Britain ring o1 Corbin, Jones and several others, all credit | ors of mine. Mir. Hall sent me money il ! Virginia wrote from there to MT. Hal
 and Collins. I had to borrow BIO of w. D
 Hall to get home. John Russell is m.
 brother in law. Three or four days afte my return Russell said to me that he hat
 met Hall at the Wallingford depot and tolt
 him that I had got back. Hall asked howl
 that and then added that l "must ksel
 close'' took Mr. Halls advice and did o go out by day more than I was compelled to
 stayed there three weeks. Frank Hall sen down for me to come up and see him on
 evening. went up after dark; it was lat
 in February or early in March. I foun' l Frank Hall at his home. He told me to keel
 myself where I would not be seen, for eth
 other fellows will get you on the stand an'
 give you hauling over if they get yo
 there; better keep out of their clutches"
 | went back to Russell's. He sent for m
 again and I went up in the evening, I thinl ! with a man named Bradley. He was at hom
 He said that I must not disclose anythin ] about the Allen mortgage He also said tha
 matters were approaching a settlement an he hoped to bring them to a close very soon ! This was the last call I made on MT. Hal ] while lived in RusselPs house.
 ''He told me if I wanted to seq him not t
 come until evening, and ihen muff1e up wei so that I should not be seen in the street. | said how is this? I don't know that I am
 prisoner After three weeks I got tired o
 this and went home and made myself known
 did not learn that had been subpoenaed t testify, but heard there had been hearin on my estate after I had returned. MT Ha , said that he and Friend c. Allen and MI
 Stiles had been examined in the Probat Court. He said they wanted to examine ID
 if they could get me, and that I must stic |. to the same old story. Twas soon subponae to the Probate Court.
 ''Soon after went to Russelrs and tol
 him that I wanted him to get the mortgag
 out of the way-quit claimed I told him couldn't account for the money-only par l of it. He said suppose when they are ava , at Russells how would it do to have it appea
 that the house rummaged and ransacked
 and that same one had stolen the money. ) { went to the Russells and mentioned it t
 them, and MT. Russell said that he would nc
 have anything to do with it.
 came to go to the Russells about thi
 because I was exercised in my min 1 about it. l did not tell Mir. Hall what Mrs
 Russell said. I did not tell Hall that I coul not have anything to do about this. I don
 know whether I saw Mir. Hall after bein
 subposnaed before came to New Haven to tn l Probate Court. There were so many mee l ings that I cannot recollect what was said {
 half of them. MT. Hall present as m
 counsel when I was examined. He told ID to say that the Robert Moulthrop claim wa bona fide and to stick to it." Court here ac
 journed for the noon recess.
 In the afternoon Mir. Moulthrop said :. told MT. Hall more than a score of times ths
 the Allen mortgage must be quit claimed Z Some of the New Britain creditors said tn
 case would never be settled until that was or , of the way, because it was fraud ''Ha
 said." continued the witness, eff shoul do this, it would be foolish that I woul have that mucb left anyway 'T'd kea