The herald., 1894-03-15
MRS. SMITH DISCUSSES HAYFORD
She Says He is Worse Than
Chris Evans.
Charges Him With Trying to Get
Her Daughters Money.
Mrs. smith Leaves Los Angeles In
Order to Fight the BohsmIng
Attorney for Her Girls
Fortune.

The Oakland correspondent Of the
San Francisco Chronicle, under date OF
the 11th. has the following:
Superior Judge w. +. Greene has dis
covered that some serious mistakes have
been made in the attempted purihca-
ton OF the estate and guardianship OF
Ethel Gray Smith. The judge took q
lively interest in the settlement OF the
estate. and when George Hayford ap-
peared in the case as the attorney for
the girl he announced that It was upon
Judge Greene's request and with bis
full knowledge and consent. Now Judge
Greene is just as anxious to get Hayford
out of the estate as be was to get him
into it. The judge has a resignation OF
Smith, but be refuses to file it, and to-
day Mrs. Smith arrived from Los Ange-
les to fight the suit that Hayford has
brought to remove her as guardian.
81 have come to Oakland to get my
daughter out of the hands of this man
Hayford," said Mrs. Lu Wheat Smith
today. "This man is more dangerous
than Chris Evans, and should no more
be allowed at large than Evans. Hay
ford is trying to secure my daughters
money, and that is all. He wrote to
Los Angeles to his daughter that he sx-
pectsd to get certain order of the
court, and that if he did get it he would
leave the country on five minutes
notice. This. we all believed, meant
that he expected to get control OF my
daughters money and then skip. / in
tend to prevent his getting control of
the money, but he can skip il he wants
to. 1t would be a good thing for the
country If he would leave. As for these
cases, l am going to fight every one of
them and am going to employ attor-
neys. l am going to carry the war into
his camp and see that he does not ac-
complish any of his plans, at least as
far as my daughter is concerned"
Mrs. Smith CALI ed upon Judge Greene
today and had long consultation with
him. Judge Greene has become dis
gusted with the turn that the case has
taken, and when Hayford's petition for
the removal of Mrs. Lu Wheat Smith as
guardian comes before him on Monday
next the attorney will probably have
more said to him than was said last
week when the petition was presented.
Judge Greene feels that Hayford has
broken faith with him. When Hayford
first appeared in the case Judge Greene
sent for him and had talk with him.
Hsyford promised everything that the
Judge asked. He agreed that he would
accept any:guardian whom the court
would name, ,.and Judge N. G. Nye WAS
selected. Judge Greene also told Hay
ford that he must have nothing to do
with his client because the tongue of
gossip was uncharitRDle, and the at
toFneV heartily agreed
When Hayiord had secured everything
that he wanted from the Alameda county
court ne went to San Francisco and Sc
cured another guardian for Mics Smith
and had her appointed by the San Fran
cisco court. The girl now has three
2usrdians-her mother, whose resigna-
tion has not yet been filed Judge S. 6.
Nye, who has not yet been removed !;
and the San Francisco guardian.
Mrs. Smith says that Hayford met her
daughter when che was on farm and
that he turned her head by hattering
her.