St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-17

thot ~ tho t,me -t signing the deed she
was a married woman, havln-
ously married her hired man, Nell. The
court finally decided in favor OF Mrs.
Nell. but the trouble was not ended by
that.
Mrs. Nell had placed good part OF
her funds in the Anoka National DanS,
and when Cashier Pratt lett
that quiet little town without
eveu bidding goodbye to his
friends, it is believed that he took most
of Mrs. Nelfs ready cash with him. The
land in litigation between her and her
daughter-in-law, consisting of forty
acres, between Thirty-second and
Thirty-siXth streets, in this city, and
worth about 100000. was mort
gagged to L. A. COrser for $4,000. The
time for redeeming this mortgage eXT
pired Saturday at 8 o'clock, and the
money necessary for taking 1t up was
not forthcoming. Several of Mrs. Nell'S
creditors heard of it, and notices.
of intention to redeem came
floating in thick and fast. She
heaviest creditors did not come forward
with their notices until evening. Among
these were S. A. Reed. OF the law firm.
of Smith IL Reed, with a claim for
$4,000, and Henry r. Higgins with one
for $4,000. Seagrave Smith, trustee OF
Mrs. NelPS estate, was expected to put
up the necessary S44, 600 to redeem the
property, but probably could not Sc
cure it.
The most stirring incidents were con-
nected with the alleged attempt of
Henry X. Higgins to give all others
connected with the case the double
cross. As late as he possibly could Sat
urday evening he secured an attach
mcnt against Mrs. Nell'S property. done
so that no others could be secured before
Monday. This. it seems, would give him
a ''cinch'' on the property and enable MN
to secure valuable land for price far
below its real value. His scheme babe
fair to work all right. 1t would proba-
bly, come out to his entire satisfaction
had not the other side got wind of it.
A. Ii. Hall, Mrs. Nell's attorney, heard
of it. and became very red-headed. In
his fiery, impetuOus way he proceeded
to lay out Mr.. Higgins. The only way
was to have that attachment DIS
charged before the other side
could act on Monday morning.
A bond for $4,000 was made out and
signed. The warning Nell and Dayton
families became recOnciled for the
nonce. May /. Dayton, her husband,
Lyman c. Dayton, and Lester b. FL
wood went on the bond as principals,
and ElwOod s. Corser. A. B. Barton, 5,
G. Gale, and G. G.. Goodrich became
sureties. Hall secured hack, and
away he tore towards the confines OF
South Minneapolis, his sun-kissed locks
streaming out OH the still night
air. Many of the residents of that
locality thought it was the rushing
of the heavenly chariot, but it was only
Attorney Hall, wildly anxious to find
c. y. Dickey, deputy clerk of the dis
trict court. Dickey was hustled out of
q warm bed. despite his warm appeals
to the contrary, the court house was
reached, and that 900 bond was filed.
But not yet could the indefatigable
Hall rest. Back towards the home OF
the aurora borealiS went the hack with
its precious freight. Now it crossed the
steeI-arch bridge. The sound of its
bounding wheels reverberated I'D and
down the Father of Waters, the fish
peeped from under the ice at the rap
idly-rolling apparition and wondered if
all the world had gone mad. But on
swept that swiftly driven vehicle, and
Mostly it ratified over the stones on
Eastman avenue. Judge Rea was
pulled from the midst of an enjoyable
sleep, thrust into a chair, had a pen
placed in his hand and was ordered to
sign an order discharging the $4,000 at
tachment of Henry X. Higgins. He did it.
Again were the sounds of wildly gallOp-
ing horses feet waited over the sleep
ing city, but this time there was note OF
triumph in their clatter. Hall had won
and that attachment was discharged.
Henry Z. Higgins was beaten.
But Henry was not TO be cast down.
nCtn Hnxf I'M ont
May 1. Dayton and Lyman G. Dayton
for $4,000. His claim is based on bill
against Mrs. Nell, from AtwaIer. Hill IL
Lawrence, lawyers. They had agreed
to perform certain services for Mrs.
Nell, for which they were to receive
property valued at $40 600. Mrs. Nell
transferred the property to .Seagraye
Smith. The Daytons afterward said
that they would stand good for all of
Mrs. Nell'S obligations. Hence this
suit is brought against the DaytOns.