The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-29

several thousand dollars from the.
I Judgment against Lucerne county.
( Pa"
rJust before the case was tried in
Scranton" the witness said. Il remem-
| Der Mr. RadtOrd coming to our home
TO talk over the business. My mother
and my sister. Mrs. Gilman, We're
I present 1 asked Mr.. Radford what
father would receive from the judg.
ment, and he said he could not telb
1 exactly, II would depend on the costs
but II would be several thousand dol
I lars" M
Mrs. Gilman. who lives at No 623
SecOnd-ave., gave much the same tes
I timony as her sister. She mentioned
several conversations with Radford,
when, she alleges. he told her and
others In her presence. that Col Ny
ers would receive between 5000 and
| $4,000 out OF the litigation with Lu.
cerne county.
II heard my mother ask him. Mrs
Gilman said, and he told her that
/ my father would receive several thou
sand dollars, and thar the amount
would have been much larger III the
| lawyers In Scranton had not charged
/ SO much. | heard him say several
times that the Scranton lawyers
! charged too much
Did you ever have any conyersa-
ton with Mr.. Radford regarding the
assignment OF your brothers half
I share In the claim OF yli,0002'
Yes Mr.. Radford told me more
than once that he took my brother s
share simply to secure the claim for
my father"
Mrs. Gilman admitted she knew
nothing of her fathers private Dusi-
ness with Radford, OF the amounts her
! father borrowed, ncr of the advances
Radford claims TO have made.
! She told OF being in Radford's Office
once when he borrowed $1,000 from
! her mother"
He gave note TO secure the debt.
didn't he" Attorney Weadock asked.
Yes"
And he paid the note when it was
due. didn't he?"
Il think he did" the witness replied.
Mrs. Gilman said she had frequently
| heard her father ask Radford for a
statement of his account. but the lat
ter always claimed TO DO too busy 10
attend To it,
The animosiy OF Mr. Gilman. the
plaintiffs sonin-law. against Radfori
was shown IN his answer To the frst
question.
do you know Mr.. Radford?" he was
asked.
! Yes, | do, | am sorry to say" he re-
Piled with considerable emphasis on
| the sorry. Il had a little dealing with
! him and he tried to rob me" The wit
ness became very excited during this
/ brief speech. arose In the witness box
ard pointed his finger at the attorney
under fire, but the latter maintained
the same contented expression that
has never left his face since the trial
started.
Early in his examination Mr.. Gill
man referred TO statement OF "a
count he had received from Radford,
and every time he looked at II. he be
came more angry. Trouble was ex-
perienced by both attorneys In getting
an answer to questions. The state
ment showed Mr.. Gilman to be in
| Radfords debt over $500, but Gilman
admitted he hadn't paid a cent OF IL,
and wouldn't as long as he lived.
And you fixed your property SO
he couldn't collect, didn't you?" Mr.
| Weadcck asked
My property is held Jointly with my
wife" was the reply.
1t came out during the examlnaSi-
that Radford has acted as attorney foi
Gilman i'm two lawsuits, one against
| his daughter for the setting aside of
deed and the other against his part
ner In one of these cases, the wit
ness said, the lawyer had told him the
tosta would not be over $500 In any
event. and probably in the neighbor.
hood % $500, but he sent In bin for
] Sl.70G
! Mr.! Gilman gave much the same
testimony as his wife regarding con
| yersations with Radford, In which h
said the later stated that Col Myers
would receive about $4,000 out OF the
! LucCrna county claim.