The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-01-12

The hearing on the admission of the
will to probate of Mrs Emily NOrthrOp
was continued, Saturday, before Judge
Beecher. Mr. BotsfOrd produced pa
perS. Counsel for the executors offered
various papers, claiming they were
the private papers of the deceased.
Samuel Botsford, in answer to the
question as to who handed him the
papers, said: l received them from
Mr. Dibble by express. There were
The receipts of the western properties
were in envelopes, and 1 took them.
1 could not state just how long after
the death of Mrs Northrop they were
turned over to me. Mrs Northrop
died the 21st of August. saw the
papers the day after the funeral, at
the house. Mr. Dibble had them in
q basket. Saw them in the basket.
They were put in the basket, packed
Systematically. asked Mrs North
rop before her death If she had men,
TONED any notes in the will. She said
no notes were mentioned in the will.
She appointed me and Mr. Dibble ex-
ecutors of the will. l did not make
Of the mortgage. Saw Mr. Stillson
come in half hour afterwards. In
regard to the will, 1 opened the con-
versation. She said II have no notes
mentioned in the will. Have appoint
ed you and .Verg. executors" That
was about half an hour prior to the
arrival of Mr. Stillson. The whole
amount was S14OO. Did mot pay any
thing that day. Could not tell you.
Think it was the July before the in
terest was due. There was some in
terest due on the amount of the note.
That was paid at the time the whole
note was paid. I cannot tell you the
exact date. Mrs Northrop held q
mortgage against myself on this prop
erty in Palestine and this property
was released for me to sell it. There
was some bills on the mortgage which
was to be taken.
Release from Mrs Emily NorthrOp
to Charles e. Brakeman, dated October
3, 1891, recorded in Volume So, Pages
1904 and S, offered in evidence. Record
was admitted.
MRS LILLIAN DIBBLE SAID
in answer to question: SIN the winter
of 1888, and after the death of your
mother, did you have any talk with
your aunt in regard to the sO-called
Brick house farm?" She asked me If
my father said anything to me about
that paper she had given to my moth
er. She said that it woald do nobody
any good; that it was given to my
mother and after she died it was use
less. That was in February, few
| days after my mothers death. After
Aunt Em1ly's funeral we were talking
about the will and said I thought
Aunt Emily had left queer will.
They both said they thought she had.
told Mrs Botsford how bad made a
that had gone down to Aunt Emily &
to finish it. Mrs Botsford said she
did not think Aunt Emily ever in.
tended to leave Grace and 1 out. She
thought that Grace and L would be
the favored ones. We had been talk.
ing about it before. We had talked
about the contents of the will. Mrs
Botsford .said she thought we would
be remembered il any one was. Sht
said she always thought Grace, An
nette and would get more than any
one else. Mrs Beers was there will
us. Aunt Emily told me that sh'
was the owner of the Brick housI
she could.
MRS Beers produced NEwTowl
AOUOAAOJ AO"01O dy4OA oE31O
call your attention to an issue o
The NEwTOWN BEE, Friday, Febru
ary q, 1891, in the following language
"For Rent-A Farm in Palestine dis
trict of 80 acres of good meadow, pas
ture and wood land. A good House
Barn and other outbuildings. Posses
sion given the first of March or April
Apply to Mrs Emily Northrop, New
town."
Aunt Emily told me that Uncl
John had advised her to sell the place
Think she brought Joseph GOrhan
over there, but that he found anOthe
place somewhere else.
) Cross Examinations: l could not tel
you just what time it was. Shoul
think it was after February. 1 woul'
r not be positive about it. She told m
she should sell it. know she tol
me several times. Could not tell 20
the exact time. There was CONVEX
sation after 81. Could not tell 20
the exact time. I asked her abOu
this paper she gave to my mother
Well, l don't know as it was abou
. selling the house. But she had tol
me she would sell it If she got
chance. l had several conversation
with her since '91. She said she wa
sorry she ever bought the place and
said was, too. Said she would sell
if she got a chance. That was sine
'9l. l cannot state the year. Sine
April, '92, I should think. Don
think she ever said anything to n
about my brother. She leased it
iCho r1io uith tho pri uilouo of h,1 vim