Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-15

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! ovan had NOT turned over to the trus-
tee ali Of his time books and other
help Ste, and that he could not with
any degree Of certainty tell what they
wsre Mr. OyDoHovznv thought, how
eyer, that ne could find the books in
Norwich. 1t was also shown that
Nj. o'Donoyan had oyerdrawn his ac
Norwich for q little over 342, and that
no claim has been presented against
the estate by the bank for the amount
Mr.. O'Donevan's Statement.
As soon as the hearing reopened,
examination by Attorney Thomas ].
Kelley Of OD0ncvan was resumed for
the creditors. Mr.. O,Donovan said
that Walter r. Crzbtree of New Brit
| ain was the architect Of the First dis
tffct school Of Mystic. He had a writ
ten contract and specifications for the
work with the district committee. The
specifications had been changed by
the district. The building In now oc-
cupied for school purposes. being oc-
saPisa IN .anussy yb POSSIBLY s L., by y YER.
he was not positive. Nothing had been
said about accepting the building.
Mr.. Crabtree had notified the trus-
tee. said Mr. Kelley. that there were
numerous defects In the building to
be rectif1ed, such - the pIastering be-
ing badly stained as a result of leaks
in the roof. from not being properly
slated at the right time by Mr. Don
ovan.y MIR. O'DonOvan wanted to see
the work first before he would say
was then Examined at length as to the
various details of the work on the
building, changes in the specifications,
etc Several Of the things referred to
as unsatisfactory by the architect
We're up to the sub-contractors and
was done according to Specifications as
far as possible.
Cheney Claim Considered.
The claim of Frederick A. Cheney
| for $685. was then taken up by Attor-
ney Kelley, he showing a letter re-
ceived by the trustee from Mr.. Che
ney that indicated that the claim was
approximately @313 Mr.. O'Donovan
said that he did not think the amount
There were four notes due Mr.. Che
ney of $50 each and one for $50, all
bearing interest at per cent The
notes had been running since jan
uary Is. 1910. Concerning the claim
or the Norwich Electric company, he
stated that their contract should be
completed before its allowance an
estimated cost of about $50 for work
on the First district school job yet to
be finished The company should also
surrender to the estate the note of
$100 already given them by him.
Indebted to Norwich Bank.
The bank book with the First Ma
tional bank of Norwich showed that
he was indebted to the bank for $42.26,
but this Indebtedness did not show in
the schedule. He thought that the in
debtedness was caused by the banks
taking care of Cheney note for $50
for him. He had made no deposit in
the bank since January 9, 1911. Dur
ing that month he had from Is to 20
men working for him. the men being
Paid practically the entire month by
the Willimantic Lumber & Coal Co.
He said that he did not know how
much he himself had paid for labor
ion that he could find his time books
showing payments to help during that
month.
At this point the examination was
suspended for lunch
Checks Drawn to Cash.
Attorney Kelley resumed the exam
nation at the afternoon session, con-
tinuing with the matter of the time
books and the number CT employees.
From the time books in the hands of
the trustee. Mr.. O'Donovan said that
on December he had paid out approx
imately 81. 47s.71 in wages. Books-sE,''
covered all checks paid except those
made payable to him, and endorsed by
( him and paid out. The book was made
out from the time he went into bank
ruptcy and was taken from his check
(. books Examination showed that his
| check stubs were not properly filed
out. Mr.. O'Donovan said that the
| checks drawn to cash were generally
] for the payroll According to the
,.,nI dVoxx fo,.
roll and you said Mr.. Kelley, have
stated that in that time that you have
/ paid out 81, 400 for pay roll. How do
you account for this?' Mr.. O'Dono-
van said that all checks to cash
! We're on the pay roll. He had given
! figures for pay roll to December "a,
! and Mr.. Kelley was figuring for a week
| after the date the time book showed.
| A check for s45 cash might have been
/ to take cash out OF bank as attach
| nents were coming pretty fast. The
| same reason might also apply to dis
| crepancies between pay roll and mon
| ey drawn out
Arrangements With Bank.
I He said that on one or two occas-
| ions he had had an arrangement with
the bank. whereby he had an account
with them, although it did not show
on the books. the arrangements, if
there was one. had been made with
4 Cashier Hopkins, SO that he could
have personal check covering the
balance in the cashiers hands. He
paid wages in Mystic. sending it there
! on January 1. He was positive that
he had sent It but did not know to
whom, but he believed that the pay
roll book in his possession would show.
Difference Of More Than 5000
| Novernber's account had some checks
| marked pay roll and others not. Mr..
| O'Denovan said that all were for the
same purpose. The total was $2,37S.15
| and he thought that his Novem Der
| time book would show that figure.
| The October account showed cash
checks of $500, but this was not all
earned by or paid to help. The ar
rangement at the bank explained 81
600 of the amount. The $4,000 was
checked out afterwards in smaller
| amounts. Mr.. O'Donovan said that
| this showed in credits on his bank
book, and Attorney Kelley asked him
! to figure it out and show the court
| The books showed a difference of
more than $4,000 between accounts
and checks drawn over deposits. He
! denied having drawn that 81 600 check
| to cash, but Attorney Kelley showed
| him that it had been cancelled by the
bank as in the regular course of bus