The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
THE CONSOLIDATED HEIRS |
FLOURISH PERENNIAL ON THE POTTER
OF THEIR DkFUNCT RIGHIS.

OF IHEIh DhFUNCI hlGhIS.
Held Meeting Yesterday Under Their Joint
and Several FAMILY Trces-With Their
Eyes on Annoke Jams and Other Ances-
tors-There May BE Trip to Holland.
THE UNION ASSOCIATIONS OF HEIRS OF HARLEM.
hold their annual meeting and election at 9oa West
18th st, June 20, at e;aO NJ. All heirs are invited.
and %d CaTada 20 ''ieS JOHN fUSbA PTesident
This advertisement was printed yesterday,
and a reporter from THE SUN went to 3O3 West
Twelfth street. which is the home Of tho Rev.
c. s. Hanley. The Harlem Heirs had most Of
them gone out to lunch One Long Island
farmer was there with his son.
We had quito some difficulty gettin here
he said. These pcsky streets they run so
crooked that they're hard to md. But | says
to myself. II reach East Twelfth street and
walk cross lots I'll come to West Twelfth
street and so did Hear you have been hay-
in some rain In quite considerable quantities
over here Now over in our section every
things been a-burned down with the sun.
Vegetable crops all gone to Kingdom come an
the hay crops nigh on to total failure
In a few minutes another man and two
women entered the room.
That's the President said tho man from
Long Island.
President Fonda is about 40 or 90 years old.
Win very impressive air. l1c DcRnn ny ttll-
ing the reporter that he didn't know whether
he wanted to tell him anything or not
You see" no said I've talked with lots OF
reporters and have given them good items.
They promised to print them Just the way l
told them. but when l read the papers they
were different"
We'll. just tell me something about the as
sociation." suggested the reporter. is it
social organization -
No oh, no." said President Fonda. "hy no
, means. We. are out for business purely Tor
business. You come right into the back parlor
The President took with him a satrhel which
was full OF papers. some, OF which were musiy
with age. lie explained that they were family
This said Mr.. Fonda. is the first meeting
sentatives from Connecticut. MASSACHUSETTS,;
| Michigan. Ohio. Indiana amt other states and
fbs,r,Gs ana rhsrG are here
among other things. that the King Farm and
Garden. q tract q land siXty-three acres in size
trinity torpofation. but to the state Of New
York and should he in the hands Of the State for
point. assert. is hidden away in the archives at
| Albany. The facts were laid before the Attor-
ney;;General Of the State and he can bring tho
! Clinton Roosevelt who was retained as counsel
! BY the heirs Of the estate, filed the evidence ON
:, This is a grand union Of the heirs to effect
final settlement Our plan includes the es-
the Beskefs the uaqrn66ecks the Brewers and
We have perfect right to tho estates we
mention. Anneke Jams. formerly Anneke
liam. Prince Of Orange Her husband got
grant OF land. si1ty-two acres IN size. next to
the Kings Farm. in 1895. In 1852 that gran grant
hands when she died in 16El. and the, title was
confirmed TO the widow heirs. in both parcels.
100 the Trinity $ocetv, as it was then called,
sluatters on the land. They say they had a
grant. that Gov. Loyelaee bought the sixty .
never oareG s FOR asG
as to any legal tide they have Suit was
H9sn @r 1f Es 4sp E H k T Farm T svd in
yet / contend. however that this case can he
I've were INCORPORATED in 1890, We have
corporaton We have here o-day Mro. Lentz
from Illinois. n Mr Brewer Of Queens, a Mr..
n sT SST 39rR and Mr Fonda Of New
York. the President.
o What are we going to DO? on, we shall
We shall not nring any acton against the Trim
tW" thc G" Va shall m 'e ACTON on
the Harlem estate. Isaac De La Mater OF
K H ,ro mts Is the direct male heir OF
Il SEQ" said the reporter. you are bunch
ing lot OF heirs together to make strong or
Now you have it," said Mr., Fonda impress
svely and alphabetically. Il have been work;
came on from Michigan to DO i, and we are
now going 10 do something: There will be
more OF us here TOMORROW. hone. and We can
do a lot OF business.
Mr. Fonda said he was living at 2GS West
Eleventh street. He showed several certif-
Gates Of good moral character and the like to
the reporter He did not show the reporter
any Of the material Of a decision rendered by
! Vice Chancellor Sanford in a suit which Cor
nelis Brewer brought in lS47 against the
Trinity Church Corporation; At that time
| Vice. Chancellor Sanford decided that. waiv-
iug all other points the church had acquired
n perfectly valid title by undisputed posses
sion Other suits brought previous TO that