New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-02
THE JUMEL PROPERTY.

STOPPING THE SALE FOR THE PRESENT
roRTY-FIvE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE OLD
MANsIoN-TIGE PRICES FOR CITY LOTS NOT SAT
IsFACTORY.
The second davis sale of the Jumel estate at tho
Exchange Salesroom yesterday was 80 unSaus-
factory TO the heirs and the referee that NJ
IFS close the announcement was made that inc
sale would be adjourned until further notice. 10
n TRIBUNE reporter Philo +. Ruggles, the referee
said in explanation that the prices reanzed were
NOT near the appraisement, and he had exercised
his discretion to prevent the property from being
sacrificed Ii would have to be sold, however, ana
would probably be offered again IN the iall. , =,
The sale Yesterday lasted three hours ana the olu
mansion. part of the waterfront, ana elghty-oh9
CITY lots were disposed of, the whole sum reallzed
being $4,000. The mansion, with ITS
surrounding grounds comprising thirty city
lots. was first offered. being p aosh
icaliy described by the, auctioneer as =" the
place where the Father of his Country used to go,
and all that sort of thing" lhere were Only tMo
three bidders, among them MI CaryI' VINO lepied
sented his father-n-aw, Nelson Chase. the husband
of the adopted daughter of Madame Jumel Inc
bidding was started with $25, OOOand stopped when
it reached $4,000 At tins price the property was as
Knocked down to Mr. Chase. The price was out OF
all promotion to the bids received on
other property; after the sale IL was
said that expectation before the sac
had not reached this figure by $4,000. 1t
was evident however, that Mime. JuIners heirs had
determined 10 keep the old homestead IN thelr pos
session. and were willing TO pay Tor the prlVliege'
Mr. Chase when ask ed what were his intentions con-
corning the property, said that he would continue 10
live in the mansion, as lac had been dong tor MY
years and two months residence OF sich Ia u
length he thought, ought to be a good plea I'D oar
against any other wOuld-be occupant inc oid
place will remain as 1t has renamed H9Ieto ,
FORE and its interest and value as relic VIII hou
The next tract Of land offered was q piece of mp
land fronting on the Harlem llVer, east OF lhe
Croton Aqueduct, containing 35l2 city, lots TO-
.larN Ia he vat
which might exist under the water out 10 lhe
bnlkhead line of the llarbOr Commissioners
of 1857 II was started at 500 per city Let, but
the bidding was slow and after IT had been knocked
down to Charles A. Appleby for TZ3O per lou, ine
referee declared that unless pZoO per lOt was Oid
for the next tract more OF he waterfront WOuu
be offered Mr. Appeby bid the SUN demanded by
the referee and he had no competitors the
tract was knocked down TO him Mt that price. IL
contains 30 $40 city lots. tract south OF TINS,
containing nearly 1856 city lots with similar water
rights was next offered, the referee ilXlng SlZoOOO
as the lowest bid that he was Wiling 10 conNlutr.
No one offered that sum- and the property as WIFI
The sale of city lots was then resumed at the point
where it had been discontinued on wednesday
he corner lot at lonth-aye. ana One-hundred-dhd-
sjXty-thiTd-st. brought $1,000. Martin b.. brown
was the purchaser, he was OF all the lots fronting
on 1enth-aye., between One-handred- SKY
third and Ouc-hundTcd-and-slXy tOurth-stS
The lowest price paid by INN was
Sl 800. After the lois at the Other
end of the block, fronting on the ft,, ny FHG,
10 ~ 300 and II was found that moi more than
from 1000 to . 900 could be got ior tLe street
lots the auctiOnccr announced again that the helrs
were dissatisfied with the prices, ana lhat
the sale would be stopped unless the bidding grew
better TIE remainder OF the block was not Offered
but instead the auctlonccr sold, lOt by l"t, the
three blocks between One-hundred- aDd-slXty-
sixth and Unc-h undrud-and- slAty -nlhlu-sls' ana
Kmgsbndge-road and Audubon-ave Pat
large purchasers. and, IN TACT nearly al
the lots sold were taken by men VINO purpose to
hold them as Investments me nrst Dlochi con
tanning en- lots, brought $3.50; the second, SIX
teen lots, Sil,4lO the third, tTenty-'hree IotS
SI5 $50 Alter two more lots had been sold the
referee stopped the sale and announced an adj
iournmcnt TIL further notice.
The Litigation over the Jumel estate Is not yet
finished. After the will OF Madame Jumel was
broken there protTactcd series OF itlgatlonS to
determine who were chutlcd 10 me property rs hel
heirs 1T finally came INTO the hands OF Nelson
Chase, his daughter, Mrs. Caryl and his SON. VIII
lam Chase, who held IL IN elual shares. hen tHe
French heirs of stephen Junel put III their claims
against Nelson Chase and his children. There are
seven OF them, all gTand-nepheN OF stephen Juhel
and they are represented here by the Marquis dc
ChainbilIn, one of the Oldest Of the number. IDey
claimed that he tltle to the property never was III
Madame Jnmel at all that her husband, Stepnen
own money, that he died without max
ing o will, and that the estate therefore
descended TO ms heirs. A settlemens was
effected between the French heirs and William l.
Chase IN 1850. Another settlement was made with
Nelson Chase in 1851. The SUIT TO determine the
ouestlOn of the relative rights OF the French heirs
and Mrs Caryl il low pendlng III the United STATES
Circuit Court III this city. The decree IN the par
tition suit under winch the sale l. made, was en-
tered in the Supreme Court lew months ago; III
provides Tor the payment 10 Nelson Cnase
and William /. Chase each OF one-thud
OF the proceeds Of the sales subject 10 the settlement
with the French heirs. The other third OF the pro-
ceeds is to be tpOsed with the United states Trust
Company pending the result OF the litigation Win
Mrs CaTyI IN the United states Circuit Court. 1t
is claimed by the counsel Tor the parties on BON
sides thai by thus uniting the conflicting claims III
one decree there can be no possible question about
the validity OF the tltle gwen.