The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-02

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 Arena Settlement = Re
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 Between Lawyer Foes.
 During the hearing of charges against Attorney F. B. Fallon before the grievance committee of the Faif field county bar. this morning, MT. Fallon criticized the committee and intimated that Charles S. Can Attorney Garfield characterized the as- sertions as impertinence.
 The committee held the hearing in public in the Criminal Superior court room. The case was called ostensibly to give Mrs. Carl Benedetto of 5s9 Maple street a chance to testify to her Attorney Fallon, in settling a damage claim for her, failed to pay pr. Tukey, a bill for $10 which she contended he had agreed to pay.
 After hearing Mrs. Benedetto, ant several other witnesses in the Rene detto case, a surprise was sprung by the committee. which produced evil dence to show that Attorney Fallon had charged $500 to settle damage suit for the heirs of VincenZo Arena, an Italian killed at Canton, Pa, and that all the heirs received was $50.09.
 Attorney Fallon, in explaining the case, said that the accounting made to the probate court showed that his fee was $500, and that he had made the accounting as the result of an agree ment with the attornev of the heirs, but that he held a receipt showing that he had paid the heirs, through Attor- T1au r. Pnxr al fO, f !, Italian Consul at New Haven, the sum of $50. He had paid the extra hun dred because he thought that $50 was not the proportionate share the mother, and sisters of the dead man should receive.
 After hearing the witnesses in the Benedetto case MT. Garfield said that he had the case of Vincenzo Arena to bring up. General Russell, the second member of the committee, asked if MT. Fallon was ready to go on.
 MT. F'allon replied: we don't need any time to prepare any evidence in this case. It is in keeping with the previous proceedings of this character. I have never been given an oppor- tunity to prepare any case here. Once T was told to come and answer to the charge of unprofessional conduct, and bring my witnesses. Nothing said about the case. It seems to be the de- sire of Mr. Canfeld to have me taken by surprise" N~- E F----s-
 The first witness was Assistant Clerk John Smith of the Probate court, hands of the committee and testified that they were the administration pa pers of the estate of Vincenz Arena
 MT. Garfield described the papers. He stated that the first was the ap- plication for letters of administration filed by Fortunate Cavello, agent for Concetti c. Arena, of Italy, mother of the deceased. The second document G-l, bod haaT appointed administrator. The third was the inventory showing that $500 had been received as a result of the settlement of a damage claim The fourth was a specified list Of claims, showing there had been no damage claims of an ante-mortem nature, and the fifth was the administrators ac- count showing that $1. .25 had been paid for advertising; s25 as the administra- tors fee; $32. 40 as a probate fee; $4l26 for expenses to Fortunate Cavello; s150 to EIorfndo F,arese for services rendered.; $500 to F. B. Fallon as per agreement, for services, leaving $oO.OS for distribution among the heirs.
 MT. Garfield said that the date of as entered was June 3, 1908; that Judge Nobbs had felt disqualified to sit on the case and that Judge Ea- more S. Banks of Fairfield had acted in his place.
 not act?' asked MT. FaIlon.
 .'I am reading from the record, re- piled MT. Garfield.
 well I will give you the reason later on," said HIT. Fallon.
 Assessor David Fenelon was called as a witness. He said that Fortunate Cavello had come to him and asked his help to get some money that Was to him from the Arena estate. FeneIon said that Cavel1o did not speak good English so he had talked with him through Antonio Abriola; He learned that Cavello had incurred an expense of $40 or more on a. trip to Pennsylvania to get the particulars regarding the death of Arena He had been accompanied by FIorlnoo F,arese, a. foreman in the street de- partment He understood that Cav elIo had paid the expense of both men, He understood Cavel1o claimed to have papers from Italy giving him power of attorney to act in the matter. AS Cayello said he could not get his money MT. Fenelon said he spoke to Judee Nobbs about the matter at the request of Ca;vello and the judge had told him to file bill of particulars,
 Attorney E1bert o. Hull, who ap- peared for MT. Fallon, asked if the six months allowed for the presenta- ion of claims against the estate had expired at the time Cavel1o came to had not expired.
 Attorney Robert H. Gould was the | next witness. He had been engaged in the past as counsel for Cavello to contest the settlement of the Arena estate He was asked to place the | power of attorney received from It. | aly, by Cavello, before the committee. | He did so and also gave the commit lee what he had been given to under | stand was a translation of the docu- | ment.
 Antonio A. Abrio1a, the State street | barber testified that he had been in his city since 1897. He said that he | lad been to Judge Nobbs with Cavel- | O about getting more than the $50.O9 l .or the heirs. and that the judge had told him that he could do nothing un- l fer the power of attorney from Italy l IS had given his power away when | ne had MT. Brown appointed admins l trator. Cavello, who was a tailor by | trade, had saved s1.20O in three years and wanted to go back to Italy. He | said that he was afraid he would be | killed if he went back to Italy with so |
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