The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-14
DEFEND HANDLING
OF THOMPSON FUND
The Trustees Tell of Aid Given in
Brattleboro.

Boston, Feb. l4.-Riehard NJ. Bradley
and John F. Moors, trustees under the
will of Thomas Thompson, have filed
their answer in the supreme court TO a
petition brought by the Society OF
| Needlewomen. Sesmstresses and Work
ing Girls in Brattleboro, Vt, asking for
the removal of Mr. Bradley on the
ground that he has not carried out the
Intentions of Mr.. Thompson, but has
expended money from the fund for pur-
poses not specified in the will OF Mr..
Thompson.
Mr.. Thompson provided a fund OF
about 81 900 900 for the benefit OF nee
dlewomen, seamstresses and shop girls
OF Brattleboro, Vt, and Rhinebeek, n.
V, and under an agreement, which was
ratified by the supreme court, two.
thirds of the income is TO be expended
in Brattleboro and one-third in Rhine
beck.
Mr.. Bradley claims that he is justi-
fed in using portion of the income
for objects outside of Brattleboro and
Rhinebeck, under a clause IN Mr..
Thompson's will which provides that
il the entire income is not needed in
Brattleboro and Rhinebeck the trus-
tees may apply it to kindred" pur'
poses.
The trustees say they have records
of dealing with about 53l women in
Brattleboro with relation to the giving
of financial relief. OF these, only SO
are named in the petition as not being
properly served. Leaving out two du-
plicate applications for the same per.
sons and women who merely refrained
from seeing the trustees or their agents,
there are only 50 whom the trustees
had a chance TO aid Several OF these
are dead, and the names of at least
two Others were used by she petition
ers without their consent and knowl-
edge and contrary to their wishes
Thirty eight of these, the trustees
say, have received substantial aud di-
rect money aid from the trust amount
ing to more than $4,000.
The trustees further say that of the
remaining 20 women who have not re-
ceived aid, and whose names are set
forth in the bill of complaint, one was
refused unconditional financial aid be-
cause she had property exceeding IN
value $4,000; another had property ex'
ceeding $1,000, and the property OF sew
eral Others exceeded 81 900 each
Each application of these women has
received careful and sympathetic atten-
tion, il is commended, and the reasons
why aid has been given or has not been
given are at the disposition OF the court
from the records of the trustees.
Under the head of kindred Uses OF
the Fund" the trustees state that they
built the Brattleboro Memorial hospi-
tai, which last year took care of $50
persons. They have used for its con
struction and support more than $780,
600.
They say they also spent $4,000 IN
support of the Mutual Aid association
for giving help in cases of sickness and
have done much in other ways to care
for sickness and combat disease.
The trustees state that If their agents
had not done their duty, and If the
money had been used as demanded for
direct aid to persons not entitled to 1t,
or IL they had used il for the support
of few persons in home, they would
have had less money or no money at
all for the hospital and for other work
for the cure and prevention OF sickness.
They say that the petitioners not
only demand money that would have
TO be taken away from the hospital,
but at the same time they demand
more money be given 20 the hospital.