Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-19
A Bulletin For Sale
 Advertisement Will Sell Ii
ANT REMEMBER WHAT

cHEeKs WE'RE FOR
 Checks in the amount Of ss,s23.1s or Ae late Thomas ONeGl, payable to Thomas F. D-rsey between November. 1918 and April. 1920. were introduced at the continued hearing Saturday in New London before Attorney Nathan Belcher and Attorney Thomas E. Tro- land who were appointed by the pro- bate court to decide upon Mr. Dorseyss claim, s3,47T for legal services. comnis- sons and expenses, against the estate
 MT. Dorsey's contention Is that there is deu him balance in commissions on the sale of real estate. and also for le- gal advice and for traNelng and hctel expenses
 The contention of the administratrfx is that Dorsey was paid in full each month and that he has received full value for all services, commissions, etc The hearing was not finished today as Attorney Burrows wishes to present sev- eral more witnesses
 The first check offered was in the amount of s70S, dated July 24, 1919. and this Mir. Dorsey declared was bart commission on the sale of three pieceh of real estate, one on riley and Wash ington streets to James N and Nellie Kelley; one on Pearl street to Meyer Holandersl1y, and one on Pequot ave nue to Thomas A. Scott. or this amount $500 was commission, said MT. Dorsey. and s100 was returned as a deposit l which he made on some Main street property
 Mir. Dorsey was asked concerning ! each of the 25 checks as 1t was present | ed, and his answer invariably was q ! don't know what is was for %It must have been in connection with some of J the business" or T can't tell, have no way of identifying ft'
 James N. Kelley testified that bought the property on Tilley and Wash tngton streets for s12.s0O and that both Dorsey and Mir. o'Neil were present during tn transaction.
 l The Pearl street propert brought I about s11.oo0 and the Peuuot avenue p1uperty ssoOOo.
 MT. Dorsey. returning the croes ex- | animation was asked by Attorney Hull
 if the check for s35o on Dec. 3, 1918, wasn't a loan. and he said: T have no recollection of l."
 Attorney Burrows or redirect exam | ination asked Mir. Dorsey if he was col
 lectdng rent f1r Mir 0'Nein during the
 period in which these checks we're
 drawn and he replied that he was.
 Mrs Ella ONeill, widow Of James
 o'Nein. testified that she never knew | ~1A- DDASS9 AAlAlA AJlSs she had heard her husband speak of
 him and he told her that Dorsey had been borrowing money from him for 25 years She declared that he never paid back what he borrowed
 1 As to the sale of the Pequot avenue property to The Scott Investment CO. through Thomas A. Scott she said that
 Mir. o'Neih made the sale without any
 assistance from Dorsey, but she said 1 that MT. O'Neill gave Dorsey the check
 for $7oS at that time She declared that $500 of this represented two per cent on the sale price of the prurcrty. but when Mir. O'Neill gave him the
 check he remarked: Now 1 am making you present of $500 on this sale, t,l, understand 1t is merely a present and l am giving it to you because I am sor- 1, ry that you did not make the sale" ] Dorsey had brought Mir Pomerant7
 to the O'NeiH home as a prospective 7 customer at s2700o. but the offer was
 not accepted. Mrs. O'NeHl could not
 account for the S10S extra in the check
 Mrd o'Nein said that Nfr Dorsey = told her at the house one day that 'fMr ? O'Neill had given only two per cent commission an he owed him an addi 2 tiona.l one per cent" Witness said that MT. O'Neill overheard this statemen
 and entering the room said What 6dc
 you say, Ton2" Witness said that Mir = Dorsey said: T was just telling Mrs ) O'Neil that you have paid me two pel 2 cent, and that you owe me one per cent more" Witness said that her husband
 replied, That was in the agreemnt e Tom, and you will never get the other = one per cent to which she claims Dor
 sey replied: That's all right, lge
 money from you whenever I want it. As late as his last illness when sh, - and MT. Dorsey were at MT. OHNeilr. : bedside, Mr. O'NeiH said he did not ow, T Dorsey a cent, and Dorsey said: That! ,, | right, you don't owe me a cent" 3 Mrs Dorsey said that when Dorse,
 came to New York at Mir OeVeilrs re = quest her husband paid him his ex n penses. She said that Dorsey was no regular in remstting the rents collect ! i ed and she wrote to her son about 1t z Attorney Hull said he proposed to 2, v into the question Of Dorsey's indebted v ness to the O'NeiH estate
 ? @he hearing will be continued on date to bet determined later by the com
 missionrers. Several more witnesse
 will be asked to testify, and among then . will probably be Meyer H Hollander
 sky and Thomas A. Scott.
 Mrs. ONeiil completed her testimon,
 as she is in hurry to leave for Cali s fornia to pass the remainder Of the win . l ter.