The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-03

the ground that IL was not designed for his prl-
licved rightfully to belong to the Church, from
falling into the possession Of the American imm-
granite. ON tho morrow after this vital confess
sion, Snntilldn verified his statement formally
before the American Consul ut Malatlan, reitcr-
ating that, although tho grant was n genuine
state paper as to form, In reHnghnd signatures
II bore date lOur years anterior To Ito actual
execution.
BACH IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Armed with this document, Green returned 10
San Francisco, and although the statement at
tested 10y the consular seal Lad not been draw
In such manner as 10 be admitted n positive
Testimony before our Federal courts, tho rcputa-
tiun Of the padre carried conyction a. To the
Ncracity Of its contents strangely cOrrohurn cd 10y
well-rcmcmhcrcd incident connected with the
priest Journey to santa Barbara. COuscQucnt-
" II was mainly upon theory that the grant
had been fabricated subsequently to It's date,
and In view OF the suspicious nature Of Santil-
lan's visit to eX-Goy. Pco, that the Unltod States
supreme Court demanded the production of
the iuI de f,tzOu for l1l or other corroburntiV We
evidence IN order to establish the validity Of the
grant. A. the tOmd lie rGzOH, and the Official
records cited ~ existing IN 1910, in the testimony
~ Cornyuhius, could not I've produced, the claim
was rejected whcreuppn the tPhiladelphiO san
l'rancisco Land Association despatched u trust
worthy agent, the Rev. Mr. Hcppcrsmlth. To In
tcrvicw the Padre Santllan, who, II l. claimed,
on this occasion. asserted the disputed grant to
he truthful one, honestly obtained, and made
ON the day OF Its date
From Information cleaned from their ennis
snry, the Mis- ion land spccuatOrs nscertalncd
three different repositories of documents, with
out the production of which their claim could
not be- authenticated First they were In
Lower California In custody Of one Antonio
SoEo; secondly, they were held 10y their arch
enemy tItcn, and thirdly, they were In the
hands OF Bishop Alcmany, Moreover their
trbulattOns were augmented through learning
from other sOurt Of the existence OF book ~
records IN puss, ssiun Of a man named Paul,
while still another man MI. Burtis claimed
aiNty 10 produce III" requisite document .to OBJ
tain which the association executed and for
warded to hun a c2nirc,' Communicating as
Hcompcnsc onc-half their Interest in the grant
This contract. however, wa- never executed 10y
Mr.. Burtis. aud became null and void through
In l.Oa, Alfred \. Green arrived in the city OF
New on IN the suite Of Gen. Guspar Sanchez
Dchoa "A commissioner. iptrtt-tcd bV the Juarcy
Government If Mexico witt the negotiation of a
loan for ten millions Of dollars. based upon re-
ceipt ~ d. custom huusc~ ~ the Mexican port
on the Pacific const. The Philadelphia owners oi
The Sautiilan grant atuOuting It's rejection, and
most justly TO Greens persistent opnl'iiinn
were convinced that, should the documents they
50 ardrntly ychrned after be IN eNirtence, the>
were either I'm Green's possession or vii hin his
| control Ipon being approlrhed upon ihi- sub
! iuct trccu intimatcd tu the President of the EN.
/ 'rutiyc Committee of the association that he had
! the desired documents. Upon this The oihccr-
] OF tho ASSIMILATION transmitted To Green iI
/ writing the Following proposition, under date "l
| Dec. 30, lsoi.
TEE PROPOSITION.
Then Pre- fucc TIE documents and make YOUR owr
tonne O. the Of half terest IN III,
/ grant ihls J. nos cur onet % you. lh. condition
| compiled wan ANA the nature Of your computation
uon o. d m money for STOCK cln Dc trasicrr,j to you
~ Hu ~ n equal value 10 Lind. In the cyrn OF youi
UrUoucng these papers the stocS wouid II once
NIluN "a the nfai.ri. shc'i would enable you 10
aiHc Up n it without atify dinlcuy THIS l. oui
90 tpniun would be- inconsistent with our naic
y and with Vur scnsG IT duty 10 our stockholders.
This Proposition, an absolute prefer II one
! half of the entire capital stock NJ the san Fran
ci-cO Land Association of Philadelphia, nouiin.
/ ally valued at millions was never accepted by
/ Green.
! The bin for the special relief Of the Phladel
! rhia Association, introduced during the last sos
| sion Of congress. and 90 be- revived N the next
! l. simply AN cndeaNOr Ia set aside the decision
| OF Tie United states supreme Court upon the
| ground 81 acqUi.i tion Of new evidence. While
admitting the total absence of the tOmd lie ruzpr
| Of l~ij wherein should leo recorded the ori sina
petition Of Sautilidn and cpnirmatory docu-
ment~, the assieuccs Of the grant assert discover,
/ and possession of another Of later date contain
Ing illusions To the rrcG Ni-tcnce Of the disputed
] TILE, and an explanation II tho cause Of the
Tadro Visit to santa barbara IN 1871. II l.
probably. tho volume previously mentioned n,
/ Ia tho hands OF Paul. who, perceNing the
/ anxiety Of the Land Association to abthiu pos
! session of this rccO ri. demanded nuc-halt Ol
i their nieresi IN The grant and u handsome sun
/ OF ready money for lis surrender. II was, how
] ever, captured during the absence 81 It's owner
from one # lis family. AT cost of SI.,pu in casl
! ana thc expenses incidental to four Journeys
arrusS the cont inent to establish the authenticity
| II this mysterious volume. which II said TO con
tain entries that are alleged to refer to thi,
grant. the establishment of whose validity woult
affect the Titles To two-thirds OF the real c-tat,
la san Francisco.