The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-05
uIDE AWAY WITH LANDS.
CHARGE AGAINST TRUSTED
i'cENTs OF NORTHERN WOMEN.

y.xx York, Makes UraNe ShurSes
inst A. It. Mcintyre, William
.,,n,Ifn and other Prominent
lions of southwest Georgia.
,,ertv Entrusted to Them Said
rave Been Sold and the Pro-
Ids Observation-Disclosures Speer
Grants Temporary Restraining Or
der.
erit of more than passing interest,
i,allv on account of the grave
.oee mat are made against prominent
..,hor.s timber men and lawyers of
,,,,bvest Georgia, was filed recently in
-. Tinted States Court at Macon. The
-ars we're received at the clerks office
ra yesterday. The suit is that of Jen-
Graves, Ida ]. Graves and Minnie c.
rro,.es Of Cortland county, New York,
otnst A. T. Crawford, William McMul-
and John McMullin of Colquitt county,
n. w Ashburn of Fulton county and
1obn H. Hightower of Dodge county
The netjtion recites that soon after the
,ear 1910 Eli Graves, the uncle of Cyrus
Graves the latter the husband and
f.tber of the three compliments, removed
rom his home in Vermont to Thomas
.orrtv Georgia. then a barren Wilderness
where the foot of man, with the exception
Of the hardy pioneer, had scarcely troll
He was a Presbyterian minister, and
man of considerable education and cul-
mre He did much for the community in
4 which he lived and received from the state
grant of forty lots of land in that sec
4 lion among them lots 1853, S54, SS3 and 3Si
4 in the Eighth district of Colquitt county.
q His brother, Joel S. Graves, removed at
a the same from Vermont TO Florida, and
n these four lots passed by purchase to him,
# and in turn, to his son, Cyrus S. Graves.
Fl When Joel acquired this property he
n came from Florida to his new possessions
81 in Georgia and subsequently made Col
n ouitt county his home. He was like his
h brother an enterprising man and pro-
Il gressive citizen and it is recorded of him,
Il the petition relates, that he built the
Fl first brick church in that part of the
IA country. organized and maintained a pros
Il porous school. established a sooperage and
Il was generally a leader in all that per-
n tanned to the prosperity and advancement
4 of the people with whom he had cast
Fl his lot. His son, Cyrus S. Graves, died
81 ntestate in 1868, while a soldier in the
# service of the Confederacy, and these lots
4 of land passed by descent to his wife and
TWO daughters. After the war they
"A moved 20 Cortland county, New York, and
q have lived there since that time. Their
IA lands in Georgia are covered with al
most primeval forest of pine timber and
are worth in excess of $4,000
In 1889 the three women came to Geor-
y gia to visit their property and consulted
"a A. T. Mcintyre, ST. Esq, of brownsville
in regard TO it. He advised that a care
4 taker be appointed to look after 1t and
"a prevent trespassing in their absence and
n strongly advised that William McMullin
81 be selected for this position. The owners
Of the land went over to Colquitt county
and looked at ii and found that parties
had already been trespassing upon it.
McMullm was found, and in the course
of the conversation 1t was discovered
that Mrs. Graves had been of kindly SER
vice to his brother, when the latter was
suffering and in want during the war,
and he expressed desire to repay this
Kindness by looking after the property
IN her absence
McMuhin refused to accept any remuner-
anon for this service, but after much
urging finally consented to receive a
small sum of money a gift for his wife
| lie was placed in charge, while the man
asement of the property was entrusted to
,he law flrm of Mcintyre & Mcintyre, the
IeSal advisers of the plaintiffs. Mrs.
Graves and her daughters then returned
IS 70 the North
IN thelr absence the petition charges,
81 the McIntyres and McMulhns have per-
Isl PeTated numerous frauds and by fraudu-
ient conveyances of the property among
themselves and to Others have cast a
cloud upon the plaintiffs title. The elder
IN Mcintyre sold a portion of one of the lots
10 W. w. Ashburn, as his own property:
'ne younger Mcintyre appeared at a sale
OF another portion, which, it is claimed.
was fraudulent, announced that the prop
erty belonged to the plaintiffs, bought 1t
~ TOT them for S., and then had the deed
made out 10 himself. This portion was
subsequently, sold to Crawford, after hav-
sns peeh the subject of a collusive sale
rom ron the administrator of the younger
AcIntyre TO John McMullin. The petition
lmputes no fraud to the administrator but
says that he was deceived by Mcintyre
dud was an innocent party.
imam McMullin, after declining to re-
I've any compensation whatever for his
+ - 'lVes as caretaker of the property
DIousht suit last year against the plain
80 anu sWore out a writ of attachment
a5alnSt them as non-residents. Without
- pIH having been advised, other than by
0D-'ldIlon of the pendency of the suit
was decided against them and the prop
NY upon which the writ of attachment
IN 5l as leVIed is about to be sold under the
III 80. Oh the court The whole crowd ac-
|t t,,,s 10 the petition, has taken advan-
go 80 u the fact thai the plaintiffs are de-
Ell an,5 res women, Ignorant of business
III ~ nave nlched from them right ROYALTY
81 stra neS ask that the defendants be re-
a 'a'lga from cutting the trees on the
nr 0p 5y or boxing them for turpenune
"a rho Uslos'ng of the property itself until
n ttes,. lner decree of the court. and that
Fl SIay snow cause before Judge Speer on
"a MI ~ why the injunction should not be
n reimb,r oi ''ahent and they be compelled to
81 tb",. 'Ise The plaintiffs for the injury
q aro oil IaYe already done. The defendants
& ana al directed to show cause accordingly
n toa, 81 tHe date named. From the sense,
4 iba y. en"rges that are preferred against
s. Men, dants. and especially against the
A stron,.s -'a and McMullins, the case Is of
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