The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
RUSSELL CLAIMANT LOSES
MASsACHCSETTS COL NJ BOfD>
DAK0TlN ~ TWPOSTOR.


HIlNNON.
the MiddIeseN county Probate Court
decided to-day ags,rs' the claim ~
the North Dakota man WI" for sever
months has he-p hgh'lnE ~ ss'ablusn
his Identity a. Daniel RlRkr Russell
an heir to the SsOOga estate ct the lat"
Daniel Russell Of Mslross
I find that non. oI the petitions nov
beFore the Court were brought or pre-
ssnted by Daniel Blak" Russell. hut by
ore who attempted tn impsrsonate hun
and TO dcIraud the estates ~ relation
90 which they wer. flied Accordin gly
they all will be- disInISss'h. said Judge
I.Awton at the CLOSE 81 tho delivery 81
his decision.
senator Leslie 4 simpson ~ North
Dakota announcs.d immediately after
the Judges dscis,on that h" would hight
the case In the bitter end and that ~"
Courts decision wss only Temporary
setback to his client the claimant
Court officials had to force the big
crowd out VI the court room and into
the street. where q demonstration M
favor Of the claimant took place.
There we're shouts Il approval and con
idencs in him when he appeared Pale
faced and excited. - mounted the curb
and shouted: = am the real Daniel Blake
Russell and they can never prov" me-
an impostor. and MY brother William,
who ahould have received me, has shii
/ that I arm an Impo-tor I will show 'h"m
that this ~ nennie aud that they VII
never ~ able to prove me French Cana
dian, like Jim RiIrs.au
/ Wild cheering followed his spe"ch aud
he was followed all the way to BOSTON
| by AN eager crowd 81 supporters. Women
wept ~ they rushed M 10 him ouis'd" the
court room and eNcla lined that hs w"s
the sraal Daniel Blake Russell
In arriving ~ thl- decision. which -
tantamount 10 an announcement that he
conaiders the claimant an impo-tor.
Judge Iawton found particular S,gnlh
canCe IN the testimony of William Z.
Russell and the other blood relatives 81
the long lost Russell heir and the sworn
| statements OF this. Rus-eau familv that
| the pesitioner Wac their relative Who
\ has bren missing from hi- hoine ~
northern New York sln'. iSsi
The expert testimony for the FeiiiioiIer
| he said could not ~ considered ~ sum
| Gent evidence. o. substanfiate th" gTaN"
charges Of forgery, bogus csnoe llatiOn
| etatnping and CraS,Ire IN 'he disputc,'
! Ru-sesu exhibits. which had teen al
vanced by the claimant : counsel Ia
prove that the North Dakota claimant
had been tho victim OT giEanti" con
according to the opinion 81 Judge
La wton IL was utterly incredible that
such q conspiracy, involving Hot only
the witnesses who had testified Tor th'
rv,euond~nts but the legal repre-sn,ativ ~.
az the defenders Of the Russell estate. h"c
leen made
Judge La~tons dcc.si"n eudr ,h'
most remarkable contest over t"C"rit'
IN the courts ~ IN" world fveH iht
famous TIGHT horne cas-. which Tor vear'
has heen "A study Tor lawyer through
Out the world. rtnk- mt insigniiicanCs
when compared with III" remarkable
legal Rattle Just closed ~ Mddi"~''
county.
Ren,arbabl. A. tho ca-s itself -. th'
DECISION Of Judgp l-iWtou was even NOR
remarkable Is--- than twenty fpui
hOurz did u re0ulrr him Z" decid" th'
caa.. which com unH.'i ~ court dave
/ Including the presentation Of ts-ttm"u,
FROM suI witnas-.-- brought iIuIr di-iau
PARTS ~ the country and ID" rutr"ductr''
. % SCORES ~ sNhihtt-
FVen nov rho cas-, - Tar from GUIDED
An apt--al will 49, taken 20 m" ~upT"Iu'
COurt ~ Massachusetts. AMI even an"
that tribunal gives IT, decision - to th'
worth 1t tho pakOJau'- CLAIM n - hk"''
Ia D.. Carrie, To IN. tuite'i stats ~
, preme Courr ~ " ashinEt"u
There WA. violent DutlreSk ~ thu
city tonight over the uItcome ~ th'
. Russell case most ~ I'll residents sym
pathiyinE With Dakota Dan. william
& Russell lives a retired life "a thr ID
home ~ his father. half ~ whose estate
the claimant tired to rs~pNsr ~ the lnni
missing son. SOon after DARK crow,
Of people numbering about irsJ an'
. Including IO Woms.n gathered au'
marched 20 the houses ~ the yariuu
witnesses who had testified against Ds
kota Dan They hoot~d and vell-'
, hard names AZ the occupants and th~i
pro~~sded to the Russell home, wher,
they strung mp an sfhgy and afterwar'
burned IT,
The small pOlics force was unable .
cope with the thrOng. who wound az
; the riototls demonstration by gong to ia,
home Of james X. AFFORD. who VA Tor
tn.rlv the coachn8n for the kts~al
family AFFORD testified against ia
kota Dan during the recent trial an
reooRnized Fresno Dan a- the brother -
} William 4. Russell.
. Afford paId no attention a. first TO IN
outcries IN front Of his home. but wh~I
a brick was -snt smashing through
/. window he came forth armed with got
/ club and laid about hun right aud left
There was a furious mINup. many ueopt
, b%ink knocked down and AFFORD wa
among those who fell Tie Wa dragg'"
soE1e distance along the street 10y IN
mob and - sad To- have been Jutnp+-i "n
Cooler heads IN the crowd RESCUED hin
and managed to get him home withou
further assault