The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-12
ORR HAS HIS SAY
TELLS ms AND OUTS OF HIS
TROUBLESOME DEAL.
WAS SICK IN BED At TIME
Mrs. Sullivan Asked Mr.. Orr to Buy
Her Some Property and Then Came
the Tug of War-Business Com
plications Made Trouble.

w. II. Orr, as stated in yesterdays
Inter Mountain, is sick and in bed at
the Dorothy. He has had some trouble
with a constable and warrant and con-
siderable talk has been occasioned by
the newspaper articles printed about
the matter. A reporter called upon Mr..
Orr today and the latter made the fol-
lowing statement concerning the mat
ter:
ION or about the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1901, Mrs. Kate Sullivan called at
my office, stating that She wanted to buy
a piece of property I mentioned a place,
| No. 106-108 Miner street, Butte, Mont.
the same being the property of Miss
| Della Hanifan. l told her the property
could be bought for $1,000, and also told
her that 1 thought arrangement could
be made to make a loan on the same
property for $1,100. She told me that
| II l could make such an arrangement
that she had $500 cash that she would
pay on the property, and that she would
agree to pay 500 every three months
| on the balance at one per cent inter-
Der she made me a payment of $780, On
this condition l gave a receipt for same
on said property with a written under
standing in the receipt that if the title
| to the property was not good, Or could
not be made good, the money was to
be refunded l think on the 18th she
| paid me the other $500 on the same
| conditions.
Immediately after the payment Of
| the 500 ordered an abstract made from
the Silver Bow Abstract company. This
abstract showed that there were two
mortgages against the property, and
upon inquiry of the parties who sold
| the property to Miss Hanifan (Reynolds
e. McDowelD I found that the mort
| cages had been paid, but not cancelled.
I went back to Mrs. Sullivan and told
| her about this. and said that 1 thought
| that everything could be arranged salts
| factorily in a short time. and that we
could get an option up to the 18th of
September. 1901. I also went to Ana
| conda and made arrangement to make
loan on the said property for Mrs
sullivan of $1.1OO from one Charles Gray.
'Since that time I have constantly
been endeavoring to have said mortgage
released, and up to within a week ago
Mrs. Sullivan was PERFECTLY satisfied to
walt until such release could be OBJ
| tanned l told her I had my option
which held me to take the property up
| till the 18th Of the month. This seemed
! to be satisfactory to Mrs. Sullivan, but
afterwards she became dissatisfied with
the property and did not want to take
it, but asked if there was not some other
| property that she could get in place of
this. I told her 1 would see. We went
/ n nf hp No r. 2,,o
and looked at piece of property they
had, which suited Mrs. Sullivan very
well. She said she would take this in
preference to the other If could ar
range it so as to make a loan on the
said property. During this time Mrs.
Hanifan notified me that I should hold
the 5000 until the time of my option ex-
pired, that she expected me to make
the sale of her property as 1 had agreed
in the option signed by her on or before
the 18th of this month. 1 told Mrs. Sui
livan this, and in few days Mrs. Sui
Ivan came and demanded back her
money of me. refused to give it up
until after the expiration of my option
on the Hanifan property.
After this she came to my Office sew
eral times and demanded the money
which I absolutely refused to turn over
until the 18th of the month. She went
to some attorney here, and by and under
his influence, he supposedly having
known all the facts regarding this case,
advised her to swear out a warrant for
my arrest which she did. After this
was done, and after he had put me to
all the trouble possible, he condescended
to come to my room where l was sick
in bed to make a proposition, that if we
would allow the money to be put in the
bank in escrow, to remain there until
the 18th of the month, it to be stated in
the escrow that If the property could
not be delivered to Mrs. Sullivan on or
before this date that the money be re-
turned to her. I consulted my attorney,
and he considered this would be ample
security for me, and the same was done,
and the papers made out yesterday. I
leave the public to judge whether was
right or wrong, and as to where the
| ground for warrant of arrest comes
| in.
Amy and all real estate men in town.
will tell you that no man having money
in his hand, and having a set time for
delivering the property, when he has
| worked and gone to the expense of
making loan. looking up titles and
arranging matters will give up the
money placed in his hands as guaran-
tee Of good faith on the part of The pur-
chaser until final time of his option
to do SO has expired. Mr.. Reynolds in
| formed me yesterday that the release
would be made out so that the property
could be turned over to Mrs. Sullivan
before the time limit expires
Mr.. Orr is still in bed and it was
stated this afternoon that the warrant
against him had been withdrawn from
| circulation and the constable who had
been lingering at the sick mans door
! waiting for him to get we'll had gone
| about his business.
There is no large profits in Cottonwood
washed nut coal for the coal combine
dealers. This is the reason WHY thew