Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-10-19
THE PERALTA CLAIM AGAIN.
The Spanish Branch of the Family Now After the Famous Grant
 for l2 100000 Acres.
Santa Fe New Mexican.

santa Fe New Mexican.
 A press dispatch fioI Washington of recent date announced that the heirs of Juan Peralts, of Barcelona, Spain, to whom was granted large tracts of land in Arizona before the cedlng of that terri tory to the United States, Will soon fife suit against the government ia the United States court of claims of re- covery of their property, the claimants being we'll Known New Orleans people, who are represented by w. R String fellow, of New Orleans.
 Appended was paragraph dealing with the history of the case, and which set forth the following facts:
 THE ARIZONA CLAIM.
 "JouRn Peralta, who was an officer m the Spanish army, was granted 800 ar pents of land in Louisiana op Decem Der 27, l79S, by De Lomos, the then the Spanish governor of the territory of Louisiana. This gift was supplemented by another grant of land made February 9, 1799, by the Madrid government. The grant em braced 12,0O0,OC0, of acres in Ar1zona in the northwest portion ot the stete, east of the Gils river. The claimants allege that Juan Peralta was married to Marie De Los Delos, of Far mosa, in Havana, Cuba, after which marriage he came to New Orleans, where he resided up to short tune bf . fore his death, which took place in Barcelona. They further claim that the territory of Louisiana and Arizona sc- quired Ly the United States was after the date of the Spanish grant to Peralta and hence that no title to the United States could be given for the property in the grant to Peralta, except by him or his heirs, which has rot been done."
 To-day New Mexican representative called at the U. s. prison and laid the | above before J. A. Peralta- Reavis, whose claim for the same property was lately declared fraudulent by the U. s. idUO COuiA, hltu iC4ScSl ohCO | SC me light un this newest phase of the | celebrated case.
 PERALTA- REAvIs' STATEMENT. MT. Reavis said:
 "rhe claimants referred 10 in the dis | patch are whs have been known as the Cuban branch of the Aragonisn Peraltas | which may be said to be the mother seat, | Q little place known as Peralta, in Ara. | gon, where first lived the Carrillos, who were the original Peraltas. In the branch representing the true title of the Barony of Arizona the name Peralts is only claimed and held as title or nom de ] plume. This Cuban branch, douic'led
 party in New Orleans, first set up claim
 dverse to the Willing title, which represent, in the early '80s, immediately upon the discovery that the author of the Peralts- Willing desd was too young to possibly represent that title in fee,
 ard in 1885, one of that family visited Arizona while Surveyor General John. son was in office and committed such in. l formation to the surveyor general foI the privilege of a review of the paper then on file, as enabled that illustrious official to form what l have always | characterized as the surveyor generals syndicate of Arizona, a from which radiated in every direction the wonder | ful discovery of
 | FRAUDS IN THE REAL TITLE
 of the Barony of Arizona. It will be re-
 memb bered that Johnson had sent photo graphic copies of the originals as they
 were claimed to Spain early in 1884
 Nothing more WAS heard of this branch of the family until in 1886 it was learn. ed ID Seville that Manuel Peralta, of Costa Rice, had represented this interest | there and had been engaged during the previous two years in compiling bis | tory of Costa Rics, and incidentally looking up the Peralts family and their ! interests.
 "No additions were made 10 this branch O. claimants until it was learned by the attorneys, composing this sur veyor generals syndicate.' that Doctor Juan Peralts, grand son of old Don 1 Luis Peralta, with other relatives, in tended to testify in behalf of the pre-, sent claimants. but upon investigation It
 was discovered or determined that the lineal descent could not be traced to an affinity; therefore their evidence was not considered paramount, and w. w. Allen l insisted that they would join the adverse claimants if their attorney were not suitably retained. and upon this threat a move was made to consolidate the entire | Peralta family, as against the Silva de | Pe-alta branch, which 1 represented, in | which they succeeded admirably, as was | shown by frequent interviews in the San Francisco dailies, and shown also in | the success of :he government in con- trolling witnesses and in faleifyiDg re- | cords sufficient to convince the court and thereby secure what will now be | turned to.
 THE ADVANTAGE OF THE SYNDICATE, private land claims will be construed as | confiscation of the property of the Barony of Arizona. And from this view there csn be found obvious reasons for falsifying our title, and by the mRnipu- lation of few dates Spain can consist ently certify to the title and claim ttat ws have been the forgers upon an abso- lute and valid title although in a some l what different name. They have the ad- vantage of all the traditional elements that have been developed and set up a complete geographical description of the property with boundaries, en accurate | description as we'll as photographs of the monumental stone, the details of juridical possession, the grand old ruins, and indeed every possible thing of ad- var tage that diiigent search for thirty i've years has developed in this pro.ecu- tiou, and they have the evidence that is of record. Then, Gs i said, by few al- tered dates, ekillfully manipulated. the government of Spain can consistently certify to the title, and, 10 a degree which IS monumental.
 OFFSET THE MORA CLAIM
 | that has been successfully carried through by the diplomats, and the re- suit will be that an internal claim will be transformed and transferred ints sn international claim, with such fictitious