The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-03
SOON TO BE SOLD.
Application is Made For a Re-
ceiVership
For the Grand Opera House, in
the District Court.
Will Eventually Pass Into the
Hands of a New Owner.

An important move in the foreclosure
proceedings, involving the Grand Opera
House in this city, was made today,
when Attorney Eugene Quinton filed a
motion for the appointment of a receiv-
er for the property, in the district court.
The motion will probably be consid-
cred and the application for the ap-
pOintment of a receiver granted on next
Monday morning. At least Attorney
Quinton asked Judge Hazen to make
the appointment on that date. The mo-
tion is made on the grounds of non
payment of interest and taxes by the
present owner, L. NJ Crawford, and is
accompanied by aff1davits stating that
neither the interest or taxes has been
paid for the past year.
The application for the appointment
of a receiver for the property reads as
follows:
The undersigned, attorney for plain
tiff, moves the appointment of a receiV-
er for lots 1913, 195 and 1877 Jackson
street, city of Topeka, Shawnee county,
Kansas, and the building located there
on for the reason that the condition
OF the mortgage herein sued on have
not been performed; said mortgage is
long since past due and the property is
insufficient to discharge the mortgage
debt, there being another mortgage on
the property for the sum of $4,000 and
interest, and that said property is in
destroyed"
L. b. Kendall of Denver, father of
Mrs. Eugene QuintOn, is the plaintiff in
the foreclosure suit, and is asking for a
receiver for the property. He holds the
second mortgage of $4,000, and the
proceedings for its foreclosure are now
pending in the district court. The first
mortgage of $4,000 is held by an east
ern insurance company.
The foreclosure case will probably
not be reached in the district court be-
hc II
first part of January, but in the mean
time if a receiver is appointed the prop
erty will pass out Of the hands of Mr..
Crawford.
The house will probably be at once
leased to one of the several parties who
have already made application for its
management.
As soon as the second mortgage is
TOreclOsed, however, it is rumored that
the property will be bought outright,
and that commencing next season it
will be managed in connection with the
Boyd theater in Omaha, the ToOtle
theater in st. Joseph, the Grand Opera
House in Kansas City and the SeatOn
theater in Atchison. This will place
the house in circuit
Up to this time Mr.. Quinton has been
unable to talk definitely to any of the
parties who have made application for
control of the house. but after the ap-
pointment of a receiver, arrangements
can Immediately be made for the lease
of the property. Doc Newman of
In1S city VINO managed the house one
year ago for Mr. Crawford, probably
stands as much of a show for obtaining
a lease on the property as any of the
applicants. One of the latest applicants
is John W. Collins. one of the manag gers
of Clay Clement, who formerly manag-
ed one of the houses in Chicago.
Whoever secures control of the house
now, stands in a fair way to continue in
control, even after the property is sold
as the purchaser will buy it in merely
as an investment and with no intention
of personally managing the house.
Mr. Crawford has no idea of attempt
tng to hold the property, and for this
reason has spent several thousand dol
lars in improving the Crawford theater
on Kansas avenue.
The statement in the application for
the appointment of a receiver that
"said property is in danger of being ma
terially injured and destroyed" refers
to the plan now being carried out by
Manager Crawford OF playing all good
attractions at the Crawford theater
and sending the second class ones to
the Grand