Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-26
NEWTON IN TOWN.
Doherty and Kilduff Cases Given
Hearing To.Day-That Lease.

State Referee Henry G. Newton was
IN town to-day and held session of
his court In the superior court room.
The first matter taken was Sheriff Do.
herty's petition for a discharge from
bankruptcy. His schedule Of assets
| showed that he held note of Post
master John. Guernsey for $165. Tes-
| tifying on this matter. the sheriff said
that he frequently asked the postmas-
ter to take up his note, but each time
he said it was Outlawyed. : This was
only small part of, what the post
master owes him. How much more
he could not say. The sheriff never
brought suit against Mr. Guernsey to
recover on this note, because he was
too decent to him, he said, andgnot de-
cent enough to himself.
| On one occasion he told Mr. Guern-
sey that his name on the note was
/ either his signature or he, the sheriff,
was forger, and Mr. Guernsey admit
! ted it was his signature. He could not
say If Mr., Guernsey owned property,
but he did know that there was some
on Kingsbury street in his name and
that of Mr. WoOding, Mrs Guernsey's
Raiden name
He also holds a note from John G.
| TWining for $5S3. This was money
| loaned. The sheriff testified that he
has not kept personal check book in
four or five years. While he was in
the brokerage business he kept an
/ agents account, and when he sold that
out he burned the books except that
one. He had that now, he said, and
would get it in five minutes 1t was
| at his home.
Attorney Bronson. who was exam.
lining him on behalf of the creditors,
doubted that he could get the book in
/ five minutes, but the sheriff started off
Il immed ediately and in three minutes was
back in the room with the book.
Mr. Bronson did not get much salts
faction from the check book. Decis-
ion was reserved.
The claim of George C. Kilduff
against the insoIvent estate of e. Ct.
Kilduff s. Co was given a hearing by
Referee Newton In town. Mr. Kilduff
said his claim was for 5000 for wages
due. The concern got into arrears
with him in March. Another claim
was for $500 money loaned
Decision on the claims was reserved,
after which evidence was taken on
Benjamin Witkowski's claims as pur-
chaser of the lease of the premises.
Mr. WitkowskH testified that he did not
know the rent Of the premises when
The bid for the lease, but he considered
the ease would be a valuable one. He
thought the rent was about So, 100. He
did not pay the bid, $12 for the lease,
but some time after the sale he in
quired of the trustee, f. B. O'Neill,
If there was any rent due, and was
informed that the rent was paid up to-
i October 3.
Soon after the sale he was offered
1 500 by an unknown party for the
lease. Isadore Chase offered to buy
it. and Jacob Kaiser, treasurer and
manager of the briggs & Smith Music
i Co offered him 5000 for it and he de-
/ clined. He has not been asked to pay
his bid for the lease. Jacob Kaiser
was called by Attorney Bronson, coun-
sci for the creditors, and he testified
4 that when he offered to buy the lease
Mr. Witkowski told him 1t was not for
sale because he had bought 1t for Mr.
Kilduff.
counsel for Mr. Witkowski, Mr. Kaiser
said he did not understand Mr. Wit
kowsld to say that the lease was not
for sale. but that Mr. Kilduff could
have it de he wanted 1t.
This closed the examination and de-
i cision was reserved There is some
i question as to the power OF the trustee
to sell the lease.
/ Referee Newton approved Of the.
sale of the stock to John L. Sullivan
of Union City for $1,O4O. 1t was ap-
Z praised at $1,0So The trustee was
Attorney J. A. Peasley.
FRENCH CRUISER HERE.
New York, Sept 26.The French
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