The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03
OVERALL co. SUED
FOR BACK TAXES
Suit for $4,000 Filed Against
Hooker, Corser & Mitchell Co.
PAPERS SERVED YESTERDAY

Said 10 Have Been Secured from Tes-
timony in Suit Against Hooker, Cor
ser & Whitaker.
! A suit 20 recover back taxes to the
amount Of $4,000 was brought yesterday
afternoon against the Hooker. Corser &
Mitchell company by the town OF Brat
tleboro. The papers were served upon the
officers Of the company by Deputy Sheriff
/ Chauncey l. Knapp. A. p, Carpenter,
town counsel, and II. G. & F. E. Barber
are attorneys Of record for the town. The
writ is returnable at the April term of
! Nindham county court.
In plea of the case the plaintiff sets
/ forth that the defendant was engaged on
the first of April, 1904, in the business OF
manufacturing and selling overalls and
similar garments, and that in excess OF any
and all debts and obligations allowable IN
offset against taxable property the de.
| fendant had large amount of personal
property, such as materials used in the
manufacture of its goods. manufactured
goods, fixtures in the plant, cash, trade
marks, bills receivable and other goods
and property to the amount of S20O,OOO.
The plaintiff claims that all of the prop
erty thus enumerated on the above date
was subject and liable TO taxation IN the
/ town OF Brattleboro and that it was the
duty of the defendant to make and de-
liver to the listers OF the town OF Brattle-
horo a true and correct list and descrlp-
4 tion of all OF its taxable property. The
4 plea sets forth that notwithstanding its
duty the defendant wrongfully and traudu-
i la,+l.r tptanHipu 10 lpfrauI flp plalDtItf.
wrongfully represented to the listers that
the inventory of 5000 made by the de.
| fendant was full, true and correct list OF
all of the taxable property OF the defend
ant. Ii is claimed by the plaintiff that
only a small part of the taxable property
of the company was given in the inven-
tory. The plaintiff AYERS that it had no
knowledge or means of knowing that the
representations made in the inventory OF
the defendant were false and that the de-
fendant well knew that such statements
as were made a part of the inventory of
the defendant were false The first count
of the writ sets forth that the town OF
| Bratleboro is entitled to $1,000 back
taxes for the year 1904. There are seven
counts in the writ, each alleging S2,ooO
due the town. The counts cover the years
from 1904 to 1910, inclusive.
Though no reference is made in the
writ as to the source of information IRON
which the selectmen gained their alleged
knowledge of the financial condition OF the
company il is an open secret that the
evidence given in the chancery proceedings
now in progress between the Hooker, Cor
ser & Mitchell company and James +.
Hooker, W. II. Corser and c. ID. Whita-
ker disclosed to quite an extent the imam
cial strength of the company at different
periods in its history since 1904.
II. G.. Barber, associated with Mr.. Car
penter in the case as attorney for the
town of Brattleboro, stated last evening
that the selectmen had had this matter
under consideration for several years and
that in view of the evidence given at the
recent chancery hearings the town officials
felt that it was incumbent upon them to
bring this suit.
The Rialto block in Montpelier which
rested on abutments over the Worcester
branch of the Winooski river, was destroy
ed by fire at noon Wednesday, entaillng
pronertv loss to owners and occupants OF
S25. 600. Following the devastation by
flames the structure collapsed and fell into
the river Four firemen who were on the
roof when the building started to collapse,
barely escaped in time. Nobody was in
jured.
Fred Luce of Waterbury, 40, commit.
ted suicide Saturday morning by drink.
ing carbolic acid at the Jones farm on
Gregg hill near Waterbury Center. He
had been employed on the farm for
several years, and started out Saturday
morning as usual to do his work. When
he failed to appear. his wife went and
found him lying in the corn barn un-
conscious.
The $100,000,000 fortune of Mrs.
Hettv Green, reputed to be the richest
women in the world. has been turned
over to her son, Col Edward H. X.
Green, iovial shrewd-minded bachelor
of A years, whom she sent to, Texas
as Young man to shift for himself.
Mrs. Green has for years owned pro,
perty in Bellows Falls and called that
village her residence till displeased at
the amount of property the local listers
put in her tax list.
With large hole in his chest, the
lifeess body of Bertrand E. Denno, l9,
of Milton, was found hanging over
wire fence on the Francis Kinney farm,
about 9 'clock Friday night. Denno:
who was employed by w. P. Garabee, OF
Milton Center, started out Friday
morning fox hunting. When his dog
returned at night without him, MT;
Garabee and Cal Farnsworth started
ont with lanterns. and tracked the
Young man until they found his hodv
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