Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-14
A BIC SUIT.
A. NJ. Adams Suing for the llif
Estate of Denver.
what He Experienced In the Early
Days on the Plains.
rHk DISPUTED LASD.

A. 81 Adams, late ot this city bu, uuw
oi Denver, ~ suing Tor thu lllf "state,
worth over hall milton doilars, IN the
district court ot Denver Mr. Adams
was ut one time q = of III" largest cattle
dealers ~ he w-st; he apIrnrs himself
~ pl iniiff IN the cga-, although qnlt" nn
old man. wh,Io Mira Warren, wir I
Birhop II. W. Warren. ~ the M~lhndiut
church, Who was the widow ~ Joan W,
Ilif, and VIII :. lun aud Luuisa llllT are
made tue defendants
The de,,usltonH ~ Hltureses, whIrh
have beeu taken and hl-d N the clerks
oil ~ there, furnish ma etlnI fut 10.
mRntlc story 81 western life.
The property Iuv lvrd lr- Hh"u, t~"
mites aud hs!t e,.t ~ D-nvrr, un the
main lins ~ tie unlon paclt road. aud
amounts to ltD a,r~a. ln 1896 II be
louged to mn suctiunecr named Erasl us
Eastman. In tnoae days MIR. Adams Was
ono ot the cate kIngS of the PLAN" aud
often carried as mach as slJLUO IN cHsh
on he p.rson while travelling across the
prairie La waH also h cattle dealer,
but was no, considered wealthy. lh-.e
tWJ gentlemen we're the warmest ot
friends ~ tnos- early days, and llr acted
90 the agent ~ Adams III Denver Sher
hs was away.
10 lsG6, Adams bronght n large drove
Of cattle Ia Denver and they were placed
in the stock )ards While there East
man tork lm head aud sold them. When
Adams demanded the money due East
man ciHined lie could not pay the
amount, which was nearly $500, but ~
tered Ia deed Adams the land msn
toned before, which sas valued at tJpO.
Adams, seeing that he had better take
this than nothing, consented, aud told
Eastman To make the deed for lIlff, who
could dispose of il FOR Adams should
opportunity b- presented
Adams left Denver after tho deed ~Rs
put on record by lif The arrange,
ments and settlement 81 the controversy
between Adams. Eastman AID litf We're
made in the presence OF d number OF
witnesses ~ho are living 10 day. AID
whoss d.posi',ons are pow un file ut the
court house.
Wn-n Adams left Denver which was
IN 1866, he took heavy contract Ia fur
nish beet for the government on the ln.
dian reservations ia Texas and New
Mexico. While crossing the plans Oi
Texas with q drove of about 1890 head
OF cattle the folio ing year, he wHs
ssouped down on by band OF Indians
and everything he had was taken. lie
spent the folloslng two years IN Wash
iugtou. trying to lobby through cougreas
q bill To Reimburse hlm tor hia los.
which resulted from the government faIl'
ing to furnish cavalry guard. He tiually
Succeeded in getting an allowance o'
s70,OOO nn his claim. the exposure ard
hardship ~ the plains and his ~"rr!
about the passage of the bill resulted N
his health breaking down. A few days
after tho government allowed his CLAN
he was stricken down On the streets o
Washington with nn attack Of IaralyS'
OF III. brain. lie lost sc,ousnes@ f"I
several months, and remembered nothinl
until the op-n,n4 of 1872, when he benat
10 r-cover his memory, and found HIM
SELF in cnliornis.
lie had entirely forgotten the ll'f
Eastman affair. winch took place u
D~nver in 1866, until two years ago
while residing with n,s family IN thi
city, when hs by chance met East man
the anct,oneer. who asked him what b,
had dune 9th that property The who'll
trans ct,on flashed into h'~ mind. aud Ia
resolved TO remsvs with his family 4
Dsuv.r at once and sue Tor the Iii
estate.
john ". Iliff died in Denver ~ ls7S
but the iard was found recorded IN III
nam. nj tho time u hls death and natur
ally des,prd-d to his hrirs.
n While herr Mr.. Adams was pufIere
from the effects ot dyspepsla and lndI
gest,on, and on account ot III healtl
never engaged in any kind Of business.
B,shop Warren, who married tn
widow IiH, has been spending the mos
Of the past summer in California hunt
,Dg up evidence that will have som
bearing on the case.
The defenss has resorted 70 the stat nj
Of Limitations. wh,le the plaintlffs hol
the ground that the fact that Adams WI
uoaCls 10 attend to business gi'ss him
right ot sct,ou.