New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
G|LPATRIC SORRY
 FOR GUY BAKER
SympathizeS With Former AssO- Ciate.-Berman Answers Critics

Hartford, Feb 24 Up--"All cred ltors of the bankrupt estate of G. Harold Gilpatric will be afforded an opportunity 10 examine the bank. rupt," said Referee in Bankruptcy, Saul German today, with reference 10 a letter he had received today from Attorney John r, Carpenter of Putnam, complaining he had been denied an opportunity to question Gilpatric.
 The complaint Of Attorney Car penter was contained in q letter to the referee in which he referred to his humiliation when attending an examination of Gilpatric at the Put nam bank. and being denied by Re ceiver Coffin, the right to question the bankrupt. He also questioned the wisdom of permitting Gllpatrio to be at the bank on Monday, q bank holiday, when the receiver was not present,
 q will communicate with Mir. Carpenter today" said Referee Ser man. 'and will advise him that every creditor of the bankrupt who desires to examine Gilpatric will have opportunity to do so, and will assure Mir. Carpenter that he will have the fullest opportunity to ask the bankrupt any questions he may consider pertinent 10 the case"
 COfm Non -Committal
 Receiver George NJ. Coffin of the First National Bank Of Putnam, the subject of the complaint of Attorney Carpenter, today declined 10 com- ment on the matter. He said the work at the bank was progressing very satisfactorily, and he expected to be finished this week. He said he had made some discoveries with the assistance of Mir. Gilpatric, but the nature of these he would not disclose at this time.
 "I shall bring out everything I have to bring out in open court, said Mir. Coffin today. Whatever discoveries I have made will be re- ported 10 Mir. Berman for hearing at Hartford, and will then be stat ed publicly as originally planned.'
 Mir. Coffin refused to comment in any way on Mir. Carpenters claim that he was not permitted to ask questions of Gilpatric.
 sorry For Baker
 "poor Guy" was the comment of q. Harold Gilpatric, former cashier of the Putnam bank. when he was informed of the sentence of three years at the federal ponitentiary at Atlanta, imposed by Judge Thomas in the district court at New Haven on Tuesday. on Guy l.. Baker, for mcr assistant cashier at the bank.
 q feel sorry for him." said Gill; patrlc, and I am sorry for every phase of inc entire situation. Gill; natrjc added that Baker at least had lis evcsicht and he hoped that he would have several years enjoy mcnt of 1t. Hc said that Baker voluntary confession indicated hc intended to go straight and hf' sincerely hoped he Would'
 A search of the notes 0, the ztenographer who was present al the r;jlpatric examinations in Putnam fails to disclose record or I1'- natric having said he had Slo"'""o ''to play with" of the S@00'oo"' in the third purchase oi liberty bonds for the state ot con nccticut. Gilpatric says he does ho' recall having expressed it just that way, and the notes contain nothins' A verbatim report Of the proceed ings was not kept, however. All news reports of the hearing quote r;iIpatric as having so explained the balance he had maintained Nitn he Merchants National Bank o' Boston for "convcnicnc", supposch- Iv for the purchase of liberty bonds for inc state