The Ashleys Are After Burt

Chas. S. Asltley as executor oí tlie wiil of the late Gov. Jas. M. Ashley, has oommenced suit agailnst Wellington R. Burt, receiver of the T., A A. & N. M. R'y, for the reeovery of $38,000 in bonds, and reaL estáte to the valué of $35,000 ; also against Geo. AV. Quiutard et al., of New York, for the recovery of 182 slmres oí the )referred stock of thQ Aun Arbor R. lí. Co. It is sakl that there has been a lack of harmony for some time between the Ashleysand Burt, and thaí ever since the latter was appotated recelTer he has been actlng againet the Ashley rnterests. It is said that he did many unkSnd thing.s to prevent the last settlement nade wMh the directors. Although Burt Ís said to ba a good figliter, he wfll find that whon he geta the two Ashley boys after h:m he lias got Ufe !iands rail. In regard t o tfaese suits the Toledo Blade of tlie 23d had this to noy : It is said that a uumiber of bther suits are in preparación, and that the w'ho'le amount involved will be very large. Mr. Charles S. Ashley was Heen th'is morndng, and reqvueted te expía in the circamstances reaching to these suits. He would say Httla lïowevier, beyond the foOowing : "I h'ave little to say, bey&nd the facts "stated in the petitions filed. The case simply is, as to Mr. Burt, that my fatlwïr C0l"5■ed to him a. cousidamoumt of real estáte several years ago, whicli he subsequently deeded í.o tlie Ann Arbor Raillroiatl Company, and received the price therefor, but but for wihicli my father never receií-ed the least coin-sideratiom. As to the $3S,000 of bonids sued on In another sectian, I have a letter from tlie attorney of the reorganizatkm cominittee, in wMch lie disclaims, for the committee, any claim on these bonda, and I yet have to learn that anytwidy has any claim on theni. Tliese boinda were taken out of my father's private safe by W. R. Burt, at some time during Uie past four years, and he has retained fhem iLnder his cantrott. "It is needless to say that I kegret very mucli, for olbvious reasons, to ga into the litigation. In iact, I wouild have sacrificed considerable to have avoided it. Mr. Burt, however, has refused to answer even the letters ivhich Captain Everett has written to lum on the subject, and I had therei'ore, no alternatdve."