The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-14
TO
PAY THE: Il TAX J y I.
But tile Land bbers Are
said to Have Refused III.
6s58 This. 5s5
the CASE OF MISS WILLIAMS I
Young Lady Supports Herself Herself
and Sick Mother and Is &Un-
able to Pay More Than This.

Tn to this time no effort OF the young
lady Interested or Of her friends has sue.
cecdcd in recovering from tho land
Crabbers tho piece Of lIenrco property
described in yesterdays paper as being
caught In tic lcgnizcd drag-net how
being operated In tho county, to tho
dotrimcnt aud CONSERVATION Of many
OF the people thereof.
Tho case grows constantly In interest
and 1t is attracting widespread atten-
ton. s
sThe property is In Tucknhoe. on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad few miles from richmond.
1T belongs to Mrs. Manly y. Syms,@ now
q resident Of the North. Ihe owner mas rs
permitted her niece, Miss Williams,s8to
occupy the place. and naturally the
Young Indy feels responsible for It.
|nFAccordins to the sta tements made yeSs
tcrdny substantintcd BY an exhibit OF
tax receipts Miss Williams visited the
courthouse two or three years ago and
paid in a lump sum lot or taxes due.
1t was said BY the gentleman who has
taken the matter UP that the treasurer
overlooked the year 1900. Miss Williams,
q woman, knew nothing about It. but
paid what she was told. In 1902 she
went back and paid some moro money
and redeemed tho property for taxes de-
tlinquent in 1901. The receipts for these
payments are visible a short while ago
she received notice that the land had
passed from the ownership Of her aunt
and was now the. property OF the e Tax
Title Company, Incorporated land-grab-
hers. This concern had paid s7.0l. due In
1900 and for that amount had secured
deed to the land. 5 st.d 81.
VISITED 7LAND-GRABBERS.
* On Tuesday Miss Williams paid a visit
10 the land gra bbers. She had been there
several times before, but could get no
satisfaction. She was much concerned
about ehe matter. Some time ago her
generous aunt who, allowed her the priv
ilcges Of tho place, wrote asking If tho
taxes had been paid. and she replied that
everything was all right. The sudden
move Of sthe land grabbers astounded her.
Around the courthouse the supposed con-
sttuents OF the Tax Title Company are
Mr.. M HI Omahundro and Mr.. j. e..
Gayle. From neither OF these two could
Miss Williams get any satisfaction. Mr..
Gayle denied any connection With the
concern and any knowledge OF tho case.
Mr.. Omohundro admitted that he Is the
attorney for the company. but refused
to reveal the names Of the officers OF
the concern. ys
twas stated yesterday by one Of Miss
Williams's advisers that representative
Of the company had declined to accept
an offer made BY Miss Williams. The
young woman works to earn her living
and gets a small weekly wage. Her
mother is i'll in the hospital and has to
be supported by her. Out OF the residue
OF her small earnings Miss Williams Of
fered to pay the tax of s7.9l. the interest
thereon, and any expense to which the
land -grabbcrs had gone. She cannot at
ford to do more. Tho proposition was not
accepted. 1t Is said shat in effect Miss
Williams was invited to bid on tho
property; the land-grabbers wanted to
sell 1t for as much as they could get.
Miss Williams is unable to r., more than
she has offered. and she is therefore In
danger OF losing her aunts property.
Another conference will be held to-day
at which time something may be done.
From abstracts Of the charter 1t Is seen
that the Tax Title Company was incor-
porated in Radford, Va. October l.. 1898.
for the purpose OF purchasing delinquent
lands from3thc Commonwealth. The max
mum capital is $1,000. The officers are
given as follows: NJ. A. Omohundro
president: D. ". Omohundro. secretary;
w. r. Wharton, attorney.