The Newtown bee., 1891-09-25

again. Elon had threats of other suit helping him to adjust without much ex pense. They all took much of my time
 for which I never received anything
 When Mrs Josiah Booth died, Josial
 Booth was eXecutor and he sent in bil
 against Elon for board and other ex
 penses. The gross amount was between
 $7OO and $500. l looked over the account
 and saw some charges l knew Flor
 ought not to pay. There was one charge
 of $l25 for rent of building for storing
 his tools. The account covered six
 years or more. Ittook all the afternoon
 to go over the account. 1 told Josiah
 there were some charges Elon ought
 not to pay. I asked Elon how much he
 was willing to pay. He said $4OO.
 asked Josiah how much he would take.
 He said $500. l told Elon and he paid
 $500. l wrote a receipt, Josiah signed it
 in his own name and also as eXecutor of
 the estate. It was through my efforts
 that the bill was paid and l saved Elon money by it. He was at one time sued
 by a.neighbor for cutting bark from q wild cherry tree. 1t was q criminal suit.
 He employed no attorney,I appeared for him in court and advised him to settle it.
 He did so at my request and the suit was withdrawn. At another time, suit was brought against him by Aaron Sanford. He was conservator over Elon's brother Russell. The suit was to recover money ElOn held that came to Russell from his mothers estate. Russell had been taken ed this money for his use. l advised Elon and urged him to settle it and it was through my influence that an agree ment was entered into by which Elon paid over $l000 and agreed that, in case Russell should be alive at the expiration of 10 years, Elon would then pay for his use $l00 year so long as Russell lived. When Elon first brought his securities to me, his iucOme was between $4000 and $o000 a year. When he took his securi- ties from me, his income had increased to $S000 or $9000 a year. His securities remained with me from 1874 to Septem- Der, 1889, when they were taken to Mrs BronsOn's. In August, 1888, he took all his securities from the Union Trust Co.,, New York and placed them in the New town savings bank. l asked him myself to let Mrs Bronson write his letters and told him that, if he wanted to see me at any time. to come up to my store. Elon took his securities from me about the last week in September, 1889. The State had passed d law taxing securities. They were to be sent to the State treasurer to be taxed at the rate of two mills on the dollar and that exempted him from town taxation. He had never paid town taxes except poll tax, $2 year. After he heard that the law was passed, he began to damn the Legislature and swear that he would never pay the tax. Early in August, called his attention to it and told him that he had got to do something about it. He swOre he wouldn't do it. It got to be the middle of September and he swore he never would pay the tax and said he was going out of town to his sis ter, Mrs Brinsnade. l said, ''Elon, it will do you no good to go there, because you are within the State and some one will complain of you that you haven't sent those securities to Hartford to be taxed l told him the penalty was 5000 and Imprisonment besides. He de- clared that he would go out of the State. He wanted his securities and 1 handed them all over to him. Several days pass ed and he came into the store on Satur- day evening. l said, ''Elon, I thought you had gone out of the State" He said, ''Burt, where can l go?" I said, You can't go anywhere and nobody will take care of you as Mrs Bronson does. You have a good home and should stay there'' He decided to pay the tax finally and 1 ory-Ballou suit was brought, I spent great deal of time with and for him over that. It was brought Jahuary l2, 1890. He sent for me to come and see him. I went to Mrs Bronson's. l said, Where is Elon?" She said, ssThe poor man! l am afraid he is going to be crazy" I went mp stairs and found him in bed, rolling, tossing and grooming and in wild condition. He said everything was gone, everything was lost; he had been sued and everything was gone. He beg ged me to help him. laughed and said. "Elon, don't worry over this. We will get you out of this all right. We ought to see some attorneys about this ;'' and I went off to New York, next day, to see them, paid the lawyers fees out of my own pocket and my own expenses. Can- not tell how much of my time this trouble took from it's inception down to the bringing of the suit. The whole bus mess covered d space of four or five years and I spent great deal of time on it. In 1874, Elon was worth from $7O,O00 to $75, ,0O0. The last deposit made for him was in Feb- ruary, 1890. I put $l415 in the New town savings bank. That was the last time he was in my store. Elon and Mrs Bronson had counted it over, but made the amount $25 more than they did. October l, 1889, there was on my ac- count charged to Elon $l27 56. In all these years. he never paid me anything for my services. He often promised that he would pay me. Particularly after the Gregory < Ballon matter came up and I had been down to see them, Elon said to me, Burt, you see me through with this and vou shall ha well paid for it.'' At various other times, he said the same thing. From 1874 to 1882, my services were worth anywhere