Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
GEaFv PRESENTS RESERVATIONS
 OF FAzI.URE TO ACCOUNT

John C. GC2Ty, rom MIoS5 ~CCOl'1Le as attorney and agent of Mrs. Ju ia C. Bentley. administratriE of the estate Of her husband the late Andrew J. Bent ley. the Bentley heirs are appealing, told Attorney Hadlai A. Hull at the h1arine in New London Tuesday that he had accounted for every penny and that he wanted no i1sinuations that ne had not.
 Tho hearing was resumed before | Judge Milton A. Shumway at l0.So on | Tuesday morning after an Interruption | of more than month. during which | time Attorney Hull, who is state attor- rav. was engaged in the criminal super l for court in Norwich. The hearing is i being held fr the oourt of common pleas room at the court house, the superior court being in session in the superior l court room where the hearing has been i held heretofore. The h7arir- bo~an b-- Attorney Geary ! ! f1a~-trviur checks drawn from February ] 9. 1gqt, 10 March il. 1904, as either ] .soe~e5r-l or "cstate." 1 on the latter date Mir Gearv testi- ] fed to ac,viriGg property at the cor ! -7a~ of Winthrop etroet and Crystal ave- r-a from Charles 1Te2Toran. for which I sa nai7 between s17o0 and s120o. The -~o--rtv adi0iaoI property oTrf3 by the Bentley estate. which lac acquired .'TF. iHs.a- f-E.l'tItL -s---Ll. N.' g- tHa Bentley Dronarty for fees for scr
 vic-s The Bentley land he described
 a- made land and said that it was
 about E feet below the street surface Of
 Crystal avenue when he acquired it. He
 took this land oyer for e1to9 and de
 ri.E that it was worth more than he
 paid for it.
 z-r. Gaary admitted mortgagine the
 uronortv on Oct TO- 1905. for S3,Qoe; .7.--- 4,1- inc the morrra~e Attorney Hull in-
 rrir-7 if the mortgaEe Of s3-002 was not on basis of 9 valuation of sf GOO
 f7~ the property and Attorney Gaary
 q c1ared that the mortgage was taken ont several months after he acquired t and that in tho rnc0nHrne he had i'm .uroval f. considerably. The improve
 r-=nt he said. was in the form of fl'-
 ir- but he had no frurae tO show the cost. although he admttted that some of
 was free. 7-r. Ccarv said that for 9
 -t-a ha had a man on the property lev cline 1t off for two or three days a .Irad vou not ovor5rawn your own
 -e---t- of about s2000 when -cU bought f the Raymond property and did you not . nav for t wholly out Cf Bentley mon 2 ev9' fncuira1 Attorney Huh.
 Attorney Gaary rc0-fad that he had 2 money tue E-ttLe OH
 hand and that he tod Mrs. Bentley
 that if was drawing DO interest, when 1 he was interrupted b- Attorney Hull Q who said that he was not answering
 his question and the witness admitted
 that it was possible that he had over 6rawn his personal account that much.
 "Nas not ycur personal account still n ov7rlrawn when you acquired the Me - -fc~gn u~cnerty2' he was asked
 The witness said that # was not so
 and he explained that he had drawn the
 money under m arranrcm5nt and D agreement with Mrs Bentley. T said 5 to Mrs. Bentley that inc money of the - estate Cu-I-t not to lie iG'e."
 "1Th- didn't you settle the estate? ? interrupted Attorney Hull.
 'N-s Bentley didn't want it settled, } was the answer.
 - 'no vou know that you were over 7. drawn to the amount of S92t4.47 at tn. ' time Eou purchased the NclIoran prop 2 er-v2' questioned Attorney Hull f "T paic Mrs Bentley $500 which wa! = interest on every penny borrowed' re t piled tho witness.
 - How was tHe amount of interest - ro7cred?" asked Attorney TTuT. "I be n Hove you stated at 9 previous hearins 70 that z boy of 12 could compute it." g 1T repeat what I said then that a bo7 - Of 13 could compute the interest" va. s the answer.
 "Eut a boy of 13 would have to hay,
 Isoro frures with which to do the com
 0Utiug" stated Major Hull 'lTr
 Geary. it is not enough for you to sa! Is that the books are there. We are ask To ing for feures as to how these amount T, were roached.'
 h -T- Gaary replied that crudeIy, ht y f9Urad the interest " deducttng the Il e9o86 which was due him by the estat e at the time he received the $50 0G0 IS from Mrs. Bentley when she sold tn n pant of the estate at Fort Neck. anc s that he computed the interest on vari ous balances from time to time F. The witness was asked if he had eve sl made application 10 the probate cour i and if the court had approved the sal n and transfers Of property of the Bentle, r estate to himself 10 which he repliet ? that he did not recall any. approval ex s cent the general approval when the ac ,- count was allowed. ' "The records of the court will shov n what was done" said MT. Geary.