The Newtown bee., 1891-09-25


 came in there. I don't remember saying. this morning, l didn't know where it came from. 1 think some of the money was loaned to c. T. Booth. l didn't know it at the time. I don't think Jonas could pay the $3500 and that is where Elon Booths judgment was not good in giving him money. 1 wouldn't have ad- vised it, if 1 had known it. Gregory, Ballou & Go. were at that time abun- dantly able to pay over $3000, but they are a defunct firm now. Know that money was deposited in the Union Trust Co. in 1885. He had no account with the Newtown savings bank or in Bridgeport. at that time. He made deposits in the Union Trust Go. from consultation with me. In 1886, considerable money was loaned to Mir Stahl. Mr Stahl wrote to me. Have not the letters. Some of those letters were handed over to Daven- port & O'Hara in the will case and have not been returned to me. There was an immense amount of them. Think l handed them on the car to Mir Brewster. Think l found them in overhauling some old papers. Didn't expect to find any, because l handed over to Elon a great number of those letters that were of no consequence to me. My drawers were all filled up. My personal care of him, that year, was considerable. Many times, when he would walk up to the store, he would be in such pain and agony from his lame hip, 1 would have my horse harnessed and would either go my self or send one of my boys to take him There is a charge in this bill for the ap- plication of liniment to him when at my store. It occurred frequently. He came into the store and took a bottle and rub bed his hip with it in the boys sleeping room. There was never any account made of it in my books. In 1887, l loan ed to Beldcn Bros., MT Stahl, bought some railroad stock, Lake Shore I think and South Topeka bonds. His money at this time was with the Union Trust Go. and cheeks were drawn on it for the mon- ey. I did the correspondence. Elon signed the cheeks. The personal care of him increased in 1887. He was becom- ing more infirm. I had to rub him with turpentine oftener and carry him home oftener. I expect pay for that now. It is included in this claim. In 1888, he bought bank stock of Mir Willard of Topeka, Kansas. l had charge of his f tLaa
 ion vr his bank account then. Never had him draw checks on his account that amounted to more than his account did. There was trouble in connection with the payment of that stock. When he decid- ed to take the stock, it was just after July and his dividends hadn't come ill and the check was signed for $2000 and, just at that time, there wasn't money enough in the bank to pay the check, but l sent cheeks right off to the bank. Elon's check was going to Kansas and l sent checks to the Union Trust Co.,, his divi- dends, to make his accounts more than good. Received a notice, a few days af- ter, from MT Willard that Elon Booths check had been protested. He wanted me to go to Elon Booth and get him to sign new check and send it on there and see that money enough was put into the bank to make it good. Was surpris- ed, because l knew there was money enough in the bank to pay it, but, on the suggestion of Mir Willard, I did go to Elon and have him send new check. Told him there was some mistake. Did not tell him the actual difficulty at the time. Drew another check for $2OO0, took it to Elon, he signed it and forward ed it to MT Willard. In few days, letter came back to Elon from MT Will lard containing the second check that had been sent. There was some error on the part of the Union Trust Go. They said there was no money there, when there was. Don't know where the fault was. His account was not over drawn by the check he had made. There was more shan enough mon ey deposited there. It had been mailed from here when this check was mailed for Kansas. His dividends never had been mailed. They were to make his accounts good. If they didn't reach there, it was some fault of the mails. Had not used any of his money, without his knowledge, which had overdrawn his accounts. Didn't tell him just the contents of MT Willard's letter then, be- cause I thought it was not necessary. There was mistake somewhere and wanted to rectify it and make the matter straight as soon as possible. Did not call his attention to the fact that there had been draft on the Union Trust Co. against an amount of money not equal to the draft and that the draft had been protested. It never was protested. It was paid that very day. The second me for it and wrote me that the other had been protested. It is fact that it had never been protested. The second check was sent back and the certificate of stock was forwarded. The first check was paid and the certificate of stock for warded all right. Did not take letter addressed to Elon, signed by James M. Turney, in regard to the protesting of this draft, out of the post office, open it, read it and consign it to the waste basket. Had the letter and kept it and afterward made Elon acquainted with the whole transaction. Might not have done it till after James M. Turney had seen Elon. After the second check had been returned, told Elon in regard to the whole matter. Told him that the first check had been paid and it was some CT TOT couldn't account for. Think 1 sent
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