The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-20
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
TRUSTEE GREEN OF TRAEGER ES-
TATE QUESTIONED.

Creditors Not Satisfied Walsh Bound
Over In City Court for Obtaining Money
Under False Pretences-In the Other
Courts-Lampson win Contest.
In the probate court yesterday Judge
Cleaveland held a hearing on the report
OF Trustee Green of the Augustus G.
Traeger estate.
Attorneys representing several cred
itors of the estate appeared and SUBJ
jected Trustee Green to a severe exam
nation relative to the management of
the estate. The lawyers who appeared
at the hearing We're Edmund zacher,
Judge Callahan, Isaac Wolfe and j.
Birney Tuttle.
The examination by ]. Birney futile,
representing the firm of A. L. Bartlett
& Co. and other creditors, brought out
the following facts: The real estate
was sold for 100000 to Patrick j. Gro
nan, and the personal property was sold
for $1,000 more. A commission of $640
was paid L. G. Hoadley for making
these sales. Mrs. Traeger was paid
$3.50 for looking after the place for
twenty-five weeks, and received room
and board besides. One hundred dol
lars was paid to servants.
Trustee Green said he refused an Of
fer of $4,000 for the real estate because
he had no confidence in the person
making the offer. The property was
advertised in Boston, New York, New
Haven and other cities.
Attorney Tuttle-"Your account
shows that it cost you $3.50 more to run
the place than you took in. Why did
you continue to run the place at a
| loss?'
Because everybody knows that a go
| ing concern is more valuable than an
idle one
| Judge Callahan, representing William
| Nicely, John j. Dinnan and others, next
took the witness in hand. He asked
why the trustee had not itemi7ed the
the running expenses the same as
other items. Witness said he never
heard of such a thing being done. Then
the bill for attorneys fees, amounting
to $152, was taken up, and Judge Gala
han asked why he should have con-
tracted the debt. He said he had paid
sos to the firm of Hotchkiss & Asher
and $57 to William Wright. This was
| for retainers, advice etc
Judge Cleaveland said he questioned
| whether trustee who is an attorney
| has right to employ the services of
tanother attorney, to be paid out of the
estate.
We'll" replied Trustee Green, Ger
tain people wanted to run the estate
themselves. l was in the firm at the
time, and they wanted the business"
| 1t was agreed that an itemized ac-
count should be made out.
| Trustee Green said he wanted an ear
| ly date, as, he said, he wanted to get
through as quickly as possible.
Judge Callahan replied: Il wished
you had got through long ago, Mr..
Green, as then my creditors might have
got something"
| 1t was finally decided to have the
next hearing on Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
| Attorney Asher took Attorney Green
somewhat severely to task for the allu-
sion, or supposed allusion, made by him
to his firm at the close of the hearing.
Moritz Spier said after the hearing
| that he was the man who offered Trus-
| tee Green $40,0 900 for the Traeger prop
| erty. Il represented a wealthy New
Haven man." he said but Mr.. Green
said he considered the property worth
more than that"
Mr. Spier represented Frank w. Ben
| edict.
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