New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1926, Page 15

SUIT FOR S50,000; M. COHN DEFENDAN (Continued from First Page) that Cobn informed the plaintifts that no payment on the principal would be required for two years. He is alleged to have stated that although the rents were vacant and idle, this condition was not due to! slackness in New Britain, but be- cause the defendant had acquired an unfortunate reputation for avar- ice, that New Britain people were afraid of him and that when the plaintiffs should have purchased the property they would have no difficulty in renting the tenements and stores. Cohn is alleged to have agreed to assist the plaintiffs in meeting payments of taxes, interest and oth- er carrying charges. He is alleged to have stated that the plaintifis would not lose by the purchase and by following his advice, which they did. Tho sale was conspmmated, with two first mortgages, t¥o second mortgages and a third mortgage at- tached. This was on January 12, 1926, It is set forth in the plaintiff’s ant transferred all the realty ac- quired from the plaintiffs and later advised them to dispose of either or both of the brick blocks acquired from him. In May and June the plaintiffs, unable to rent said blocks, stores and tenements and having been advised by the defendant to dispose of them, secured a customer {for two pleces of real estate. These pieces of real estate were sold to ‘“one Nowak” for $62,000, |which was $7,000 over and above jthe mortgages. The defendant fs alleged to have claimed that Nowak {the contract h one half of the profit realized on the second mortgage. He is further al- |leged to have stated that if the plaintiffs did not agree to give up {this half profit he would block the sale and see that it didn't go through. The plaintiffs state that {they did not have a copy of the original agreement and that they be- Ipaid him $5,500, according to the |complaint. | The plaintiffs set forth that they |told the defendant that they had |no other money than the 87,000 profit they realized from the sale and that after paying various bills incident to the upkeep of the pro- | perty, it would be entirely wiped jout. The defendant is alleged to {have warranted that he would see [to it that the plaintifis would not {lose and he is further alleged to | was a relative of his and that under | was obliged to pay | lieved the plaintiff's statement. They | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 19%. It is alleged that on the same day | they uld be unable within the FRA["] ALlEfiEfl [ ety bl Ee e e e City Items KIWANIS CLUB HEARS PR[]HT’[AK] 0 PUTN AM & C 0 Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRALROW TELEPHONE 2-1141 terest requirements of the first and second mortgages and thereby through provision of thé second mortgage, which provided that on jdc!uult of an Interest installment the entire balance would become due, it was the plan of the defend- ant to call the entire balance and then deprive the plaintiffs of the property. They claim that they used the en- gage and part of the second and to pay off taxes and other claims due. Thus all the money went back into the property and no income for their own use was received. Later the plaintiffs allege that they pald taxes due, as well as the {interest on the first mortgage. At the time there was also due a pay- {ment of interest on the second mort- gage, but, relying on the defendant’s promise, they had 1ot paid it. Asa {result, they say they received notice {that because of default in payment he elected to declare the entire arount due. He is alleged to have {notified them that it the entire amount was not paid at once he would institute foreclosure proceed- | The plaintiff had no money and the defendant is alleged to have no- tified them that if they attempted to sell the property they would have to |pay off his mortgage in cash, thus |frustratins any attempt at disposal. Later the defendant is alleged to |have notified the plaintiffs that if tomplaint that an addition was be- |have stated that he would extend |they would transfer the property to ins bullt on one of the blocks at [the time for the payment of inter- |him., he would the time and that this was added to the sale price, making it about $169,000. It is claimed that the defendant neglected and delayed tho completion of the addition so|demands and claims and practiced |2nd tran that it was not finished for flve months and the plaintiffs lost rental during that period. | est. Mr. and Mrs. Reader claim that the money paid Cohn was not due |him and that he fraudulently made | duress, knowing of the plaintiffs’ |lgnorance and for the purpose of | placing them in a position whereby Nearly half of our striving day in an A Day for True £ They clalm that the ) allow them two months in which to acquire the pro- |perty back again upon payment of |interest and other charges. The | plaintifts relied upon this statement sterred the property, they say. |™"In so doing the plaintiffs say that they had parted with all the pro- |perty and with a sum equivalent of |about $43.650. They claim that they |took 21l steps solely upon the rep- Iresentations, warranties, promises, |agreements, threats and duress of |the defendant and that in all thelr {actions, they had been gulded by {and had relled upon the defendant, | Cohn. representations, guarantees and war- ranties made by the defendant and | his agent were false and untrue, and that it they had been allowed to | proceed according to the original | agreement, they would have had no trouble in handling the property. They further claim that the de- | fendant has been In possession of the property since September and |that he has collected about $2,000 B in rents, a sum ample to pay the in- | terest charges. They clajm that | the defendant is about to sell thc | frame houses included in the deal {and that he wil convey the prop- B | orty unless restrained from so doing total population are d day out not only to by the court. They say that they pent $3,000 in making repairs and renovations about the property. | It is claimed that all the men- |tioned statements, ~representations, | warranties, promises and threats | were fraugulently made by the de- | fendant and his agent with the in- tention of making the plaintiffs act |as they did. They ask a temporary tion, ~prohibiting the defendant | from dlsposing of the property; the | appointment of a receiver for the | properties; a judgment that the | transfer by the plaintifs to the de- | fendant be declared nnll and injunc- §void and cancelled; an accounting tire sum to pay off the third mort- lings and have a recelver appointed. | statements, | Dance tonight, Norden Bungalow. Charlestonian Orchestra.—advt. Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Vogel of 42 Vance street will spend the holi- days in New York city. Miss Fay Vogel, sister of Mr. Vogel, is to be married in that city tomorrow. New shipment of “Fostoria™ glassware at the Burritt Gitt Shop, §5 W. Main St, next to Raphael Bldg.—advt. A daughter has been born to Mr. | and Mrs. Thomas McCue of 30| Stratford road, at New Britaln Gen- eral hospital ., Mrs. McCue was formerly Miss Agnes Dalton. Fireman's ball tonight, good tlme; for all, State Armory.—advt. Miss Josephine Elmer of Temple University, Philadeiphia, will spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her | parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. O. Elmer | of Parkmore street. | Concert from 8 to 9. Dancing from 9 to 1 a. m. Fireman's ball | tonight, State Armory—advt. | Andree Lodge, L 0. 0. F., will| confer the initiatory degree on 20 | candidates at Odd Fellows hall this | evening. | Thanksglving Dinner served all| day at Sodd Shoppe and Restaurant, 95 West Main street, Ior reserva- tions call 2334—advt. | Henry McNamara, who escaped | from the State Farm at Norwich, | was taken into custody on Lafayette | street by Officer Feeney last evening | and was returned today to the farm. | Call 3733—Axelrod’s—for Coon's spectal Thanksglving ice ecream. | None better made! Free deltvery.— | advt. The police were notified today of[ the suspension of the operator's licenses of Giacoma Fasca of 1010 West Main strect and Edith Johnson | | ot 417 Stanley street. | Charles E. Sharpe, Jr., of Dean | Academy, Franklin, Mads,, is visit- | |ing his _parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Charles E. Sharpe of Stanley street | | over the holid | For Sale—Northern seal cocoa squirrel trimmed, brocade ! |satin lining. Value $225. Will sell | {tor $129. Never worn. Tel. 666-5. | A son was born at New Britain | | General hospital today to Mr. and | | Mrs. Frank Clark of 33 Crown | | street. | A certificate for the formation of | !a building association to take over | | property of the organization and to | | maintain a club for members ha: |been filed with the secretary of | istate by the Eddy-Glover Post, | American Legion. The officers of | | the association are Cutis L. Sheldon, | {Arthur IH. Petts and Harry E.| | Scheuy. coat, Albert P. Middleton is sp(’nd\ns“l s with hi rnest Mid- He is a { the Thanksgiving holida | parents, Mr. and Mrs. | dieton of Barnett street. |atudent at the Suffield academy. | Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Morris of 267 | Linwood street are celebrating the | {sixth anniversary of their marriage | |'today. Mr. Morris is proprietor of | | the New Dritain I market on | Church street. | | Miss Gertrude H. Gillen and Miss | Florence 1. Alden of Belvidere, | | have returned from a two weeks | | visit in Baltimore, Md. | WOULD RAISE BAR ON | VISITING TRADESMEN: | ABOUT TRADE SCHOOLS ing Shows Movies of Indus- trial Education. The work of the state trade | schools in Connecticut was demon- strated to the members of the Ki- State Director of Vocational Train- | :Geueral Tendency of Market ‘ Is Upward DOES NO DAMAGE | | wanis club today by ¥. J. Trinder, | Miss Margaret M. McGrath of This |ship |in St. Mary's church, this cit: | She New York, Nov. 24 (A—Th nminl‘ state director of vocational train-| price movement fin today ing. The Kiwanians met at the | market continued upward despite| trade school and anticipated | the usual pre-holiday profit taking | Thanksgiving by 24 hours by hav-|and a sclling attack on issues with | ing a turkey dinner served a la|large Mexican property holdings, | Mrs. Kronholm. | based on the dispute over Mexican | They were welcomed to the|land laws, With money in plentiful | school by Director Herman S. Hall, |supply and excellent prospects for who in introducing Mr. Trinder, |record-breaking holiday business in stated that “the taxpayers usually | Several lines, operators for the rise do not take a great deal of inter-|continued to mark up stocks in sev- est in how public funds are spen 11 sections of the list. Mr. Trinder gave a brief history| The weekly steel trade of the development of vocational |reported little change in the rate| training in the state, explaining | Of operations, but stressed the heavy | how it supplements high school | buying of rails and other railroad training. He showed a serfes of | ¢quipment Baldwin, which was | moving pictures illustrating der pressure during the morning, | different industries taught in th licd about five points from its| schools. New Britain hoys were | 10W to 151, the highest price in] shown building houses as well as Several years. —U. S. Steel common | doing machine shop work and job|and General Motors also pointed | il | upward after an carly interval of | A brief talk was given by Albert|lheaviness. Accumulation of other | Mathews, past president of the |MOOTs was in anticipation of the Chicago Kiwanis club and former | introduction of new models, the de- district governor of the Illinofs| Yelopment expense of which is b district. Mr. Mathews was present |licved to have been charged off in with his son-in-law, Bret Neece, a | (he second and third member of the sles force of Lan- | the r. i ders, Trary & Clark, who joined | Rails gathered strength on the | the club today. BRIDE OF FIREMAN reviews quarters of | fic and the publication of addition- | {al favorable October earnings s | | ments. Anthracite coal carr led the advance in that group. Local | tractions advanced under the leader- | Brooklyn-Manhattan Tran- | it, h croesed 70 to a new City Marries Hubert L. McCor- |19 W peal Baking, shipping, motion picture, | equipment, oil and farm implement | ehares also presented several points | of strength. Commercial solvents | which soared 11 points yesterday | fell from 235 to 224 and Cuyamel | five points to a new | mack of Bristol at St. Mary's 1 Miss Margaret M. McGrath, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas | McGrath of 104 Daly avenue, and Hubert L. McCormack, son of Mr, nd Mrs. Matthew McCormack of Lincoln avenue, TForestville, were married this morning at 10 o'clock Rev. Lawlor officiated. { 1 Bhs & ve Miss Mildred McGrath, a twin| American Can ister of the bride, was maid of | Am y honor and Wilbur McCormack, brother of the groom was best man The bride was attired In a gown of | peach-colored georgette trimmed with gold lace with hat to match. carricd a shower houquet of | butterfly roses and lilies of the val- . The maid of honor wore a own of Nile green georgette trim- | med with silver lace over pink sa- | | tin. She wore a hat to match and | carried yellow chrysanthemums. ! Mr. and Mrs. McCormack will live | &y oo ¢ in Forestville, upon their return |pes™ o Grio | trom a wedding trip to New York and Philadelphia. iF= Mr. McCormick is a member of the Bristol fire department, HARRIED FOR 30 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. John L. Burns of Fruit brok low. 2:15 P. M. PRICES (Furnished by Putnam & Thomas High Low Tobacco . | Am Woolen | Anaconda Cop ! 4 Atchison 35 7 t Bald Loco | 3alt & Obio. Beth Steel Calit Pot Chrysler Corp Coca Cola Colo Fuel Consol Gas Corn Prod Dodge Dros A 24 Du Pont De G RR 1st pfd Washington Street Observe An- 170 . 38% 463 le niversary. We offer— Southeastern Power & Light Co. Participating Preferred Price on Application @homson, Tenn & To. Burritt Hotel Bldg.. New Britain Telephone 3580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart, Mgr. INVESTMENTS We do not accept Margin Accounts. EDDY BROTHERS &G HARTFORD NEW _‘BRITAI«N'\ Martford Conn. Trust Bldg. Burritt HouLBId’ Tel.2-7186 Tel. 3420 We Offer: 10 AETNA LIFE INSURANCE 50 STANLEY WORKS 50 LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK “Join the Red Cross” Prince & Whitely Established 1878 Members New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange—Cleveland Stock Exchange ESSEX BUILDING, LEWIS STREET, TEL. 2-8261 New Britain Tel. 4081 We offer: earn a living but to do a little better than that—to put by something for the day of |for the rents, profits and moneys | | collected from properties and from | | the plaintiffs, and $50,000 damages. | Players Rubber Asphalt 117, S Puilding Commission Wil Be Asiced | Mr- and Mrs. Thn L. Burns of 214 | HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY | Washington stre® quietly observed | their 30th wedding anniversary at to Honor FElectricians' Licenses to be thankful for count, others for foundation of whil count, dependence comes has saved. thankful people. i L { Man’s greatest sense of security and in- T We urge you too, to become one of these Burritt Mutual Savings Bank need. Many of these have cause this day a healthy savings ac- success achieved, the ch was a savings ac- from the money he | LFEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS The Friendship League of St John’s German Lutheran church has § | clected the following officers for the coming year: President, Otto Gaudl- an; vice-president, Rose Kahms; corresponding secretary, Elsie Pan- {konin; recording sccretary, Mabel | Green; treasurer, * Pdward Klukas; Groth, Gladys Haigis and Margaret Ramm. WILL OF WILLIAM HULTBERG The will of Willlam Hultberg was filed today in probate court., By its terms his entire estate both real land personal, is left to his wife, Christina, who Is appointed execu- trix, ™ Thanksgiving is a fitting occasion on which to survey the days, months and years that have gone. In the looking back- ward, we find much that is worthy of gratitude. . Inthelooking backward, there is more. There is the inspira- tion to guide our eyes toward the future, that it may be moulded | by the finest achievements of the past. The Pilgrim Forefathers were the original ennoblers of the | Issucd Elsewhere, | fThe building commission will be | asked next Monday to adopt a policy ot lionoring electricians licenses is- sued in other cities and towns in the |4ssuance of permits here. Several Hartford firms have had occasional contracts here and they | auditors, Christ Hepp and W“’V"”:ha\'e found it necessary to delay op- | A.,, employe of the Stanley Works | Berg; execcutive committee, Henry |erations until a workman can be ex- (and Willlam A., who is connected {amined. hese tradesmen, they argue, have demonstrated their abil- ity before the examining committee of another city where qualifications are equally as rigid as in New Brit- aln. Such a policy as the proposed would also be beneficial to New Britain tradesmen going elsewhere to work, they point out. The present ordinances prescribe a license fee of $15 and a renewal fec each year of the same amount. Other cities place the renewal at a lower figure and the commissioners will be asked to consider scch a change here. AUTOS IN COLLISION Two automobiles were slightly damaged yesterday afternoon when | a machine operated by Carl Firn- haber of 25 Linden street collided with a truck operated by Jacob | Abraham of 256 Glen strect. The accldent occurred at about 4:30 | o’clock at the intersection of Stanley | and Smalley streets. The car Firnhaber was driving | was owned by Albert E. Larson of | Carlson atreet.. Sergeant Patrick J. | O'Mara Investigated the accident, but found no cause for arrest. ESTATE OF MRS. CROSBY The e. ~ of Annie Crosby s valued at $7,995.05, according to an inventory filed tn probate court by J. P. Barry and Harry P. O'Connor, appralsers. The estate is itemized as | follows, cash, w Britain Savings | bank, $450; cash, Commercial Trust | | American race, and gave impetus to ideals that have made us a better set of people. We should not forget them, this Thanksgiving, and we should be thankful for the munificent momentum toward happi- ness, freedom, and the ultimate clarification of strife and prob- lems that are after all only the growing plants of a country’s perfection. OUR BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY THANKSGIVING NEW BRITAIN TRUST CO. iappy. | World wide delivery of flowers within Co., checking account, $16.87; Com.- | mercial Trust Co., savings account, | $332.68; Commercial Trust Co., | Christmas club, $141; real estate, | $7,60 e BOLLERER'S Flowers are the real climax for your Thanksgiving dinner. Be happy by making someome [ two hours. 4,000 flower shops make this possible. BOLLERER’S | POSY SHOP West Main 5t., Prof. Bldg. Tel. 886 e Telegraph Klorist of New Britaln their home today. They were mar- {ried by Rev. John Fitzgerald at St. | Mary's church and have lived in the { parish since then. | Mr. Burns has been a member of [the ¥. M. T. A. & B. for 30 years and is a veteran employe of | Landers, Frary & Clark. Before her marrlage Mrs. Burns was Miss Eliza { O’'Brien. They have two sons, John 8014 57% N IN Motors . Hudson Motors Ken Cop Mack True | undertaking establishment. Mo Kan & Tex Y Central ..136% 1‘:\1.-. And Mrs. Lewds Lehr of Colum- |North Amer.. 491 Pan Am Pet B 62% |Columbia street will observe the |Radio Corp 5914 were married November 27, 1801, Sinclair Oil 17% church. Mrs. Lehr, before her mar- |Standard Oil .. 41 They have lived In New Britain | Texas Co ..... 541 ploye of the post office, having been | United Fruit . Miss Bernice Lehr, who is emploved | 7 § Rubber Mr. and Mrs. Lehr plan only | wabash Ry .. 401, gl An open house fcr friends and | Willys Over .. { LOCAL STOCKS Over Auto Collision‘ Furnished by Eddy Brothers & Co. Elec . North pid . Gulf Sta Steel Ind 0 &G . Int Nickel . Lehigh Val . Louis & N Marland Oil . with Joseph A. Haffey Co. in his Mid Cont | Mo Fac pfd .. | THERR SILVER WEDDING ¥°¥"cuiira INYNH&H 6% Nor & West ..165% North Pacific., 79% bia Strect to Observe 25th Annl- pori yocie: 10% versary Next Saturday. | | Pennsylvanta.. 56% | Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lehr of 110 | Pierce Arrow.. 23% 25th anniversary of their marriage | Reading ..... 803 {on Saturday of this week. They Sears Roebuck 53 |by Res Dr. Cooper at the parson- (Southern Pac .108 age of the South Congregational 'Southern Ry .11S riage, was Miss Laura Wiegand of |Stowart Warner 6875 this elty. |Studebaker .. 518 continuously since thelr marriage [Tobacco Prod and Mr. Lehr is a well known em- | Unjon Pao . a mall carrier for nearly a quarter | {1 § Ct Ir Py . century. They have one daughter. |y § Ind Al at the New Britain National bank. | yg steel ... ’ i quiet observance of the event With |ywora poyc B ,_ ; members of their immediate family. | ywpire Notor .. 5 | nelghbors. will be maintained. | Woolworth .. | Suit for $2,000 Brought | | Action for $2,000 has been in-| Insurance Stocks. | stituted by the Mastco Co. s Bid Asked | | | | Aetna Casualty Aetna Life Ins. Co. .. Aetna Fire ...... .0 Automobile Ins .... line of this city, against 6%, — Oldzig and Felix Oldzig, as the r sult of a collision July 3 on Fair- view street of one of the company’s busses and machine owned by the | Hartford Fir first defendant and operated by the | National Five . second. | Phoenix Fire ex rts . The plaintift claims that the bus | Travelers Ins Co was standing at the curb for the | Conn. General .......1 purpose of letting off and taking| Manufacturing Stocks. on passengers and that the accident | Am Hardware ........ 87% oceurred only through the careless- | Am Hosiery ..... ness, recklessness and nugligence o1 | Beaton & Caldwell ... the defendant. | Bige-Hfd Cpt Co. com | The writ is returnable Rillings & Spencer cora 6 | court of common pleas, Hartford, | Billings & Spencer pfd 10 | the first Tuesday of December. | Biristol Brass . 7 Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz | Colt's Arms 20% served the writ. | Baglo Lock . 112 | Fafnir Bearing Co. 9 95 Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer BiEL=a ooloy, Are Married 42 Years 540 515 480 | 510 } 1145 | 1590 80 a0 in the i i Joseph A, Haffey UNDERTAKER , Phone 1623-2. Oppesite 8. Mary’s Chareh. Residence 17 Sammer 8t.—1625-3. Landers, ¥ .... N B Machine . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaefer of | N B Machine . 11 Trinity strect will observe the | Niles-Be-Pond com 42nd anniversary of their wedding | North & Judd tomorrow. Mr. Schaefer is one of | Peck Stowe & Wil . the city's best known German resi- | Russell Mfg Co. dents. Ho has heen interested in | Scovill Mfg Co. . democratic politics for many years and is at present a member of the Standard Screw Stanley Works .. clty hall commissiops _ Stanley Works p{d wnas 27 | water tank on E At the market. We Offer Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Stock at the Market Fuller, 81 W. MAIN Richter, Aldr'ch & Co. NEW BRITAIN MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Hartford New Britain Office New London Office rrington Co. com ... T f Union Mfg Co ..... Public Utilities Stocks, Conn Elec Sery! 67 Conn Lt & Pow pfd ex 110 Hfd Elec Light 323 | Southern N E Tel 157 | NBGas cooevns 55 TREASURY BALANCE Treasury balance . ...$141,616,041 Boston—Exchanges $92,000,000; | Balances $42,000,000. | House, ex- balanc New Qork—Clearing change s 000,000; $125,000,000. 200,000 Gal. Water Tank | For Rule and Level Co. Building permit applications have been filed as follows: Stanley Rule & Level Co., for a 200,000 gallon m street, to cost | 000; Marg -et O'Keefe, for a per- | mit to build a garage at 115 Clark | street at a cost of §1,000; 8. Levine, | for a permit to build a one-family house at 286 Carlton sireet, at a cost of $9,000; H. Van Buren Magon- igle, for a permit to build a monu- Iment to World War veterans, | Walnut Hill park, at a cost |$125,000. | of ISSAC SWARSKY ILL Isaac Swarsky, aged about 55, of ‘Francls street, was taken suddenly |11l at his home this noon and was re- moved to New Britain General hos- | pital. Tt is believed he suffered a shock, the seriousness of which has not been determined. Dr, John L. Kelly is attending him, | ment in | Tel 2-9161 Tel. 1253 Tel. 3786 STATE POLICE WAR ON DEFECTIVE AUTO LIGHTS Nlumination At Front and Rear of All Cars Will Be Required Drivers of automobiles were warned by the state police depart- today that arrests will be ade for violations of the regula- tions relative to head and tail lights. Drivers whose cars do not have both headlights burning will be haled into court, as will those whose cars do not have tail lights functioning. The department also announced that attention must be paid to the focus of headlights, as arrests will be made for violations of the regu- lations relating to this feature of motor equipment. To give the pro- per focus to headlights, it is only necessary to measure the distance from the ground to the center of the headlight and draw a line on an ob- ject, preferably white, horizontaly at the same distance from the ground The automobile should be placed 25 * feet from the line and loaded with the normal carrying capacity. Then the lights should be adjusted so as to throw their rays just under the line. According to the state police, if drivers follow this rule, they can ad- just their lights in a few minutes and be assured that they are within the law,