The Newtown bee., 1891-05-22
FAIRFIELD.
William R. Jones is, recovering from severe attack of grip.

upon nm, Railroad Promoter GeOfSe u. Chapman of Mill Plain remains appar- ently unruff1ed. The Ohio judgment of $10,000, from payment of which Chap man has demurred time and again and before which he has thrown various le- gal stumbling blocks, has been granted by Judge John M. Hall of the Superior court. It is the judgment obtained against Chapman in Cleveland, Ohio, and again in New York, by John l. Throck- morton, for services performed by Throckmorton for Chapman while the latter, years ago, had the contract to build the Scioto Valley railroad. Some time ago. Lawyer John L. Morehouse of Morehouse, Bartlett & Wakeman, filed an attachment of $20O0O on the "Rock- ery," though it stood in the name of Lu cia I. Chapman, wife of the contractor. Mir Warehouse had been retained by Throckmorton and, Friday, Judge Hall issued an order for judgment of $l1 ,64l :. A judgment lien, foreclosed after the manner of a mortgage, will now be se- cured. The case will probably not come into the courts until Fall. Chapman will set up as defense that the Rockery and property bought subsequently, was ob- tained with Mrs Chapman's own money and not subject to judgments obtained against him; while the prosecution will try to prove that it was bought with money given Mrs Chapman by her hus- band, that his creditors might be unable to obtain their dues. The prosecution will cite the statute providing that such transactions, if made for the purpose of fraud, are void and will ask that Chap man be made to pay. Mir MOrehOuse has instructions to obtain the best legal tai ent in the State and Judge Glover will doubtless do the same. Several other at tachments on the place fail, if this does, or will be satisfied, if this is. The larg- est is an attachment for $S0,000, recent ly put upon the property by Prof Simeon E. Baldwin of New Haven, counsel for the Ilousatonic road, to satisfy judg- ment of ST 1000 obtained years ago, on Chapman's contract to build the New Haven and Derby road. Builder William F. Jcssup of Bridgeport also holds me chanics' lien of $G000 on the property for work done, a couple of years ago, in re- modelling the Rockery.
 Arguments in the MolOney bond mat ter were heard in the Superior court room, Bridgeport, as by agreement, be- fore Judge Thayer, Attorney Stoddard, who appears for the bondsmen collective ly, had recovered from grip and the ques- tion of the legality of the vote of the special town meeting to release the bonds men was argued. Those who deny the power of the town to release the bonds were represented by Lawyer Bacon Wakeman, who made the opening and closing arguments. His argument was divided into three heads and he made the points that a town has no right to release bonds, citing a case where the courts de- cided that the town had no right to abate tax, the taxpayer being abundantly able to pay. His second point was that all powers given town were statutory and that the statutes allowed no such re- lease. Again, town having once ap- plOprlated money to one purpose, could not use it for another purpose. Attorney Stoddard's argument was scholarly pro- duction, though dealing somewhat in ''glittcring generalities.' He cited a New Hampshire case where a town had been allowed to release bills, upon cer- tain conditions being fulfilled; but, in his last argument, MT Wakeman held that this was not parallel case and had nc bearing upon the subject in hand. Judge Ihayer reserved his decision and it was expected that he would announce it, last Friday, short calendar day; but Judge Hall presided in his stead. This decision simply settles the question as to the le- gality or illegality of the vote taken at the special town meeting to release the bondsmen of Daniel -Moloney from re sponsibility for the deficit of $2072 found in MOloney's accounts. The real fight to obtain payment of the bondsmen, ther comes on. It will be stubborn and pro tracted, for the bOndsmen are generally understood to be of one mind regarding the payment of these bonds and one o1 them said to BEE reporter that he would not pay his share until it became neces
 sary for him to do so at the end of an ex ecution. The possibility of collecting from the estate of Samuel Pike is ques toned, the estate, on which his son, Towl
 Clerk F. M. Pike, is administrator, hay
 ing been closed and no bill for his shar of the deficit having been presented dur ing the six months in which the estat was unsettled.
 Up to the middle of May, 132 dogs Ina, been licensed in town, out of about 400 . During this week, however, they hay been coming in more rapidly. Many pa.
 their dog license with the town tax an, ; all who fail to do so by June l will re ceive gentle reminders from the tow
 clerk.
 Mrs Harriet Burr, widow of the lat Curtis Perry, who died, last week, at tn , age of 70, was one of the older resident of the town, and was held in respect b, many friends. She had been in poo
 health for some time, but her death wa
 unexpected. Since the death of her bus
 band, some years ago, she has made he home with her son, Granville Perry ant
 the funeral was attended from the house Friday at 3 30, Rev MT Child of the Con gregationalists conducting services. MT
 Perry was a constant attendant of tn
 Congregational church and her daugh
 ters have been prominent in church work
 She leaves three sons and three daugh
 torr nd Io,....xr