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

as Mrs. Richardson affected n settle
ment with the contestants, paying
them $4,000. The Detroit lawyer
received, of this sum, $4,000, leav-
ing for the heirs and those interested,
100000.
Mrs. Richardson's lawyer was II. j.
Kelley, and she had also retained
Geo. ii. Sleator and j. ID. Turnbull
all three residents of this city.
After the settlement with the con-
testing heirs, Mrs. Richardson began
to dispose of her property, as she was
unable to carry on the lumber bust.
ness. Jacob Seligman purchased the
pine lands in this vicinity for 1910, 900.
The mill property was reported sold
to III. r. Morse. +. w. Gilchrist
purchased her entire interest in vessels,
steam barges and also, it is stated, in
pine lands in Canada and other
places.
The converting of large amount of
the property into cash, and the settle
ment of the claims of the contesting
heirs caused Mrs. Richardson's lawyers
to call for a settlement Of their claims.
Mr.. Kelley's was $4,000; Mr.. Turn
bulls was $4,000 and Mr.. Sleator's
was S8,000-total $4,000. This was
not done to the satisfaction Of the
lawyers, and finally, Monday, Novem-
Der 22nd, was fixed as the day on
which they were to have a conference
to settle the claims. The lawyers
found that Mrs. Richardson intended
to go to Detroit that day, and resolved
to bring the matter to focus. Very
early Monday morning, they caused
a garnishcc notice to be served on
Geo. l.. Maltz, President of the AL
pena National Bank, to restrain him
from paying out certain funds believed
to be deposited in that bank. The
discovery was soon made that Mrs.
Richardson had drawn the greater
part of her bank deposit, amounting
to over one hundred thousand dollars,
but there was still left $4,000 The
same kind of legal notice was sent
to the sheriff of Wayne county
to attach certain moneys of Mrs.
Richardson believed to be deposited
in the American Exchange National
Bank, at Detroit. This money, it is
said, was also withdrawn before the
notices were served. All Mrs. Rich
ardson's property in this city was also
attached.
About nine o'clock Monday morn
ing November 22nd, the sheriff served
Mrs. Richardson with garnishee
notice. AT that time she was in the
palace car, at the depot in this city,
waiting for the train to leave for
Detroit. A scene followed. Mrs.
Richardson got out of the car, crying
and very indignant, and declaring her
of going home. After a
few minutes conversation with several
friends, she Gained down considerably
and re.entered the car and went to
Detroit. The same day the lawyers
went to Detroit, and while there, the
Detroit Free Press reporters got hold
of the matter and made it public.
The following from that paper,
representing an interview with r. j.
Kelley, will give the reader the law
yer's side of the story:
"My relations with Mrs. Richard
SON as her attorney have been most
amicable up to within a very short
time. was her attorney at the time
of her husbands death, and two hours
after his burial she said to me in the
presence of Frank w. Gilchrist that
she was going to retain Messrs. Turn
bull and Sleator to keep them out of
the reach of the other heirs. You see
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson had no
and other possible heirs were
n brother, cousins and other relatives
of the deceased. At. the same time
she showed me a will on piece of
old blue paper, written in 1857. She
asked me if that will was good,
provided no other will was offered. I
told her that thought it would hold
if no other will was presented, but that
| wanted little time to look up the
matter in relation to property acquir-
ed since the will was executed. Mr..
Gilchrist and / advised her not to
retain Messrs. Turnbull and Sleator,
or any attorneys for that matter, for
| knew then that the other heirs
would settle for 100000. In this
way / took hold of the case, suppos-
ing she would follow my advice.
What was my surprise shortly after
to have the lady tell me that she had
retained Messrs. Turnbull and Sleator.
[ asked her MS to her bargain with
them and she said she had no fixed
bargain with them. l advised her to
settle with them as to their fee. This
she failed to do. And so, t. make