The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-12

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A. EsieEbF00k, Ia ius1irs 10 tho parties
a brief ssPlanaiioa slseald h1 tnads'
Yaa said thai no iaKpHtaFy IT tho -
tate Of Ms. EsgeFenseki : husband, 81
which Rsliih =, Childs Is administrator,
Mas lled uHiil last mssih, although MI
Chiids had srVen years 10 MAKE enc,
aud no solilemrnt has yet eeen naie 81
any part 1T the estate, Tho rIehal"
cart anI al persons familiar With The
facts, know that the only PARTIES later
rs,sd Ia the estate ~ George W, Ester
hfaak. al his daerase, aeTe ME-, Ester
hfook aud Mrs, R0iiia - thiids liar
rag the sad event ~ The recent snd
deh death 1T Mrs, Shilds, who TOT
wears had leeh unIemitiine "a her con
stani and laNing care Of hef inNslid
mathrT, she would have hern the Sole
heir ne, only ia Der father : estate, bot
also 10 The estate ~ hrf mother, Mfs'
Nancy A. Esierhteok, II Mrs Ester
brook : decsase. The reason Mr. Ghlids
ala not make such inventory snd settle.
meat Was because - ihe fact that both
Mis-. Chiids and Mn Esterhtoek re
np..tagi him ta leave matters a. they
were aud not make such Inventory aud
settlement. Mr., ohilds has managed
the estate strictly IA accordance ~iih
their expressed wishes.
Ia connection with the statement
that ,Mts, sarah Earle. acting ~
agent for Mr.. Childs, had kept MON
beers of the family from seeing Mrs
Estefhfook, il should be said that
Mrs. Earle came into the Childs Ester,
brook household, after the death OF
Mrs. Childs, at the urgent solicitation
of Mrs. E.,cfhfook, and had been nn.
remittiug ia her tender care of her aunt
both night aud day. In refusing admit
trance Ia bon II. Miller and wife aud
Mrs. Evelyn Smith 10 talk business, not
10 briefly inquire after her condition,
Mrs. Earle acted under the advice OF
the attending physician and trained
nurse. The fact may not be generally
known that Don II. Miller, the peti'
TONER IN the guardianship proceedings,
for 20 odd years had scarcely called
npon his aunt 20 make even friendly
visit. upon which fact she bad often
commented. although be lived all these
wears within five minutes walk of her
home. until the death Of Mrs. Childs,
he then suddenly developed such an IN.
terest in the welfare Of his Invalid
aunt. when the matter Of an inhcrl
lance became possible under the law Of
descent, that during the enforced ab.
sence of Mr.. Childs in the South, where
he was Obliged to so for his health al.
ter the death of his wife. Miller S vas.
its to the aunt became eonspicuousiy
frequent, aud considerable property
was borne away from the home by HIM,
the ownership of which must have ap
reared questionable. After the return
of Mr.. Childs and the unfortunate ae'
eident which has confined Mrs. Ester
brook to her bed, and, while she was
under the care of competent physi
elan and nurses, the visits were re-
peated at frequent intervals, and the
persistence with which the invalid was
annoyed with talks about her property
made it necessary TO shut out the an
noying intrnders.
The repeated attempts TO gain ad.
mittance by pounding on doors and
shouting to the aunt through the win.
dow from the outside are all too well
known to some of the best citizens Of
Brattleboro, living in that vicinity, to
need any comment here.
The statement that sit was also
brought out that she had said that Mr..
Childs had talked mean to her, If the
testimony were true, was introduced, as
stated by the counsel at the hearing, TO
show that Mrs. Esterbrook in her pres
emf enfeebled mental condition, had de.
lusions (and this was after she mad
been wrought up and her enfeebled
mind poisoned by an over-zealous
nephew for the purpose of making out
ease of mental incapacity to manage
her own affairs with prudence and dis
erection, to give the court authority TO
| appoint a guardian, upon the aforesaid
petition of Don H. Miller. Mr.. Chllds
reputation for kindness and his long
years of loving and tender care for his
aged and invalid mother-in-law are all
too well known in this community to
need any defense, and no evidence was
attempted to be introduced at the hear
| ing before Judge Albee to refnte any
such unjust imputations, but they
! were treated with the silent contempt
which such unwarranted Islander al
ways merits.
Yours very truly,
A. p. Carpenter.
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