Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-24
Statement By George F. DUNCAN Regarding
Title To DUNCAN Farm

In reply to an article appearing
in the Woodbridge Independent of
June 23, in which my name is men,
toned 1 wish to state that certain
false statements were made. Judge
Buchanan did dismiss the restrain
ing order, but intends hearing the
title suit in November. The follow
ing affidavit was given by me. "Hav-
ing been in business with my father
for fourteen years and being his con-
fdant relative to all personal and
business matters, l can %truthfully
state that my uncle, B. Joseph Duni-
gan, was never charged any rent
and my father gave me to under
stand that he was holding the farm
in trust" And in 1907 | went with
my father to his mother and he gave
her $4,000, the balance left after
selling nineteen acres to the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company and he
told her he would return the thirty
five acres being the upper half of
the farm and retain the lower part,
ten acres for himself, as soon as
DAILY got things Strengthened out"
In my mothers and sister Annals
affidavit they swore / was there in
March. 1921. which was a typo
graphical error. but the following
letter will give the correct time:
March 1, 1922.
Dear George-Mother and I
would like 10 meet you tonight at Z
o'clock in the office. ANNA"
My nephew, Junior Dunno. hand
ed me the above letter and / called
at the office as requested. The BUSH
ness was for me to sign my interest
in the personal property of my faith
err over to my mother as he did not
leave her any personal property or
business interest in his will. After
some discussion I decided l would
sign the document and did so and re-
turned it the next morning. My
mother and sister spoke of a settle-
ment on that occasion that my faith
err had with my-uncle. b. Joseph
DUNCAN. and there was a difference
of a thousand dollars due my father
and that my uncle gave a note en-
dorsed by him for the thousand dol
lars and that W. L. Harmed, cashier
of the First National Bank of Wood
bridge, refused to take the note en-
dorsed, and that my father asked
my uncle to be the maker OF the
note. Mr.. Harmed asked my father
il he owed Joe or IL Joe owed him,
and my father said Joe owes me and
Harmed said Joe has a savings ac-
count here and can easily pay you.
In regard Il the farm in question
and the settlement between my
father and uncle, / had nothing to
saw. but my mother and sister testi-
fed that at this interview she sent
for me and asked me: what about
the farm ?" and that | stated Father
owns the farm and l will do all 1
can to help you" The above is un-
true.
Assemblyman Lyons states that !
told him my father owned the farm
and that it was valued at $4,000.
IT is true Edmund A. Hayes secured
the necessary bond from III. Ray
mond Lyons and also collected pre-
MUM on the bond. l did not con-
suit Mr.. Lyons in any matter. Mr.
HAYES looked after the matter. the
financial statement / gave to Mr..
Raves In order to get the bond vas
a duplicate of the ohe | had given
to r. G.. Dunn & Co. The first n
| nanciaI statement l gave r. @. Dunn
r. 90. was returned saying that they
located a farm on Iselin road in my
fathers name and l told X. q.
Dunn's representative that the farm
was an entaiied piece OF property
! not owned entirely by my father,
merely in trust, and that it should
NOT appear in his financial state
ment, but he said 1t must for u is
ON record in New Brunswick as being
in his name.
Miss NJ. Ribsam. of Trenton, in