The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09
JENSEN TO SENIOR.
The County Recorder Did Not Refer
to Garden CITY at All.

Inc sale of certain almost worthless
lots over the river by eastern sharpers
to innocent buyers who were made to
believe that they We're obtaining valuable
property in L. W. Seniors Garden
City tract, has caused a good many com
pIcatlons and some i'll feeling.
recorder Jensen. when one of these
deeds was filed for record, took occasion
70 write to the Chicago attorneys. ex-
plalnlng the nature of the transaction
and giving. them notice that the deal was
property. while a mile from Gar
den City. is called an addition
thereto. and the bringing in of
that title embarrassed Mr.. Senior some
what, and he wrote a letter criti-
clslng Mr.. Jensen in somewhat caustic
terms, which has had the effect of bring
ing out reply from the recorder
The whole difficulty. it may be sug-
Sested. is due to an unfortunate but nat
ural use of the term Garden City" and
II the distinction between Mr.. Seniors
PROPERTY and the addition is kept in
mind. no explanation would be needed
MI Jensen's letter is as follows:
Editor Herald:
Answering the paid "open letter. adj
Tribune of the 7th inst. and anent the
matter published in The Herald of the
Srd inst, l will say: a man who takes
upon himself the defense of a gang of
sharks, or who by any act seeks to throw
suspicion from the palpably fraudulent
acts of others to advance his interests
which have not been brought into con-
trOverSy, does himself no good in
the estimation of an enlightened public.
Had Mr.. Senior been attacked by me in
my letter, he might have had some cause
Tor seeking advertisement; as it is. there
was absolutely no suggestion of him and
no mention of Garden City plat or b
my letter in The Herald article strictly
and only referred to land embraced in
Lining bought his lOts-''Thomson's addi-
ton to Garden City The Inference
drawn from Seniors letter is that mas
much as l was elected on free silver.
ticket. l should cOuntenaEce the rObbing
of 'gOldbug." This is not worthy of
reply. Mr.. Senior also seems to dislike
70 take any cognizance of the Lining
DEAL; in fact. he pleads of the fact that
Lining was swindled. There is not a
keen real estate broker in this city but
is satisfied that the Lining case was
was ever perpetrated upon an innocent
and that the gang responsible for it did
not and does not confne its operations
to this one victim.
The case to which my letter referred
is another Lining affair. and unless
IL was niDDed in the bud by my letter
there will be one more victim registered
for the sharks. Others are in embryo.
say that these swindles are brought
about by the Justification of abstracts of
title made by me as secretary of the Sc
curfty Abstract company. and by fOrg-
ing my name thereto as such officer. My
letter was based principally unon the
fact that ], as well as the Security Abb
stract company. was implicated and that
for their protection as we'll as my own
and for the protection of the general
public, the only thing that remained to
do was to take similar action to that
which | did take. The lots involved in
the Lining" deal as well as 96 of the
100 lots involved in my letter published
n The Herald, We're at the time Harmon
Schell became the purchaser, for a con-
sideration as shown by recorded deed.
If 81. to-wit: Oct Z. 1896, in process of
foreclosure; notice of lis DendenS being
It the time matter OF record; on Oct:
Y. 1896. a certificate of sale was issued
lnder such foreclosure proceedings to the
Implement company. and
Mr. w. Nj. Cowell, who appears in both
If these deals as attOrney-in-fact for
Harmon Schell. grantOr. ordered and re-
,eived from the Security Abstract COM
)any, of which company l was at the
ime secretary. and which bore my sig
nature rs such officer. under date of
Nov. 49, 1896. an abstract of title TO said
which abstract showed both
he notice of lis Dendens and the certih-
ate of sale.
The means pursued in effecting these
leafs has been to make purDorted
copies of said abstract. but leaving off
certificate of sale. which instruments
would bar any such trades as have been
made. ard in one of said copies now in
ny possession. substituting an agreement
lated Implement company. giving book
md page reference to records of Salt
AXE county, which are only imaginary
nd are not contained in my Office. and
hen persuading some poor victim that
he title was good. These abstracts.
fter being thus butchered up. We're
'almed off to the unsoDhisticated as
good titles. / have now in my DOS
ession copy of said abstract which
las been received from still another firm
f Chicago attorneys, falSiied in the
anne manner as above. and L suppose
mother sucker is at the bait ready to
e landed
In conclusion. 1 desire to say that anv
ne who deliberately submits to such
practices, and who is so closely
ut innocently connected with them as I
am in this case, and who
you'd not manifest the courage to at
east endeavor to put a stop thereto. is
Ot worthy the respect of the community
wherein he resides.
l have no apology for Mr.. Senior; / do
egret however, that he has put himself
n record in such an unenviable light.
nd trust that he will see the wisdom of
reserving and advancing the good name
our city by striving to stop 'bunko
cal estate transactions and thereby re-
eem il from odium which now attaches
0 it in those parts of the country
hitch have been so industriouSly worked
V the class of sharks referred to. Every
equitable real estate dealer who has gone
D adjoining or other states to place Salt
AXE real estate. knows only too well
ne prejudice and suspicion that have
cen caused by unscruDulous confidence
len N the guise of real estate dealers
oiding u innocent victims of mis-
laced confidence ]. c. JENSEN.
County Recorder.
The Reorganized Branch.