Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE,
Life and Adventures of
 Rufus Sylverter.
Samuel Sylvester, in Lewiston tMaine) Daily Sum-
 (Continued)

not feel like being turned down without a hearing, which 1 believ- ed 1 had a right to have. The com missioner said he had written in the records that 1 was not an exc cutor, and that settled it. l then said that I considered myself an executor of my brothers will; but if my co-executor, MT. Reid, was allowed to act, that 1 would be sat- isfed for the present; but if any thing should occur that MT. Reid could not act, 1 should see what could be done regarding the affairs of my brothers estate.
 After this interview with com missioner Thomas, 1 left for Maine, The next important move was the request of Mary Arthur Wilson, wife and sole heir of Thomas A. Wilson, to be appointed admins
 ratrix of her husbands estate, and ,sked that T. c. McHugh be ap- pointed co-administrator with her. Judge NJ. c. Brown objected to the appointment of MT. McHugh, giy- ing as his reaso.. that MT. McHugh vas Catholic. Mrs. Wilson in- sisted on Mr. McHugh's appoint nent, as he was a reliable business
 nan, a resident of Wrangell, and | he desired his aid. Finally Mrs. Wilson and Mr. McHugh were ap- pointed and qualified as admins trators of the Wilson estate.
 About this time a notice by the ourt appeared in the local papers
 iemanding the heirs of Rufus Syl- yester to appear at the court house
 n a certain date and show cause, if any, why the Sylvester property hould not be sold.
 At this time May Sylvester, the | oldest Sylvester child, was in San Francisco, Cal. The next oldest | child to May was her brother, a l boy about fourteen years old, who
 yas in Oregon attending school.- When Hay Sylvester received this ,otice she immediately returned to Ter home, and when the boat reach d the wharf at Wrangell her friends" met her and told her that 'Ir. Reid had been robbing her and many other things that were not rue.
 They persuaded her to sign a
 etition for the removal of MT. Reid nd the court removed him on this count without giving him hear
 ng, although he demanded it.
 Soon after this May Sylvester ound that these friends, as she supposed them to be, had advised Ter wrongly and that they were not Ter friends. Prior to her return lome these same people had been
 o her mother and had tried to pre-
 all upon her to do what they had succeeded in getting the daughter
 0 do, but her reply to them was
 hat she knew who were her friends md she would sign no papers,
 Mrs. Sylvester is a full blooded
 ndian.) May Sylvester had just become of age and was used by
 nose evil, unprincipled persons to ,et MT. Reid out of the way
 The next step taken in this plot Fas taken when Mrs. Wilson left Nrangell in September to take away the remains of her husband for burial with the intention Of re- turning the following month, which he did, but no sooner had she left Jn this grave errand than she was declared by the court as no longer an administratrix of her own es-
 ate, and there appeared before MT. McHugh one Wakefield, a common boat-hand, and a relative of con. missioner Thomas. He told MT. McHugh he was appointed execut- or of the Sylvestor and Wilson es, ,ates and that the commissioner mad sent him for the keys, and also :o say that he must answer him within five minutes whether he would acknowledge him as such or suffer for contempt of court; and furthermore, he should take imme- diate possession and he should send for his wife and move into Mrs. Wilson's house. Mir. Me Hugh answered that Mrs. Wilson was soon to return to her home which she had left ready to occupy on her return, that he could not have the keys to her home; he was unadyised as to his rights in the premises. Mir. McHugh according ly refused to accede to such de- mands until such time as he could consult his attorney.
 After this the United States com missioner, W. c. Thomas, went to the place of business of T. c. Me- Hurb and told him +o be of tho