The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-06
MAMMOTH SUIT
FOR MILLIONS
II is Now on Trial in the Court at
Abingdon.
VERY ROMANTIC LITTLE STORY
Related Of the BIZ Ejcctmcnt Suit
Brought 10y Henry {. hing-Ihc
Property in Question I.o-
Gated ia Three states.

"'"'7"' SUN '' '''
Court at Abingdon Tor ipp'" acres
land living In Mcdowell Logan and MIN
~, r,,.nf.,. MS, l.r.i0,a. aud Buchanan
county. Ylr.n4 s. portion of the land
iu 8I.pgfe l.U. over into tur border @oun-
fles of kr.I.lkr and Virginia. Among
the gcf.rf..ts arc hundreds of q ccud-
ants of .e.t.sr. who hltt lived for gem
eraNo.s n rufsnuiol possession ana
Whose ancestors either purchased or
seu.tfrs OLD tfo auls Tho size of the
entire faNn ol Williamson. 3d.. Wa, is in-
VOWED
Tne shit. which Involves millions Of
dollars. IL. now hc.ns heard Boo tine feA-
eral Court ai Abingdon Judge Johh i''.
pres .dine aud 10 NOT AN 3D. e1d
lu Jess tIlu .lreo weeks, 1- inis .7 i"c
Irh Trial ol Boz inches OF tlle case ana
the former trials occupied from twenty
one to th.rty-tWo days each
Judge Maynard Stiles of Boston. ana
Colonel Daniel Trieg. of Abingdon
represent air. Kas. The defendants are
represented Hr Malor ID. l. Htnil' OF
IalcTDN. I0u. John y. eht II.i" %.
West Virginia Air N q. he.Anap' OF
Philadelphia. Mr ~ O. Burns. oi Ae-
b1nol. 80. Mr d. l.tnao.IH HeAI. o'
LynyAouI-. and Ac-is. Nj H4le " I'"''
OF Abingdon.
The Fo.1nIno1f r'inence i+ u..l- 'iN'"
down ht Af. d. S. ihI'tdt. on N'il,'N'
what maN.. me sun erp''',
csiinr. n ADDITION l' iNe -'''
and Importance oi in's silu' 80
territory, is lhe romance w..
~ me I''' ''.i'''.' "' a-0,e,,
OF " k..at 4+o efato.
acres or lauo ti.- "'" '' i-.t.,'t.,.
OF NII-I'i", N'7 '"-'.''' e,,.,, nj The
granted D,N.i' '''" ,.t.',,., s,,ortl,.
house oi l'i- '.'7''''''
AFTER the ht. ol'.i'"'lF wac
Ihe story OF "'"'I"' 0"-ii' 90
"le iNoa' ''''.,,'' ..,....... nov 1,,,c.
h'iDi' '"' $3.50. 81,
Swami was H'' n'l' 81" l'1.l'' ,..
DNt ""e" ""' i.' ..- ,'.'l .i.. 90.
,o'ol''s "-..i ,.... - +be 5r.t
~ H' ''..''t' anu ne ,,.., l,e
l,- '.. e t,... 49,, ana
OF .'e Col.'i. .'"' o'' r.
l-eI"s cue POW ol .,, 49,,
.t 4 ,i..-..'i., t.. ,,..., r.ro,oo-
49, ana .t. .f... ,r the war he was
a r,.for ..s,.,.f
yvb.e h. oo,-t~,. was suffering for
-.r+ &c ,,.,,s D., t..- r, the army
e,,snn tr,e to rie e,nnqthios contr.-
limited every dollar he owned He was
, 49, 49,, 49,. Wv ,-iroir'9 and
49,, .h.+ ,.l,,,. fo,rl ber adopted son
r.-. I, ,,,~ f er.rcisl straits the
4ro,.. 20 t,,,..-,..... ,rs,ta3 him "a vast
lsrd.5 oe.eto which amounted to over
e-oo 200 acres
r.tf. ,o..5 t.r .,r,rr.eed "a norton of
l.'' q. ',-o ~. 1y.,.o.,.,. ton or n dozen
..,te- d., x-,,.,f,t, and nearly an of
,l,.ti..,.-..,~, vKrost VIRGINIA
$50 go, ,..,s ~ man Of magma
"a r,,-,.i. .et,,re TTa soon be-
cs,a ertbused with the idea Of grand
li..t.,.,,. ir r.bicb with the aid of his
49,. e~i..rds o., r,~arl, he could found an
800, ,olor, n, These lands. and he
et.rt,7 for France anxious 10 begin the
eo,,.,,,, 10 his r-tonia Tie was met
49,, HE arrival ir Paris bv-hundreds of
-. 1919. e,icrde and soon gained
"Is lo' ..., ..,t..,,
INV -. t.,... f, ,rc,girg I'm tno
oNa"" 20 49,. l,.,~. ,,.itb
VIM " ...,,,.,,,rcoe frivoltias
l's ,..nf.t, 'l,.,,- fts nar+ioinants
.'' l'7 r,,,rono lrircs
-. n,t.,t,.e. and other nobility.
..,s r.,,sfa and bis grand coliniza-
tion scheme presented I'm The fair Ian
cuare of thc imaginative Swami. suited
+he sycitabIe tomuerment OF his c0ntem-
-.-.~foe
r-......,,,,t.f, an this occurred 40 n
....t,.., r,,,r.. had become identified
'' t. 1,d rotrrncd from
"''" 49, a.. t,d ovorthrou,p the
'"o l-o -t....--t,i ,,o,.crnn,ent with
t"o''l"'i''3 5 D.. Mad formed "a
JUS TWO .7 t.,... cboeen First
c'hsil"'i," ,.t,o coeli+,o1
Ionsul' h'i pi."." ei1 -. eo~.sd
formed hy ine N.''". '' s.f.,s. ,bo
Germany ana A'sli" ~ -. 20
peace of LuneFliie. dh" '"-' '"N '''".
Amiens. ana by c.Neol""''
lshed Christian worship ,,,.
The country soon became
embarrassed through the I'M, ,o'
ambition OF Na-oieoh' ana i"i'9
thrown into confusion 49,.
Money could no longer ne borrower .'''
colonization scheme was no lo"5 -''o
ihle and General Swami one o9o
aWoke bankrupt we" "',
or more francs hanging over mn"
His creditors demanded setuemeh' 10y
mortgage on his Am rican property o1t
DE refused 90 mortgage ms ''"P''' on"
he was arrested and thrown into the
nrison ST. Peage.
Luxury IN PRISON
,-s.~ .ho rre,cb laws al that time
80. men. c,noored to support Inn.
,.-isl.ef 6.n.ors in the manner In which
49, mad lived when at liberty. and
s,,snn,s cells were made luxurious in all
the.r ARRANGEMENTS and upholstery. Ills
'..,,s'ne was such AS Doe had enjoyed at the
,.,g.t slepant of the Paris salons He had
bls chamosigne and wines his pate de