The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-12
ACCOUNTS FOUND
BADLY MIXED
Morris Sommers' Bondsmen Asked to
Make Up Shortage.
CASH MISSING is s4575
MYSTERY SURROUNDING ES-
TATE OF LATE JAMES REID.

Recent Investigations into the af-
fairs of the late Morris Sommer have
developed a confusion that is giving
trouble to A. ]. Davis. the administra-
tor of the estate, Judge O. w. Powers.
ire attorney for the estate Gould p
Blakely, appointed to succeed Mr.. SOM
meT as administrator of the estate of
James Reid, and A. j. Weber. the
attorney for the heirs of James Reid.
But the deepest concern is felt by w.
y Mccormick and Judge Samuel a.
Merritt who are on the bond of Morris
Sommer to the amount of So. ZOO. They
have been notified to make up a short
age of $3.50.
After the death OF James Reid in
this city a year ago Norris Somm T
was appointed administrator of the
estate The appointment was made in
March. The bond of $4,000 was fur
nished by W. 5. Mccormick and Judge
Samuel A. Merritt. The inventory of
the property showed $4,000 on deposit
In the lions Savings bank, S14I in
cash. q mortgage for 81. $50. a diamond
valued at $50. a note for 81 900 given
by GOslen Brothers, hide and wool
dealers, and some minor effects.
All Cash Is Missing.
After the death of Morris Sommer
in the middle of November Gould B.
BlakeIy was appointed to succeed him
IS administrator of the estate of James
Reid. Mr.. Rlakely could find nothing
Of the estate except the GOslen note
for $1,000. pair of gold-rimmed spec
tacleS and a Knights of Pythias pin
The So, 900 had been transferred from
the lions Savings bank to Mccormick
* Co.'S and the $141 was also deposited
there. The $3.50 mortgage was COL
lected last June, but the proceeds were
not deposited at McCornick's bank. All
this cash, together with the $50 dia
mond is gone, and only $500 of ii can
be accounted for.
The records of Mccormick & Co.'S
bank are understood to show that all
the money deposited there was checked
out and that the account was slightly
cVerdrawn at the time of Mr.. SOM
mer's death The only check book
found in the effects of the dead admin
istrator shows $500 drawn out to pay
the undertaker's bill, court costs and
the like Record of these items is kept
On the stubs, but outside of this no
record is found on the stubs of the
check book or anywhere else, and what
has become of the $1,000 is mystery.
When Gould b. Blakely, the new adj
nlinistratOr, discovered the shortage,
he at once served notice on the bonds
men. and demanded that they make
good the deficit placed at $4,515- This
demand was made Jan. 20. As Judge
Merritt was still i'll at that time from
the effects of his street car accident,
the demand was filed with his attor-
Eey, James II. MOyle. No response has
yet been made to these demands
Heirs May Make a Fight.
At the time of Mr.. Reds death it
was thought he had no living relatives.
He came TO Salt Lake from Colorado
some years ago and engaged in the
livestock business. But some time
after his death relatives in Canada
came forward claiming TO be the heirs
TO the property These are now insist
ing that the property left by Mr. Reid
be accounted for If the SOmmer
bondsmen do not make good the short
age the whole matter is reasonably GER
tain to be taken into the courts. A.
:. Weber of this city has been retained
to look after the interests of the Cana
dian heirs.
A. J. Davis. who was appointed adj
ministratOr of the estate of Morris
SOmmer. has been unable to throw any
light upon the mystery of the missing
property. The absence from the city
of Mrs Sommer still further cOmpli-
Gates matters. Judge Q. w Powers is
attorney for the SOmmer estate. What
action he Will take in the matter is
still undecided