Show 1 T T T t 1 T LT r + + + + + f tf CONSPIRACY CHARGED Sensational Step Taken in Stratton Will Case COURT IS ALSO INCLUDED J I Allegations Aro Hado in the Nature of nn Answer to the Petition of the Administrators to Collect as Result of Which Citations Have Bean Issued Is-sued for Executors to Appear in CourtPublic Feeling Running High in Colorado SpringslIIany Rumors Afloat Colorado Springs Colo Sept 20 Counsel for the executors In the already al-ready famous lit Ign lion oer the estate of the late Wr S Stratton this afternoon after-noon took a step that Is I In all respects the most sensatlonil yet taken In the controversy Formal charges of con spiracy to Involve the Stvatton estnl ° litigation for i the profit of persons Interested In no way In the estate are brought against Mesira1 H M Black mcr and C C Ilamlln two of the administrators ad-ministrators to collect appointed by Judge Orr Blackmcr being dcolaicd to have already put up considerable money of his own in an effort to carry out the termH of a deliberate and fraudulent conspiracy entered Into with a view to speculating upon the will and the estate A charge Is made that the court Itself the Judge of which is a brotherInlaw of the third adminis trator to collect has shown itself biased bias-ed and prejudiced and grossly Imposed upon and the demand it a made that the litigation be taken out of this court and transferred to the district court of El Paso county ANSWER TO PETITION The charges arc made In the nature of an answer to the petition of the administrators ad-ministrators to collect as a result of which citations to appear In the county court at 9 oclouk tomorrow morning and show cause for their refusal to rec ognise the admlnlHtratorn to collect were Issued on Saturday Messrs Ty son S Dynes of Denver D M Rice and Carl S Chamberlain of this city executors execu-tors named In the will of Mr Stratton Strat-ton were served with such citations and will appear In the count court tomorrow to-morrow morning It Is declared by their attorneys that they will go to Jail for contempt of court rather than accede lo the order to turn over the affairs of Mr Stratton to these administrators OTHER CHARGES ALLEGED The answer filed this afternoon further fur-ther charges that C S Thomas of the t firm of Thomas Bryant Lee of Denver Den-ver Is attorney for the administrators to collect appolnctd by the court and also for certain persons who Intend and I have long Intended to bring suit against II I the Stratton estate Involving practical ly I the entire estale The admlnlslralors to collect Black mer and Hamlln arc declared to bo financially Interested In a fully organ ize i d promotion company which Is declared de-clared to have wrongfully confederated t I I and entered Into contracts with young Stratton by which they assume all expense ex-pense of litigation guarantee him hn < 550000 allowed him In the will und secure se-cure the right to Involve the estate in I I litigation for their own profit BOND COMPANY ATTACKED The bond In the sum of 5SOOOOOO which was given by the administrators to collect which bond was agreed upon I I and fully arranged at a meeting in the I office of Henry Blackmer at 2 oclock on the morning of September 26th which meeting Is said to have been at tended by the administrators and thci counsel for young Stratton Iv l made an I object of attack in the answer lied to day It IH declared that the statutes of Colorado prohibit any bonding com pany from writing a bond In excess of half Its capitalization and that the ag gregalc capitalization of the companies r who have written this 8000000 bond Is but 31000000 PUBLIC FEELING HIGH Public feeling here Is running high in the matter Rumors more or less 1 di rect are involving large numbers of piominent business men of this city and the Cripple Creek district In the alleged conspiracy tumid there Is i a grow ing sentiment In favor of the strictest investlcatlon of all rumors and the hearing tomorrow morning will attract more attention than any thing In the courts here for years |