The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-14
BOTH WANT TO SERVE
Public Administrator llPphy Has 4 Rival
In Attorney 0'Donnell.
Mr~. Earrtsre's sister Eapnoysa m Altar
sey to Perform the Duties which che
Law Provides hall Fe Performed
ny . County O0cer.

Special Correspondence of the standard.
BUTTE, Dec. 13.-The hight regarding the
office Of public administrators is daily ~
u more Interesting phase. The
contest Is at present regarding tho estate
of AngeliQue Barriere, the woman killed
two weeks ago.. The day after the death
of the woman, City Marshall Macarthur
established a precedent by turning over
the keys of the house to James w. Muir
PLY, who was duly elected 10y the people
tn the office Of public administrator. Mr..
Murphy took charge of the property and
locked up the houses. When Mrs. Hugo.
sister of the dead woman, ar
rived from Chicago, Attorney O'Donnell
went to her and induced her tn petition for
him to he administrators of the property,
and to file an objection tai the selection of
the public administrators. Acting on this
authority, Attorney O'Donnell went To
MIR. Murphy and audaciously demanded
the keys. Mr.. Murphy consulted with
his attorney, James w. Forbes, and RI
fused to surrender them. Thcreupon MIR.
employed u locksmith and
gained entrance to all the houses in Ga
lena street owned by Mrs. Barricrc. Yes
terday afternoon Mr.. Murphy went down
to Galena street as usual to look after the
propersy and WAS snrpr,s.d to nna IN
App to Mrs. Hugo, or 4. r.. o'Donnell,
attorney Mr.. Murphy was simply stupi-
fled by thise exhibition of gall. He promptly
tore down these placards.
When Attorney Donnel found that
his placarsls had been torn down, he was
very wroth. He induced his client tn go
to Judge Eddy and have u warrant sworn
out for the arrest of Mr.. Murphy on N
charge of malicious mischief. Mr.. Muir
| phy appeared before Judge Eddy at ID
o'clock this morning and the case was set
for examination for tu-noi row morning.
The hearing on the petition of MIR.
Murphy will also be heard before Judge
Mediation Tomorrow. MIR. O'Donnell in
the opinion of the best legal men, has
clearly exceeded any authority i'm the
matter. Section BIB of the code says that
the public administrator must take the
property of the deceased. when the heirs
are absent. Mrs. Hugo had no authority
tn select an administrator since she Is "a
resident of Chicago. Joseph Barricrc has
no authority, since he is i'm Jail. Further
moro he has already expressed his will
ingness that Mr.. Murphy should have
charge of the property. Mr.. Murphy
holds the certificate OF election from the
county clerk, has taken his oath Of office
has filed his bond and his petition. In
the face of these facts, the action of Attor
ney O'Donnell is unparalleled. Mr.
Murphy il clearly the only man with an!
will i'm "a few days petition for all the prop
erty now in the hands of cN-Public Ad
ministrator Pascot.
Mr.. Murphy has assumed charge of tn.
property of NJ. w. Porter, who died sud
denly at South Butte. The property. II !
said, consists of two notes for 500. GOV
cred 10y mortgages; "a surveyors rsseip
for $40 acres of land i'm Paradise Valley
HuGibolt county. Nevada; "a herd q
horses there; "a ranch at Chinook, in til
Milk creek country, and n herd of cattle.