The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-10-30
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agreement I had with 'Elon Booth, the
stock belonged to me. had given him
a note representing much larger
amount than the market value of the
stock, which He had accepted. Consid-
cred it mine (althoYgh Elon had not as.
signedtt,tp rp9 suHder an agreement ]
had with Him. 1t was either assigned to
me, or put into such, shape without ,as.
sfgnmehtl Of it to me by him, that could
nsefitrapd, after ! had given him my note
representing the full price that he paid
! for.the stoeK, fine stock theh belonged to
me under the agreement. made, by him
and myself. twas So arranged that |
could use itas collateral to ,borrow mon
ey. BY so arranged, / mean just what |
said; it was pus ihtos my hands, I'M such
shape that 1 could use it as collateral.
Don't remember in what shape the as
signInent was made, but it was in such
shape that could use it. Don't remem-
Der whether Elon's signature was on the
back of it when il. was ,ppt ip my hands
= did not put it there. f'don't remember
whether the assignment oni the back of
certificate was in blank, when / got it
from. him! 1 don't feniembef whether
= Elon, Booths name was in the body; Of
the certificate It might ori might not
have been4 It was, in, my charge at, shat
time, but did not look at it unless he
asked to see it; Fthen,I would look at it.
! think the stock was bought of Gregory
E& Rallou. 1T might have been Henry
eClews, but think it was Gregory & Bal
lou. I did not sign Elon Booths name
to the assignment ON the back of the GER
tificate. i could not tell whether the as
signrhent was witnessed or not. Don't
khoWwhe holds that certificate pow.isI
could produce it, If necessary | will
NOS Prddaceft:Y During Eon's life time,
paid him dividends on thatistock, after
It came into my possession; generally
whenEdividends were declared and the
AMOUNT wigs 81 peg share on the stock. L
have distinct recollection of paying him
dividends op this particular certificate of
stock after it came into my possession.
Do not know whether that stock was as
signed to md or not. EIt was taken out of
the Packa &c sof Elon's Securities by him
self and, when he had looked at it, he
handed it to me and told me to use it as
collateral. think did take it at once
to the First National bank, Bridgeport,
and getsa loan On it. Ican't says that [
needed an assignment Of the stock TO en-
able me to use it. Sometimes Gregory
81 Balloul sold certificates of stock and
the blank was filled out with the name of
one of the clerks and, in such case, the
stock could be sold without any assign
ment. / could trace the certificate
by advertising for it, / think. The
chances might be small. / think / did
tell the First National bank or its officers
to sell that stock. L suppose the bank
sold the stock. l don't know what firm
of brokers sold the stock. / don't know
who holds the stock now. 1t was my
stock and Elon's estate holds my note for
more than its value. l sold it after his
death, because l could not carry out the
agreement l made with Elon about it
with the executor. Ihave not transferred
any other property with view to insolv-
ency or preference to creditors. The
bonds of the Northern Pacific railroad |
sold in April, 1891, were not my proper
ty. do not know the numbers of those
bonds. ] cannot say that L ever knew
the numbers of them. l had seen them,
but could not recall the numbers.