Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

[ ed as administrator and charged with contempt of court, but before leaving the court room the charge of dismissal was withdrawn and that of contempt was held over for three days and was removed when the attorney arrived.
 Immediately and very hurriedly after the appointment of Lee H. Wakefield as administrator, with out any complaint and before the books had been gone over, L. H. Wakefield commenced suit against Robert Reid and Samuel Sylvester as executors of Rufus Sylvester's estate, to recover the sum of SS9,- 800, which he alleged that tLe said Robert Reid and Samuel Sylvester as executors had fraudulently talk en from the Rufus Sylvester estate and appropriated to their own use, S10,000 of which was alleged to have been taken from the income of the saw mill property notwith- standing the fact that the saw mill property was appraised at $54 ,00O at the time of Rufus Sylvester's death, and that the property shows under the management of the eX- ecutors a net gain of oyer S32, ,00O since the death of Rufus Sylvester, or an income of over $4, 900 to each family yearly on an investment of $54,0 ,000 since March 1900, 5000 of which had been paid out, as the records show, $18,000 of which was on deposit in Seattle with Dexter, Horton & Company, bankers, and over $10,000 in the hands of can neries, that would soon be paid.
 Notwithstanding this large amt of cash on hand, the executor LII. Wakefield was only required to give $1O,0OO bonds, and his two bondsmen one a barber and the other a iailor, presumably not worth one half of the sum of the bonds.
 Next in the affairs of these two estates is the appointment of re- ceiver, one J. Hellenthall, which was done under the pretense of q petition, having been signed by May Sylvester and H. D. Camp bell, Mr. Campbell being guardian of the Sylvester children. Both Miss Sylvester and MT. Campbell had no knowledge of their names being used, nor did the owners of the property know that a receiver was to be appointed, and how that a receiver has been fraudulently appointed, protest against such re- ceivership which was and is abso- lutely unnecessary.
 The receiver Of the property of these two estates is under only $l0,- GOO bonds, and it is understood that the S1S,Q00 which was on de- posit in Seattle has been withdrawn from said bank. Furthermore, all interested parties or their represen- tatiyes by attorneys have appeared in court before Judge Brown and asked for the dismissal of the re- ceiver and a protest in the strong est manner possible was made against the sale of the mill proper | ty. Judge Brown declared that he would sell the mill.
 This Is briefly a few of the many wrongs of two families of United States citizenship residingin Wran- gel, Alaska; widows and orphans who would now ask of their gov ernment the protection of their property and their rights as citi' zens Of the United States.
 After my visit to Washington, D. C., I heard nothing further of im- portance except that the mill was advertised in the papers 10 be sold the 10th of May, by order of the court. Then the 18th of February 1904, I received a telegram saying that an offer of S16,000 for the mill was pending the consent of the Judge.
 On receiving thls message sent the following telegram to the At torney-General: "I received tele- gram that mill property of Mrs. | Wilson and Mrs. Sylvester, Wran- gell, Alaska, Receiver sold for s16,- 0O0 pending consent Judge Brown. 4 statement of facts sent to your office from the White House, Dec 30, 1903, will explain. Will you order a stay of proceedings until investigation is nade?'
 I received this reply: Depart ment Of Justice, Washington, DC, Feb. 20, 1904. Mir. Samuel Sylves- ter, Lisbon Falls, Me: Sir-Your telegram and previous correspond ence in relation to misconduct Of Judge Melville C. Brown and oth-