St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-29
BOGUS DEDICATION.
A City Park Reserve Sold Out Under
Mortgage.
The Plat Commission Tricked---City AttOr-
ney's Statement.

The following com munication from the
secretary of the plat commission with regard
to the dedication Of a park forming part OF
mortgaged property, together with the opin-
ion of the city attorney, will be read with
interest:
On the 9th inst. the following note was
addressed to to the city attorney.
Hon. W. P. Murray, Dear SIR l am in
structed by the plat commission to call your
attention to the following: "On the 9th day
oloctober, 1883, the plat OF Rogers and Hen
dricks acre lots was examined, and by said
commission, on said plat park was dedi-
Gated to the public Recently the plat com
mission has been informed that at the time
Oh Inc presentation and approval OF
SAID plat there was mortgage
existing on said park, which has since been
foreclosed and sold. This was a deception
on the Flat Commission and fraud on the
public Your advice in the premises is there
lore respectfully requested in the public in
terests In this case, and the prevention in
the future of similar frauds
Yours respectfully, JAS. STARKEY,
Secretary Ramsey Co. Plat Com. y
In response to which City Attorney Murray
sent in the following to the Plat Commission
OFFICE OF Cry ATTORNEY,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May "a, 1884. {
Gentlemen of the Plat Commission:
In reply to your com munication of the 9th
inst, in which you state that your commits
sion has been advised that at the time of the
presentation for approval of the plat of
Rogers & Hendricks addition of acre lots by
the Plat Commissioners that there was a
mortage existing on said plat, which has
since been foreclosed and the park sold
Upon investigation / find that Josias n.
Rogers and wife, and William Hendricks and
wife. upon the same day they presented tbs
plat of ''Rogers q Hendrcks''' addition OF
acre lots to the plat commission for its ap-
proval, viz: Oct. 1, 1888, they executed q
mortgage to Jabez N. Rogers, the father OF
Josias N. Rogers, upon the follow
ing described real estate: Commenc-
ing at point 33 it. south, and 80
it. east of the west corner of the east = OF
the southeast 4 section %, town 90, range
%. The same parallel with the west line OF
said east u of southeast a, section 90, 476. :
feet Thence east parallel with south line OF
said east = of southeast Il, section %,
296.26 feet, Thence north parallel with east
line of said east = of southeast 4, section
90, f'o'oo 1eet, 10 point Do leeG SCUM
of the north line of said east Il OF
south east a section %; thence west 2S7-45
feet to beginning; being the description OF
the land contained in the park they proposed
to dedicate, to secure the payment of three
thousand $4,000 dollars, due In three
months, with eight per cent. inter
est. And that on the sixth day
of October, 1885,, the same day the
plat commissioner approved of the plat, the
said mortgage was placed on record; ant
that afterwards, to-wit, on the gath day o.
January, 1884, less than month after the
maturity of the note, foreclosure proceeding;
were commenced, to foreclose said mortgage
and that said park was sold on the 18th day
os March, 1884, to satisfy the same, for the
sum of SO, 1870.
1t is evident from the foregoing facts thai
the execution of the mortgage was part OF
scheme to divest the city of its title to the
park. Respectfully,
w. P. MUERLY,
City Attorney.