The Newtown bee., 1906-01-12
TOWN TOPICS.
 HEARING ON THE ADMISSION d MRS E. J. NORTHROP'S s WILL. CONTINUED ON SATURDAY BEFOI JUDGE BEECHER IN THE NEWTON PROBATE COURT
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ing way when I put tha< on. Am that mood a good many tnes were both "blue" and l th(k.gh' needed chirkiBg up, and l sd joking way. In answer to tne quf Lion, "How many times, if more tn once. had Aunt Emily said that $ would have you Blakeman childT share and share alike?" Mrs Re Sa i'd, "She had told me several times Was that before your brother boaI ed at her house or after rWards?' S told me in the fall when l went the Just before 1 left she wanted some to live with her, and Charlie std there seven yearS." George Beers said: l am the h band of one of the contestants. the time this last will was made lS91) please state what property ' owned. 1 did not have any at tn time
 Cross Examinations: At the til shiS will was made my father was irg. He had farm in Newtov There were three in our family. Sol part of what own l inherited fra my father. had been living at hOJ up to that time. My occupation been that of farming. It was ia lily affair while my father was livi1 had little money, a few hund1 probably. The money was in the bal Had some in the Newtown bank.
 was not all in the Newtown bank. H some in the Bridgeport bank. Migf have had a little in the Danbury ban Could not tell how much. May ha had a thousand dollars in the Ne town bank: not a thousand in t Bridgeport bank. Had no real esta DO notes. Did not have any oth property. l might have had a cou of colts. My father died six years a the 14th of last September. The were three, one brother, a sister a myself. My sister is married to Hen G. Curtis of NewtOwn. He is cod fortably off. My fathers buildin| were fairly good: nothing extra. q not know Reuben Johnson's father.
 Mrs Lillian Dibble recalled: -"W] you kindly state what was your huI oand's financial condition prior to tll last paper:' We weren't So very w( of. think they were as we'll off we were at this time. We lived { the farm with his people. His fatf 0wned the place. His father died. think it is nine or ten years ago.
 died ten years ago: before this VI was made. My husband was one ten children that were living. Tl property was situated in Stony H1 Could not tell how large farm it VI It was pretty good size. Most { Could not tell how Eiany COWS VI kept. If he did not buy things to fe, the stock the farm would not suppd| the stock. Perhaps there are 13 or head of cattle. My husbands fatt| gave everything to his wife. She di| two years ago last spring. She did q make a will. The children are not home. They live in Bethel, Danbg and Naugatuck. Two girls are md ried. The boys are hatters, most them. They have families. Some the children are married, some them are not. None of them live home except my husband s sister: G| makes her home there. My husbal owns the property now. Part he herited, part he bought. A year q he bought the place. was marri| December 15, 1887. He did not hal any real estate when we were marrte| think he had a bank account Danbury. Could not tell how mud Did not see the bank book. Did-n| | care 80yGQlnS aOOuC lC. MO0ey W no object to me so long as he wOu| pass out all I wanted. I don't thil it was 5000.
 Redirect: My husband and his | ther worked the farm together. Aul Emily knew the family we'll and knd was in no better circumstances t6l the others. Aunt Emily gave Ahmed a thousand dollars and fifth of q furniture. l think she thought | needed the money as much as any o1 don't think she knew how muf each one had.
 Virgil Dibble, executor in the vi These papers were handed to me q third day after her death. She dk Monday morning and this was Thu day. My wife handed them to VI They were nicely tied up and plac in 8 basket and covered over. S collected them around the house.
 Documents offered in evidence q classified.
 The case was adjourned to Monda January 15, when the arguments V be made.