Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-03-14

| Louis Crone OF Halifax was brought in
| Ia court Friday morning and, on advice
of his counsel, j. G. Martin, pleaded |
iguilty to an information filed against |
| him by States Attorney Weston for steal |
| ing horse from Elroy A. Kenney at |
IGuilford January Is last. He was SEN |
fenced by the court to state prison for a |
term of not less than four years nor more |
than five years.
ltleboro VS.. Knott & Closson, the former
Burlington brokers, was tried by the |
court Friday, the defendants, who had |
RETAINED formidable array of counsel |
making no appearance. 1t was an action |
| to recover the balance belonging to |
plaintiff in the hands of defendants at |
| the time of their failure. 1t appeared |
| from the plaintiffs testimony that he |
purchased cotton in the season of 1899 |
| through the defendants as brokers' He
finally decided to close his transactions
land ordered all the cotton sold and the
proceeds RENTED to him. The defend
| ants sold the cotton as directed, advised
plaintiff of the amount of the proceeds,
lbut neglected to pay him the same, al
Though payment was several times de-
manded. The failure of the defendants
soon followed. The court rendered
Judgment for the plaintiff to recover
lS110334, the amount of his funds in de-
lfendants hands, and adjudged that said
amount was held in fiduciary capacity,
that the cause of action arose from the
Iwilful and malicious acts of the defend
ants and that they ought to be confined
in close Jail. Fits for plaintiff.
The Long will case. This was con
test over the will of the late Daniel Long
of Brattleboro. The will was dated
August 2, 1898. He left widow and
four children and an estate of about $13,-
loco. The will gave the life use of the es-
tate to his wife, Bridget; at her deceaSe
| 81 600 to his son, Daniel r.. $1,000 to his
daughter, Mary, and the balance of his
estate to his daughter, Bridget, and son,
Patrick j., in equal shares.
The son, Daniel r., contested the will
for himself and sister, Mary. He al
| legged that the making of the will was
brought about by the undue and sinister
influence of his sister, Bridget, and
brother, Patrick, who is Catholic priest
| located at Proctor, VT. Daniel r. is,
and has for some time been in the real
estate business in West Superior, Wis.
The sisters, Bridget and Mary, are both
unmarried. After the proponent had
proved the due execution of the will, the
contestant, Daniel r., took the stand
and testified fully as to all the family
relations and his fathers business af-
fairs He testified to and introduced a
lvoluminouS correspondence between
himself and the other members of the
family, particularly his brother Patrick.
He claimed that for two years or more
previous to the making of the will Pat
rick and Bridget had persistently under
taken to deceive him as to his fathers fl
nancial situation, to make him believe
| his father was poor and to turn his father
lagainSt him. Before this witness had
closed his testimony the court took re-
cess until Saturday morning, and during
Friday evening settlement was effected.
By the the terms of the settlement the
will is allowed to stand formally but all
| the parties enter into stipulation
whereby each of the children is paid
81 900 and the balance of the estate is
placed in trust for the support of the
widow and two daughters during their
lives; at their decease to be distributed
according to law
Fits and j. l.. Martin for contestant.
Haskins & Schwenk and Cudworth for
proponent.
! r. E. Gordon has been agreed upon as
| trustee under the terms of the stipula-
| ton.
! The case Albert j. Greenwood VS.
Charles B. Doane and j. A. Muzzy, an
action on bond, went on trial before
jury Monday afternoon and is liable to
be the last jury trial of the term, all
others being reported in fair way for
settlement or continuance.
1t looks as if the large docket would
60 over to the September term unless, as
seems probable, many of the cases are
settled by parties in interest Already
there have been a number of settlements
which has considerably smixed up the
| order of things and left the day of adj
journment quite uncertain.