New-York tribune., 1902-01-07
INJUNCTION FOR FARRELL
GET DEED To EMPIRE CITY
RACETRACK

The controversy over the referees sale OF the
Empire City track last week Frank Farrell grew
considerably warmer yesterday. when Farrell tried
to secure the title to the property. The attorney
Tor Mrs. Clark. widow Of the Corporation Counsel
secured an Injunction in Brooklyn Just in time 20
prevent Farrell from getting possession of the
coveted deed The injunction was secured by John
j. Adams from Justice Maddox in Brooklyn one
minute before noon yesterday. Justice Maddox
has ordered the referee to appear before Justice
Keogh at White Plains next Saturday 10 show
cause why the injunction should not be made per-
manent
John j. Adams. the attorney for Mrs Clark. said
yesterday that he had received utmation that
Frank Farrell 10 call upon the referee B. T.
Morgan. during the day, and. paying the balance
due on the property. secure the title. Mr.. Adams
hurriedly called cab and hastened over 20 Brook
yn. where he secured the injunction. Then he in
formed Mr. Morgan by telephone that he had Sc
cured the injunction, and that he would hurry to
MS once with the paper. II a wild drive
ooth ways. but Mr. Adams said he arrived in time
TO prevent Farrell getting the deed
Now Farrell and John r. Sexton said Mr.
Adams. pretend TO be anxious to do Justice 10
Mrs Clark and here is a chance for them TO do 1t
We will Offer 10 Mrs. Clark bonus Of $4,000 IL Mr.
Farrell will turn over the property TO We have
man who is ready &c pay 10000 for the property
so you see that Farrell would lose nothing Far
rell has declined this proposition. This property
vas worth. and there are children 10 be protected
M understand that $4,000 was offered for the prop
Clark by Fromme and Sexton but this offer was
refused l had man to-day who was ready to
start the bidding the track az S265000. but he
was up In West Chester. and hearing about the
move TO be made to secure the title I could not
communicate with him. but. instead. had TO hurry
10 brooklyn TO secure the injunction We will ask
on saturday at the hearing in West Chester have
the property resold at the Real Estate Exchange
in this borough"
isaac Fromme, the former counsel for the Clark
estate when seen at his office yesterday said that
ne could not understand why he had been brought
into the Mr.. FrOmme said the Indebtedness
or the Clark estate amounted $4,000 including
back taxes and mortgages Mr.. Clark owed every
oody including the baker. laundryman. butcher,
haberdasher and the people employed about the
track. According to the authority, Mr. Sex
ton who is Mrs. Clarks brother. paid to Mrs
clark Sl0. 100 which was in the nature of loan
and which Mrs. Clark. according TO Mr.. FrOmme,
has never repaid. Mr. FrOmme also said that Mr..
sexton up to last April had paid TO Mrs Clark
S,OD in addition.
The story that Senator McCarren or anybody
else had offered purchase the Empire City track
Tor S4o.OO Is also untrue, said Mr. FrOmme.
senator MCCarren never made any such offer, in
fact, he never offered a for the property. /
do not believe that Adams anybody else has
aftdavttS from McCarren Sexton 10 this effect,
and i defy them TO produce any such papers. I
can nothing irregular in Farrell going after the
title He had between December % and January q
TO conSummate the deal and he could arrange for
the settlement any time between those dates that
he might select Why. two years they wanted
to sell the property for 100000. and expected to
It, too