The Nome nugget., 1901-08-02
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

The public no doubt have read the article contained in the "Weckly Gold ] Digger of date, July 2lth, 1901. re- i lccting upon the conduct of the under signed in the matter of the disposition and care of the body of our late brother. James l.. Wilson. deceased. The facts i about this matter are a~ follows: James i l.. Wilson died on the fourth day ot February. 1901; his brothers here de- sired to have his body sent to Tacoma, . Washington. for intcrmcnt. that being . the residence of his father and mother: ] they accordingly had the body em- balmed. and arranged with the Alaska Commercial Company at Nome to keep ] it until such time d, one of the Wilson l brothers might accompany the body to l Tacoma in the summer of this year. neither of the brothers of the deceased 1 had any knowledge whatever that the ! body of the deceased wa, improperly cared for. and. in fact. they do not now l believe that there Was any disposition whatever on the part of the \ a,ka Commercial Company at any time to i neglect the remains Of our late brot thcr. ! It was stated in the article referred to ! that the brothers of the deceased had l been written to q number Ot tunes by ! Alr. Fcnton, the attorney for the estate, 1 that it was necessary to take some at- ! tion in relation to. thV care of our brothers remains. d, the Alaska Com mcrCial Company desired It to ne re- moved from where it was deposited after his death. We are reliably in- 1 formed and believe that such letters were written to Us by Mir. Fenton. but. | in any event. we did not receive these letter, or any notification from any person that the Alaska commercial Company desired the remains to be rt- moved, or that they were not properly cared for. Referring to the statement contained in this article that the ad- mini-tratOr of the estate received one thousand dollars WhcrCWith t0 pay the bill Oi the undertaken. We submit that that iS true and part Of his blli has been paid. and the whole of II will bc paid in due time. There is also q bill due his attending physician during his last sickness, and other indebtedness that will be paid. but under the law creditors have six months within which to present claim, against the estate, and there i. no obligation on the part of the administrator to pay any claim l ulit II d1l tIullIlN liNt Dttll Illt~tultt and allowed and ordered paid by the court. We have done everything to show d proper respect for the memory of Oui. deceased brother, and we regret eNctedin4lN that the article referred tO Wa- published. as We know that th" writer. Wa, m,,inf0rmcd a, tO the fact, and feel assured that he will chrerfuly correct the impression that has gone forth by the publication of thi, article.
 AS to the other matters contained in the article in reference to r.. !, Will ~ou. we do not hesitate to say that the statements therein are absolutely with out foundation and are untrue.
 Respectfully submitted.
 W. NJ. WILSON.
 Administrator. and
 W. M. WILSON.
 We hare read the foregoing letter and the article published in the "Weckly Gold Digger referred to l therein. and do not hesitate to cor roborate the ,tatement, made in the letter of Mr.. Wilson. The remains of Jamc. l.. Wilson. deceased. were placed in the warehouse of the Alaska Commercial Company to be cared for untll such time as Wilson brother, should desire to have it shipped to their parents in the State of Washington this summer. We further state that the remains of James l.. Wilson have not, to our Knowledge, been neglected, amt we feel sure that Wilson brothers have done everything in relation to the care of their brother, remains that could be expected from anyone. The body of the deceased iS now in the custody of the Alaska Commercial Company, and well cared for.
 Yours truly.
 0. W. CARLSON,
 l EOrmerlN \ menl for Alnskn { COm. Go.