The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-04-15
IS
TO Be THE
LOSER
TRY TO JOB HIM AND
MAKE HIM
PAY
Plotters Figure on Getting
All of Sullivan
Estate

Charles =. 0'Nen. solicitor. aud
Edward Coreoreu. heir to hair Of
the John Sullivan estate found,
when they arrived 10 Seattle last
Sunday. that n they were 70 secure
any Of the property awarded them
by The courts IL would be ueces-
eary for them 10 fight and conquer
over combination 20 powerful az
20 b. almost unassaiiable
They found that the lawyer whom
they had engaged 10 watch the
firm 81 Piles. DonWorth a Howe
and 10 whom they had given a
deed 10 an amount equal 10 about
onetenth Of the Corwin =.
Shank, had, 10 al Appearances,
gone over into the camp Of the
Piles DonwOrth-Howe crowd, and
that this legal representative Of
theirs was acting with the Seattle
combination IN an effort % secure
fof themselves title 10 the Sullivan
block
Has Been Ignored.
They we're denied. until their ar
rival in Seattle. an accounting OF
the moneys collected boy Charles n.
Farrell administrator of the Gala
CHAN estate. and agent FOR the en-
tire property In spite o. the fact
that Corcoran j. the owner OF pr&e-
ucslly onehalf OF the estate. both
he and his solicitor have been iE-
uorcd Every possible stumbling
block has been thrown across their
paths. and they have come 10 the
conclusion that they will have TO
fight Tor every dollar they succeed
90 getting from the estate
when they arrived here Messrs.
ONel and Coreoran found that tho
Mercantile Investment Co, COM
posed Of the Piles Donworth.Howe-
Farrell combination. had applied to
the superior court for an order in
struciing that the Mercantile Invest
ment co. be- snbrogated for James
4 Murray IN a suit 10 fureclose
s6S 600 mortgage on the sullivan
block They found that their Sc
attic attorney. Cnrwin s. Shank.
was acting with the Piles people
In this connection.
Foreelose Mortgage.
As already pointed out ia The
Star. ~ this suit succeeded. tho
Mercantile Investment Co would
at once foreclose Tie MORTGAGE on
the block and United States Sena-
tor Samuel a. Piles and bis
friends would be sole owners BY
right OF q Rherifrs deed to the
property and Edward Corcoran
would Hive his life out dreaming OF
the riches that were his aud lost
Until about The time that his
name was mentioned as "a possible
Rppointee 20 the federal bench,
George nouworJh conducted the me-
g0tiatons With James A. Murray
relating 90 The mortgage subroga-
ton The matter was briefly dis
cussed with Mr Murray while be
was last in Seattle. and when he
went 10 California there followed
q letter from Dir Douwortp limo
Gently worded. ACCOMPANIED by
documents which. * cNecG ed By
Mr.. Murray before notary. would
have transferred the mortgage TO
Jacob FNrth upon the payment to
Mr.. Murray OF the S6S.0 How
long Mr. Furth was 20 hold the
mortgage Is not, OF course. OF rec
ord
Murray Saw Scheme.
Mr.. Murray understood fully the
ultimate object OF the effort to Sc
cure the mortgage. lie saw at once
that 10 he should acccde 10 the re-
quest OF Donworth that he would
place IN the hands OF Donworth aud
his associates a method whereby
they would secure good title % the
Sullivan block and freeze ont the
Corcoran interest For that reason
he declined TO transfer the mort
gage. stating that n Donworth
SO desired he would accept the
amount due ON the MORTGAGE and
cancel &C. This, however, was not
for the reason that ~
would not give the Seattle men title
% the property
Suit was then instituted 20 COM
pei the subropation of the Mercan-
tile Investment Co. for Murray.
This suit is now pending ONell
has rendered to James b. Howe.
who Is now conducting the affairs
Of the investment company. his
share of the mortgage indebted
ness and has asked to be allowed
to participate IN the result OF the
suit His money has been declined
aud his request ignored There IS
and can be but one reason for this
action. The Piles. Donworth-Howe-
Farrell combination don't intend
to let any portion OF the Sullivan
estate get into other hands.
Collecting Rent.
For eighteen months, or since tho
date the court awarded the estate
10 Piles and Edward Corcmsn and
Hannah Canaghan. Charles H. Far
rcll has been collecting about $4,000
o month from tenants OF the sulu.
van building. or IN ar about $4,000.
or this money Corcoran. owner Of
his own quarter interest aud Of the
Callaghan quarter interest, has
never received one dollar or nm ac-
counting beyond a statement shown
bis solicitor within the past two
days
This statement charges Coreoran
with Inheritance tax 90 the amount
e-.s--e.ae.-,.'.a H..-ea.-a--s 80
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