The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-05-17
MRS. TEMPLES EQUITY.
It Alarms Big Property Owners.
The widow al IA Real Estate Plum.
ger of Chicago's Early Days
shown 10 HIVE n Dover
Right in MiIIIons' Worth
OF cay Property.


n was n beautiful May day IN the year OF our
Miss Lucy ~. Matthew'S, OF Richmond. Va :,
were uni ed In the holy bond Oi Inairi,bOny.
The young couple began their nuptial lie nu-
Ru;ciOusiy 30 h we're connected with wcll-tD-
do InmIlics, and had "A far nipCu 1t 81 Tina
worlds < 20 Ia, though not what might b. IeInI-
ed ", Amy people. i:ut they were wiling 10
uwaiI the IIEHr " hen fortune should cast its
go,lcn sI,ilPs upOn tIcI' 'nnrIs aud render
them lu'i"pr ndrnt GhIc igo was then attract
lug the attention oi eastern Capitalists rnd
hItber the young couple DSnt their steps. With
rar, lrrc,Ismt Ihc young d'ctor OWNED the
IuluIc grrHtn' - of ~" young city, and ne m
vcatr,, ali his rpniU caSh ~ the purChas" OF real
rstu,r The southern II nii- ~ the city NJ that
TIM ,Nt.Ht II only ~ IL 40 Van Buren, s'rr.t.
br. Fence INV. st,d all his mon y IN are
tracts IN I mt vicinity. Hnd pa ienliv awaited
th. lurn al uvtnIs that would. he ieit conf tent,
result IA 1 suTgc increase la his worldly IaOssr,-
sions THE panic OF 1887 occurred. however.
~ Il he found himself heavily incumbered 10y
unpcnduclIVc real estate. lie could not meet
hts obligations. and, after struggling man ully
Tor "a few months tn ave ~ the Imurnding cilam-
Nv, his cnti'r property was sold at maj shai's
sale. This property, including large portion
OF me school section addition TO Chicago. eX-
tended from Van Buren, street 10 Twelfth and
from the river eastward to and including Clark
street. IL com rrIsrd all al Shci man street
| between the north and south Boundaries men
tioucd, besides other tracts adjoining. u latge
rae. IN what IL now known AS Elglewood,
| thousands OF acres IN Will, Kane, De KuIb
counties, two blocks on West Madison street;
between IIoyne AMI S'eley avenues. aud other
4 lTuftH ltCultil III li' ~ phlto ~ "a tpuulJ
| Some thirty business blocks In the city Of Joliet
are located upon property formerly owned by
DR.. Temp e, while many substantial structures
| IN Chicago have been erected upon his property
| Among Luese may lie mentioned the Atlantic
i Motel and u portion OF the ChIcagu, Rock Island
| & Pacific Railway Depot. insignificant though
1 the value ui this property was ut the time, 4
has since become enormously valuable, and IL
| this city alone It's G tsli vulue Is stimate Il
| several million dollars.
when DIR Tenn les property was sold by th'
mnrnhal shortly after the panic OF 1887 iced
were gwen IN the usual form, save That b,
by some oversight Mrs, Temple did not lin II
| the convey ances TINS has DTOvId Ia lie u Idta
detect to the title. and as II consequence TIL
vast estate rests under II cloud. 1lns TACT VA
only discovered several years ago, aud a few oil
The principal owners joined IN an effort I.
remove this cloud. Two prominent real estat
agents undertook 10 ascertain the whereabouts
Of the doctor and his family. After sevrra
months my, sIIgatiOn they reported that DR.
Temple and hIs wife were both dead, and tn
pOssessOTs once more breathed freely, tn
repoTl proved 10 br erroneous, however. !
few years ago an ggent OF Ii L. Hutchinson
one u the parties in interest. discovered lha
DIR. Temple aud his wife were living In cOmpar
alive poverty IN Lexington. Mo-, whittier the.
hni removed IIOm ChIllicOthc, H., IN lS5i
the ilcL was kept secret, however, until recent
ly when Charles Hale, of rs Dearborn street
learned that DR. Temple had died some Tin
last year, but that HIS widow was still aliv
and IN the enjoyment OF perfect health. TIL
efforts OF some OI The present owners of th
property to quiet thriT titles aroused Mrs. lem
1 nIs Ia action. hub sat UtI Cd5t I y
torney J IL Sp"ars, of 20 LsSaile street, VIII
undertook to secure her rights.
For several months past II thorough iaquir
inIo tht status oil affairs has been in progres
under MIR Spelr5' direction. 1t has been show
lhnl DIR Temple had been II bold plLngrr /
zeal estate up 10 the time OF his embarrassing
IN 1887. lie bought acres or lots wherever h
mad The opportunity and with seeming reckless
ness. lie had large dealings with the late Phil
Carpenter, and "a portion al the laiier's estate
involved in The litigation ut present In progres
or about To be InstIIuted. suits have been Ell
tered or Will b. begun IN due Course Of time;
recover the WIDOWS dover of one-thlrd OF th
estate Judge umbcrL Tree Is one OF the hold
rr, OF some of The prop .rty. lie did not wait
however, iOr the inauguration OF legal proceed
ings to establish his ciaIma. After n ~thOrOug
examination lie procured u quit claim dee
from the widow, which was died Tor recOT
during the past week. The cOusiderat on men
toned in the deed Is 81. but IL is well know
that The document cost the judge II much large
sum. Othcr owners are IN negotiation with Oh
representatives OF Hrs. Temple with II view
procuring conveyance That will stand test
| legal proc; cdinRs. Thc case oil d. Temple VI
Walsh, INVOLVING valuable tract on SnermH
strt at, Is nD~ pending IN the superior court an
r viii be fought To W. courts OF last resort
inyoIying the Iitic to lund5 located NJ lCngI
WOOD, 10 also ON the docket oi the same cou
and viii he contested 10 the last extremity.
! scItIen,cnL has been made OF all the prOpCrt
hplnupin. to the estate ON Clark street, irOl
VAN Hurcn 10 Twelfth street. representing MOI
= th,n hail II million dollars. Inc tract know
4 ms lhe u. e SnItlI est ate, near Douglas Parl
ms also been removed from TIE category
rloudUd titles By means OF a cOmprOmls
AGENTS of Mrs. Temple are now negOtiatlI
with the occupants oi property located outsi,
Of Chicago, " iLh u guoi prospect OF coming
nm carly agrcClncnt. Mrs. Temples legal Ie
r.s. NATIVE here is confident o! being able
establish IA clear dover rIght-ln all ot the pro-
crIv ONCE owned by her husband. aud W
leave no gtone unIGrEed TO attain thst end
IN. suIts are among The most Important cyu
instituted IN THIS part Of the country. C0nsej
v,I,yr real estate dealers estimate the value
i. Inc nrourrty involved ut several million dollar
Thr urssenI occupants age naturally anxious
In Ihe result, and II majority are willing 10 ayr
IN "A mi compromise The claimant Is not iii
uns, Al 10 press her rights 70 the utmost. but
willing 10 ubnut to the decision OF lair-inind,
e nrb,lr.Iorg, whatever that may be. That 81
a has an tuuItntl e claim i!pGn the property Is co
cc,I.d on every hand, nG'y there IL IL dlspQsItI'
l nnnug those interested To allow her such r
. cnmprnsg as sIall Inslir, her AGAINST want
Tho evening Of icL lilo. Mrs. Temple 10 no
,Iuhty-tw0 yeaTs OI age, aud, although ~
= and hearty, cannot, IN the nature Of thing
live much longer. She ~ spoken VI as IA lady
D +, tInrment, greatly ceiceTncd by u large Gir'
nr uruuaInInnres, to whom she has Tc1JI
rndr, red by her many exhibitions Of Kind
4 wnnL.uIIusSH md charity. The result OF 1
sui, now pending, however. VIII he watch
with grcnt interest by TeAf Gslhl" dealers a
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