The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-24
| llMI LITIGATION ENDED.
!. rrrEMEsT OF THE YEsLEn No
aAT1os CLAIM CONTESH.
a.s.reee Make Alletnents - the
aeveral Interested Partie1-A To-
- q eizx,SS5.sS DistFibsteA-zn-
x.~est on warrants Reduced.

4 1ast there Is TO be settlement Of the
-, Ilffufton over the rich body Of land
e.nwn a the Sarah u. Yesser interest In
~ uSnry L. Yesler donation claim which
- q the eastern part OF the city and
49, could have been sold at one time for
Z IrI6on dollars.
1870 before the winter Of Henry L. Yes
s..ss ~ came to an end ana up 70 within
S - weeks ago the vast donation claim
~ npu the subject Of the seyerest legal
1-611nw. But now II Is ended. All day
5siScdok there was q gathering OF law
h21rs, creditors lawyers and special
Ef1snm II that part Of city hall where
1S ~ council holds It's meetings. When
- aSfhsring left city hall in the evening
5SssS "a not one among them who did
- III ycry tired. and even the cold half
ss-111 hnIf-rasn that beat In their faces the
sssrnt hey passed out OF the doors and
-see1r down to@n' was a welcome
rSssn olter the long hours OF arguing
~ foe1ng and fighting. But all were
fenne. ~ a settlement had been agreed
- - 10 a few days the special ref
- = whom were referred the matter Dy
a1m Judge w. II. Moore will make a
eaS6ff n the court that there is no longer
~ ueterial differences Of opinion az to
800 oh0uld be done with the property.
- glll tell in their report just what mas
80 agEeed upon and Is Ii expected that
fkf court viii accept their recommended
1foax end order the property distributed
e0eprdiugly II settlement had been Ell
laetod yeaFs ago the heirs and others who
- INTERESTED IN the property would have
- II i position to reap fortunes by the
~ e their shares. DIR. ]. Eugene Jor-
-. one Of the interested ones. said yes
- L.. L. 4 -.
- - interests for $4,000.
n land II out In the Third ward OF the
elu. X n well located and Is bounded on
a. Scuth by Yesier way. on the west by
qua6ty-third avenue, on the north By East
Marion street and on the east by Thirty
second avenue. II originally consisted OF
~ acres, but ten acres were given to a
street railway company as subsidy. To-
~ fh1re are but LIB acres. the balance
hoving gone to pay about $50 900 worth OF
taxes.
m property originally belonged to Mrs.
GAsah B. Tesler. the first wife OF Henry
YeG1ee. When she died Mr.. Yesler re-
eoive3 half interest In It and nine other
hoirs received the other half. These other
iheiFS included blood relatives OF Mrs. Yes
lei. Mrs. Lucinda Hochtittler, q sister OF
~ deceased, was among the heirs. II Is
SaM that she and others insisted that Mr..
Ys1ief vas holding back" property be-
longing % MS. xesler's estate which II
~ NJ duty TO divide among them. Mr..
1eeIer uas willing TO divide Mrs. Yesler's
interest n the donation claim. but told the
hesrs mat there was no other property for
fhenn- They sued Mr.. Yesler to recover
son1s of the alleged existing property other
tAAn The Donation claim.
IL tho meantime Mr.. Yesler purchased for
J. Eugene Jordan the interest Of I'VE OF the
helfs II the donation claim, which amount
q to about forfy-fiye acres. Mr.. Yesler,
i y said, lost the lawsuit begun against
hin by the heirs. and when II was all ended
y refused to consent to q division OF the
denAtion claim. The heirs and J. Eugene
JofdAn pleaded with him. II II said, but
- refused to allow division. So long as
- held out the property could not be al
slded. Iaxeg Nerp not paid because indi-
vtduaf heiH O. 0Wnefp were not allowed to
pay anything Into the treasurer's ONCE un-
- they allowed 1t to be applied on the
Genefaf taxes. They Of course refused 10
40 that, and 50 the taxes rapidly accumu-
heed.
After Mr.. 1esler died there would have
been division, but J. Eugene Jordan and
he managers OF the Henry l.. Yesler estate
became involved In legal trouble. II was
alleged that old man Yesler. who bought
for Jordan the interest Of 1--WE OF the heirs
IN the donation claim, gave Jordan a deed
tor twice ~ much Of the property az he
The managers wanted Jordan to
surrender half OF t. He laughed at them,
ana then came long legal battle.
In the meantime other complications Of
various natures came into the case and
contributed their nit. rewards tvinr nm
any division OF the claim Taxes fell due.
and the court ordered choice hits of the
nronNrtv soid "a nav ,har, ro,a. q, =.
saiS ths,s "a It, -.