Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-26
SONS AGAINST FATHER.
Application Granted for App
 pointment of Conservator.

The Faber Case Heard Before Judge Benton of Naugatuck in District Court Room To-Day-Dr Mum a Witness, But Refused to Take the Regulation Oath
 Judge Benton of Naugatuck gave a hearing to the petition of Dr George A. and William H. Faber for con servator for their father i'll the district court room this morning. The peti- tiCner was based on general incompe- tency. Attorney Carmody appeared for petitioners and Attorney Cole for the defendant The particular cry of l the petitioners was that their father 1 is under the influence of H. o. Miller l and that i'll consequence he will event
 ually wind up poor man. He is not l by any means rich now, but what he l has will be squandered or lost through
 the influence of Miller.
 l Attorney Cole tried to show that Dr l Faber and his father had had words some years ago and since then the doc l tor is not in good favor with his l father. He also tried to show that l while the sons were getting property 1 from the father he was competent to manage his own affairs but when he
 ceased giving, trouble began between them and this petition is the climax.
 Mir Faber originally owned 3S acres of good land in Waterville Now he owns 30. Prior to the advent of the l trolley in Waterville the property was | worth about $S,OOO; now it is said to l be worth $25,OO0. Recently MT Faber l put reservoir on the land and gave mortgage to Dr Mum for $4 ,O0O at
 six per cent to build it. The sons did
 not think this business movement of profit; they thought sufficient land ought to have been sold to raise the
 necessary money and they were in- l clined to think that this was owing to
 Miller's influence
 Another thing Dr Faber objected to was the influence of his sisters on
 their father. 'He is not the man of
 the house, said he, and he was under
 the impression that MT Miller was in
 collision with his sisters.
 l William Faber said the only means l of support his father had was "a little | business in wood and a few chickens. y
 He considered his father worse off to- l day than before he fell under the in-
 fiuence of MT Miller. He thought his father needs money. Attorney Cole
 brought out that William holds a S2.
 300 mortgage against his father but
 gave nothing in return for it except
 his wages until about 10 years ago.
 Ills father never paid any interest on I that mortgage and defied him to take
 1t to court. William said that he paid
 man S1.50 a day for four months
 and another man $1O q month besides his board to work on the farm and
 these men instead of doing what they were paid for worked on MT Mfller's new house. He did not consider MT
 Miller competent to manage the prop erty. Williams house is built on his
 fathers property, but he never paid
 anything for the lot though he i9 4,,D-
 posed to pay $500 for it some tiI H. M. Rigney considered MT r.. CT competent.
 l MT Faber said he knew MT Miller
 long time and had every confidence l in him. He told about the under
 standing between him and his son Will
 liam regarding the S2,5OO morteage
 on which there was to be paid no in terest. William did help him q good |
 t9 have any great regard for the doc tor. Attorney Carmody asked him if
 he knew the difference between war
 ranty deed and a quit claim deed; a bond for deed, and other legal pa- pers, and he said he did not.
 The next witness was Dr $. B.
 Mum. He declined to take the GUS tomary oath, but instead made affirma-
 tion that lie would tell the truth in
 the matter in issue. He said that pr
 Faber practiced medicine in his office l and graduated in Chicago. He be-
 lieved that Miller was faithful to MT
 Faber's interests and that while Mr
 Faber might easily be influenced. he
 made good selection in MT Miller for his business agent. He knew that only for MT Miller. MT Faber and his
 wife would be>Nithout a home be-
 cause of the schemes of the petition
 CTS. And if MT Faber did not know the difference between the various
 kinds of deeds his wife was an edu-
 cated woman and knew all about
 them.
 Mir Miller testified that all the l trouble was brought about by Dr Fa-
 Der trying to get all the property
 away from the old couple. Very lit
 tie land was sold in Waterville during
 the past eighteen months, and any
 way it was very difficult for him to sell any of MT Faber's lots because of
 the stories circulated by the petition ers.
 Judge Benton lost no time in decid- 1 ing the case. He determined that q
 conservator was necessary. This am
 nouncement caused the greatest sur
 prise. Indeed, from the excitement it caused it could be called a sensa- tion. Attorney Cole broke loose in a 1 terrible manner and Dr Mum went
 for his former pupil in a surprising
 manner. Then everybody began to ! speak at once and such confusion was never before seen in that court room Attorney Cole said he would lick the
 "stuffin's, out of Attorney Carmody
 when he gets him into the superior lcourt, and Attorney Carmody threat ened Attorney Cole with Attorney Wood The lawyers could not agree l upon a conservator, notice of appea was given and the selection of CO.'S seryator was deferred to another time 1 FRENCH BATTLESHIP HERE. l New York; May 26-The French bat tlashin GaufOis, Admiral Fournier, iron -s< 4o1 <>ff 1n fm1