St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-05
TURNEY TO NELSON.
What the Governor Of Ten
nesee Said to the Gov
ernor Of Minnesota
ANENT THE M'MURRAN CASE.
Why j. Royal Will Not Be Sur
rendered Explained in
a Letter.
CASE WON'T HOLD WATER.
McMurran Prosecuting the
Casa Grande Matter in
Good Faith.
CASE WON'T HOLD WATER.

The letter from the governor Of Ten
nessee to Gov. Nelson. denying the
requisition from this state for the return
of j. Royal McMurran. has been re-
ceived at the governors office. Gov.
Turney gives the reasons for his action
at some length, and acknowledges the
receipt of the two acquisitions. The
governor states that he has given the
case the careful consideration that he
considers it deserves. and, in reviewing
| it, ne says:
Outlines the Prosecution.
Eugene Underwood, who makes the
first affidavit against McMurran. swears
! that he delivered, on the 22d of Deem
Der. 1892. his note, payable one year
! after date, for the sum of So, 600, to }.
| Royal McMurran. with the understand
ing and agreement between them that
he should sell the same and return the
proceeds of the sale to HIM; that on the
2Sth day of December, 1892. McMurran
sold the note to E. r. Gilman. of st.
Paul. and received therefor $4,000; tina,
thereafter Underwood and Gilman left
st. Paul together for the city of Wash
ington, and McMurran, shortly after
their arrival in that city, upon being
asked what he had done with the note,
stated that he had not disposed of it
yet. Underwood learned that McMur-
ran had sold the note in ST. Paul, and
then filed charges accusing McMurran
of having appropriated the money re-
'ceived from the sale of the note to his
own use.
The affiant in the case upon which
the second requisition was based swearS
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McMurran did wrongfully. unlawfully,
withhold from the true owners,
and did take, steal and carry
away divers and sundry good.
genuine and lawful coins and treasury
notes duly issued out OF the treasury de.
partment of the United States. to the
sum of over $1,000. which he as the
agent, servant and trustee of the COM
pIainant had i'll his possession at the
time for the use and benefit of the com.
plainant.
Gov. Turney cites the affidavit at some
length, and then says:
How Turney Looks at 1t.
1t sufficiently appears to satisfy me
that Underwood and McMurran were
engaged in several JOINT ventures of a
speculative character, and that McMur-
ran received of Eugene Underwood the
note for $1,000 set forth in his affidavit,
upon the understanding and agreement
to expend.the proceeds of that note, OF
! so much thereof as might be necessary.
in the prosecution of the suit of the
Casa Grande company against the
United States, and that in case the suit
was won, Underwood was to receive an
equivalent of 10000 acres of land of the
Casa Grande company. but In case it was
lost, Underwood was TO pay his note at
maturity, or as much as had been ex-
pended. OF which McMurran agreed to
| give Underwood strict account.
Again it sufficiently appears to me that
on the ED of December. 1898. j. RovalI
McMurran received note at one year
from date for $1,000, and agreed to ex-
pend the proceeds of the note. or az
much thereof as might be necessary, in
the prosecution of the suit of the Casa
Grande company against the United
States for land in Arizona, and, in
case the suit was won, to give the
maker of the note the equivalent of
10000 acres of the land of the Casa
Grande company. but in case the suit
was lost, the giver was to pay his note
at maturity, tr at least as much thereof
as had been expended, Of which Nc