Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-09
THAT MALONE DEED.
Mn. EDGAR ALLAN SAYS 1T WAS
ONLY PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT.
II Grew Out of Lamd-Boom Tr"ns"c-
ttons. and Only Affects Part OF '"e
c.,.r.r. Property-A Twenty
r,ou.rud-DoIIar-No Involved.

Mr. Edgar Allen. who arrived In the
c,tv Yesterday. assured Dispatch man
,o., NIGHT that an erroneous impression
had rome out to the public concerning
tho recent assignment made by deheral
william Malone.
Mr. Allan said he had been General
Mahone's counsel for many years. anu
was familiar with the facts leading UP 10
tho filing of the deed. He then assured
the scribe that General Malone had by
no means made a general deed OF as
signment. but had only conveyed III thls
deed certain OF his Virginia property so
as to bring to issue controversy Penu'is
in the courts. and make the litigation Ill
rect between himself and the maker OF
a note for $4,000. upon which the "ehe-
raj was the endorser. General Manone
had been sued and judgment was about
to be procured against him upon u,Is
note. This the General ala not 'h'hN IL
ought TO pay.
OFT OF THE LAND BOOM.
The note grew out Of transactions OF
the land-boom period in southwest VIZ
cinia. with which transactions quite
number of important men were connected
No defence could be made by him as
against the holder OF the note ana ~ De
came necessary III order 10 prevent pro
ceedings against his estate here IN Nir-
giuia. either that he should put lien
upon the property so as 10 prevent
forced sale OF it at the will Of the note
holder or that he should raise the money
to pay off this large debt.
MUCH UNAFFECTED PROPERTY.
Speaking further upon the matter. Mr..
Allan said the deed only covered Gene
raj Mahone's residence in Petersburg and
his personal property therein. the great
bulk Of his property was not In any way
affected by this deed. and the judgment
against which he is protecting himself
Is perfectly secure in any event. General
NahOne's estate I'm the city OF Washing
ton alone was worth at the lowest calcula-
ton 5000 900. and ought to bring S25O,opJ,
the membranes thereon being not one
third OF that amount.
INJUSTICE DONE MALONE.
Mr.. Allan added that great injustice
had been done in the newspaper reports
touching General Mahone's Washington
property By the statements that certain
unnamed senators and members Of Con
gress were Interested in the sale of the
property because they had liens upon
the property or held notes against Gene
raj Malone Not one word Of this *
true" said he. II know the holder or
every note and lien that stands against
that property. and not member Of
either house was interested I'm one dollar
of these obligations ! know, further
more, that at the time these assertions
were first made General Malone pre-
pared a statement for. publication, not
only denying the allegations. but ass rt-
ing that no member of either house held
an obligation Of any kind against him. 1t
was merely one Of the methods resorted
10 by those who opposed the government
purchase of his lot In order TO throw
what must have been Il powerful
obstacle in the way of the proposed APP
propriation."
Concluding his statement about the as
siCnment, Mr.. Allan asserted that 1t
could in no way affect General Mahone's
political bearing in the State.