St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
A REMARKABLE LIFE,
Philo Remington Dies at Sill
YER Springs, Fla, Aged
Seventy-Thpee.
The Closing Chapter of an
Eventful and Cheekeped
Career.
The Famous $3,000,00O Suit
in Which He Figured as
Defendant.
How Col. Innes Was Imppis-
oned in Jail for Ten
Days.

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the great firearm manufacturing firm
of E. Remington & Sons, at Silver
Springs, Florida, yesterday, brings to a
close most interesting life and one
which has been full of fluctuations. Mr..
Remington, who was rs years old at his
death, was brother-in-law of Col. Will
liam S. King, of Minneapolis, with
whom he had one of the most famous
lawsuits which the United States ever
knew, and was quite we'll known in
Minneapolis on account Of his cOnnec-
ton with these suits, which involved
property to the value of nearly S.. .OOO,OOO
Col. W. s. King was not always the
round, good-natured bondholder which
he now is, and in years gone by did not
| occupy princely mansion. In those
days, when Minneapolis was but a
struggling infant, so to speak, Mr.. King
was property poor. He owned more
land than he could care for and had
NOT ENOUGH MONEY
to pay the taxes with. He was also
heavily in debt, owing on his property
and for other things some S215.0OO. The
land owned by Mr.. King amounted to
some 11,OOO acres in all, and included
the noted King-Remington property.
AT this time Mr.. Remington was en-
gagged in making firearms for the Egyp-
contract through the influence of
Mr.. King, who was then in
the United States senate. To
Mr.. Remington Mr.. King applied for
loan of almost 100000, he wantingsto
pay off the Indebtedness on his land and
have it free from ipcumbrance. Mr..
Remington, who was then under a
heavy expense OH account of bis
Egyptian contract, did not have all the
money, SO made up the difference in
notes, running from sixty days to one
year. AS soon as the money and the
| notes were turned over to Mr.. King, he
and his wife turned over all of the land,
the 11,O00 acres, to Mr.. Remington and
gave him warranty deed for it. A con-
tract was also made and signed, stating
that the land was made over to Mr.
remington simply as collateral security
| Tor money loaned, and that the land was
to be transferred back to Mr. and Mrs.
King as soon as the borrowed money
was returned. This contract, as it
turned out, was never filed for record,
was eventually lost, and the separate
agreements contained in it half for
gotten by both MIR. King and Mr.. Rem
lngt0n. And tn: t is what caused all the
trouble. AT the time of securing
THE LOAN FROM MIR. REMINGTON,
Mr.. King was most confident that the
land would soon increase in value, and
that he would in short time be able to
pay the debt. AS time wore on and the
outlook grew no brighter, Mr.. King
became discouraged, and finally in
informed Mr.. Remington that he must
take the land dispose of it, get his
money out of it, and return any bal
ance to him (Mr. King). Mr.. Reming-
ton agreed to this, and, at the instance
OF Col, King, appointed Col. Robert S.
1nnes, an Eastern lawyer, as his at
torney III fact, and gave him full
power to dispose of the lands or do
with them what he thought best. At
that time it was generally thought that
after Mr.. Remington had got his money
out OF the lands there would be nothing
lett, but this view was not taken by
Col. Innes, who lookediahead and saw
that in few years the property would
De worth an immense sum of money.
Figuring this way, he met l.. +. Menage
and managed to sell him all the prop
erty. fixing matters so that Mr.. Menage
did not have to put down a single
dollar at the time of sale, and could
take his own time about paying for it.
Inc sale was at last completed, and
then Mr.. Menage put the land on the
market, after dividing it up into divi-
slons and subdivisions. Previous to
deciding the property to Mr.. Menage,
to these purchasers Col. King had
given, at the instance of Col. Innes,
quit claim deeds, which debarred him
forever from any claim to the land. Mr..
Menage, who had purchased about
nineteen-twentieths of the property.
Mr.. King did otgive quit claim deed.
About this time all the property began
to advance in value with a rapidity
which completely astounded even the
most sanguine. and Col. King began to
think that he had been "done." One
morning, as he was preparing to go to
Washington, Mr.. 1nnes brought him
King took the deed, and going to II. G.
0. Morrison, told him about it, and
asked what he should do. The matter
was discussed at some length by the
two gentlemen, and it was finally con-
cluded that it was not best to deliver it.
AN INVESTIGATION WAS THEN BEGUN.
which showed that Mr.. Remington had
been paid in full all the money he had
loaned his brother-in-law, and that
large surplus-larger, indeed than the
loan itself, was going down into some
ones pocket. Mr.. King at once de-
manded that the property be decided
back to him, but this was refused. The
matter was then carried into the dis
trlct court, Mr.. Remington, Mr.. Menage
and Col. InneS being the defendants,
where after long and tedious trial a
verdict was returned in Mr.. Kings
favor for about two million dollars. AD
appeal was taken to the supreme court,
where the decision of the lower court
was affirmed. 1t was then that Mr..
Menage wanted to compromise, and
sooner than have the expense and worry
of another trial Mr.. King consented to
settlement. After delay of some
months there was made over to Col.
King 100000 in real estate aud $780,
OCO in mortgages OH the property
which had already been sold by
Mr.. Menage and Col. Innes. This !
was about 100000 less than Col. King
should have recovered, but he has /
since made up for it several times over.
While the settlement was being con- |
summated Col. InneS demanded of Col. !
King, Mr.. Menage and Mr.. Remington, |
that he be given 100000 in addition to |
the money he had already had for his |
services i'll the matter. On his being |
met with refusal he let it become |
known that he had in his possession Sc |
curities on the property under discus |
sion amounting to something over $780, |
GOO. These he refused to give up until |
he was paid the 100000 he demanded. |
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