Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-10
VALUABLE TEXAS LAND.
Suit 10 Recover Millions Entered
Against a Mining Company.


Der the present season OF Bfhbu opoi"
Ia Chicago. Mr.. Eoyes and his VIE
arrived In Chicago last Saturday and
took rooms ut the Auditorium anuex'
For four years Ernest Dale owen
and Seth +. CrewP, Chicago attorneys
representing q syDdicste that clalms
ovucrship OF tie lands upon which
the mining properties are located, mss
been anxious to SEE representative oil
the CibolU Greek company In Chiosgc,
In order that they might get service
upon the company and bflnB ne sun
which is now pending IN Texas bsiors
the Federal court remote from Ttxaa
prejudice or IL fiue1ce. Monday might
MIR. Owen weat 10 the opera u see
Lecid. After the curtain had gone
on the fir.t act, Mr.. Ovsn btgap
a survey Of the audience. he heIu
his breath In astoniBh IN ent ana sur
prise as hiG eyes fell upon tho lace OF
Mr.. Noyes. Owen changed bis seal
30 that Noyos might not see him ami
Witnessed the bpianoe OF the opera
from secluded corner OF the tbenter.
But his enjoyment OF the musical
production had ceased. HE Interest
was In Mr.. N0yes, and ne kept ono
eye on the latter ana one OH tbs stage.
When Noyes and HE wife passed
through the corridors oil the auditorium
aud through the tunnel OF the a mex,
Mr.. Owen was not far from them
Owen ohuckled with delight alter DO
had located Noyes at the Annex.
Immediately he entered suit In
eiectment against tho mining com.
pauy's representative, Mf. EOyss.
general manager. L, was presented
for service and from 0 O'clock ualil
after 2 In the afternoon DSplty Mar.
shall Allen lay 10 wait for Mr.. Noysb
at the Annex. Tue latter was oaI q
the hotel, and on his returd the deputy
served him with the process VI the
court. Not satisfied with one suit MIR.
Overland his associate attorney, Seth
+. Crews, flied two suits OF trespAss In
the circuit court OF Cook county dur.
Ing the afternoon aud before tho day
was over Mr.. Noyss found himself as
an officer OF his mining company
Defendant 10 S2,5OO.000 Of suits In
Chicago, the ejectment suit being
placed nj s5O0.00O damages.
The story is briefly told OF the claim
OF the Chicago syndicate OF which h
Is president and Crews secretary.
In 1884 In consideration Of services
. tle sod republic OF Mexico, Co.
JOSS lgnance VeguronquliIe, n uashiug
officer OF the repubiic's army. was
given n grant OF l,500,0O0 acres Of
land In Texae, then a portion OF the
domain OF the republic OF Mexico.
The colonel never settled upon his
iani, but he and hls heirs claimed ita
ownership aud 1t was not disputed.
The Texan rebellion came on and
afterwards the annexation OF the state
by the United Sla,es. Col. Vignron.
guile was picturesque figure In the
army OF Sauta Ana. His old grant
slumoered in Tho possession OF his
heirs and in the meantime the state OF
Texas was annexed. A portion Of the
grant passed over to the Houston 4
Texas Genital railway and another
portion was bought up with ecrip and
10 now claimed by Frederick L. Olcott,
the New York capitalist, who leased
his portion TO the Cibolo Creek Milling
ana Mining company, and the rail-
roads portion has been bought out by
the milling and mining company.
Five years ago the grant WIS pur.
chased by a syndicate OF Chicago anu
Indiana people OF which Owen and
Crews are tho officers, from the heirs
OF Vignronquille. They began suit for
Its possession In the federal court OF
Texae and subsequently dismissed II
anu brought the suit now pending In
Pretidio county IN which the greater
portion OF the land ia located and
which lapses over into the adjoining
counties OF JEFF Davis aud Brewster.
The eyndicate has been anxious t.
have the case tried remote from iccal
iDhuence. Four yesrs ago, whom
Judge Gresham was on the Feuerp
bench In Chiosgo they endesvoTed Il
bring the auii, but IL was refused OIL
the ground that service could not be
had upon the defends nts unless thoy
could BIO found in the Federal courl
) district OF Illinois. At last the long
sought and much wished for opp9r.
tunity presented itself. Mr.. Noyes, ~
the general manager OF the properties
was proper defendant II a der the 0 N.
struction OF the law on whom to &c
service. The suit Is against the Cib0ls
Creek Milling and Mining company
Frederick r. OlcOit, William Noyep
general manager, and the Houaton &
Texas Central railroad!
The property ~ said 10 be- worth
x5,000,O00. There are two paying
silver mines, that OF the Cibolo AM
the Preside, located upon the property
and they have yielded as high ~
s2,000,0o0 year.
"There 10 nothing more TO DO sale
about tho contention," remarked Mi
Owen, after he had given Statement,
of biB claim. "Ine price We paid tns
heirB Of the Mexican cUpsHany 10 O
private matter anu do NOT ceEe about
giving tho names OF the other mem.
oers OF the syndicate. They comprise
about forty In all. That our claim 4,
considered by us rs we'll founded II
apparent from toe fact that we have
refused an otter that ran up into the
millions for our claim alone. We hay.
have got service upon Nit. Noyes IN
the Federal court for elecimsnt and 10
the state court Tor trospass OF ouI
property, Dnd we expect to make good
our claim upon trial. The service L.
good anu Mr.. NOyes rs the Representa-.
tive OF his company, being In this dis
trict, must appear here for tEial.O
MIR. Noyes was seen at the Audi.
totium annex and did not seem mucn
worried over the situation.
"They have juet had two suits" h.
said, "cArried 10 the supreme court OF
Texas and their grant declared Tor
gerry. They have a corporation called
the Chicago and Texas Land AM
Cattle company anu this movement
on their part looks ike an ATTEMPT 10
quiet their stockholders. I do nOt
think the case VIII ever come on tTlal,
but II 1t does We viii be really with oui
uefensoO