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Show 'FBI II' as SUITF0R ESTATE CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 1. "Fresno Dan," the California soekor for a share in the $300,000 estate of tho latb Daniel Russell of Melrose, is declared the rightful claimant in the report filed in the supremo court today to-day by Gilbert A. Pevcy, master in the case, who listened for eleven months to tho testimony. "Fresno Dan," says the master, is undoubtedly Daniel Blake Russell, long lost son of Daniel Russell. "Dakota Dan," the rival claimant from Dickinson, N. D., is declared to be James Delbert Busscll. lie has neither the meutal, moral or intellectual characteristics char-acteristics of the Russoll family, says Mr. Pevey. Tho master calls the court's attention atten-tion to the testimonv given by two witnesses for the Dakota claimant, which, ho said, was grossly faiso. The report of tho master settles the case, so far as the facts aro concorned, and anv appeal must be based on questions ques-tions of law. Tho Russell will case has been before be-fore tho Massachusetts court for four vcars and has occasioned two unusually unusual-ly long hearings, first in the probate court, from the advorse decision of which the North Dakota claimunt ap-peale.d, ap-peale.d, and second, before Mastor Po-vev. Po-vev. It was in tho midst of the probate hearing that tho claimant, now declared de-clared to bo the rightful heir jointly with "William C. Russell, another son of the merchant, was discovered at Fresno, Cal. lie was acknowledged by the Russell familv. Counsel for the Dakota claimant filed with the court seventy-five objections objec-tions to the master's findings and asked that Mr. Pevev bo required "to report in full tho evideuco pertaining to the various objections. |