El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-26

. mere III NAaH NAAaNaa A AHNAANAa rANaN -AAHA-
ana he being a man well known here, 60
( cur clients, when there was trust rela-
Z ton 90 be estah lished. 7 named him ln
I the instrument have done So [ sup
pose, iu the last year. az least eight o.
! ten times, and perhaps he would not
know that be had been named as trustee
until he was called on 70 execute a re-
/ lease, when I would ezpiain tho matter
Hudspeth Not the Owner.
Senator Hudspeth. under the agreement,
Is not the owner q this land hut mercy
holds a trustee relation While the in
strument IS in the form az a deed. yet
there were conteun0raneuus instru1r ents
executed by myself which clearly show
the purpose for which the Instrument was
made and which anyone interested can
see By calling AZ the office.
To 60 into detail as 10 how this whole
matter arose Alrs- Hendrix came into the
putabIe citizens Of Fl Paso and stated she
wished me 10 look into some land tides
she claimed for herself and 1guacio balli-
she did not have at that time an ABSTRACT
OF the titlea to the land and the arrange
mcut 7 made with her specifically stated
that when the abstracts were furnished 20
various tracts Of land she was claiming
In different parts OF Texas, that said
Hudspeth d. Harper have not at this date
had an opportunity TO properly examine
the chain Of title to the said grants e
lands from the soTereignty CT the SCI.
and IL after making an examination OF
same, they become. or are, CT the opinion
that said lands, OF any portion thereof
cannot be recovered they shall IN rea-
suuabie time after receiving the a1srrael,
ln a written Instrument, so inform tne
parties" and under such circumstance the
contract with Us would be Cancelled That
instrument IS also en- file in tho Office,
and anyone can see u that wants 70.
Why Deed Was EIled.
Now. Dr. regard TO the transaction IN
which che INSTRUMENT was filed last sat
urdav The facts are These Ms HendriN
had borrowed some money from the
Security Bank & Trust company and %
was due. and she came into the office
and said that she had six tracts OF lana
Ia the S1corrG grant. deralEulnE lltie
direct from the state q Texas *
aruined the records and found thar lle
mayor Of Eocorro had decided 70 Jesus + err
usndez survey no as Tlario Candelarlo,
survey no. CO.. Reyes Medina survey No
1oS; Gregorio Olguin, survey 10. 49,
Pedro Olguin. survey 10. z-A ana L-es,n
NAVARRO survey No. ISL These people
had decided these lands TO L Z Keller
the deeds being OF record in the deed
records Of p F5ss county. -s1s, - ~
IL ID. SO, SOL 81, 3d. -. 72ai Al- 20,
"a l. Keller had conveyed these iancs g
D. T. Pierce and D. :. Pierce hzd con-
veyed the same tracts or lana 20 AZ
them TO obtain money to pay OF tnls
loan TO the Security Bank & -rls- com
says Title Appears Good
Z told her i would assist her u sne
would get an affidavit from keller l1-t
he was the identical person named n INC
deed from these people ana 1lal ne l--
never conveyed the land before convey ne
II TO Pierce. She later brought IN an afr
davlt signed T. L keller. sworn 70 On
the sixth day OF March. 1elo, 1elore . rl--H
G. Pierce notary public IN ana Tor 49,
ron county, Texas IN which Re sWea1s
that the =. Z. Keller named In the deco
IS his father, and that his father e de1l
and died in the city Of S. i-ou.ss s-s.e
% Missouri. IN December, 1907 tnat rs
mother IS also dead and died IN boele
county. Texas. In August, le9Ai that MS
mother and father had three children,
two dauEhters, who died IN infancy ano (
md heir tc the entire estatei lltL p
fsther died without a VIII and that no
uroHate vas ever had O. his estate. 4a
affisrt was the sole surviving heir thai
that he had done so 90 good ialtn ana Z
that hs and his father had never oe4ore
sold this land
r7n through the records and eould not
ind IRON The indexes where either l. J.
Keller 81. or IA L Keller, 1r-i had ever
parted With their utlo 20 this lana y
conveyance q any KIND a ee--l s--5-
surveyor informed ne that rle2e la-1e
were unEenced and IN the possession OF !
no one and they being ample security 1oE
The amount OF money II took 10 pay TIE
amount due the Security Bank & -
company. 7 took the INSTRUMENTS or ne
70 C. j.. Hudspeth occurring the amount
needed 70 pay the hank and 70 secure me-
or rather the firm. the fees due IN cen
uection with the matter
Calls for Claims, IL Any.
That IS the sum and substance q ne
whole thing. The eEauiuatlcn was made
openly the deed filed openly and nave
no desire 70 conceal my connection Win
the Transaction IN any manner, shape OF
forns ana. II any person pad deed rom
L L keller 70 either ore u those sur
reys ard VIII present Il. or VIII nle Il
with the county clerlz and call my attell-
ton 10 the book and page he VII &c
prt to no trouble IN the premises; but !
until such instrument is filed. o. shown
me, 7 do not feel that an Injustice has
been done anyone BIZ the steps taken
have the aEldzrit Of 1lr. keller Al the or
ice. and % Is cpen 60 the inspection OF
anyone who desires e see T.
Since you have published 50 mlcl
about this matter. want % known tna-
no claim Is being made under any span I
ISL Eraut-that i Is claim coming
direct from the state Of Texas which I
granted the land to citizens Of Soccrro ana 4
decided direct from The mayor q aocorro /
in accordance with the law making the I
grant. and. furthermore, as g IS my act /
and my act alone do rot wish senator I
Hudspeth 10 suffer by any reason thereof I
nor especially to give his political enemies (
ground 10 try and circulate any rnisleau- |
Ing reports in regard 70 the trausacrlon- I
Senator HudsDeth Is stu absent On legai
matters and may have something 70 say Z
on his return.