The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-17
IRsT THE DEED.
relees Threw . Cloud
1CiIhelm's Property.
- on pENNY's LANDS.


- ~ Fr1do1ln HA-aehn 70 4ssNs
-. "a feet fronting on Wash
- - xhe northwest corner
- s~,r,srth street. involving prep
- xnrth xa,eo. was decided
- s. Iudxe Langley in favor Of
- -sha has claimed the LOT for
-@.rx xxsfsout a record fitle-
~. =, q known as lot 5. block IS.
- 81. na4f. and was conveyed I'm
80 executors Of c. G. Terry 70
I'D u<sIxes. q weli known coiored
l| -! ..s1- tred In Seattle from 1855 20
<.5sss.s ,<n = saloon, secondhand store
- st.oo. Subsequent to the con-
"a I. AIN. Hedges sold the west
~ - lot 20 Christian Scheaernazn
- r. east half was sold 70 A.
ia .s<-~aer. Who failed to record his
- eosd Il TO echeuer1nan. who
r ..s.-.sr1d tjtge GO the whole block.
S1es.as 10 January. 1910. sold the
frt5olln Wilhelm.
n Hedges died. willing all his
u ~ 70 his wife and Ave children.
r. s ~ Ma claim % the east half OF
- season % the failure OF Ben
x E sroare has deed. Wilhelm discov-
I::S5fIw twenty years possession that
- rns detective through Bender's
- brought suit against Hedges
~ euIet title. The heirs fought the
ss1u1rnIax that their father never had
esss half OF the lot The suit
= "a before Judge Langley In the
Ei1r court last Tuesday. with Byers.
- & Byers for the plaintiff. and
5Iin. Keiseher 4 Emory and VIII
= a sssagner for the defendants.
- On trial two days.
r. x. psefonfaine. who has lived
rerons the street, and built the
- IL Our Lady OF Good Help In
e1tided that Wilhelm had worked
- Oh the church and soon after
noyod on the lot In litigation,
Fl 0es number OF years and caused
~ r fupruved with buildings. John j.
~ Who was tho only practising
f Aese twenty-five years ago, identi-
~ oefginai title deeds, and swore
~ ne deed from Hedges 10 Scheu-
end also that he drew the deed
Ba1er TO ScheuegT1an for the east
f - that he was Scheuermanrs gen.
eftewnsy. and knew that he would
nsa SLOWED his client to take a Iced
D4nder II he had not had good title.
- Langley inferred that McGiivra
n 4e1n the deed. although the latter
- NJ swear positively that he had
8nne out during the trial that. al
- Hedges made a will In October.
I 1eqotathing his property to his wife
= 1f61rsn. who lived IN Baltimore. his
3 ~ been dead more than six years
- son mentioned was killed at
MI esarthouse In the rebellion: en-
ene was murdered by being knocked
= xner on Chesapeake bay: another
~ 0m1pearea about the beginning OF
T. Nealon and has never been heard
- Ihls left a son and daughter as
II ~ heirs to the estate.
l1e1f. VINO failed 20 record HIS deed,
~ IND IN Southern California by adj
lNang IN San Francisco papers. He
sl1la BY deposition that he bought
j ~ hall Of the lot from Hedges and
80 Inn n acres Of land adjoining
- Lake. He offered the deed to
eSsotrnqa. his grantee. IL Srhcuerman
~ Isy the recorsiing fee. but Scheuer-
~ Nd be would risk it without record
Hedges. being present, said the
- w no good To any one and threw
~ ssoye.
- Langley. after hearing the evil
~ snf listening to the arguments.
80 hat the plaintiff. Fridolln WIZ
I'D proven his record title by
A'ng ne lost deed. and had also proven
! s'Ras hy adverse possession for twenty
II yesrs.
u prop%rty II covered with two brick
ss1a''ss, one of them one story hitch.
" Contractor potYin. who lost
~ - A.ea and the other three stories
KAT 10 1894 by Gee Lee & CO. nm
: iease from Wilhelm.
. 'ngs have lately been begun In
! pstase department. to adsnister on
a's OF The minor heirs Of William
q. 49, anti settle tho title 10 this vaiu.
9 esersy In The city which was At
uns owned by him.