The Winslow mail., 1914-04-11
PERSONAL STATEMENT
BY JUDGE SAPP

|
Snowflake Herald, Messrs. r. C.
| Smith, ThorWald Larson, Esq.
and William Wooster still contin-
lie to make personal and political
attacks upon me.
AS the articles prepared by
these parties and printed in the
newspaper mentioned, have been
malicious, and as the majority of
the people were aware of the
reasons for publishing the mis-
leading articles referred to, [ had
intended to ignore same entirely.
believing that the people of Ma
vaj0 County would not be nisled
by articles induced by personal
enmity and animosity. How
ever, since the articles appear so
regularly, it seemed to me that [
owed it to the people of Navajo
/ County to reply briefly.
Considerable space was given
by the Snowflake Herald in it's
last issue to the handling of the
Louie Ghuey estate. For the in
formation of the public, | wish
to state that | acted as attorney
for this estate until elected Judge
Of the Superior Court. After be-
ing elected, | ceased to act as
attorney in this estate, and the
court records show that | dis
qualified myself as judge in this
estate on the 9th day Of Nav.
1912, no matter having come up
in the Superior Court in this es-
tate prior to that time.
Judge F. w. Perkins of Coco
nlno county was called upon to
hear all matters in said estate
until the final settlement of the
estate Judge Perkins made and
signed all orders made in said
estate after date mentioned,
with the exception of two or
ders, and both Of these were
made and signed by me at his
! request, and neither of said or
ders were of any particular i'm
portance, and the parties inter
ested in said estate were agreed
as to the contents of said orders.
For services performed by me
as attorney in this estate, [ re-
ceived $569.00, which amount
was based upon the percent al
lowed by law for attorneys fees
and r. C. Smith as Probate
Judge entered the order allow
ing this fee.
For fees incurred in the Pro
bate Court, r. G.. Smith received
$S52. 60 personally as remunera-
ton for services as Probate
Judge, and as attorney for the
minor heir in this estate, Thor
wald Larson received $250.00.
To everything proposed to be
done in the management of this
estate, Mr. Larson objected, and
/ the records show that practically
all of his objections were over
ruled, or dismissed at his own re-
quest, One of the things he did
toward the efficient handling of
| this estate. was to prevent the
private sale of one piece Of real
estate, thereby losing to said es-
tate the sum of $1,000, since this
piece of property at public sale
brought $1,000 less than had been
offered for it at private sale.
From the foregoing, it can
readily be seen that the Probate
Judge received more than half
as much as the attorney for the
estate, a thing exceedingly unus-
ual in any probate proceeding,
/ This is accounted for by the fact
that there was SO much litiga-
ton, mostly unnecessary, in this
estate, which was started in
practically all instances by Thor
! Wald Larson, attorney for the
minor heir. On account of the
/ unusual amount of litigation, eX-
ira work, etc, in this estate, adj
ditional attorney fees were al
! lowed, in conformity with the
law. The law expressly provides
for the allowance of additional
work is required. The court re-
cords in this estate also show
that Judge Perkins entered an
order reVoking the appointment
of ThorWald Larson as attorney
for the minor heir, for the best
interests of the estate.
Regarding the continuous mis-
statemnts of Messrs. Smith and
Larson concerning the Holbrook
News and its demands on the
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