Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-27
CLOVES EVIDENCE
He Relates His Experience In
 the Celebrated Case.
DISPOSITIONS IN EVIDENCE

He COMpdny Was AQmlIreQ 10 B6
 Fully Solvent-A Niece of MT Ram
 dolph Sent a Statement Which Was
 Read to The Court-Referred to
 Some One as a Dr1yeling Old Man.
 Mir Gloves was on the stand the, greater part of yesterday afternoon. He recognized q letter as one he wrote his late partner, the deceased Ran- . dolph. In this letter MT Gloves used the expression ''unprincipled competi- tOr,' and said he referred 10 Thomas E. Kent, of the Holmes. Booth x Hay- dens company. F. c. Bates. an attor- ney living in Westborough, Mass, and q judge in the Boston courts was the next witness. He said he knew NIT Miller and was consulted by Mir Boothby, of New York. in regard to settling up the affairs of the deceased Randolph. He consulted with many persons who held paper" belonging to Randolph x Gloves that was long overdue. He also said he was instru-. mental in etfecting the reorganization of the company.
 The deposition of Louis r. Randolph of New York was next read by Att torney Williams. After going into the Randolph family history deposer stat ed he signed a few papers that came from the law office of Warren Booth. by X Warren, who had charge of the interests of some of the heirs of the deceased Randolph. He did not read the papers. nor did he know what was in them. He was not notified that the administrators had sold part of the stock for S1OO.OOO. but heard of the 1o I, when the property should be appraised for taxation.
 A deposition by Attorney Warren. of the above-named firm, followed. This was mainly in regard to the organiZa- tion of the Randolph Cloves company. Mr Warren deposed that $500, GOO was paid by Ar Miller to the administrator to pay off notes, debts. etc. contracted by Gloves and S100.OOO for stock in the concern. The heirs did sign a pa- per empowering the administrator to dispose of certain stock. and also Of certain land belonging to the company in New Jersey.
 A deposition by Mir Boothby. whd drew up the paper just referred to. was also read. This was quite q lengthy document. It concluded with q statement from the heirs that they agreed the administrator should sell the interests referred to to Mir Miller because their counsel, Warren. Booth- by x Warren, approved of such course.
 A deposition by the administrators caused a dispute between the lawyers. The greater part of the afternoons ses- sion Was given up to reading deposi4 tionS.
 The hearing of the suit of George IT. Gloves against the Randolph-. Gloves company and Charles Miller. ct al. for possession of the big factory called after the first named defend- ant was resumed in the superior court this morning before Judge Thayer. 1t was admitted by the defense that the company was fully solvent, and then the reading of dispositions was res sumed The whole morning was taken up in this manner.
 The deposition of Mrs Berckman, who supposed she was a niece of the deceased Randolph, judging from what she heard.'' contained many singular statements. She knew noth- ing about the sale of certain stock by the administrator to Mr Miller. She said that one day ''a driveling old man. whom she afterwards learned was d clergyman, spoke to her about this matter and on another occaSlon when he had arranged to speak to her further about it. he read prayers tQ her.
 The deposition of Charles l.. Keefe. chairman of the board of commerce. of Buffalo. evoked considerable con- tention among counsel. Mir keefe was the one who offered MT Randolph the administrator. $12.000 in cash for 9lu shares of stock. as Mir Gloves agent
 Nr Cloves was on the stand this af> ternoon for the third time. His test1. mony related to the source of the $lz.- GOO which MT Keefe claimed to nave rendered Mir Randolph and later hlm- self had to offer MT Miller on April 30 last year. He said he considered ne had the money in his custody. S'I had it in my hand,' he said, long enough to count Then I handed it back to Mir Keefe and he sent 1t back 10 New York by an express company. He diu not previously inform MT Miller that he would tender him the money on April 30. nor did he know that Mr Mll- Ter was aware he intended pronerIng the money on that day or any othe9-i day. He did not know. he cOntinueds that Attorney Burpee, as representative for MT Niller had endeavored to gec information on this particular matter. The hearing was interrupted at thto point by a wrangle between the coun- sel, the attorneys for the defense ciaim- ing that MT Gloves and his friends de. cided upon offering the money on AprH 90. knowing that Mir Miller would not be in town that day.
 MT Miller was sworn at ; o'clock, He stated in reply to Mir Williams,a questions that he was in the dry goods business, has lived here forty yearAs etc.
 "Are you in any other businessy y has was asked. This seemed to ampaOs MT Miller He smiled and said he dids not thoroughly understand the Quea, ton. Finally he answered that if hav-s ing loaned the Randolph-CloweS Ca money connected him With the bustl ness of that concern he was also inE that business MT Williams asked ans other question to which Mir Miller ai1e swered: T guess it's my money stheEs wanted: they couldn't want me. and X don't suppose they need my brnfn9s This response produced a genex4E laugh, in which Mr Miller joined