The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-26
REAVIS A PERJURER.
n4eision Against the Notorious
PeraIta Land Claimant.
al HIS TITLE PAPERS FORGED.
.-s<t Of Reavis-His Wife. the ssBar-
oness Of Arizona" an Indians
Daughter.

~.,,s re ". ~. June 25.-The grea,
$50 grant. situated in Arizona ami
- uexjco and covering IL, ~. 90 acres
s"s.nd which has been on trial for three
&c was Gecidede today In favor of the
-msrrrnenf. The claimant was in court
s.aysnp cool and collected. The court
q every title paper TO be forged and
..srusactured. and that the mission rec
- IN San Salvador. Cal, were forged to
..sae the wife OF the claimant to connect
1910 with the Peralta family. Chief
s.stsce Reed announced that IL was not
~..xarv 70 determine who Mrs. Peralfa
=. but II was sufficient TO hold that she
=. nor an heir OF the alleged grant nor
...,,Isd 10 maintain the suit. The written
.ss,,an will be flied by the chief justice
= .cou as II can be prepared.
r,on advisement. Reavis was arrested
.he United States marshal for asserting
s.,.< claims against the government, upon
s.r,nlainf made by United States Attor-
- REYNOLDS, under instructions given
H. Attorney General OIney before he left
~ department Of justice. United States
.storney Reynolds and his associate are
ss,ng showered with congratulations from
"a oyer Arizona. This practically ends
~ most stupendous fraud ever attempted
= this country. and SUCCESSFULLY carried
- for a quarter of century.
rsrparkabie case was tried before
f7sf Justice Reed. OF The court OF rri-
rz:e land claims. al Santa Re. ~. NJ. osn
Jgne s. For the claimant. James Addi-
can Peraltareayis, appeared ex-iMinister
lanes 0. Broadhead, the eminent 81.
Iyuis lawyer: for the government, United
NJ ~
aperzltareav Wis., rs, fn reality, James
addison Reayis. a Missouri storekeeper.
His testimony WIS TO the effect that his
sgse Whose maiden name was "Dona.
Sofa Loretta Nfcaela") was the only lin
al descendant OF Don Miguel Peralta.
drxt Baron OF Arizona, and that, there
fore she was the owner OF the Il 700 900
s17es OF land. valued at SIS, 10000 which
constituted che barony Of Arizona. This
hnd II situated in the territories OF Arr
sozn and New Mexico.
Don NigueIs Arizona grant came from
~ hand Of Philip V. of Spain. The doe
uuyerss In proof of the descent Of Mrs.
Rtayis we're alleged TO be copies from the
o{ciai records contained in the archives
A. f;latalaja lara, Mex.
During the hearing of the case last we0c
ssasgtional testimony was given by the
chef witness for the United States. This
witness, Alfred f. Sherwood. is a stock
raiser and Hives in Sherwood valley. Men
dortno county. Cal. He identified Mrs.
Rsayis or Dona Sofia. as Sophia Tread
way, and said that she was the daughter
Of an Indian woman. her father being one
John A. Treadway. Treadway abandoned
the child when she was 8 years old, and
he, the witness. raised her. AS she grew
20 neighborirg family Became intA-
esed tn the little half-breed. and when
,hsy moved away from Sherwood valley
she accompanied them. In 1857 she re
turned to the valley bringing Reavis with
her and introducing him as her husband.
Under this evidence the case OF tfe
claimants to the great barony of Arizona
fell like collapsed balloon.