New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23
TO0uBs LYING or Az ACEE or DIEI
HOW lmE REBEL GENERAL nfCAME RICH oN LAND
S?ECUIATGoNS.

now THE REBEL GENEEAL RfCAMK RICH oN LAND
S?ECULATIoNs.
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 21.-The death OF Cen
era Foonbs continue. to he tho min t"pc OF cpnvtsa-
ton in Georgia and many stories abont him are comGp
ont in the daily press. II was supposed that General
Toombs left a large fortune o,,im ted at about half
million dollars. just no" he accam 'lttcd THIS money
will interest many penp and the story has meyer bern
fuIly published Most OF MS money was IN do In Land
spccullons Texas and nothing can better illn~trtr
the old mans wit than tnc following story. lie was In
Paris. LIVING ike hghtng-cock. Just after the war.
Some one who hm well met him III the street and
stopping him. asked brusquely: "WeN General. what
do YOU five on now thai your slaves sOnr e.
Drawing himself up 10 hi, fun height the old man OK
claimed Dnnr. sir oIt an acre OF dirt day FIR;
an acre OF dirt day !" and with tins remark he passed
on friend aitcrward learned that lac was Ia receipt
OF magnificent income dorivod fro" the sale OF his
Texas lands.
The original compact through which General Toomhs
bccarn. 50 heavily Texas property Is
in the po,sr.son OF Colonel J. p Smith. Mayor
of Fort WORTH Texas. Tho following Is an exact copy
DISTRICT or CoIUmBrA.
COUSTl OF WAsHtN.TON. !
THIS memorandum witnesselh that Geo sc ". Cra~.
ford nd Robert IoomIs of Georgia. AMI H. g. C"iicu.
agreement for the pLrchaSe Of lAnd- III thcs ate 81
lex a. the Of which contract are That sad Gr"rge
and.crp snch amount AS they IN ~ deem Ireurh
aud pay the whole purchase money tqn Hyl TOT 'aid
To -lcci, locate ana have surveyed anhs {" which tn"
said scrip may he entitled, ard attend TO procuring
patents the state Of Texas therefor the sa Craw
ford and ,OmbS paying AL exprn .. Tor surveying ana
naicn ing the snr aud the sad II. G.. Catlrtt 10
receive for his fu compensation Tor hts SAID personal
lronhlc skll and services the onctd part Of all ia
land. which he may locate aud patent the remain
in, two II rls shall belong equllh To sand Crawford
and ronnbs. and IT IL further dErrrd tina; alt iand
this agreement shall h. patented The said Grorge ".
era furd KnherI 1"onb- and H. q. Ciil' Il Jointly.
In testimony whereof we have her"uni" s"t our hands
and seals. tins eighth DAY OF Ferlary' 800
H. q. CAfLETr
Grd iD@V ". CRAWFORD
II f. further understood that the lands tented to
said Crawor AMI Toombs aud Cati-t ia pursuance OF
within snail not lie governed by the laws 81
but portion OF each shall descend TO his next Of KIN
personal representatives or - shaI DO otherwise
"ro'''' y '1'"' GAonGG ", CRAWFORD
ii. @. CATLEIT.
THE February 10. 1850.
The H. O. Catlcit mentioned Ia the document
Virginian VINO went to Texas 10 SO aud inter
ested IN land matters there until the outbreak
OF the Mexican when he became qnartermaser IN
the United army. While In Washin t"n In 1850.
to qnar'ermaster. CItett met Gen
Ell al Too.nhs-tiien II member OF Cougress-and suc-
ceedcd Ia Interesting him IN proposed speculation IN
Texas lands George W. Crawori.thcn Secretary of Tho
Treasury, warm personal friend Of Toolnbs. aud
upon the Generals solicitation he, too, went into the
scneme Under the FOREGOING agreement Catctt re.
turned to Texas al once ah purchased lOoOOo acres OF
land the Robertson aud Ihhnn lana d;lrict~ ono
Johnson Parker. Cooke. Wise and Montague counties
While locating the lands Catlrtt contracted ineSs
from exposure aud died IN 1894, III Mrmphis.
Mr. Crawford conveyed Ma interest IN the
lands TO his son, who sod out TO IoohuS.
This sale place 1867. General I0"mDs then ne
gsu selling his lands prices ranging from 81 TO - an
acre the original cost Ia 1880 Lao Dc,h t"ehS-HN
cents an acre. lie soid IN al about G0OOO acres -
Five years ago General Ioom1' PAID vtst 20 rort
Worth, Texas. and spent week there. me C0stU oI
that city commenting on the Generals dratb' rald tha
he had alicnated MS Texas landed pr9perteS untl ~ rs
doubtful whether there II single acre IN TIE elhte
hPl
Toombs obtair ed his lands about seven aud
mali dollars acre, It Will be that he realized
from the speculation little over half million dollars.
allowing $2O0O00 for taxes paid, conmssios to agents.
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