Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-22

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in the estate. This she did, aud DR..
Ehrmaun was fully advised OF the tran
ssction. This note was extended until
December, 1888, when we became salts
fed that it was useless to wait longer on
DR.. EhrmauD, as he made no effort to
pay. The deed of trust was then eo-
cordiEgly foreclosed by Judge King after
due and proper notice through publica-
ton was given, and Mrs. O'Donuell be-
came the purchaser. So that conse-
Queutly she now OWNS ali the interest
that DR.. Ehrmann inherited through his
wife, the daughter of James NJ. O'Don-
nell, in said estate in the state OF Texas.
He cannot possibly complain of n ad-
VANTAGE being AIKEN of him in this mat
ter, as he certainly knew that he bor-
rGwed, on November 10, 1886, through
Bradley & Groesbeck of San Antonio,
$500 on his interest In the estate of
O'Donnell in Texas, and that he
gave q deed of trust upon his interest
in the estate to secure the same. Neither
can he complain Of Mrs. O'Dounell, for
she CAV him over two years in which to
pay principal aud interest. The estate
of James N. O'Donnell in Texas was ap-
praised at S2S 900, including several Sec
tons of Ian which he held under de-
fective titles. although appraised at
their full value, which have since been
lost TO the estate. Estimating the value
of DR.. Ehrmann 8 Interest in the estate
which he inherited through his wife to
be q 1920 interest, or about $500 upon
the appraised value. aud the entire value
of the estate including and appraised
at full value, which have since been lost
TO the estate, was but SIS 600, with an
estimated debt against the estate il
Texas of about Sl3, 900, which. if it had
not been paid in st. Louis By Rochester
Ford, Esqw., the administrator there,
would have rendered the O'DonnelI es-
tate IN Texas absolutely nothing, and
consequently DR.. Ehrmann's interest
which he inherited through his
wife worth nothing, nor was it of any
value when the $500 was borrowed, as he
evidently believed, having been wholly
Indifferent to the repayment of the note.
Then, considering all these facts, the
$500 which DR.. Ehrmann borrowed on
his inherited interest through his wife,
and which he never repaid, WAS a full
compensation for such interest, @ fact
that his conduct showed him to be fully
aware of.
Not until the following letter was re-
ceived, now copied in full, had | heard
from DR.. Ehrmann for about four years:
ST. Louis, Mo-, Nov. /, 1890.
NJ. Iooscan, ESQ.,, Attorney at Law, Houston,
DEAR STR-As attorney of DR.. L. ?. Ehrmann,
I take the liberty of writing to you and request
ing you to inform me as to the standing of Dr..
Ehrmann in relation to the estate of James NJ.
O'Donnell, and also about the note OF DR..
Louis P. Ehrmann, at present in the possession
asked for 4 division of the property, and we are
anxious to know how the matter stands at pres
ent. Please send me a full statement of all col
~lections and disbursements, showing the amount
coming to DR., Ehrmann from the said property
since the death of Mr.. James NJ. O'Donnell.
An early reply will 01iisei Yours 70 gp truly, r.
1928 Washington avenue.
To which 1 replied as follows:
HoUsroS, TEX, Nov. s, 1890.
81. w. Spencer, Esq, St. Louis. Mo:
Ny DEAR SIR-Yours of the LIST inst. as attor-
new OF Dr. L. P. Ehrrann with regard 20 the
O'Donnell estate in Texas, received. 1 will be-
gin preparing my nnal account in a few days N
this estate and you can have a copy of it when
done, but for me to undertake to give you spcn
a statement as you ask, would take up too much
of my time. You wall have it all from the
records filed in court. My understanding OF the
note given by DR. Ehrmann and the deed oftrust
on his interest in the . 'Donuell estate property
in this state is that the deed of trust was fore
closed q number OF years ago by the trustee in
San Antonio and that the property was bought
in by Mrs. O'Donnell. Mr.. Rochester Ford OF
your city will explain this matter further to you
and DIR. Ehrmann. Yours truly,
II. LooscAN.
Afterwards q second letter, as follows,
was received from DR.. Ehrmann' 8 at
torney:
"sr. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. II, 1880.
NJ: Looscan, Esq, Counselor at Law, Houston,
DEAR Y of November s received.
The doctor is exasperated at the contents
thereof. You give us to understand that his in
terest in the O'DonneIl estate property, together
with all the accrued rents, has been appropri-
ated in the settlement for a note for the sum OF
$500, and that DR.. Ehrmann has no longer any
interest in the said property. DR.. Louis P.
Ehrmann is not a little surprised to learn that he
has no longer any Texas property, but he is not
altogether displeased at the turn things have
taken, as it now leaves him free to act, and ne
has placed in my hands, first, a null statement
Of the manner in which the state of Texas has
been defrauded out OF thousands of acres of
land. Second. an original letter by Mr.. Hays
to D. Ehrnann, .inclosing certain interroga-
tories tobe made in court. with the answers
thereto, and advising him to make the answers
as dictated by ''our'' attorney in Texas. Third,
the parties concerned in this land steal. am
sir, yours truly, H. W. SPENCER, JR.,
Attorney for Dr.. Louis P. Ehrmann, 1928 wash
ington avenue. st. Louis, Mo-
TO this 1 made no reply, not consider
ing it worthy of notice. 1t was after
this that DR.. Ehrmann broke loose in
his maudlin vaporings as being a much
uDuScu u L nave SiNcu II tHS lOEe-
going a full history of MIR. O'Donnell's
with the purchase of lands in
Texas from the time of my acquaint-
ance with him in 1888, n also OF Col.
Talmage's subsequent purchase of the
same March &c, 1884, together with a
detailed history of the affairs of the es-
tate of James NJ. O'DoDneli in Texas,
of which estate l am administra tor, and
I defy the Republic, DR.. Ehrmann or
any other living wretch to controyert nv
statement or to establish anything in my
professional conduct in relation to my
connection with the school lands now
owned by the Brazoria aud and cattle
com pany, or the O'Donnell estate, which
has been or is IN anywise illegal or dis
honorable. The specious excuse given
by DR.. Ehrmann for keeping silent so
long, like everything else uttered By
him. has no foundation in truth AS there |
was no criminal liability attached to the
evasion of the laws of 1879 aud
1881. Then there was no neoess-
ity of his being so considerable of his
''father-in-law's gray hairs.' Be-
sides, his father-in-law had no interest
whatever in the lands involved in the
suit of the state Of Texas against Tai
mage s. O'Donnell, as he had previously