The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-30
TYING KNOTS I! mo IN IT
Charges Of Conspiracy to Involve the
Stratton Estate in Liti-
r ..- 49, cation.
Contracts With Young Stratton by
Which They Assume All Expense
and Guarantee; Him $50 900.
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Colorado Springs, COL, Sept. 30.-Coun-
sci for the executors in the litigation over
the estate of the late w. S. Stratton yes
terday took q sensational step. Formal
charges of conspiracy to Involve the STRAIT
ton estate in litigation for the profit of
persons interested in no way In the estate
are brought against H. n. Blackmer and
G. c. Hamlin, two of the administered to-
collect appointed by Judge Orr, Black
mer being declared to have already pro-
vided money of his own in an effort to car
~ out the terms Of a. deliberate and
fraudulent conspiracy entered into with q
view TO- speculation upon the viii OF the
estate. .~.2t ''@'' - -, =
A charge i, made that, the court itself.
the judge Of Which a 1g BROTHER: in-law q
collect, has shown itself based and preju-
diced and the demand is made that the
be- taken eoutfof this court and
transferred to athe:s district court Of FL
PasoH ceuntyat9es = -. -s~s,:r @9t@ss1 tss4S
= The charges are made in the mature OF
an answer to- the 5petition of the admin
ststrators- to-collect;a as a result oftwhich
icitations to appear in the county court
tto-daye and show cause for their refusal to
recognize 4sthe administrators to collect
were issued on Saturday. sf1
Tyson s. Dimes, Of :eDnVer, d. II. Rice
and Charles s. Chamberlain, Of this city,
executors named in the will Of Mr.. STRAIT
ton, were served with such citations and
will appear in the, county court to-day
It is declared by their attorneys here that
they will go to Jail for contempt Of court
rather than aecede to- the order to turn
over the .nffairs. Of Mr. Strattcn to these
Administrations nj SIT ,r>l 4. 3ss.
: The answer filed to-day further charges
that former Governor: G. S. Thomas of
Denver is attorney for the administrators
to collect appointed by the court and also
for certain persons who intend and have
long intended to bring suit against the
Stratton estate involving practically the
entire estate. The administrators to-col-
lect, Blackmer and Hamlin, are declared
to be financially interested In a company
which is declared to have entered into
contracts with young rStratton by which
they assume all expenses of litigation,
and secure the right toainvolve the estate
in litigation for their own profit.
The bond in the sum of $4,000, 900 which
was given, by the, adninistra tors to COL
lect, is made an objeet~of attack. It Is
declared that the statutes of Colorado
prohibit any bonding company from writ
ing a bond in excess of half of Its cap
italization and that the aggregate capitals
zation Of the companies who have written
those bonds is but $4,000000.
Former Governor Charles s. Thomas Is
responsible for statement made here
that the venture company of London is
preparing to sue the Stratton estate for
damages resulting from conspiracy In the
sale Of the Independence mine May l.,
1899. .$sGEEzll4r
The company's expert, T. A.. Richard,
represented the mines ore reserve as $13.-
900, 900. On this representation 100000 900
was paid Stratton for the mine by the
Venture people A year later John Hays
Hammond personally examined the ore
reserve and fixed its value at $4,000, 900.
The mine is now practically worked out
after yielding the purchasers only about
s4.5oo,ooo. Suit for i$5,oo0,oo0 damages
may be brought. r..rsss.