, 1873-05-06
THE jCoURTs.
-Mixed-Up Real Estate
Affair.
An Alleged Fraudulent City Tax
Sale.
Moan from d Grass. Widower-.. bank
1uptcy Items, Etc.

Court against Charles ". shumwny, Erantun al.
1foffott, Jamen Z. Tylor, ,Jennio 3. md Samuel W.
peake. Complainant ayers that, on the I'd Fob
ruary, 1866, she WAS tho happy owner OF Il aofcs
Of rohlsstato In tho s. i. corner Of the ". Il OF
s. W. X Soc: 10, 8 NJ, II E., 8 ?. NJ, commence
Ing at the s. Z. corner, thonco N. along W. limo
Indiana avenue 10 chains 90 links; thonco ". ID
chainB "a links, to oaHt line George Manners
property, In 1861, thonoo g.. along said cast line
to s. limo Of Haid quartor, and thence E. to place
Of beginning that, ut that timo, ono Cyrus H.
Albert claimed to bo tho ownor thorcof by viz
tuo of dood Of conveyance purporting to bo OK
ecuted by complainant and her husband, by
Joseph II. Tiffany, their attorney; that COM
platnant urged that said doed was not binding
upon her, as Tiffany Ind executed 1t With
out authority; that, on account OF tho dis
puto, complainant, then q widow, ap.-
piled to Charles u. Hhumway, hor friend
and medical advisor, who undertook to
prosecute complainants claim, and, to onab1o
him to do 80, complainant delivered to shumway
in trust, warrantee deed Of tho property, tho
consideration therefor bolng received from
Shunway who employed ono s!oan to prosecute
tho suit, who commenced action for ojectmont
In December, 1885,, against Alber, which was
dismissed by Shumway in May, 1870, without
complainant's consent; thus about tho April l,
1870, sllumway engaged ono Andrew Garrison
as counsel in Haid matter, and authorized him to
compromise with Albor; and such arrangements
wore matlo tint tho property was conveyed to
jennie s., wifo Of Samuel W. pcaao, who con.
veyed it to ErnBtus n. Moffett and Jasnes y.
Taylor that ont OF tho proceeds of such sale
$1i 900 WAS paid to Albor, in consideration of
which ho abandoned all claim to tho proberty;
TINT d largo Bnm Of money wan, paid shum-
way for Tho conveyance OF tho property,
j1.n trf ottJnv ,rf
! but she knows that NJ q part Of tho
consideration o promisBory noto for $1,000,
dated May Q, 1870, was executed by Jeilnio. y.
and Samuel ". poaso to- Shumwny, which note
Nfoffett and Tyler agreod to pay al part Of Tho
consideration for the couvoynnoo to thom; TINT
tho note il not paid but is still held by Shuni-
way, who is cndeayoring to collect it; that
Shi,lnway claimH to have received only $15, 600,
fott and Tyler agreed to pay therefor 81 Ge7 so,
| all Of which lnB been raid oxcopt tho 5000
note; that MI shunaway has paid ,her is $1,000,
nnd ho pretonda that ho ia not liable to l'ay her
voncy, mud Hhe fonra that if tho $500 note is
paid him it will he totally lost to her; wherefore
/ complainant pgays TINT m account bo taken be-
| twecn hor and Shumway for tho amount received
| bo required to pay complainant tho $4,000, and
shuulway DO onjoined from receiving tho aan,o.
ALLEGED FRAUD ABOUT CITY TAS SALE.
| Michael J. Eicll, Elizabeth Schaor.nnun, and
tic Circuit Court against tho City OF Chicago.
| Complainants aver TINT thoy woro ow1iors Of Lot
| q III block 3, in Rockwcls Addition to Chicago;
! that complninants haro boon notified through q
notice to redeem iaauod in tue name OF City
Comptroller, but tho laud was sold to one
George Taylor, who assigned It. to tl,p City of
Chicago, which now claims 81, ,230.18 for tho
douiption Of said promises from Baid pretended
enlo, which was ulado On the pretended author,
| tv OF & certain special aascAament on warrant
No. 1l12, for oponing street G6 feet wide, from
| Madison stroet to Twelfth street, while in fact
1 tho promises 80 proposed to be taxed R1o not
iaon 10 Twelfth street; that tito city refuses to
surrender said protoudod claim, mud complainant
fears that tho Bervices Of Joseph Pollak may
| be called in roqueiton for q decd Of
tended aalo; whorofore complainant prays Tint
| the Balo may bo declared by tho law to bo null
| and void, aud that Joseph l.. may bo onioned
porpotually from giving tue city doed for the
Pro TEN. w1DowEn's MOAN,
| David Caehon, q grass widowcr whose wife ts
| locked up in tho narrow confines OF an Armory
cell, applied yesorlay for writ OF habeas corpus
! whoreby ho might regain tho comfort, society,
| caro-, mud protection which ho has missed so
| sadly siuco. The evil genius who IL restraining
| her from reganng tho fireside cornor Of home
| is one Michael 9. Hickey, aud the hontousnesB
Of his act is intensi0od BY tho fact that tho fair
| Lilly G. was Imprisoned without warrant, and is
| against her.
! CRIMINAL COURT IrEMH.
Judge Trae took hiH scat iu this court yestor-
| day morning..
| Eleven OF the Grand Jury havo boon alrcady
| obtained Slxtoon persona mentioned in tho
| venre wero on hand, Of whom oloyen were
chosen and excused until Thursday noxt, in or
der to fl1I up the pauol Of twenty-throe.
Charles I.chn,au, whose proper namo is IJaao
t Woodman, in February Last suffered from the
| oxtromo cold which prevailed at that time, and
began negotiations for tho purchase Of an over:
coat. Haying no money to pay for it no devised
| au ingenious mode of obtaining posaoAsion. Pro-
curing ono Of tho business cards Of tai!ornancd
| Wondorly he wroto an order on the back Of it
| giving instructions to the servaut Of n Mr..
| bradley, of the firm Of Fair l. Bradley, to yield
| TO him an oyorooat, undorcoat, and vest. Armed
with this forged document, ho presented him.
| self at Mr. Dradoy's house and demanded tho
clothes, which, Ao said, Mr.. D. had ordered Won-
dsrly to repair. The, sorvant gave them up to
| him, but, thinking all WaH not right, sent the
carrlago-man after him, who traced him to
Luke street tailor's shop, where Lehman traded
the goods for n worry nently-dttlng overcoat. 1Io
| HnA shortlY RftarWnrl arreated. 4 yerY ingenouR