Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-12-01

cause Messrs. Turnbull and Sleato
to make their bills small she woult
make it all right with me afterwards
l of course refused to he n party I,
any such trick. Before we made on
our bills Messrs. Turnbull, Sleato
and myself laid the matter befor,
such Detroit lawyers us Don Nj. Dick
inson, Alfred Russell and join
Atkinson. You sec we handled tn,
settlement of an estate worth 6
million dollars and over. The De-
troit attorneys varied in their figures
but the lowest figure they gave Us
was higher that the figures of our bill
as rendered. The present situation
was brought about entirely by Mrs
Richardson's action. Last Saturday
we had n conference with Mrs. Rich
ardson and left her with the under
standing that we should meet again
Monday for final settlement.
Saturday night, after banking hours,
Mrs. Richardson drew out of the
Alpena Bank $4,000, and Monday
morning, instead Of waiting to meet
us as per agreement, she took the
train for Detroit. You see she has
got rid of nearly all her real estate
and has got all of her property all
into cash or its equivalent; it looked
to us as if she intended to take it all
out of Alpena, deposit it and tell us
to whistle for our fees"
"What is the value of her prop
crty ?"
dShe has according to the inven-
tory, the following assets, the deposit
still in the Alpena bank being secur-
ed to our case by garnishee: Notes,
timber, etc, 100000;
cash taken from Alpena bank Satur-
day, $4,000; cash now in Alpena
bank, 100000; funds deposited at
Exchange National Bank,
Detroit, $4,000; notes on sale of
mill recently, 5000; notes on sale
of Canada pine and bargcs to Frank
w. Gilchrist, $4,000; total, $780,
900.
"NIrs. Richardson, with all bills
paid and everything settled square
and clean, will remain worth about
100000"
"Were you soon enough with you:
garnishec writs %
1--WE don't know vet, but we do
know that our purpose has been
gained"
"What was your purpose?"
Simply to get our claims into
court for n hearing. If we haven't
lone the work we claim to have done,
,r if our bills are too high, we want
he courts to say so. If they say
we are right, we want our pay"
Messrs. Sleator and Turnbull were
both requested to take the side of the
heirs, when the contest was
irst started, but being retained by
Mrs. Richardson, they were unable
o do so. Mr.. Sleator was offered
$4,000, Just as a starter, if he would
become one of the opposing counsel,
tut he refused. What Mr.. Turn
,ull was offered we do not know.
In regard to serving the notice on
Yrs. Richardson in the parlor coach,
ve interviewed Sheriff Denton. The
heriff stated it was unavoidable on
lis part. He had been given the
egal notice to be serve on her if she
ried to leave town that Monday, and
lis instructions were that if she did
lot leave town he was not to serve it.
The sheriff found she was going to
make trip to Detroit that Monday.
lie went to Mrs. Richardson's resi-
lence to serve the notice, hut could
lot find her, and the only opportunity
he had was when she was in the car.
lie then served the notice as quietly |
Is possible.
The friends of Mrs. Richardson
leny many of the charges contained
n Mr. Kclley's statement, stating she
lad no intention of defrauding them
nut of n cent due them. Her trip to
Detroit was partly to make certain
PERSONAL purchases, but mostly to
btain a needed rest. They state that
'hen she goes to a place where she
ees no lumber or lumber mill signs,
hat it tends greatly to ease her mind
nd make her forget temporarily her
that she has suffered very
luch since her husbands death, and
hat it is relief to get away from the
nxietics of business thrown upon
er by the death of Mr.. Richardson,
nd by the settlement of the large
state. All sorts of claims are said to
Q presented to her. and she has
cen kept in constant worry.
We had hoped to be able to give
full statement by Mrs. Richardson's
riends of her side of the dispute, but
hey failed to report as we had ex-
ected, and the consequence is that
ur account is not'as complete as we
'ould like to have it.