Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-12
GEARY SAYS BENTLEY ESTATE
 WAS INDEBTED TO HIM


 Testimony to show that the estates of the late Andrew J. Bentley and Mrs. Bentley were indebted to him for sew eral years was given by Attorney John c. Geary at the hearing before Judge shumway in New London Thursday morning on the appeal from his account as attorney and agent of Mrs. Bentley, administratrix of the estate of her hus- band by the heirs of MT. and Mrs. Bent ley. Numerous statements of the Co., lun1bia Steam Saw & Flaming Mills. op ,erated by the Bentley etsate, in account with MT. Geary, who was in account with the Bentley estate, were introduced in court today showing indebtedness of the estate to MT. Geary. The state ments were all introduced as evidence on objections ot Attorneys H. A. Hull and Frank 2. 14fcGuire, counsel for the appellants, and all the objections were overrlled and exceptions noted.
 The first statement introduced showed that the Bentley estate was indebted to Mir. Geary to the amount of S15,lSl8O on Dec. 1, 1898. This amount included a note of $4,5o0 A statement dated on Dec. | 1899, showed that the estate owed MT. Geary $12,1oo.Ss; another statement dated May 1, 1900, showed that the estate was indebted to MT. Geary- for s14,e32.73 another dated Dec 1 1900. showed that it owed Mir. Geary s14522.5s an6 fifth showed a bal ance due to MT. Geary by the estate on Aug. 1, 1900 of $15.o12.ss.
 The statements were all in the hand writing of Willia n Oliver, deceased bookkeeper at the plant, and were all Identified by Mir. Geary as statements nade by him as showing the condition of the indebtedness of the estate to him at various periods to August 1, 1900.
 At Wednesday afternoons hearing, Mir. Geary concluded his reading from Nis check book stubs of amounts of money advanced to tho estate up to the sime of the death of Mrs. Bentley in 1907. He testified that in 1903 he re- ceived ;50,o0o from the New Haven road for the sale of the Columbia Steam 1 Saw and Flaming Mill in Fort Neck and deposited it in his personal account from which he made disbursements to Mrs. Bentley from time to time. In con nection with disbursements which he l made to Mrs. Bentley. Attorney .Geary testified that he never asked her what she wanted the moneyp for. Mrs. Bent ley did not have q checking account sub seuuent to 1902 to his knowledge.
 He was. asked about Mrs. Bentley's mode of living and Mir. Geary said that l she lived in big house in Cedar Grove avenue; it was nice house, two and a half stories high and was too good for It's surrc ,dings, the section in which It was located not being a fashionable | section. The witness said that Mrs. Bentley kept pair of driving horses up to the time of her death, ponies for her daughters and she had COW and S half of three-quarters of an acre ot land under cultivation with flower and vegetable gardens. MT. Geary said that Mrs. Bentley kept one servant at all times and sometimes two
 After finishing the reading from the check book, Judge Charles B. Waller counsel for MT. Geary, introduced the first papers, Durporting to be state ments in the handwriting of Mir Oliver showing a balance due Mir Geary 1T 1888 of approximately $s,eoo.