The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-16

By due process of law" Mrs. Ellen Davidson- a cousin of Sir Alexander Macdonald. premier of Can ada has been deprived of her home and six acres of land in Fairfield avenue near Ash Creek For the want of someone to counsel her in business af- fairs this woman aged nearly 70 years whose first husband. Alexander David son was the business associate of the late George F. Gilman. the American tea king millionaire" was served with a writ of foreclosure a few days ago which means that she is. practically
 The day before the foreclosure was brought fin favor of the City Savings bank and the property sold to H. M. named Sherman Mrs. Macdonald was offered $2. 800 for her equity in the property by. John l.. Parsons. But the aged woman. who Is eccentric in her old age refused the money which would have kept her to the end of her days. She is thought to have had some belief that someone would come to her rescue and she was shrewd enough to know that the value of the property was increasing by leaps and bounds as Bridgeport grew.
 Mrs. Mcdonald had several offers of ss.000 for the property but her esti- mate of the value was SlO,OO0 ana Sne would not sell until she could get that amount
 lived he saw to it that the taxes and expenses of the homestead of the widow of his partner were always paid each year. When he died in 1892 the place was absolutely clear. After that Mrs. Mcdonald needed some advice and she went-to a local lawyer.
 Before she was through the lawyer who was an obscure member of the le- gal fraternity. presented her with a bill for $500 for services Mrs Mac Donald disputed his right to charge so much but the lawyer went to the court and got a judgment with costs. In order to get the money to meet the Judgment and save her property. Mrs Macdonald went to the City Savings Bank and mortgaged her property for S2. 900 Since then the aged woman has been unable to pay any of the in terest to say nothing of the principal She rebuffed all real estate agents who offered her less than s10.O00 for the property.
 moved into a couple of rooms on the second floor anA rented the rest of the house. All the bric-a-brac and fur niture which were remembrances ot her early marriage days were moved into the barn for she would not part with one of the treasures of her mem ory A few months ago the barn or the coach house.. as Mrs Macdonald preferred to call 1t. took fire and all of the heirlooms and remembrances of previous grandeur and prosperity were destroyed.
 When the bank sold the property it was at a private sale and the amount that Messrs. Knapp and Sherman paid for the property Is not known but 1t is understood that there will only be a few dollars after the debts. includ- ing an assessment for the construc- ton of Fairfield avenue trunk sewer. are paid out of the money.
 As the wife of Alexander Davidson who came to Bridgeport 20 years ago the aged owner of the foreclosed prop- erty rode behind her own pair with a liveried coachman and there were few woman who possessed more Style in dress than she. The fine old fashion ed house which stood back from the road on the Boston road and which is now 3196 Fairfield avenue. was one of