Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-23
MONETTE MUST
ESTABLISH CLAIM

George u. Monotte will be COM
PEELED TO establish his claim TO the
wealth he has taken from the famous
llayes-Monette lease on the Mohawk
at Goldheld. G. u. SINNERS. ac-
companied by his attorneys, Harry VI.
Creswell and Judge G. w. Baker. ar
rived IN Reno yesterday morning en-
route to Carson City to begin the le-
gal preliminaries necessary to carry
ing on what promises to be one OF
the hardest fought legal battles in the
history of the United States supreme
court in this state. Ii is estimated
that more than $1,OO0.OOO are in
volved in the action.
Creswell and Baker when seen at
the Overland yesterday morning
stated that they were going to Car
son to file application for letters of
! administration for G. B. SINNERS in
the matter of his brother, the late
George SINNERS, who met death in
tragic manner at San Francisco
about two months ago. The man
now dead had previously brought
suit against Monette in the United
States court and it has been pending
for several months The brother
now comes to Nevada to continue the
fight for a share of the wealth Mo-
nette is known to have taken from
the property.
In the original suit the man now
dead alleged that a partnership ex-
listed between him and Monette. The
papers recited the alleged incidents
where SINNERS had advanced mon
ey to the defendant to carry on pros
pecting work in Nevada and where
finally the lease on the Mohawk
ground was secured 1t is the wealth
taken from this ground that Sum-
mers wanted an accounting for. The
case was moving along in the regular
channels toward trial when Summers
was killed in tragic manner.
During the height of the labor
troubles in California about two
months ago SINNERS who was EN-
ployed by the Wells-Fargo company
as guard was walking along Market
street when his revolver dropped
from his pocket and on striking the
sidewalk exploded. The bullet en-
tering SINNERS heart and without
a word he fell to the ground, dead.
In order to carry on the suit it
was necessary that the brother ap-
ply for letters of administration on
the estate in Nevada In company
with his attorneys SINNERS left here
for Carson Yesterday morning. The
papers in the administration matter
were filed yesterday afternoon.
Harry NJ. Creswell and Judge G.
w. Baker are among the best known
attorneys in San Francisco. Both are
former Nevada men. Baker was for
merly resident of Elko county,
while Creswell lived at Carson for a
long time.
The attorneys stated that the Or
iginal suit filed against Monette is to
be pressed as rapidly as possible,
maintaining that they would have. no
trouble in proving conclusively that
the alleged partnership with Monette
existed and that the estate is entitled
to division of the money.
The late George SINNERS was an
Intimate friend of Monette in the
days before fortune poured forth its
treasure from the Mohawk ground
Then, SO it is alleged, the two en-
tered into partnership to engage in
mining in Nevada SINNERS, SO the
claimant states, advanced money to
Monette on a number of occasions
and shared in the loss occasioned by
4 not finding mine. Then Monette
went in with Hayes on the Mohawk
lease. 1t was not long before they
found the pay shoot which eventual
ly led to what has developed into one
of the greatest treasure vaults in the
world.
The exact value of the ore that has
ben taken from this lease will prob
ably never be known However, it is
estimated to have been considerably
more than sI.O0O,OO0. 1t is divi-
sion of Monette's share of this wealth
that SINNERS brother now seeks.