New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Discontinue Contest to Collect
 From H. M. CIayton's Estate.
VICTORY FOR ADMINISTRATOR NEAL

{ Claims Had Been Disallowed by Com missioners-Appeals Were to Have
 Been Heard in Superior Court 1 RunaWays Are in Utica.
 l Closing the final chapter in the l protracted fight of creditors to annex liberal slices of insurance money be- ]! longing to the estate of H. Manning 1 Clayton, George J. Lessard and E. 1 Alexis Taylor of Bristol have with 1 drawn their appeals from the decision 1 of the commissioners, who diSalloWed 1 their claims, and Administrator K. $. 1 Neal is now preparing to file an ac- ] counting with the probate court. l Notice of the withdrawal of the appeals was received from the admin 1 istrator this morning by Judge George l R. Byington The appeals were to come ] up before the superior court at the present session and Judge Cooper had 1 been retained by the administrator to represent the estate. Judge w. J. | Malone of Bristol was counsel for l both Lessard and Taylor.
 1 With some other bills the claims in 1 Condell and Judge Thomas Welch l who acted as commissioners, on the l grounds that they had absolutely no l standing. Taylor sent in a bill for royalties on a hand soap which Clay 1 ton manufactured. He claimed he | had a verbal contract with the de- ceased manufacturer. The commis- 1 sioners reported that Lessard's claim i had some merit as far as debt was 1 concerned, but they ruled that it should be paid by the Gridley Realty I company and not MT. Clayton. The 1 latter had borrowed some money from Lessard to be used for the Grid ley Realty company, with which he was connected, and gave a note of the corporation as surety. The com | pany argued that it was a personal debt and the company should not be held responsible for it.
 Although bills for over $11 1000 had been filed against the estate, the com missioners allowed claims of less than $2,000, leaving over $6,00O for MT. Clayton's heirs. The report of the commissioners and the with drawal of the appeals is a complete vindication of C1ayton's business deal ings, the character of which was ques- toned after his untimely end. It IS also a victory for Administrator Neal who: vigorously resisted the efforts Of the creditors to raid the estate.
 Judge Neal said today that some 1 of those who presented substantial claims against the estate were really in C1ayton's debt at the time of his death and had they owned anything attachable,, he would have brought suit i against them to force a settlement
 Runaways in Utica.
 Friends of the families have located Eugene Parkinson and Paul Leonard
 two local youngsters who had an at tack of wanderlust, in Utica, N Y., where it is said both are now work ing The boys left their homes a. few days ago and their relatives have been greatly worried over their l absence.
 Parkinson is now a "bell hop' in a 1 Utica hotel and Leonard is employed in a store, according to advices re- ce1ved here last evening.
 l At the Churches.
 Congregational-The pastor, Rev. F. L. Grant will speak at the morning service on the subject: Where Is Christ's Kingdon?' This is a special l Palm Sunday sermon.
 1 Advent Christian-Rev L.. F. Baker 1 will occupy the pulpit at the morning service. His subject will be "The Parable of the Ten Virgins When 1 Fulfilled" In the evening at z to China who is now on a furlough 1 will give a talk on the work in the Orient.
 Methodist-Rev. G. B. Thurston, who this week was appointed pastor of the local Methodist church., suc- ceeding Rev. s. E. Lawson, will con- l duct services tomorrow. He is ex- pected to preach both morning and evening. Episcopal-Holy communion will be celebrated in the Church of Our Saviour at 10:45 in the morning. At the evening service, Rev. John H. Jackson of Hartford, will give the sermon.
 Commissioners to Meet.
 The commissioners having in charge the disbursement of the money in the Strong fund will meet Monday even ing and will probably initiate Rev. G. !. B. Thurston, who by reason of his ap- pointment to the pastorate of the Methodist church, becomes member of the board. According to Mir. Strong's will, the pastor of that church is to serve on the board with a Con gregationa1 and Baptist minister and
 a republican and democratic layman.
 The board has had busy winter, an exceptionally large number of
 applications for help having been re-
 ceived from the poor of the. town.
 The commissioners have co-operated
 with the selectmen in relieving the
 conditions of the unfortunate and