, 1877-07-10

found that Mr.. Allen had converted every possible
thing into money. which bad been poured into hin
Cook County National aIcyc. leaving nothing bus
AN UTTER WRECK,
with fragments scattered from Dan 10 Uccrshtha,
1Iis Fret business was to catalogue the fragments,
which enuslssc1 OF lands. houses, mortgages by
Tom. Dick, and Harry, wh1ch hsd been charged
mp to proht and lose. and ptgcon.holtsl ~ waste
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nLAHKET-MoKroAas urlosr
appeared. and wss st,ssad over all tie lands and
ttnsmenss Of the estate. II reatls ~ follows:
~ ss.s 1srs asss' q
Xs.os, .nx 4 Shf.xs i.T r;
~ @ q y dSess Rsss:
tt rs sfss IL. sS;:y ~ 10 4 nsS
;SS Isl :sa;;:; :ss:s
The instrument contains no dcserip,ion Of any
property whatever. II was rlaced on record here
Y a. =. l,cnmHn. I" agent of chartef.oak Life.
81. Alien = ouec rccoycred possession ot II by
wTts Of replsv'n' -in'esr,ns II. that i wss of ths
ihe reeord in ths name II Alien sfephens 1 Go.
A suit Ms brought In the Federal Court 10 fore.
~S III ~ sseaty ~ r @
the Cook County National Bank and Mr.. Allen,
tntonx. Alien Stephens 81 = e. The Ghat.er:U
real estate hcl4 By NJ. Allen and alleged that 1t
was included ID tho terms Of the nortgase. From
ihat day y this the docket Of tie Court bas becn
blanket ct-1nortengc. until there are
HEAHkY THREE HUNDRED OF THEM.
The Assignee desires 70 annu1 this mortgage. and
he Il pfepHsed to al1uw that II was not mortgage
Int El1plo ps'rato memoranda between MI Allen
and h.s larnyss, to bo Kept ptivaic and not 10 bc
md 70 BE- ssa ony to sy9 confidence to
prepared IL show lhat instead Ut an ndc uteRoss vi
n: Allen 70 Allen: Stephens \ Co: Or The Charter
to them. the COOK County BaMk and Mr. Allen owe
them nothing, ~ shown by their oNn bnnks and
es ssed s sfs? IT, tf he cspsn
ess ID coa judss IN a fatner fs,e ss,y xas 10. TO-
r{a to question IT, ssl'y y Que u the eGnnae
wAs no lien for Tho Ghattsr.Unk Company on tho
catato y III. Allen, for ai'aHts. made
eood Ill lawyer a. sir.ass Sitting she e'df Validity q q
i iarse proportion Of the rcA, estate Included 10
this mortgage In tlIAt belonging ~
THE LAND COMPANY,
ss 7ho%ss esaf!a se So!iei.e! org ta' tas
pany, asks to tc made party " the suit. aud al
epes that he haa bali interest IN the Land Com
coa s a, ss L tx T. nn rs.Y 5Snn
sulp ~ tic Laad Company 4nd thst u. L. Allen
vi t9 nnsehase arGe tn1st. Of land a'cng .ha uck
towss md Nilen md j. r. Cook we're @ 70 70 have ave
Sas;$sii; !; :; /, i. o Aliea y: u u lay ss tIa
tcfc.t IT y s er,t, anil tle principal 10 be r..
funded oat of ths ptoerrds Of sale< In 1H71-2s.
4. i. Johnson MI 1,tol.aA +; Wtllrow purchased
1874 they Transferred their ipteer4t to JOHN +.
Tracy, md IL 1875 Tracy transferred bis Interest
~ s*ida. e"ud to fa h: ts's i
thet ths.o Ina. ~ ri u II. Ailcns es!ats.
sna ha Ss H. Aen Sa
u this jnncturs. Mr. Sherman denics thAt Ar.
Wthrow owns une- half Of ths Lsnd Company, ami
'.ts own money; 80 that Mr. Aliens estatu ia
ENTITLED TO T11REE-fOuNTIts
Of the Txot,erty of tho Land Company. WthroN
repllr: that as bought It with funaa q the Com.
pany, which. Of coursc. 'n'olves another lawsuit
e o ss ss.caes caaay ssn sat wo1 1ss
claim, Ii viii add auout $40, 600 10 the Mncft u
Aliens creditors. H. withruw beats tho Charter.
three. .tourths of which vii! 60 10 Allen. Az tho
litigation IN thls otnt was likely 10 10 long drawn
out and ths land W. likely 70 b rsl,ced Il value
Aispce}, and MF. Wnhruw. Tint y Receiver 10 aI,.
p1s,seI value. -the proceeds to 10 tupos,ri with
The Gourt. pcndlng ths norleage. suit. According.
~, Iioyt Sherman was appointed Receiver. with
These lAnds comprise this sttea af nearly every
station on the Rock IalaHa lto.d west os tls city.
IN thlA a4hlt mort ttsakt' eut Mr. Allen ct1lHls
THE uoAxsTkAu A. 1xKAlT yHoN kxEcu.
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This IL valued at $50. 0od and is now within tho
corporate lin,its Of the city. but, when purchaAed
wai out4idc. md came under the statute cxeMpt-
Ing forty ucrcs Of land. The Assignee seeks 70
defeat this saln stlt *ays hs Wy succeed, m thu
ground tLst Mr. Alien abandoned It, a''d became
Mn. Allen atsu claimed tho exemption VI Tho
yaluatla household furniture, and tLa tho Court
The testimony In this moEtgnRe. suit already
makcA over J. 0UO printed pages, and the whur IA
not In yet. Tho Asntsntb "a ready for trial, bEt
the other ralt!ct &ss not: lis expected Vi. w!il
il will b seen that tho AssVnco 10
DEFENDING TUE arATk At EVERY POINT.
lie informs your correspondent that ho has dis-
longing 10 tie estate, u: which nothing was Known
aud no record had. Among bills aud notes, con-
stdersd worthless aud charged to proat an1 lDss on
ths hank. books. 10 has already secured Rna cot.
sIgnee. Ills policy L. u avod all posalhlc llti.a.
tIon. but he found the great portion OF assets In
mortgages, which neeess!lats foreclosures IN maoy
cayes.
lapicTMksTs PENDING AoAINT NJ. ALLEN IN
NJ. Sherman sstd they were simply instieacd by
Eastern pAFties In this mortgage. suit to Keep Al.
lHu's tasi1uluny out ~ th.st unly poea4e hupo u
alleged to b based wero fully known 70 Nj. knax,
tro.n his personal knowledge, txu year4 s{o, The
wholc thing was meEs trick WHICH wonid Utterly
fall; and b. would show esyond tho possibility Of
snccasslui contradiction thst tho Cvuk County Ma
liunll Bank d,d not 1--WE thoso pAft!es one gent.
Tbs outcome will be that tbs crrttors will 1et
vbst tbs lawyers leave. NAwkkvx.
A SERIOUS MATTER.