The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-04
A FIGHT FOR A FORTUNE.
THE PRIZE ALL IN REAL ESTATE
IN ATLANTA

A Woman Falls Heir to the Property
by the Death of Her First Husband
After Separating From Her Second
Husband She Lives in Matrimonial
Relations With an Alleged Quack
Doctor, Who Gets the Estate
ATLANTA, GA, July "a sensational
legal paper was presented to Judge Richard
Clark in chambers this afternoon by the at
torney for Mrs. Amanda NJ Parker, wife of
Marietta street barkeeper. 1t was bill
for the appointment of a receiver for Sl35,-
600 worth of valuable property in the city
until the present owner can be elected from
1t. The property in question is now held by
DR.. George w. Marvin, and embraces brick
buildings on Broad street, running on Ma
rietta and Walton streets, besides some ten
or twelve handsome residences on Smith and
Mcdaniel streets The Broad street prop
erty is worth about 800, 900, while the other
property is worth $35, 900 The bill seeks to
set aside deeds to the Smith and Mcdaniel
streets property and also to eject the doctor
from the Broad street property, which, 1t is
claimed, he IS holding illegally The con-
tents of the bill reveal some very interest
ing happenings in Atlanta, which have
never before been brought to light. It sets
forth that the first owner of the Broad street
property was John r. Pitts. He married
Georgia A. Jones, and she died without
issue, leaving her sole heir
SEPARATED WITHOUT DIVORCE.
After some time she married Pleasant NJ
Parker, with whom she made a marriage
contract that he was not to have any con
troll of the property nor any interest i'll 1t.
tx,.r md
separated without obtaining a. divorce
When last heard Of Mr.. Parker was living
in Jacksonville, Fla. "In 1872 continued
the bill, George Marvin came to Atlanta
from Illinois. He proposed to cure all dis
eases 10 which humanity was heir, but was
in reality quack and fraud, having never
read medicine nor graduated from any
medical school, The bill then goes on to
give n history OF Marvin, saying that he
was born in st. Charles county, Illinois.
He learned the harness trade, and before
the war married Lucinda Tyler.
He then moved to Franklin Grove,
In the same state, and there lived as
a harness maker until the close of the war
AN IMPROPER RESORT.
With his wife he moved to Chicago and
there kept a very improper resort, which
caused his wife to leave him. He then mar
ried Miss Annie }lakely, who is still his law
full wife and is living in Illinois. He
moved from Chicago to Omaha, and there
pretended to be a physician. While there
it was alleged a lady died under his treat
ment. As a result he was arrested, tried,
convicted and sentenced, but did not serve
out his sentence.
These statements, the bill says, were OBJ
tanned by letters written by responsible per-
sons. In 1878, while making false pretenses,
the bill further sets forth, Dr. Marvin
~, nod s1n ror,f, IF ~, nil
thus figuring before the people he gained the
confidence of Mrs. Georgia A. Parker, who
had never been divorced from her husband.
and with her he lived as his wife until her
death a short time ago
wHEEDLED OUT OF HER WEALTH.
She was a weak woman, and Marvin
managed to defraud her out Of the Broad
street property He represented to her, to
carry out his designs that he was divorced
from his former wife, and that he had also
secured legal separation for her from her
former husband, Peasants NJ. Parker Dr.
Marvin during these years, Mrs Parker
claims, had her sister, Georgia A. Parker,
in constant fear, and by threats OF bodily
harm made her do as he wished with the
property, and to this end would not allow
Mrs. Parker to visit her sister nor to com
municate with her up to her death. Mrs.
Parker claims that DR.. Marvin collected all
JHe IeilUS from lne DIOdu street. property
and devoted them to buying other property,
the deeds to which he took i'll his own name
A short time ago Mrs. Parker died, still be-
lieving that the property was her own.
MARVIN PENNILESS
Mrs. Parker says that Dr. Marvin has no
property of his own and outside of her sisters
property, which he has obtained fraudu-
lently, he Is wholly Insolvent. Mrs. Parker
prGys through her attorney for a temporary
receiver and for the issuing of temporary
restraining order to keep Dir. Marvin from
disposing OF tine property until after hearing
of the bill. Judge Clarke granted a Temporal
ry restraining order. AS sensational as this
suit may appear to be, there is another SEN
sation in connection with it that will be
sprung i'll few days, which will
show that there is still another
claimant of the property, as well as to
other property, the entire value Of which
is estimated at fully 100000 This claim
will include the grounds upon which the
Atlanta elevator, the electric light plant
and other enterprises are located. Recently
a deed was found to all of this
property, which will show that the original
owner decided all of it to another party
many years ago, who, with her husband,
resides in Atlanta and is engaged in run