The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-07
+ SYNDICATE GETS PROPERTY
awyers Profit to Large Extent, Senator
Piles Receiving s15ooo

FHSS receiving S1o,OOO.
+ SEATTLE. Wash. March s-Edward
|zrorcoran. who was adjudsed heir TO the
,Ipoo.Ooo estate OF John OSullivan. Sc
kHtle pioneer. was in feeble health when
|1e visited Seattle two years AGO. The
|froperty went into the possession OF a
EYndicate OF Seattle men headed by for
per United States Senator Samuel III.
F1les. the syndicate paving Corcorar a
pmall sum Of money FOR his rights in the
Fred II, Peterson. who effected the
F4nal settlement between Corcorau and
pe attorneys who had been handling the
Estate: said tonight that when Corcoran
|4nu his irish counselor. Charles p.
Fforan n took with him 500 in cash and
H48.ouo IN bonds of the Provident In
|Iestment company. which was organized
|t2 hold the sullivan lands. exclusive of
ne SnIliNan building, large office block
|1aken over by the Mercantile Investment
|tpmpany. organized by the attorneys in
|4erested III The case. The bonds in the
frovident Investment company were
EEorth 90 cents on the dollar. said Mr.
|feterson. so that Corcoran obtained
|3lio, quo net as his share OF the Sullivan
III was in Dublin last August" said Mr.
2cterson and visited both Corcoran and
~ Nei1. Al that time Corcoran appeared
'ontentnd and comfortable He made no
'omplaint about the settlement. There
no truth in the statement that Cor
-cran received only $4,000 in cash and So
M week; for | paid him the $40. 900 in cash
myself
Peterson's Explanation
Mt Peterson attributes The statement
nal Corcoran received only $4,000 To the
'hct that after the case had been in the
;ourts several years "a certain lawyer went
70 dublin and represented that the case
lad iailed and offered 10 buy Corcoran's S
|}enaininS half interest in the estate for
|7bOou; This Corcoran agreed TO. but
LFarninE the true state OF affairs later hp
anne to Seattle with o'NeilI and succeed :
e. IN regaining the rights he had as
H. Inc sullivan case was fought through
thc state and federal courts for nearly
len years: Sullivan had never made
nsn,lon OF heirs and little was known of
aus past life. He foated inio Seattle. the
1brrivor OF a shipwreck when this town
vas small place, and acquired property
||tsn What rs now the center of the down
fcwn business district When he died.
kleavins no will. numerous claimants arose
ttp nlsDute the action OF the state. which
|Vsought TO escheat the estate. Eventually
me claims Of all but Corcoran and Han
ppah Callaehan. both Of whom tic law
|cnrm of Piles. Donworth &; Howe discov-
FErcd In Ireland, were thrown oul by one
|teourt or another. and that portion OF the
lETftslate which had not been eaten up by
Ftne court costs was awarded 10 Corcoran.
Hnu mad inherited Mrs. Callaghan' S
Fights. When the law tirrn Of which Sen
Erspr rnes was a member discovered Cor
[fVIan ana Mrs. CallaghaD. they eXacted
sungent fee.
= Piles Sells Out for $4,000.
NJ WINE the case was dragging through
Ftttne courts. Senator Piles WAS elected 10
~, fnv senate and the law firm OF Piles.
Sv,m1,Wor'h Howe wa. dissolved. The
ERs1uihYan case being left in the hands OF
~. Rowe. Al that time Senator Piles
.sSnen ai.i statement saying that he had
n I'll III ms interest in the estate for $4,000.
2uuse george Donworth. who has since
rpeen appointed 10 the federal bench for
D@ue district of western Washington. also
~ ssPru ooh MS interest in the claim obtaining
United States District Judge George
|rtvnworth said tonight that ne had been
y |gW'eiested In the case only as member
.T .rs nrIn Of Piles. Donworth & Howe.
INC llrm was dissolved in 1906 but
|5una!or FILES and | both retained an in
Saest IN the sullivan case" said Judge
Re99nnworth tonight. I'm 1908 Senator
ktues soId his interest in tho estate Ia
IL ooa oMaercantile investment company for
E>taaeeo;ooo did not sell my interest until
t2v, ana succeeded in making little
Etssr ser bargain getting $4,000 FOR my
Fps5nrerc- WAS not interested In the case
(,seGtN' II WAS Mr.. Howcs and
rn,u on II only as one partner helps
Enother,, have Withdrawn from the
Hrnl sold my interest in the estate and
"1sned nv hands OF the whole affair"
~ <'ames Il. Howe. who was a member
~, INC hrm of Piles, Donworth g. Howe
|<wnen the case was started. and who re-
4 RlHeh the case after the dissolution OF
|1fne nrfn. said tonight that the Mercantile
|i>tprtcstrheht company was organized tt
Lake over part Of the Sullivan build
rLpk' Mr.. Howe. who WAS the only mem
|rXsr OF the firm TO retain an interest In
n ~. esuhtc. became IA stockholdcr OF lht
Rsestment company Mr.; Howe said thai
[i<nere arc several Seattle business mcI
[f<euttstcd IN the company. but that nont
Fr-l inc other ATTORNEYS connected with the
|1u'e is stoVkholdcr Mr.. Howe 7e-
|nLpnSd 10 comment on tie Dublin dis