The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-01
BILL OF PARTICULARS.
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the times and places and circumstances of
their occurrence, but space limitations
forbid the publication of more than a
few of them. 1t is the hope of the petit
TONERS to have master appointed toI
hear the evidence and make report to
the supreme court.
Answering the question as to the dates
when and the names and addresses of
those who have not been supplied with
sufficient and proper relief and support,
| the bill gives u names, with addresses
AMI dates 49,.
Iwenty-six names and addresses, with
dates, are given in reply to the question
as TO whom the trustees have neglected
or refused to aid.
| In reply to the query as to whom the
trustees have doled out sums entirely in
sufficient properly to relieve the bene-
ficiaries IA names are given.
| As to the question of to whom the
trustees have stated that they would be
guided by certain rules in giving aid
the petition gives 10 names and dates.
Twelve names are given as of persons
who were refused relief for the sole
reason that they did not fall within the
rules referred TO.
Replying to the question as to whom
and in what manner the trustees have
caused it to be made public that they
would not furnish relief to benefeiaries
in cases which did not fall under their
regulations, the bill states that at a pub
lie meeting of sewing women and shop
girls in Festival hall in 1908 Trustee
Bradley said in substance that if a girls
credit was not good for at least SIS she
was not worthy of help and the trust
ees would not give her assistance; also
that about three years ago at SINH.
lar meeting in the rest room Trustee
Bradley said the trustees had made a
hard and fast rule that they would re-
fuse TO help woman whose husband
had deserted her, even though she was a
beneficiary and worthy OF assistance !;
that when Mrs. Mary Currier was an
agent for the trustees Mr.. Bradley told
her that they would not help any woman,
although she might be deserving, if she
were living apart from her husband, and
. that the same information has been
passed on to the benefciaries by the pres
ent agents, Mrs. Augusta L. Wells and
Miss Sophia c. Stedman and has there
! by become generally know to the bene-
ficiaries.
Another regulation which the bill saws
; has been promulgated through the local
agents is that the trustees reserved the
right to name the attending physician
e in cases wherein the fund is to furnish
medical aid and treatment, and in many
{ cases the beneficiaries are thus deprived
a OF all aid because their family physician
: happens to be physician not approved
{ by the trustees. Another rule is ALLEGED
5 to be that the trustees will only Civ,
ta,1 I
g to have treatment at the Brattlebort
: Memorial hospital, and unless such bene
r. fieiary desires to receive treatment a
the hospital she is deprived of all aid
o even though her attending physician ad
e vises that she can get along without hos
pital treatment. a further regulation
said to have been made is that no bene
iciary should receive aid unless she wa
resident of Brattleboro and a seam
stress, needlewoman or shop girl in 1901
l. Two beneficiaries are named as hav
h ing refrained from making application
3 for relief because they were informe
hat the rules would bar them from re
,e lief
1t The petitioners gives the names an
as addresses, with dates, of 81 beneficarie
whom they say were subjected to neet
= less humiliation by Trustee Bradley an
= his agents.
ha Three are named as applicants VIII
:, were informed that they were maxim
bo themselves objects of charity and thf
it was disgrace on their part to appl
for or receive any part of the fund
II In this request for bill of particular
Us the trustees asked for the names an
\. addresses of worthy beneficiaries wi
- refrained from applying for relief aft,
a. one experience with Trustee Bradley
his agents, as alleged, together with Il
:" circumstances. In reply the petitioner
he name seven Instances, of which the 70
ed lowing is typical:
'r Miss Bessie Cain of Birge Street
re, dressmaker and sewing girl all her lif
re- was i'll in 1908 and applied to Mrs. Well
ms agent for said Bradley, for help to. d
" fray the expenses of her sickness MI
Wells was very indignant on this occ
hn sion and used very harsh, cruel and alb
lis sive language toward the beneficiary, Mi
rd Cain, and criticised the attending ph
RS. siclan. Miss Cain states that she w
\. never so illtreated by any person in h
of life. Mrs. Wells further stated to Nj
da Cain as follows: You know, Bess
whatever give you is charity, and v,
ws should not ask for charity, and wou
,st not like to receive it, Miss Cain h
prs been III for long periods of time sin
M 1908, but has refrained from asking f
Il. help although in dire need of the san
10 because of being so illtreated and hun
4 lated by Mrs. Wells as agent for sa
70. Trustee Bradley on the above occasi
he in 1908. Miss Cain feels that she won
tho much prefer to go TO the overseer of t
he poor to secure aid than to again a
ar assistance from said fund and to u
ire. dergo such ill-treatment as she had
60. ceived from Mrs. Wells
The petitioners, answering the gu,
ton as to names and dates when Tr,
- tee Bradley or his agents demanded
mo certain applicants promissory notes
uee other obligations, assignments or tran
"a fers, with the circumstances of such {
100 mands, name six such Instances, of VIII
a., the following is one:
~ Ada Harris who deceased about t
rs years ago was shop girl in said Br,
81, tleboro and worked continuously un
90. she became broken in health, and v
i'll two or three years previous to
- death. she had a hyshapd Gaorpo Eor,