, 1875-02-17
THE COURTS.
Terrible Allegations Conoernl1, 1,g
Smith, sJr. I
This Joy Estate the Subject Of
Litigation.
The Eject Of a Decree Of Foreclosure
as Lien.
Rccord Of the Proceedings In tile Chicago
Courts.


JuUHWGukH huu 3fGH AAkLaf
MIsP,- AGED CONFIDENCE.
-rp unt,rous Ann THEIR fAtsE FRIENDS.
A 1one .torv Of nt.p|accd confidence aud mis-.
taken rolIanoo on friends was toa Ses'olaaJ ~
al bill hlod in the Superior Court by Varrlo A. +.
Morton and her husband, J. stsrlihg Morton.
.asina, J.mee p, sm,th Jr., and his wife I.aurs
estn u..tt,, Tora r,o1,o enith .nd mi Smith, r.
H. sm!tl' eotN 4u"' t.''s,'i. w." Tt.... I.-sn.
@. r. Freer, Augustus Fslao'e, Epn1ala 4usaa7'
and JsmeH p. snaith. 8r. More tlAn twenty
wears sgo, according to tho bill, the 1atc Hiram
Joy 'os,'eN ":'., .sS,,,- ;es t.,a 49,. ~.
fortune by naylhB spa sei'ne 'ee 10" 'o''s
sfter"srd hs too9 III Il. NJ. ssiso1e ~
mariner, a,1d the firm continued to do dlsinaas as
1ov 4 Frisbta until 1850. In 1860, the film,
go. orn;,r . ,ar,o ,mount of real mztat, he,
1aouaa ,."s.s,.s s'a ,,,J. A. ,ss,,,,o.nt >,
camo embarrassed anu 'uaoo ~ aooi Hneus ~
Henry Fn!ler tor tAe pehant 01 .heit clehtors.
1t that time Joy owned unincumberet Block e
Of tho Canal In,Hteaa subdivision Of the N. Il
Of Sec. 27. no, IA. aud 10 fent on Arcade court,
botreen Clark aud taSalo streets. Com
pistnant Mrs. Morton, Is tho daughter oI Mr.
Joy by his ilFss wilo aud hs ot,ly her It law IL
Of yslushle paraousi property but no a4rainissra-
Soma tins between 1850 md 1860. 4
1ANEs T. ssiiTli 1Hn
uAnb1M OF JOY, came 10 chicago, "HGI1 ~ #ah
kindly received by big uncle, Furnished, rent
tree. witi, brick residence 4nd I- also yiTen
Of 500 yasr. As soon as ho got Into tho conf
teuce at h!r, Joy. Smlth. Is tho bill chnEgos.
began to break up ard disturb the sInicaala Io-
iatione between lis uncle and Ffisblo until tho
firm was brokan up. and Frieblo withdrew. Joy.
It is alleged 6ad % long credited Ito nistepEe-
sontationu Of Smith that he was unla for bnsi-
Bnitl,, j., came to Chicago, his f.thor.. 7. T.
bmith, Sr., followed, wl,o aettled With his son,
sud also obtained employment Ellh Joy
FrjBbie.
Foryears hcfoIe ha death Mr. Joys haalth
gradually declined aud lis disease tilally cnlni-
nated in RofteninE OF tho brain and paralysis.
During tins time he Was
uNDEh THE CONTROL OF su1rn., r.,
10 suoh degree that, ~han hs daugli;er wiahed
sololy because Smith, Jr., would not give him
permission. Owing to thIa apbjpction to Smith,
IT,, il il charged that Joy conveyed vRrloua por-
top. Of 4is property against hia o"n intereats
III November, 1888, Joy made q mortgage for
$1,000 to D. ". do,ham, and in 1860 ono day
before it wAs due, dorhRtn assigned it to Freer,
but tho assignment Was not recorded until May
.. 1869. The property conveyed was Lot 70,
aud Frisbis gave two trust doods, oHe for +, ,050
the other for $4,000. The property conveyed
Sas ploas 76 aud parta ., sai,. hots ~ sn 9 IN
B!ook 1Ao, RooFe.mentlol'eu, peesuo6 W 1cet Oh
sollto Frecr for $500. Complainanta Charge
tllat thsse trust deeds wore
WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.
but that tho pretended consideration was an
uslrious bargain for tho loan Of the credit Of
Fteer to joy d Flisbio. They also chatga -that
tho money used TO Fay OF tpo iorhan
mortgage came from 10Y at smith, Jr.'s
vas not III equity subject to she 4nham mart
gage por 70 the two trust decd. to Fteer him.
solf that the aaen were ,sltogether VOID other,
nss.1 not Ga1nE MADE a"a to The s.
sale vas subject to tho equities Of complainant
and her father.
In January. 1852. 10y, for love and 4trcattop,
gaTe to cola and Fla sn1b ai = MdaanghseTa 81 smit
enae. In ,Dpeambor, 1860, 10y, through fraud.
ueut representations conveyed all bin property
70 Smith, br,. for tho payment Of hlB dobts. On
The 9th Of May, 1863, Smith, er., as Assignee,
for s1o0 all his titlo to Block 49, Treer kept
tho property bought 10 by him At the Trustees
sale. under the two notea Of Joy and Ershie,
until Februqr1s 1865 when, for the nominal
senaidorston GO Of g. he TRANSFERRED tho PORTIONS
6mtth. 1n September, 1865, Mrs. Smith solfl
part OF each Of theee lots to tho Young Mcns
Christian AeaociRtiop, for s15,87o, apd in July,
7s69; abe so}d smother portion Of said lots taJ:
q Lot Q, fronting On Montoe street. which, ia
October, 1870, was conva7ed BY Mra. bmlth aud
her husband to Freer for 81. The next day Error
1econveyed to slpita, Jr., and this deed was ,c-
corded bstore thp ono from Smith and wife civ
ing FreoE title. 10 TINT tho records would aIow
that Ffecr ao5d tho Monroe street lot befoso l,o
;Patantly made good Are Smiths fila BY > q,lt
eakm to him, Al Aasignee of Joy, Of lis tltla.
uo4plA1aAS4s STATE
;;esle frat, to nay off any adYances due him
from Joy and Ffisbfe, aud thon 70 bold lie 70
snaudor for the benefit Of Joy that he sup.
posed that Bp,ikh, Jr,, aud Ills wife vein
Joy's only heirs, and that be : made
the Subsequent convoyauces ! to them
tn TINT Light, and in trust for Joy; but that
'amish, Js aud hta wife precticed = fraud q,
Issiu, and h.d ii. proporty taken in ,irs. Smiths
After her fathers death, Mru. Morton had i,ar
euspicons hxouned that the salcs aud tsAneIera
ns, lMnsf we're not 81! tght anu sne haa
~sA'P4HaAuA VIII GtllL1, Jr, Oh t1S buplcCk, pUk