Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-23
THE BELL BOY GOES TO JAIL


costs for abusing Mrs. Annie Turbert,
neiehbor who lives at Stevens court. The
affair occurred on Sunday morning.
THE BELL BOY GOES TO JAIL
Thomas Blount, the bell boy who was sp-
pretended stealing money from the till of
the New Haven house, was sentenced to
thirty days in jail.
SPENT $24, 600 IN ONE YEAR-A PROBATE COURT
NEARING IN BRIDGEPORT.
Probate Judge Beardsley of Bridgeport has
Just finished the hearing upon the admission
to probate of the will of the late George
Nichols of that city. The Bridgeport Farmer
Gays of the hearing: Judge Lockwood, who
was attorney for Nichols and drew up and
was one of the witnesses of the will, was exc
amined, as were several other witnesses. in
Guiding DR.. A. J. Smith, who had been the
attending physician upon the deceased for
the past year. The nurses who attended him
in his last illness were also examined. All
testified their belief in the mental soundness
of the testater at the time that the will was
drawn. DIR. Smith said that for period Of
Eve months after Nichols fell down an ele-
over 100 calls upon him in mis- professional
capacity. He had at no time found the de-
ceased in a state signi6ed by the term
testamentary incapacity, regarding him in
fact a. possessing sound intellect. Con.
trary to expectations, the heirs and possible
contestants offered no testimony In opposi-
ton. Judge Beardsley decided that outside
Of occasional alcoholic outbreaks that mad no
bearing upon the actions of the deceased
when sober, his mental capacity to legally
dispose of his property by will have been
fully established. He therefore admitted the
will to probate. 1t is thought that the rela-
tives, with the exception of Stephen Nicho-
las. will appeal from the probate to the su-
perior court. The possible grounds of ap-
peal were mentioned in these columns yes
terday. It is about established that Stephen
Nicholas has compromised with the legatees,
and that he will not join with the
other relatives. 1t is estimated that there ia
about $50, 900 left out of an estate of fully
500, 900. The amount of money used up by
the deceased in the thirteen months during
which he had control of the property is truly
astonishing. Besides an income of St, DOC
derived from the property, he raised by means
of promisory notes, secured by mortgage
deeds $40, 100.
As the living expenses of deceased were
necessarily small the most of 1t is supposed
| in view of the well known habits of the de
ceased, to have gone in dissipation. As he
could not by any possibility have spent it fol
drink, 1t is easy to surmise how the train Of
sparks and vultures who usually surroundsucE
an individual. must have fattened at his ex-
pence. It is thought by good lawyers that 9
contest of the will will be useless, as it hal
been fully established by the testimony Of
reliable witnesses that Nichols was of sound
and disposing mind on the 10th Of June, the
day upon which the will was drawn up
Nichols died the following day. not from the
result Of dissipation, as reported, but from
heart failure saperinduced by severe attack
of bronchitis followed by pneumonia, as tes-
tilted to by DR.. Smith"
SETTLING THE KIMBERLY ESTATE.
A quit-olaim of the interest of Enos s.
Kimberly in the estate Of his mother, the
late Harriet A. Sperry, has been given by
Trustee J. @. Gallagher to Mrs. Eugene s.
Miller This aids greatly the settlement OF
the inso1vent Kimberly estate. The property
consisted of the house No. 472 Orange street
for many years the home Of the late Lucien
W. Spsrry; house corner Of Bradley and
Lincoln streets, house at ~ Lincoln street,
and property known as the Enos Sperry
Homestead In Westville. All the property il
heavily encountered and the equity is small.
Mrs. Miller is daughter of the late @. W.
Sperry. When Mrs. Sperry died she left the
property to her three children-CharlesK Kim
berly, Enos 8. Kimberly and Mrs. Miller
but gave life interest in it to her husband,
L. w. Sperry. Some time ago Charles Kim
berry gave bis interest to Mrs. Miller, and
now she has secured from Enos s. Kimberly
his interest. At 10 O'Clock this morning
Attorney e. P. Arvine and Robert T. Mer-
win, commissioners to receive and examine
claims against the estate of e. 8. Kimberly.
will meet in the formers Office.