Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-23
HE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE,
Life and Adventures of
 Rufus Sylverters
samuel sylvester, in Lewiston Maine
 Daily Sun.
Cuutinued

On reaching Seattle ! jJund l would have 10 wait some jour of five days before any steamers wo'd leave for Alaska. So l had plenty of time to engage my attorney, l was aided by my friends there. and thus l had no difficulty and on reaching Alaska commenced work at once.
 We had court called at Juneau, and tried for hearing, but Judge VI. C. Brown would not listen to any appeal and accused me of talk ing what did not belong to me,say- ing that 1 had taken compound in .erest on my note, when should only have taken simple interest, l asked that l might reply as had 3nly received simple interest, and he said that he would not allow me to make any reply. My lawyer told him that I had never received angthing for my services as eXecu- or The Judge replied He don't deserve anything.o
 Mrs. Wilson said she was not satisfied with the receiver being re
 iuired to give only ten thousand dollar bonds and wished to have the bonds larger, as the receiver mad turned into his hands a great amount of cash, more than his bonds. besides many thousand dol .ars' worth Of property. The Judge only laughed at her
 The Judge said in court that he ,hould sell the saw mill, and al interested parties were present and asked that he would not do SO, but he declared he should. My attor- neys tried to have this Judge hear their arguments on this matter ana afidavi,s that they had prepared. but he would hot allow them to proceed, and when my attorney said. II insist on being heard" the Judge roared out, What do you mean sir?" and showed the rage oi maddened beast, then saying, Il Io not see az 1 have anything to attend to here" left the court room
 Such was the treatment of Mrs Wilson, Mr. McHugh, MT. Reid. Miss May Sylvester and myself, and our two attorneys in the cour, gf Alaska, regarding the rights O lie owners to their own property.
 I now took a copy oi this strang, court record and also a copy of the pages of the records regarding my own removal with the signatures
 i the Hon. II. C. Brown, fedora udee of the ilst district of Alaska and Commissioner ". G. Thomas T c. Browns accomplice, who hac oll the people of WrangelI that ii appeared in Alaska I would be arrested as criminal; these cop ies and the affidayits of Mrs. SyI- Fe-ter regarding how she had been approached to sign papers for the removal of Mr. Reid, and Of May sylvester, telling how she believed she had been wrongly advised a. to MT. Reid and should not have signed asking for his remoyalif she had known the facts in the aSe,and saying she was now sorry she had -igned for MT. Reid's removal; also m affidavit from A. I. Bennett,the 5ead man at the saw mill. and a friend of Rufus Sylvester's, a man who had worked in the mill for some years.
 Judge NJ. C. Brown sent for him 10 come to okagway and MT, Ben nett went to see the Judge, as he was sent for. The Judge wanted Mr. Bennett to see ii he could not make some arrangement for Mrs. Wilson to sell to him her interest .n the mill with certain facts and a ;opy of the will.
 With a statement of facts, I started for Washington, D. C., hop
 ng to have justice done before .he,e inhuman brutes had robbed
 hesc widows and orphans of their all.
 I arrived in Washington, D. C.,
 he 30th of December. 1903, tired and feeling but little like work.- After taking a bath and getting ;lean clothing on l felt more like moving about, and realizing that New years day was near, I con cluded any delay might be detri- mental and might perhaps be the cause of my being detained for days in Washington. So l made inquiries at the capitol but found no one there l knew. After askinc the best time in the day to call OF the President, 1 went to the White House and after being interviewed by the attendants and telling them Il