The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-18
FUEL RECORDS AT DISPOSAL.
Continued from LIST Page)

reasons why aid was given or withheld,
are at the disposal of the court, the SUI
preme judicial court of Massachusetts, in
which court the petition and answer are
filed.
The Reformer today publishes the
fourth instalment of the answer of the
trustees There is one more instalment,
which it is planned to publish tomorrow.
The. fourth installment follows:
i 81 The trustees admit the allegations
tcontaincd in the twenty first paragraph
of the petition that it was the intent of
this honorable court in its DEGREES of
March 10. 1901, and May 6, 1908, as set
forth in the petition and in this answer
that said trustees should exercise their
discretion and administer said trusts so
as to effectually carry out the intention
of the testator.
They deny that the trustees have not
exercised such discretion in such manner
as the testator intended as evidenced in
the provisions of the will and as set forth
in the DEGREES Of this court.
And for further answer the trustees
deny that they have failed to furnish the
persons named in said paragraph and in
temporary need for want of employment,
sickness or misfortune with the aid in
tended by the testator.
And for further answer the trustees
deny that the sixty three persons named
IN paragraph O. 4 of the bill of particu
lars, being all the persons named in said
bill of particulars, some of whose names
appear four or five times in said bill,
have not been furnished when in tenn
porary need for want of employment,
, sickness or misfortune with the aid in
tended by the testator.
On the contrary, the trustees say that
they have records of dealing with about
53l women in Brattleboro with relation
to the giving of financial relief. Of these
only 63 are named in the petition as not
} being properly served. Leaving out two
2 duplicate applications for the same per-
D sons and women who merely refrained
+ from seeing the trustees or their agents,
4 there are only IS whom the trustees
T had a chance to aid. Several of these are
0 dead and the names of at least two
7 others were used by the petitioners with
out their consent and knowledge and
contrary to their wishes, and both say
that they are perfectly satisfied with
their treatment by the trustees Thirty
eight have received substantial and direct
money aid from the trust, amounting in
:, all to over $4,000, and in addition to
: this money aid they have received aid in
very large and substantial amounts in the
;, way of hospital. nursing and medical ser
= vice organized by the trustees at great
, labor and expense. One of these women
: has received $500 in direct aid in casf
!. in addition to constant nursing service
and this same woman was assisted by
J. the agent of the trust to move to different
= quarters several times and has been
constant subject of patient care by the
agent of the trustees. Another has re
ceived over s. 900 in direct aid in casl
S from the trust funds and seven Others
over S 900 apiece. not including hospita
a and nursing aid which each and every one
of them has received A number have
j received all the aid they asked for.
! OF those refused whose names are Sc
forth in the bill of complaint one wa:
refused unconditional financial aid be
: cause she had property exceeding in value
Il $1,000, another had property exceeding
: $1,000, and the property of several Others
exceeded 81 900 each.
The trustees say that three of thos,
whose names are included by the petition
o ers in the list set forth in the bill of par
tculars were included in an earlier petit
:. ton brought in this court to obtain in
: structions from the court and after hear
L ing, were disposed of, the court refusing
l. to interfere with the discretion as it hat
r been exercised by the trustees.
IS For further answer the trustees sa1
d that eight of those named in the bill 0
particulars were members of able bodie
families, and one of these eight sought t,
: have the trust pay for her living ex
ense knowing her family would take car
of her. -Four of those named in the bill
of particulars incurred expenses without
consulting with the trustees or any on
: representing them with the intent tina
' the trustees pay the bill Two wer
cases which needed only hospital treat
ment and were referred to the hospital
al and their rights were explained to them
ne One of those named in the bill of par
g, ticulars first applied for aid after thi
j. petition was filed
eff Several of those named in the bill o
t" particulars were deserted wives.
a. Another has received aid continually
is but is no longer resident of Brattlebor
and in fact is described in the petition a
address unknown" She is now bein
IL assisted by the trustees and has never $
a far as the trustees know been forced t
- Apply IoI OtHeT diu eAcepJ SucH as ia
T. been given by the Mutual Aid association
bs of Brattleboro.
"a, Another who has received over $40
rs has, because of the belief she had tina
y. she was entitled to be permanently sup
: ported by the trust, refused aid fror
1T other sources.
y Twenty or more of these women wer
II not women who were in temporary nceC
Y but were in a condition where the
by claimed to be in need of permanent SUI
Tx. lport, some not being sewing women A
o. publicly stated in their 1908 report, IL
,Ie trustees have been advised and beliey
ia that although they have given continuor
support to some of these women, tn