The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-05
FIRST EDITION
THE TRINITY CHURCH PROPERTY.
One of the Anneke jams Heirs Bought OF
for s1,OoO,O0O-A Grocer of Indianapolis
the Lucky Person.

for 81 900 ,O0O-A Grocer of Indianapolis
the Lucky Person.
From the Annapolis (Ind.) Journal, Juns9
indianapolis is steadily keeping pace with her
sister cities in the matter of frst-class sensa-
tions. The last we have to chronicle is one in
reference to settlement of some New York pro-
perty, by which Mr.. H. w. Caldwell, we'll
known grocer of this city, becomes possessed of
q cool million. The following is brief history
of the case:-For the past thirty or forty years
the relatives of Mr.. Caldwell have been identified
with the movement of the Anneke Jams heirs
to obtain possession of the Trinity Church
property. They based their expectations
upon the fact that one or two Annekes are in
the family, and some deeds, leases, and other
papers that have been handed down through
the family Finally they all became disgusted
and gave up the claim, refusing to have any
thing further to do with the matter. These
papers came into the possession of Mr. Caldwell,
and when he received q letter from an uncle in
the South saying that O representative of the
Anneke Jams heirs had called upon him for
Information which he was supposed to possess in
reference to the claim he turned his whole atten-
tion to the matter of looking up the record. He
finally became convinced that the papers he held
were of the greatest value to TrinityChurch cor
poration, and accordingly, about five years
since, he made proposition to the trustees to
sell them for 500, 600, which was refused. Mr..
Caldwell then made another examination, and
discovered that the papers he held referred to
eight acres of land Immediately adjoining the
Trinity Church property, fronting on Fulton
street and Broadway. Further examination
showed that in the year 1773 John Cosine, his
great grandfather, leased the property for
ninety-nine years, previous to removing to Penn
sylvania. In leases of this kind, seldom any
thing is heard of the property again by the heirs
of the original owner, but in this instance Mr..
Caldwell clearly and fully established the record
to the property, the lease which expired in
1868. He made another proposition, this time
to the persons occupying the eight acres, offer
ing to sell his individual interest and the papers
in his possession for one million dollars. After
examining Mr.. Caldwell's papers and the
records, the gentlemen, through their agent,
agreed to the terms, and on last Friday Mr..
Caldwell left for New York to close up the
transfer. Yesterday he returned home, having
in his possession the authority of the occupants
to draw on them for 81 ,000,0 600. Mr.. Caldwell
says that after arranging his business matters in
this city he will spend the rest of his days in
Kentucky, which is the native State of himself
and wife. He takes his good fortune very con-
siderately but says he is on the hunt for more.
While in New York he learned of 300 acres in
Harlem that was in the possession of
John Cosine at the time of the lease of the
eight acres referred to above, and he Is satisfied
that he can work out full and satisfactory claim
to possession of that property. If he does
and he speaks as though he believes it, Corne,
Illus Vanderbilt will have to pay the balance of
the purchase money on his famous Harlem
freight depot site.