Correspondence, Benjamin Sanders to H.E. George

PI OCRS NE VADA , December '14th Messrs Page,McCutchen,Harding & Knight, Gentlemen: San Francisco,Gal. San FrancisYocuor, Cdails.p1a2/t1c4h. of 14,ins’t is at hand,which reads as follows: BenJ.Sanders,Att'y at Law,Pioch©,Nev.:Our cli- ant is ready pay balance due "Green Monster",when can4 you have Adminis­trator at Pioche to receive & receipt for money, fir© our expense, Page,McCutchen,E1rding & Knight. The administrator is living at Los Vegas,Lincoln County,Nevada.It is 175 miles from here and 75 miles from any wire communication,hence I think it is better to write you than to wire as you requested. In the first place,it seems to me,that we had better agree upon the a amount which is to be paid before we go to any expense of meeting to settle. Now,Gentlemen,I know All about this matter,I received the facts from John McClanahan,one of the executors named in the will. He gave the will to me,and requested me to proceed,and have him. appointed,I did b o ,and called upon hira to appear here,file his bond,take the oath,and receive his letters and go on in the regular way and close up the estate,and have the Court grant the Hearst people a deed of the .property. He re­fused to appear;because he said,"the Hearst people had paid him and he was satisfied','hence he said"I will have no more to do with it". He wrote that to me by letter. Since that time I have been to Sandy,and talked with him personally regarding it,he then repeated to me the same facts, my word of mouth. He said he did not care what I done,he was paid and was not going to do any thing. I have since tried to got hira to file a renunciation of his obligations to the testator's will,so as I could show to the Court,that it was necessary to have an administrator appoin­ted; that he refused to do. Youb people had bound him solid,as against his duty to the other creditors. In that conversation,and in several other conversations I have had with him regarding this matter,he told me that the bond on the mine was given for #2500,00,and that Winters had received two hundred dollars prior to his death,and that there was due on the bond,#2300,00. Now Gentlemen,we are not going to allow Mr.Clark nor any one repre- | i senting the Hearst estate to pay any of the late Mr.Winters'debts,no cla­aimmsi nweidl la nbd e aplaliodw,eodn blyy tthheo sea dfmiilneids twriatthor ouarn dC ltheer kP,rionb adtuee Jtuidmgee,.a nd I exa­m satisfied that there will not be money enough to pay all of the debts in full,hence it would not be in accordance with the will of the de­ceased, to pay some in full and others only in part, ?'thIef“ Cyoouur ta rfeo rw ialnl ionrgd etro opfa ys a#l2e3,0a0n,d0 0t.alkeet smtee pksn otwo, Ig ewti lylo ut hae ng oaoodo ltvi ttloe . In this I send you a copy of the summons Loop is publishing,and a copy of-the notice to creditors. Again I state I shall be very glad to aid you gentlemen in any way I can in bringing this matter to a Just and business like conclusion. I know that young man has acted very foolishly and unbusiness like;but if he will pay over to the administrator the $23 00,0Q,which I know was due and is due,this matter can be closed up. -r , Yours very truly, PIOCHE NEVADA,December 14,1901, Mr. Hampton E.George, Dear Sir: Los Vegas,Lincoln County,Nevada. •The foregoing is a copy of a dispatch I received to day from the Hearst people,as you will see, they are a little flurried. They want me to wire them,there is no need of that,you will see how I have written them. This is a regular administration, and we must be care fill and do up matters right. We will find out what their answer will be to thjis letter. I am going to send the mail around by Sacramento and Manvel. I am afraid of that otIhfe rt hreoyu tseh.o uld write' you don't you answer t..h e lett+er send it to we,and let we see what they want. Youtright inadvertently make Reamne mabdemris syiooun arteo utnhdeemr w hai bcohn wdo,ualndd wree sumluts t ibne anc airnejfuurly; bteoc ayuosue. I am certain those people are not square. That Is,Fred Clark is not in my judgment. Yours &c. Return after Ten Days to Benj. $andere, e & j Attorney at Law, G '® L incoln County, PIOCHE NEVADA. HamLpotso n VEe.gGaeso,rLgien,coln County, Nevada. Via.Sacramento & Manvel.