New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
PlafnVille News D|SALL0W BILL FOR
 BOARD AND WASHING
Won't Recognize Woman'S Claim
 for Care of "Pd" Cough|in.
MRS. F. ]. LORD ASKS FOR $l,O4O

Tenant Declares Coughlin Promised to l Give Her 8 House-Baseball Meet
 ing Thursday-Wrong Larson Got i. Draft-Actor Strung Home. | Local heirs of Patrick Coughlin, ] Forestvilles eccentric bachelor, who 1 died suddenly in the Hartford depot some months ago, leaving property worth nearly $65,OOO are interested 1 in a claim for $1,040 presented against his estate by Mrs Frank J. Lord, one 1 of his tenants, who ayers that for eight years she had been feeding him and attending to his wants. The woman has sent in her bill to Ad- ministrator James Cray, but 1t is not believed that he will allow it and the 1 probate court may be asked to ap- l point commissioners to hear arguments 1 concerning its merits.
 Although Coughlin always had 1 tight grip on his purse strings ana l spent barely enough money for the necessities of life, his relatives had no idea that he was as wealthy as ] the appraisers of his estate reported After his death it was discovered that he had nearly $5O,0OO in savings banks besides owning some real estate. l Mrs. Lord was the old mans near 1 est neighbor and lived in one of his houses. In her bill she has charges l for board at $2 week and $1 week 1 for washing besides items for special orders of bread, etc. She offers as a reason for her failure to present bills l to him, an alleged promise that at his death, she would come into pos- session of the house in which she lived. She had been paying $9 a month rental for the place.
 Coughlin died without leaving a l will and as the property will be di- vided among hls natural heirs, etgh- teen nieces and nephews, Mrs. Lord l was advised that she apparently. had no legal chance of getting the house which she says was promised to her and the bill for board is the result Coughlin's relatives plan to contest the woman's claim. Some of them said today that the old man always did his own washing and except for times when he dined with them, he prepared his own meals.
 l Arrangements are now being made to sell property in Plainville, New Britain and Forestville, belonging to the old mans estate in order that a distribution of his wealth may be made.
 Baseball Meeting Thursday.
 Peter N. Prior, manager, today l called meeting of the Plainville Baseball association for Thursday night in the court room in the town hall. At the meeting it will be defi- nitely decided whether the town will have team in the Farmington Valley 1 league this summer. Many of the members are strongly in favor of en- tering the league and if satisfactory arrangements can be made it is prob able that a favorable vote will be taken at the coming meeting.
 Mr. Prior was in Hartford last even ing to attend a meeting of the direc- tors held at the Hotel Garde It was l reported that the league will have either six or eight teams and the rep resentatives from the different towns were enthusiastic over the outlook.
 A Priest 25 Years.
 Rev. Christopher McCann, at one time curate of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, on Monday celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his or I.dination to the priesthood. Father l McCann is now located in North Man chester.
 His parishioners presented him with a substantial sum in connection with the celebration of the anniversary.
 Father McCann was assistant to Rev. H. T. Walsh several years ago and he has many friends among the Catholics in the town.
 Wrong Larson Got Draft. Attorneys for John Larson of Noun tain View are Investigating the dis ] appearance of a money order for l 4,5OO sent to him from Sweden some time ago and the results of the work ! they have done thus far indicates that the not uncommon error of using "Plantsville' in the address instead l of "Plainville" caused the envelope in which the draft was contained to be delivered to another party of the same name.
 The draft was sent to MT. Larson last October but it was not until a few weeks ago that he learned it had gone astray. He recently received a letter from Sweden in which mention l was made of the draft and he at
 once started an investigation to find out what became of it.
 Parties interested in the matter have been reticent concerning the dis position that was made of the order,
 but it is said that MT. Larson's attor- neys have discovered that it was de-
 1ivered in Huntsville to another "John l Larson.'
 Whether it was cashed or not, no
 one appears to be willing to say at