Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-21

! these four shares were sold by ThOmp-
/ son through Estcrbrook & Co.. receiv-
| ing for them a check to his order for
! $42l.67 in payment: that the signature
! of Mrs. Goodhue on the back was in
! the handwriting Of Charles II. Thomp-
! son. and that it was witnessed by
! Charles II. Thompson
\ list of bonds owned by Mrs. Good
! hue was then taken up and gone
through in detail. Mr. Goodhue testi-
! fed that he knew these bonds were
in his mothers safe deposit box prior
to 1896. OF this list those about which
question was raised were:-
/ % Two Northern Pacific bonds of
$1,000 each which were not returned
to the Goodhue heirs.
(2) Mrs. Goodhue held five deben-
ture bonds of the New England Loan
! & Trust company. The receivers of
that company issued receipts to take
UP these bonds. The receipts for Mrs.
Goodhue's bonds were made out in the
name of c. II. Thompson. Four of
them were turned over to the plain
tiffs. 1t was Thompsons statement
that for the fifth bond no receipt was
issued because it was of a different
series. 1t appeared that he had dis
posed of this bond for about Sis
go An Adams county bond of $1,000
was not returned.
(i) Two Pleasant township bonds
of $500 each were not returned.
(5) Two Rice county bonds of
$1,000 each were sold by Thompson in
March. 1900. for $20S2. and the pro
ceeds came into his hands.
(6l A city of St Paul bond of
$1,000 was sold Dec Il. 1900 for
S10S4.33. and the proceeds came into
Thompsons hands.
90 Two South Omaha bonds of
$1,000 each We're sold for s2036, and
the proceeds credited to the Peoples
bank account.
(S) \ Houston & Texas bond of
$1,000 was sold for s1O2S.75 and the
| cash came into Thompson's hands.
90 A city of Duluth 4 per cent
gold bond (already mentioned) was
never delivered to the plaintiff. he
never saw it, and does not know what
became of it.
All other bonds and stocks in the list
were either returned or accounted for.
Mrs. GOodhue's mortgages were then
| taken up. 1t was stated that Mrs
Goodhue held Western mortgages
placed through Chandler & Company,
Chicago. the New England Loan &
| Trust company. and 4. F. & L. f. Kel-
ley. At this point Mr. Fits said that,
| to save the time of the court. the de-
! fendant would prepare a typewriter
| list of these mortgages. with all trans
actions thereon. to be entered on the
| records as part of the exhibits, the
| plaintiffs TO do the same. 1t was
1 1 NJ. 1 l..
an adjournment was taken.
At the Thursday morning session
this list was submitted and its sub
stantial correctness agreed to by both
! sides. the only counter claim made by
the plaintiff being that a few small
| payments had been omitted.
At the afternoon session, after the
| introduction of minor points of evil
dence. the plaintiffs rested and Mr..
| Fits began the cross-eXamination of
Francis Goodhue, ir. The points were
| brought out that Mr.. Goodhue's
mother had been in feeble health for
several years before her death in 1901.
! The trouble was a gradual disintegra-
ton. After about the year 1895 she
was not mentally capable of doing
business. Three months before Mrs.
were appointed her guardians. The
son was here several times each year,
and the daughter spent some time
here once or twice each year. The
mothers estate amounted to about
$4,000. Francis Goodhue, sr.. had
kept her accounts and had had gen
eral charge of her property the same
as of his own. The security book,
book of account and other financial
books and papers were kept in draw
ers in the secretary in the library.
The son. when here from time to time,
had looked over with his father the
affairs relating TO his mothers estate.
His father had the key to his mothers
safe-deposit box. When they looked
over the securities they used to go
to the Vermont National bank together
for this purpose. The bank account
in the mothers name was kept in the
Peoples bank. Goodhue sr. was ac-
customed 10 draw checks on his wife's
account.
After Goodhue. jr. took his mother S
affairs into his own hands in May,
1901, he discovered that all the vouch-
ers or returned checks, account books,
letters and papers pertaining to the
affairs of his father and mother had
disappeared. The date of disappear
ance could not be given, but 1t was
some time between 1896 and May 16
1901 Careful search was made for
these books and papers, but without
result All that remained was a few
checks and a stub book showing GER
tain small payments. The father had
no idea where the books and papers
had gone.
1t was understood that Goodhue, ST,
was handling Mrs. Goodhue's property
Just as he was his own, except that he
would advise more with the children
I about the mothers affairs than about
; his own. But until May, 1901, there
, were no legal steps to take the con
, troll of the property away from the
{ father. The household expenses were
! paid mostly by .GoOdhue, ST., in cash
/ In a general way, the mother paid the
p household expenses, and the fathel
paid the expenses of the stable anC
the servants. The bank books had dis
f appeared with the other books anC
= papers. The father had a book con
| tanning a list of securities which alsC
5 disappeared. C. H. Thompson's bool
! of account could not be found. Book
S and papers up to 1895 were all in OF
2 der. as the senior Goodhue had al
e ranged them. but nothing could b,
. found after that. The hunt for thes
Y | hooks and Dapers WAS made becauS