The morning call., 1894-09-29
TO
DAVID OWENS.

This indentuIe. made this third day OF Febru.
airy, In the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninely-two, between Thomas Lea
OF the city and county of San Francisco. State
OF California, the party of the first part and
David owens OF the same place, the party of
the second part, wltnesseth: That the said
party Of the first part, for and in consideration
of the sum of ten dollars, lawful money of the
United States of America, 10 him in hand maid
by the said party of the second part, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, does by these
presents grant, bargain, sell, convey aud con-
firm unto the said party of the second part ana
20 bis heirs and assigns forever all that certain
lot, piece. or parcel of land situate living and
being In the city and county of San Francisco
and bounded and particularly described as fol-
lows, to-wlt:
Commencing at point on the southerlv line
OF Chestnut street. distant thereon one hun
dred and ten Q10) feet, westerly from Bu-
cbanan street; thence running westerly paral-
lei with said southery line OF Chestnut street.
twenty feet and six inches; thence run
ming southerly. parallel with the westerly line
of Buchanan street, one hundred and twenty
Q20) feet; thence running easterly with
the sOutherly line Of Chestnut street.
twenty-seven CD feet and six (6) inches, and
thence running nOrtherly, parallel with the
westerly line of Buchanan street. one hundred
and twenty Q2O) feet TO the point OF commence
ment, being portion of the fifty-vara lot No, G.
IN block No. 259. as laid down on the official
map OF the city and county Of San Francisco.
Together with all and singular the tenements,
Entertainments and appuTtenances thereunto
belonging, or in any wise appertaining,
and the reversIOn and reversiOns, remainder
and remalnders. rents, issues and profits there
of.
To have and to hold all and singular the said
premises. together with the appurtenances un-
TO the said party of the second part, and to his
heirs and assigns forever
This deed is made IN lieu Of one heretofore
made, executed and delivered by SAID party OF
the first part to said party of the second part
which was lost. | deed signed was before
Notary Public Waller in 1866.
In witness whereof the said party OF the first
part has hereunto set his hand and seal The day
and year first above written
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence
Of John Carpenter. lSeall THOMAS LEA.
Stale of California, city and county of San
Francisco:
On this seventh day of November, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three
before me- john z. Poole, notary public, duly
commissioned and sworn, personally appeared
John Carpenter, known TO be the same person
whose name is subscribed to the within instru-
ment, as witness thereto, who being
by me duly sworn, depOsed and said
that ne resides in the civ and county
of San Francisco State OF California, hat he
was present and saw Thomas Lea, personally
known TO him 10 be the same person described
IN. and whose name IS subscribed to. and who
executed the within instrument, as a party
thereto. sign, seal and deliver the same; and
that the said Thomas Lea acknowledged in The
presence OF said afiiant that he executed the
same, and that he, the said affiant, subscrib- d
his name TO said instrument as witness
thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
Dand and affixed my official seal, at my Office in
the city ana county OF San francisco, the day
and year in this certificate first above written.
[sEAL1 JOHN z. POOLE,
Notary Public in and for the City and County
OF San Francisco, State of California.
a true copy of The original recorded at the
request of David Owens November 9, A. d.
1893, at 80 minutes past 10 o'clock A. NJ.
THOMAS J. GLYNN, County Recorder.
Regarding this deed a strange story is
told by Mrs. Lea, though the very records
themselves are quite sufficient evidence OF
an extraordinary and unusual proceeding.
che deed purports to have been executed
on February 8, 1892. 10 the presence of
John Carpenter. 1t was given in lieu of
one said to have been made and executed
by Lea to Owens IN 1866
The name of the notary public before
whom il was Acknowledged is George c.
Waller. who has been dead for several
wears. A man named John Campbell was
said to have been witness to the signing
of the first deed, but he cannot be found.
The combination of dates furnishes
mystery which the attorneys have in vain
essayed to solve.
Lea disappeared from his friends on
January %, 1892, under circumstances
that are regarded as suspicious Three