The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-14
ATTORNEYS DENY FRAUD FOUND IN
 CHICHAC0FF SUIT
Tuppela's Lawyers Say No 'Railroading' Declare
 Company Fair.

ChlchagOft Mining company Sut, eA- ecution of mandate to the sGtisfac- iion of the plaintiff has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court and the case is closed No mention is made of the amount re- ceived by Tuppela and his attorneys 1 in the settlement of their claims, which, it was announced some time ago, had been waived for $3O0,t0o.
 Charges that the Chichagoef Min ing Company had acquired the claims of John Tuppela, freely circulated at the time, have been completely upset by a communication written by J. H. Cobb and John F. Winn. attorneys for the claimant, which recently appeared in the News Trib- une of Tacoma, Wash, in an article regarding the case This article fol- lows in full;
 News dispatches from Alaska re gently brought the announcement that the suit of John Tuppc!a against the Chichagoff Mining Company had becn settled by w. R. Rust, the presi- dent of the company. Mir. Rust who is one of the best knowa and respected citizens of Tacoma. person ally made the trip to Alaska and brought an end to the litigation.
 'In the original telegraph Dews story that was sent out fro.u A'aska it was stated that allegation were made by the plaintiff tha. fraud had been used by the company an'' that Tuppela had been railroadc ! to the insane asylum in order t. obtain his property.
 Cobb and Vim, attorneys fur Tuppela, have made public a letter to Mir. Rust in which they a5solve he company from any of these char ges and in which they express their 1 ratification for the fair and satisfac-
 ory manner in which MT Rust set tied the case. The letter follows:
 Juneau, Alaska, MT " R. Rust, President,
 ] Chichagoff Mining Company.
 Tacoma, Washington.
 Dear Sir:
 ! As counsel for the plaintiff iii the te9ee of John Tuppela vs. the Chicha- soff Mining Company just finally settled, we desire to express to you the appreciation of the spirit oi per feet fairness and justice that ami mated you throughout the comrii cated and difficult matter of arriv- Ting at the settlement of the account ing ordered by the Court,
 You stated prior to the decision tof the supreme court that if the courts found the plaintiffs title all claim to the mining ground in contro- versy good, you desired to pay nm every cent fairly and justly due him for the ores mined and milled by your company With this end !u view you came to Juneau with sworn copies of your mine records extend ing over the entire period involved 1 explanations of the figures. As il duty bound to our client, we scrutin- | ized these figures with the aid of experts in mine accounting with the utmost care to detect any errors in favor of the company. We found the figures and data laid before us, to be as accurate as in the nature of the subject matter made reason ably possible, and which fully con- vinced us in the end of your abso- 1 lute fairness to the plaintiff as you had stated Your company is an i'm. portant factor in the business life of Alaska, and for that reason, among others, we are especially happy to feel this and to feel also that you are entitled to have it said to you
 We wish to say further that both before and since our connection With the case there was and has been such wild talk among prospeciCrs the Chichagoff Mining Company had and laboring men to the effect that railroaded" Tuppela to the insane asylum for the purpose of getting his property. AS counsel for Tuppela we diligently investigated this qucs tion and failed to find any evidence whatever supporting such a conten-  ton. MT. Tuppela was adjudged in sane and sent to the asylum June 1, 1914 upon complaint made by q deputy marshal at Sitka. It was more than year later that your company bought the property at l public sale made by the supposed guardian for his estate.
 We will always remember with pleasure the real acquaintance We feel we have made with you during the trying ordeal of the settlement of law suit involving so many com plaints and points for honest differ ences of opinion.
 Personally we wish to thank you for the fairness, courtesy and great rat;opoa Inv vOu in aiiuSt-