Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-05
CLAIMS $l5,OOO,OOO.
Salt Lake Properly With Villas, Rail-
ways, Factories, Etc.
COMING IN STRING TO GET IT.


"rho flowers that bloom in the
spflng" wt'oh Il near al hand ore u
mAfk an event u sur atsiIg Import.
auce IN s,i, Lake Cuy, " anAn.
nounucmeut maze IN People, a wide.
y circulated AMI iUndential Lonuon
,hDs'anI) Journal o. Janusfy ~ is to
be- believed. II is 40 less .nsn an as
scrtlon that n cet,nin lEIividuAl now
In England. AMI femumOeTsd here by
most unslvUty reputation, lays claim
10 property sggtegatlng iu vAluo about
onc'halt the whole assessed vslue
OF tho municipality. lie soa
the amount as between fifteen
auj twenty million OF 10 lRts, but mag
nanimouoly oflrn to Compromise for
ono'iouftn OF that hmouat, anu take
INST mortgages as security Ia case the
cath ia not ready on his appearance.
Here 10 the announcement In tho paper
referred to'
pEvoNiAS's CLAIM TO Ej,OOO,O0O.
shor, limo ago We published In "rho
People, particulars of u yomarkable
elaiin about 10 DO made by Mr.. W. Jar
man, a ipwn councillor Of Eao.or, toa
largo amount Of valuable properly Ia Salt
LaEc Cay, tho headquartor. OF tho Nor
mons. Sensational details weru ,h-n
given OF Mr.. Jarman's career ~ tho state
oil uAh. Mr. Jarman wa, born Ia Hay
market, London, ia lsI.. When only
thfop months old ho was taken 10 Exotor,
and in 1896 lac loft tho "oyor. faithmli
Tor Jnh. Tie arrived At his dostinE.
ton with ti,tul Ia cash and a substantial
quantity VI dry goods. Tho site Of sal.
Lake cay was shpn almost 4 wilderness.
There beng no money Ia the country, al
business WIS carried on by ufrtor, anu ~
sterling was wnfih somewhere about
400. soon ~ or Ma. jnrmanis arrival,
tho Union Pacific railway extended their
system 70 salt Lake City, and sold him a
block Of land for sOJdols. on this tho
wonithicst qunr.or OF tho city 1. built
For this Mr.. Jafnan ID now claiming,
Being man Of capital he was invited 10
JOIN mo Mormon Church, whiun he did,
aud soon became high priest among
thenl' AFTER some years Jarman
eschowod tho Mormon faith, and his
VITO m consequence divorced him. Then
his prosecution commenced. Tho high
priest not only granted tho divorce, but
accompanied u with an order that tho
real properly OF Mr. JarmAn ia Natal
should be transferred % tho wlio .or her
bonoht and shat Of the children. Mr..
Jarman, with great difficulty, escaped TO
England, bringing with HIM tho tito
decdsi OF tho property. Ho then COM
menced a Lengthy iociuring tour In tho
states, and his appeals were largely
Instrumental In producing change Ia
tho stale OF tho law which pronounced
Morinonlsm Illegal. While delivering
these lectures in lhe states, nowB ! aohsd
him OF the doath OF his father ia Eng
land, on whose decoaso he came into
property NJ Exeter. This nocossitAted
MS coming to England, aud while In this
country no learnt that tho American
government had logaliEod Giyoics In
Uiah, aud logltimlz9d tho children Of tho
Mormon community The government,
however, refused to doal with tho trans
fer Of land. Early Ia tho spring Mr..
Jarmau Intends returning TO America to
prosecute hi, claim. to tho land. Ha
states that streets, factories, electric rail.
WAYS and villa residences all cover his
land, aud those h0 values at between
three aud four million pounds sterling.
lilo proposes 10 compromise with tho
holders of tho land, aud viii DO Willing
70 accept quarter OF that amount
where cash IL nOI Immediately forth.
coming MIR. Jarman stalos his willing
ness 70 take lr-t mortgages bearing in.
forest At por cent Mr.. JRrmAn's first
wife was native OF Iddesleigh.
The principal officially with this
Jatnan claim Is that 1. " like his othei
assertions regarding Utah-it 10 moi
true. This follow JafmAn 10 such
AN uncomfortable liar that many
people have sought 10 ,xouio him
on the ground OF insanity. II he
Ia crazy, however, there 10 such
"method IN Ills m; o. ess" that no
gathers In the English editors In a
clever fashion And "s,ufis" them as
though they were the most gullible
beings on this face OF the earth. Any
| statement he makes about Utah seems
to bo sought after with avidity, aud
the more Improbable Il Ia tho reader
does II ind access 10 tho columns Of
mauy Euglisl papers. JarInan follows
this business TO make money out Of tne
people who listen to his sensational
stories, anu while his procedure Is not
exactly ihe same In detail rs the pllfst-
Ing business no engaged Ia In salt
LAKE ., IL none the less dishonest. He