Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1874, e e e e CLOUDED TITLES. George A. Kibbe vs, George W. Hill and Others. FPropexrty Valued at NEalf a Million IDircetl Concerned, Rioherd P. Robinson Again Makes His Appenrance, fearch After DMrs. Helen O'Hara Harrell, An Interview with a Lady Who Knows Kothing of Business, Her Relations with R. (. Turner, of Quincy. My, Hugh Chitticlc Tells Someo Qucer Stories of That Gentleman. Dr. Boone Compromises wi_fll Him for 15,000, ‘Tho 11ill Caso Comes Up To-Day, ‘Tho simple announcomont In & racont number of L'ue ‘Trrnuse: that Goorgo A, Kibho bad com- menced & it in the United Stalos Circuit Comt agginst Goorge W. 1Iill nud others to oJact then from tho possossion of o traok of land in Uydo Park probably atiracted little attontlon, Buch actions are so frequent in this city that, among others than thoso directly Interested in tho proporty in disputo, thoy seldom oxoite romark, ond this particular one would probably havo never been henrd of agaln if it lind not beon in- timated to o roporter that thore was somothiug in tho background worth writing up, Itis very distressing whon ono has hold possession of Iand for yoars, and paid tho taxes upon it under tho improssion that his title is abso- lute, to havo some poreon suddenly turn up, generally what is Lknown 88 o “land-shavk— with an unhesrd-of claim, and tho titlo clouded by deeds dug from somo Indian mound. Whilo 0 tied up the property is practically worthiess; tho possessor ean neither sell it nor Lorrow money on it, and only two courses are open to bim,—to compromise with the *shark," or to fight the malter in the courts. § Ths formor is gonerally tho less oxpensive method of releasing tho real estate, and many profer it—though feeling contident that they aro in the right—to tedious litigation, which, at tho Veat, i9 uncertuin, ospecially when land is the subject of controversy, Hencea “pirate who records doeds, whethor forged or gonuine, is Pretty suro of renlizing something from his spoc- ulation. A fow—tho bard-headed class of renl-estate ownora—will not submit to any such “Dlack-malling schemes,” nud they join issus witht the pretendod claimant, and invariably winj oftentimes without & trial, since the *shnrlcs plan is to bring about o settlemont by nunoyanco vather than ¢o test tho legality of his claim be- foro a compotent tribunal. Tt {8 not claimed that the plaintiff in {ho suit ubovo mentioned bolongs £o this class of mou; in truth ho does not kuow, orat lonst did not a faw duys ngo, that Lo sppoarod as plaiutifl in tho nction. It scems that bo lives in Springticld, Maoes,, and is represented Ly Rudolphus K. Turner, of Quincy, who is his ngent and attor- noy, aud that tho suit was brought in his name by Turnor. The investigations of the reporter disclosed a very singular state of facts regarding tho man- ner in which Kibbo acquired title, and thoy were 0 peculinr ond unprocedented that thoy aro given at Jength, in the hope that something may ‘o dono Dby the friends of an apparontly doeply- wranged person toward restoring at lenst o part of an inmenko estato which has elipped from hor grasp through ignorance and inablity to svo through tho plans of deaigning non. —_—— GEORGE W. HiLL, STORY OF ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS, Tho first ono called upon for information was Mr. I, o real-cstato dealor, who is ono of the detendauts in the case, Whe convereation hud with him was as follows: Leporter—Mr, I, I desiro to got romo fuforma~ uou ubout your titlo to thu Inud in Uyde Park, Lo eject you uud otliers from which n snit Wau recently comuicuced in tho United States Girenit Court 7 A, HIH—I purchased tha Jaud {n 1870 from Josepl Hoxic, of New York, who held tho titie from tho yaleutee, RICHARD P. TODINSON, R.—When didl ltobinson nequize the title 2 3lr. H,—On tho 23th of August, 1835, L.—Who was Rtabineon 7 Alr, 1f,—e wus o notorious character in New York City in 18¢,—the sumo man who was charged with murdering Holen Jowett, 1t -When did o sell tho Jand to Toxfo 7 Mr. 11,—Ou the 20th of Jine, 1846, R.—Avout yeur after e ucquired title from tho Government 2 tr. Ho—At tho time ho conyoyed tho Iand to oxlo he hed only the certificntes of purchase, which lie bud obtuined 12 August, 1835, from the Land Oflice in Ohi- 0. 1le gent vut hero aud had the land ontered for him at SL.25 an acre, and recefved the certifientes from & D. Tuylor, Who wag then Recelver of the Land —Four hundred do} How miich was fu $ho tract 7 Fhireo luudred wid twenty acres, Did loxls Lold it up o the'time ho eold it fo v, 3Ir, H.—Yer—up ta the {rausfer In 1870, Re~Tuho etill living 2 3, I.—No; ho dicd fu August, 1670, R.—What bécame of Robinson? Mr, M,~Shortly afler his tequittal he went to Toxah, changing Wis name to Richard Parmialeo,— dropping Wl st name,~und lived thero s good mauy 1o held & prominent poeltion, and” wak fu komo way counceled with tho Government; und, whlloon Il way to Washiugton In 183, was taken el at th Galt Houee, in Loutsvlilo, and dfod, Loy Vhoy besiden 'Sonroelf, fs 'futorested fn the AMr. H—J. Yonng Seammon, Compuny, tud ten or cold, the Cook Couuty Land dozeit toro to whom I have VALUE OF TIL LAND, B—What fa it worth 7 M. 1,—In tho nefghiorhood of $500,000, N—Have you ever bad oy troublo fu regard to tho property 7 Nr, 1If,—Thero have been aeveral #uits, but ouly ono of ouy mnguitude. Lol thte . JL—Thut Wan & sult hronght by o belr: auvineox wudar tho Wil of Robitmog.’ 7 0 Lol oF T —tat elatin 01d oy st ¥, U —hey eluimed that (o conveyanco made by Robhisod to Hoxio n 1806 Wi 108 e abohite coyvess. ance, o4 1t purported Lo ho ont 164 faco, L ot 1t was glven as a collateral or st (0 neciiro Toxio against any dufalestion ho might discover in loking over his accounty, Nobineon haviug been his'contideinial clerk for severul yeurs, R.—Whint \ae dlovalop 100 duirlivg tho trial? it forward 5 OF HODINSON, whoso festimony was tuken in St Lowls ln Marel, 1873, to prove thu alfegations i the pleadings, Bho AWORG Lo the tritth of tho stutemonts, und on liur eruss. oxumination suid (bt gho hud 10 intorest in ho esult of the swt, snd il not expeck any rewurd or compensation from any Fource, 1t was uflerwards weccriziued (hot 1k hud b lier nosseqeion o_contract agrociig (0 giva Jier £,000 in manoy and 10 por cent of the valio of the Lund ricoverad, % on accanat of hor straltousd cle cumstances," but wa elaim really for Lo testlmony, Deteetiyo Hliles, of B, Louly, who was hor fiend, yo, 1hio contruet from her for the'prrpose of getting $3,000 from me, that bing the suin she consderad it worth, avlngabaudonud all hupe of gutting monoy from tho wher ulide, 4=\ wore the partiea to the contract 2 Mr, 11.—11 was blgned by Heotor und Cutharine M- Kuy, Wi Lrowght tho smt, My, MeKuy Lelng tho siepduughtor of Sobluzon, hor mothor hinving marricd Awice—otice beforo and anes after his death, 1t,—~'Tho sult tevinjneted 3 your fvor When {his faet becanio known ¢ M, 1L—It waa withdrawn, and a Anal docteo onter- € In Ty fuvor, 1t.—DLE yeu thon bellevo (liat the (itle to the proper- € suiied fit you 7 e, IT,—Tho Court ro decreed, snit I noverimagined :thnyhndy olag would bring & suit to juvolve tho tlo, -Whint waa TIE FINST INTISATION you hnd of_ Kibbio's notion in ofectment? Mr, 1,—Tii0 firat L bosrd of L was from Mr, Beame mon, oni_tho 4tl of December; ho had beew servod Withi'n process. R—What did you da? M, H.—1I fmmedfaiely went {o tho Recarders oftico, and found that two decids, ouo purporting to hinva Deen mada by Richnrd 2, Rovfnkon to Empron Hamils tun, of Philattelphia, dated April 1, 1830, and tho vther phirporting to have bieen made by Enpson Hnmiiton to Telen O'Hara Tlarrell, dated June 22, 1643, hind been anferod of record, H.—Did you sco TIE ORIGINAT DEEDS ? MY, IL,—T tuquired of tho Recordor whether they wora stlil there, and Do awld thoy liad been delivereil to Mr, R. K. Turnor, Tt=Wliou worn they filed ? . At 3 o'clock i m., Nov, 23, Hy—Wien woro they dolivored 7 e, I,~Thoy renainod thora untll Dee, 3, when they tvere rocorded, belng lnkon out the next dny, Ti,—Thoy il not remnin {n {ho Necordor’s ofiico, then, a8 loug ns deeds usually do 7 MF, H.—Noj they were. putdu_ sud taken right ont egniu,” 1.—DId yon muke muy furtber inquiries nbout e 3 Mz, 11T found tho clerk who hnd opled thie deods, and askod bijn about thelr appearance, and ho sald they were old-looking documents, stained, with tho edyes torn, I then sekod him if'ho wauld rocogalza {hio slgnature of Richarid P, Robinson if he saw it, 1o euld Tio would, nnd I ahossed him tho frennine siguus thiro on my deed, nnd 1o wold that was ot it It~ Whit nese did you do? r. 11.—1 then endesvored {o find 1. K. TURNER, and, Tenrnlug that 1o wa in the city, T went (o keveral places whoro Lo was euppored {0 b6, tnd nindo lus quirica for Litm, but wan unsucaessful, ' 1o beard thnt 1 was Inoking aftor lim— It,—ITow do you kuow that? M, 1L, —Tfo cumo to my ofies and told mo so, 1, hat ocenrred tuere 7 3, 1,—Tlo anld he hd Loard X was looking for him, aud sishied to know what 1 wanied, 1 fold him that wanted to see tho orlgnuls of tho deeds which o had placed on record n fow days bofore, 1fe mnid ho did 1ot hove them Lere—that thoy wero fn Quiney, Ilo thon wished o to alow him {ln deed T had from Rabingou to Hoxie, biit I declined dolug it uuless bo wauld producobis. DI 30U Lave any farther conversation with 7 ; Bir, TL.—I told him {hit, in my opfiifon, tho deeds ho tind fited wore fargerlon—-or ratiier that tlo deed which purported to Lo from Robinson to Lamilton waa, R.;—“’h:t did ho uny 7 AT o clatmed to bo fgmorant of i, and seemed (0 by surprised that uny oo ehould juestion th #onuineness of the deed, 1 WVhat witg hia manner? 1, ared {0 o calin, 5y liw Mad not recorded the deads pix Vefore 7 My, 1L—Yea§ and ho oald hat, hiaving o good many ol dueddy covering lands u different nortions of Tl 10f8, he bud not fouwd tme to record them Lefore, RIBLL, R.—Who s Kibbo 2 M, 1.~ uslied i who George A, Kibbo was, and Do roplicd that hw was bl brothor-ilaws that ha (Kibbe) kuew nothing of the bringing of thil luta wuit in tho Unitod States Gourt agiuat myself and olhera, 1t.—Did ho givo any resson for nol recording tho deod to Kibbo? tho suit {s brought In bis namo, and bo must be the Inst owner in the chinin, Ar, 1~ aslied him why ho bad not recorded the doed to” Kitibe shiowing itfo fo him, sfuco ho had Dbrowght suit in his numo, and ho snlil thero had Ticen consitlerabla trouble belweon 3rs. O'Hara Harvl and Kibbe, and that that was tho Teason why it hud nat beon_recorded, I askud him what tho htigation wag, but he deelined to fell mo, and_doclined 10 give any’other reason than (hat, Oty conversation toward tho lont was womewhot oxclied, sud bo left without glving mo nuy definile information, R—What way TIE NEXT STLD you took 7 Alr. Jie— thon besan an dnquiry gato who and Helen O'Mura Uarreil aitd Empuoy Hame vou puceesslul 2 Mr, Mf,—Yes: I learned that dra. Ilclen O'Hlara was the wife of Abram D, Harrell, who was an ollicor 1 tho uavy, oyl that whe was ‘slopping at 5 houso on the outskirts of the cily. t.—Did you got any traco of Humiton ? Alr, 1, —Yes{ but overything T heard waa to his dis= credlf, T kuow nothing positive ubont him, but can refer you 1o u gentlemun who will ho abia to giv you oo Teliable Mformation regarding him, T.—Who i3 tho gentleman 7 Mr, IL,—Mr, Hugh Chitick, o lives on Ileuben sfraot, south of tho FIfly~ifth street boulevurd, 1ffy titlo to twenty neres was_clauded by Turnor in the o way, the deeds ho fled on bini purporting to emanate from fho kamo persons—ilumliton to Mrs, Azrrell, and from her to Kibbe, NO CONPLOMISE, R,—Ifns Turuer ever offered to compromiss with ou'? ¥ Mr, 1I,—No§ nor bave I with him, and I do ot pro- pose o, 1,—Did you tell him so ? . Mr, 15, —L1 toll him that hio could not biackmail me, R—Why do you lovk upon it us u blackmailing schiemo ? M, 1l.—Because T iave hoard of his filing deeds purporting to be mada by the eamo partics ou other Iaud fn this county, und vinderstood that e hos settled fur a conmldoration, Iuoua case Dr, Voons pald him 15,000 for o quit-clpdm to_somo property nesr tho South Tark’ houlevard; bub T huve heard {hut ho by falen small amounts compared with thy valuo of tho ), R.—Ifavo you seen hor yoL 7 Mr, IL,—No. Iam goiug to visit her to-night, nnd If yon wigh to accompany’ e you cu, gty HUGH CHITTICK, 18 EXPENENOES WITIL TURKER, The {nvitation was accapted, and Mr, Iill and tho roporter drove out to the houso of M. Clittick, a milo and a half below the Translt Houso, whero Mrs, O'Harrell lins been atopping since Novombor, 1873, At the firat opportunity, tho roporter ongaged in conversation sith 3lr, Chittick, sod below will bo found what wap enid s Tteporter—How did you first Lecome awaro of tho existence of N, K, Turner? My, Chittick— 1y s putting deeds on 1y laud, Whero Iy 1t Jovateil ¢ 3ir. O,—1t Is tho south twonty acres of the north- cast quarter of Sec, 18, Town 39, lungo 14, i the Tywn of Lake, south of 1ho honlevard. R—Who were thoss decds slyned by ? 3, 0.~The title purported fo run from Empson Tamilton to Helen O'tfura Harrell, and from Ler to Georgo A, Kibbe, Wa# o suit fn ejectment cominenced ngainst B, C.—1 hecaino uspiclous, and went o Wasliing~ ton, whore the womnn wax, to {uvestigato fito natter, 1f,—Did you learn anything thero ¥ Ar, C,—Xus, that BHE HAD BEEN EUOHRED, T.—By whom ¢ Mr, C—By Tarner, R.—In whint way ? Mr, O,~Lllo haid got decda and papers from ler by ropreseuting thut bo wan working for bLer as lier uttor- siwy—quit-cluim decds to ail Lor proporty in Tlinois, R.—Had 8ho uny Iaud iu this State ? A, C,—She hud ; &t was left hor by her fatler and granduother, R.—Whero was it sltunted 2 M, C,—Down i the Milltsry Tract, 1L=-DId you teo Ler whilofw Washisglon 2 pat 3 Re—What did o tell you 7 RIr, C,—Sho gatl sho over owned auy laud in Coolc County, or anywhero in tho Stato, cxcopt fu tha. Mill tary it s aud sbio mudo an aflidavit o tio facts Huvo you i THAT AFFIDAYIT ? o215 0T liavo n copy of i tho orlgluat I In Wash- Ington, y “Flho reportor was subscquently banded the follaw= Ing document 3 4 DISTRIOT 0F COLUMMIA 4 CoUNTY OF WARIINGTO! Cy ¢ Ifclen O'Hara Murrell, belng ditly mvorn nceording to law, on outh gaith : ‘Chiat she {s ut the present timo w reaident of the Cityof Waslnugton, u the County of Washington, uforenaid ; that she I8 the widow of Abra- lum D, Harrell, decodsed, Jato of the Unitod Htates Nuvy'; that, ou the 13th _aiy of October, 1873, this de- poncnt was informed by itlchard T, Mereick, of tha Uity of Waabington ‘aforesald, thut, oh tiw 2147 day of SMurch, 1673, 1 corlain dued wah rocordod b tho oblica of the Clerk of the County of Uouk, ju the State of Il 1ol I Lok 168, page 380, from Ewmpson Hamdlton to Ter, this dopouens, 'uul'}umhlg 1o couvey to this dopo- t 5 Iorgo tract of Jond in thie County of Cual, In the Stte of Uiluols; that the dafe of salil ‘deed Wk Juno 22, 1812; that, provious to the iufurmution voceived from mald Morrick on {ho #uid 1ith day of Oclober, 1874, this deponent hind no kuowledgo of the exiktencs of #aid dued, or of any ather deod mado to her convesing uny property 1o Lier ju tho State of Jlinois ; thut'this deponent s not wware of auy right, Hile, or cluun that sbie uow has, or s at uny thme hiad, 1o uny lud i tho Guunty of Couk, b L it of Lihiole, uequizod by duet 3 1l Bl hud not of hur own knowluige mude, excouted, and dellvered any deed o othee hiatriucat conyey: inyg any of hier yight, title, aud interest fu und to any laud that she may kave owned, or sy st any timo become aefzed of, kb any tiwe, or any part thioreof ; (it thfy deponot hus hoon udvised ond Informed by tuo enid Kichiurd T, derrick, on the $ith duy. of O loher, 1873, that thero n”wun upun the record of the Connty of Cook uforesuld, sy dvcumont No, §0,020, i Yok 163 of rocords, at puge 332, n cortalu dsed, busre ity duto on tho 2t duy of Hebrwary, 1673, from tuls deponont to Geargo A, Kible, convoying o Inrgo traet of liud i wald County of Cook, aiul all othe Dlecea or parcels of land 1yfng aud Lelng fn euid Btato ar Iilinols, belougiog to {his depouent, or in und to whilch thix deponont way huve iy right or tilla i law OF Lqinityy or which wmny uppeuw i tho namo of (g do- ponent of record, or Whloh muy Lo o micdo ta nppear ¥ tho rueording of le-papers or otherwiso; (hot this doposont il 1o knowhidyu of buvitg sudd, sealod, or delivered 8 dd decd to Cicorge A, Kivbe, or (o kuy Dervon for bim g thnt, $5case any kol deed of whivit wuid record puvports babow copy, luw been exeenid by this dopoucut, thy sxucution aml delivery there- of wus oLtained' by and {hrough fraud nud falio fuducemontn; und (ot e depousnt liss 1o khowl- oddge of any such deed exeopt euch imformytion a8 was rocelved {rom vald Merricl, o sforcaatd, aud ulvo from Williem Brinkorhot, of Jereey Ulty, K, d,z that thy only papers thit this ‘depanent’ 'y clgmed reluting to ahy mohmrly in tho Htate of Tlinold, exe cept dopouttiony, abio was fuducod to sign by ona Tudolphius K, Tiirner, viito roprenented fo this dopan nent that whie Wi wigudig powors of uttornoy s pu- ek il wra iy Tetilionn of ouo papos Wil hatl Leen destroyed, wnd thint sueh veprosentstions liuvo Leen reyeatedly'nndy 1o s deyoucut ; and (st the eaid Turnerhas nover reprevonted or informed {his doponent thut alia was conveylug any right, title, or interent of, n, or {0 uny londa’ In the Btate of Tt nols, or any’ oiber Slnte, Rubreribed aud i etora s . the Gy of " breribed rud sworn 4o Lefora me, at the Cily of Waslluglon, Uil Oct, 1, 147, ! " ¥ *CWIRLIAM AL Rtonnen, Notary Publie,” R,~DIA you miko why inuirics Avont JIAMILTON? M, Gors Tnpent Lvoulays iy (e Tranilin L. brary, ia Vifladolphis, oxamiuig the dircotorih, bt coutld not find his name, I hoard, howaver, that ach onnn_enmo thero accanionnlly,—~travelod back anid Sarth, but never lived there, T.=Wiiero did you g fa thom? DM, O.—~To Lergen, N, o, atil got William Drinker- Tio, tho lawyer, wnd tool him ta Washiugton. Mrs, Thurtell would tot aca anybody concerning hor prop- crty, by the advico of Turner, Tt,—~How do yoit know that 7 Mr, O,~Sho told me, Mr, Brinkerbioff, howaver, rocured nu futerviow with her in tho Providence Ilos~ iak by acoldent, nud repronanted tii caso to hor na It actually stood 3 and then siio was willing to como hore and bring sult agalist Tarner to recavor the Ind fu Tllinow lefy by Lot fathor, Me, Richacd T, Morrick, my ntiorney, sdvised Hor E TO COME TO CHICAGO, and putt hor oawo In tho hinda of Dickey & Canlfeld. Tt—IHd sho como? r, 0,80 did, snd brought the anit, ;\l{.—llo\v Ald it terminato? s T, —Through whose eiforts ? Mr, O.~Tutnor'as ho mettied with ber, IL—In what way? Mr, C,~1I do not know; but sho ronowed the pow- or# of nitornay to him for lier property in Arkunsis undt Missourl, whoro eho also ONUS somo, R.—1tow dloes elio liappou to bo boatding with you ? 3, O,~1 keptlier Jicro while $ha s prososuting 1o wuity, and siio tins Temtned becanao uuublo {0 puy What she'owes e, = Well, what bocame of TUE EIECTAENT SUIT u? ‘It {8 pending yet. "Turner offerod to compromizo ? r. 0,~Yes : bo offere Lo havo it dismissod, R.—In consideration of what? v, C~1f 1 should keep Ler, and help bim in bis otirer’ et T.—What otlior sults? Ar. O.~Those agalust Georgo W, I, mon, und othors, for tho zecovory of 28 Yol of ITsdo Dark, R.—Did lio offer you any Inducoment for keoping hier quict? Mr, Gl did, R, ~—What wae 1t 7 DM, C.~Ito gutd X must lot nobody nco hior or take hier away, nud ho would dlamisa tho suit, Duct ho smestion ooy ? N, C—Yos,—BI0,000 1f ho gob {lio $300,000 which N expeeted to do, or a {)m-mln. 1o ofterod to give 110 6 quit-clim for halt my land, nd o vorbal prome jau for tho otlier Lalf vwlicn ho (ot througl with ticsa 3Mr. Heam- acres in the l(\)ru you willing to malke afidavit to that 7 Y05, il yau agsent to tho proposition ? 1 calenlated to give mo a quit-claim for ouly lalf, thinking I woutd blow if T got ono for all, nud bo wanted tohold mo fu duratien vily by koephiig back uno-hulf, 1L.—That wus o mera aewunption on'yonr parl? . €.—Yos, but I tald hin o, Rt.—fave you CONVERSED WITII 3RS, MANRELL alnoo 110 lias boardod with you? 2r, 0,—1 have, T.—About dier slguing doeds? M. 0,—Yes, i Viat 010 sho say 2 3fr, C.—Fho £ays (hat sho fos alwnys signod any- thing 1o would givo hor § Lus dono overythiig for ki, anl iundo i fortine, },—Did sho noy sho hiad signed deods willout know- fugg thele contents? Ar, O.—Yea sny quantity of papers, Thoy would roudt oni¢ to lier, and tetl hor thoy Wero il alike, 16— What Woro yOur concius(on ua to “uract 7 ALY, C,~Thut 1o §5 o landspirutos o slark, o go Tor to afgn the doeds tmlnowingly, and {hex {rahe. ferrad o propery to Kibbe, it prosontes tho st 1 his nawo, A largo nunibor aro uow ponding fa Bpringtlold, and_ho brought & bateh rocently in Blark County, e bos hnd sults iy McDouough, Adamm, Fultor, Madison, Piko, aud Sehuyler Coutitios, for fand fu tho Mflary’ Tract, all in tho namo of Kibbe, A X undcratand ¥, bo hought from hor o querter-scction, 1 tniuk, for $500, ond in tho body of thio deed Won o claitsd sonolbing like this s ** And afl other landa fn tho Btato of lilinofs that might bo mado to 80 apponk by the recordiug, of dcuds or aflierwidn; ond by thet means got posseasfou of all her proporty, Sbo hias not baen eapible of dofig busis ness for yearn, aud bot frlonds ought 10 Liavo n guard— 1an appolnted 'to 100k nfter hor tutcreate, 1,—From what you hvo heard do you think Turner ting'elonded tho titles to any other land in Caok County 7 it Ue—I do; and I hellevalio n dolng 1L alt th from tha fact thit 1o wanted mo {0 giud out v titics, and atand fu with bim, und ho would giv half he niade, Tt.—Dozs lio atlond to bringing the suits? 2%, O.—Yen, und fight (iein throtigh, 2—Did yuul refus to joln nands with himin the bustness Alr, C.—I _told hin I would look around, and if I found wuy I would let him kuow, [Laughtug) I Laven't found avy yet, VISITING IS, HARRELL. R.—ITag ho vishied the womtn siucosho has been he M, C,—Yes, T,—Did you liear what o eaid {a her? e, C,k_bavo been up there (In tho room) onca or tavleo witls them, bt tioy would uol suy smuch while T was tlicre, R~—DId shotell youenything that had occurred whion o went away? BMr. O,—Yes; thu ho had promized her tiings—to Xoop hier, Tug lust tino Lo caino 1a Lol her g was zolug to make £200,000 for bier, R.—Did ko fny Bow? 3z, 0.—In theso aultd, I3,—Did e toll Ler (Lat abe owned (his land In Isdo Paricy ; Ar. €, . -Slie thinks sho owns It. at imukes Ler think wo? Dy, C,.—3ho plways says thot she owna the property —thut slio owns land bare, thcre, and averywhore, wil over tho Weatern conntry, ‘Turner wakes Ler belleve -Didu’t she tell you that alie did not own any land County? —She did, and T will avear to it, : And yel ¢he Eajs 1ow slio awna this 1fydo Tark ‘. C.—Ye, lieeanizo hio makes lier bellovo it IE ONLY LAND BHE LVER OWNED wiich hee grandmotiicr, Bilen Dolaplaine, and hier father, Willlany Muckey O'ffara, of St, Lanls, loft Ler., 116 was o banker sud zeal-eatafe agont, Tur- ner has tolg mo that tho tltle wag not worth anything —that tho duly wey o conld muka cuything out of the Iund was by threatening people, T.—Whiat sort of & womun 15 bis Mra, O'Harrall 2 Alr, -Blu 18 emart, wnd s ovidently pesh betler days, Bho drinks very lard now, T huvo known hee to talke, since #ho haw Leen hiere, afx drinks Lerore 10 eloels fu the wornfug, and o dose of epluwm ua large a8 1 peo. T—1lsva you over made any Inquirles regarding her ]IX‘I)]I\:fl.V { ] 7ol Co—au 5 she gavo mo s pover of attoracy;, and ave wan {hat SOME LETTERS from her fu which she rofers to Turner, The lotters wero handed to tho raporter, and tlio fol- Towlugs excerpls wero mude : In ano duted July 10, 1784, whils 3Ir, Chittiolt wan fu Quincy, sy euid ¢ * L bave widtien T, K, 7% Dou't bo fu too much haste to return untll you uve sifted ond found out il sou pousiily cun about sy ulTulrs, aud toll overy oug with wiiom you tafk ubout iy buslncss,~how shaiefully T have been cheated, ~OF thia fact hasura thoso St, Louts poaple ; that, s ‘to auything ry hus- bund muy Liuva don ubout my proporty in Miesanri or Ibinols, o did it without consuiting meat all fn tho mutter, and then forced mo to sign any pipers Lo Latd before e, for Iwas for wnany yeurs i confirmod invalid, und ho wsed fo briug the notarics up to my bedslde, and compel mo to eign my namo 10" paperw, Ho nlwuyx asired mo, however, thnt ths papers 1 signod wero only ¢ powera of attornay, and couild bo rovoked at guy tin, and, aa I was for many yoars afllicod with Qiseass of tho upine, mid ho nour- Iy alwuys ubsent from mo at iea, much 0f all that was ddune iz tho business had to bo dono by strangers whorm 1y hnsband commissioned to uftend 1o hls orders dur- inig his absenco, But, whutever money my husband Tocoived from sy lund in the West, not_ono dollar of it did 1 ever recelvo, thongh it wus' all mino by smost wightful intieritaned trom iy fafber, In unother, dated duly 19, 1674, *LAFTER MIDNIONT," ehomays; “ 1o hopo you wmay Lo ablo fo hring Turnor fo #omo kind of torw or solllement it na; s, it you talk ctrong to him, uud tell him that’'I wn € buelkod up* by sous of {ho nirongest lwyors n tho tatct, wined by 6 Jurge lot of lotters and papors, ol boar- fugg én o Gubjuct, 1 hink you can sephten i into @ hottlment with fio, You must tell Tin (hat T e prove by licing witnosses that I was abaolutely forced to pign whatevar papors I did slgn under {hireats of *leaving o’ iF £ refuned to comply; Lo [hor Lusband] wa# ofton ko deeply in dobt und, Lo wldes ll tuis, T can prove by muny wifnesues that T wan nover afforded wutticient timo to nscortuin the con- fenta of the docinents, which woro sent 10 mo it dentyy and - genarully (o Nolary und olices waltaig outvlide iy door (o black blowazd eaied then i, Vet tho Captaln niwirys wroto me front Ll siin that §auy proporty was alk intaot, oxeent s vory smuil portion,? i not long hefore Lo ied ho Wwrats mo fo “mnke {hent 1\!\] e’ ele,; albo, that 48 qon as lio ot through vl bis Busfucas in Wasbington wud wae ablo to o about ugain ho whould commeiiea st onca o ovarluatl my Bt Louix aud dusour] Proporly, tnd thut he Luew wo woull realize u farye sum from that eoutlon, Last sumuner Mr, ‘Furstep wrote me thut bo expootad Eoon fto ho ubluto et mo a hundsomo ine coto from tho Kt, Louls property 3 und, whew T abe Juctod fa romulning wny longor at tho'Blstors’ aficr they enid oy alould ehario g for witlor-roony §10 8 weels, Turner wrote back to me to ¢ remain Ly all 1noaus,’ and that, *tliero would. bo n way provideq to puythom! , . ... T shail not livo long, uni i1 ult doconey and’ Juatieo Tdo think Tnor siould Ecenre (o o wamply eams duriw (ho balinco of auy lifo, Tf ho dootises, tho cautts will 5o dowbt coue Fél hini {0 do more.! In amotlicr, dated July 19, 187 HAFTENNQU! shio sy ¢ 4 T isiye writton o very Jong, o, T think, Judiclons sort of lettor (o M. Larner, dud T Luve informed im thut L fulled 1 3y Ponston, und four T may nover kot ity und, therefore, Wuless Ho will como forward anid uvofd Wil {ho naloristy of & publia. telal, that 1 shull linve no aitersiative e to lot 1€ o ons for, 1€ ho will 1ot yield yuo a portton of my own jawtal Mibertsucs Unt'T hulped im0 guin for Limself ue woll us me, W, Ui it ko Ll cotio; that Y an uleng and” deatlento fn bt sworld,= howmoloss, friendlese, eud widowed, 1told him T 3d plonty of doomuents wnd Ietters fom thy daplin, aod il sosts of proct, that neither tho Gaptan nor X ever imagined the sort of claim he maken, Tnlso told him that, durlug most of all tho Oaptain’s transactions rrl‘nnllnu my Weat- orn property, Iwas a confirmod invalid, and unsblo to clearly comproliond {ho prosent or prospective naturo afthio docunionts which my Wsband compellad o to olgn, at {16 88ma tmo asauring ma always thnt nll tho papers wero_rovolublo ut any moment, nid that o had often beon wurged to sell ont my intorests in certaln e.)lm'ml ond propotty in the Wost (this and other States), it that lio hiad always rofusod 0 do o, nd cortalnl novor wonld withont my consent boforoliand, which I novor gavo, I told him I could provo all this Ly tho Captein'a Iottors and by lylng wituesson,—all restly to conip forward to give thelr ovidence, oto, } that there wera many thousanda of acres In this Blato which e longed tomy futher's motlior, Madatno_Ifolon Do In Tluino (or, a8 ho orooles Wrots it, Desplaines), ol of which wap doubly nitne, o 1 was' hor acknowledged nolrand namesake, It o will scoura mo_an fncoms that I'oan linvo during my lfetliue, ond avoid all the acandal and notorl:ty of a Publle trinl, ho can do ko by making somo faly gettlement with mo ; and L would mot bo unreasomable, . . . I Luve informed T, K, Turner of ny tore(blo fifnows, aud you can cone firmit, Tho docior atlll attonds me."” '8 VISITH, ruer como horeto eco Mrs, TO. R—1low often Lw | arroll 7 2r. U,—Ilo_ting oot hers two or theeo {mes this Toat month, s brother Hownrd wusunlly comes, L —~When was ho (ITownrd) hero last 7 Mr, O,—Wednesday, the 16th {vst, R—=Was ho B)“"BT A 0, hiw siator san with hitn, .~ What aceuvred 7 A, O.—Llo Wat with tho woman over an hour In hor room. R.-DId 1o say anything toyon 2 \tr, C,~Yes § that e was sorcy his brother dfd not noltla with me's that bis brothir (R, K./Purner) hnd been to Mr, Goudy (W, C,, tho atiorniey), and M, Gondy ndvised Iiim (it ho 'must not givi Mo s quik clafin”nt all 3 that it would burt tho ciso to doft. 1 fold Bhn that T dld not core ubiont that 3 Iwanted o auit claint, aud thought Tought toliavo it tineondftion- al ¥lint did ho (Moward Turner) any to that 2 O.~Ifo #tid lio was corry tlioy had not given mo il auit-claiia docd a yeaz ago ; tha thoy had lost It—Do you moan by that {hat thoy would havo matlo $20,610 moro if thoy badl seltlnd with you? Mr. G,.=No; but that they would not. for £30,000 have that happen which had, ™ Mo safd that T had Boua to Washinglonl, and got thia ‘woman, and brought hor ere, and creafod A GREAT DEAL OF TROUDLE § hat T hnd Lurt (hem very much, R.--DId Lio sy anstiiug about aking the Women away Ar, 0,—No: but slio bns told mo thet thoy wero golug 10 tatio lior to St. Louls, 1, —Did Lo lold out any hopo of o sottfemsent with ot I Mr. 0.—1o told mo liat In my caso'It hnd heen ngreod to glve: Mr, Gondy holf, pude that was the rea- son whiy it conld 1ot bo’ Kottled—that -Mr, Goudy ud- vised tiom not to sottlo ity R,—Thut biolf was for legal scrvices 7 3, O,—1 supposo €0, Loward told mo fhat (ho MeUovorn property wis divided luto thirds,—that Mr, Goudy was to ot one share; Judge Hidnnor, of Quiney, ono; and Turnoe one, 'Furner clajmed 100 deres il oue ‘tract, iuclading niy twenty, under deeds running from Hathilton to Mes, Huvrell, and from hier to Kibbo. AWat was that property worth , 0, —About $400,000, ow much was 1o oult compromised for? Vell, 110 fjot $15,050 frow Dr, Booue, half of tor sectlon from nuothier perty, and $3,000 or 3400 from nnother ; my Innd nud 42 weres Gelonge ug to the Lark Commissloners is etill unsettied, ‘ — MRS. HARRELL. THE ETONY OF IR GRIEVANCES, This ondod tho conversation, and it was pro- poged that Mr. Iill and the roporter go up- #lairs and mako on evening call on s, Inrroll v, Chittiok earried tho lamp, and, as ho en- tered her aporlment, satd to hor: “Hero is o gentleman who has como to talk with you.” Mye, Hrerell—On what subject? If Thod knewn you wero coming, [ would liiyg beon in proper condi- tion, % U, THI—I own gome land tn 1ydo Park, v, Tur- ner liss fled somo deeds which I huliova ta Lo fabse, I do pot kuow bow much you know abonut it, but 1 amn inclinet to think you wrow tool of Mr, Turner'e, and ‘would liko to got eowo infornation from you fhnt I thiuk you rre posaeised of, 1 do not wish tu use it ugadust you in oy way, Mre, 1.—L do uot Kiow anything mora of his niove- monia then you do, 1 bave done nothing XCEPT A8 [0 ALY MISTORY, Iwns ouiyachild, und told when iy fufhor dled, Whero wo lived, aid ubout my hustand, who wan & Qaptain in the navy, We duplicated €0 unily pupers, IL—1Luvo you sfgned ouy deeds ? : L 1.~ ot nobwwnraof ever having elgned o for enything sinco Capt, Hurrell's deuth, 1do uot know thial Lover did dosr, Uutli recontly T uned tothik adeed wasan Smmenco parchment, I was treated 1iko & baby by l&y Qnsbaud, Harrell vns o Vory youyg olicer v Terted it 66 5 barrding= eehiop i Viggiude, Wo Were both Jett orphins whon very small, . WE MET DY CHMNUE, of courso; miokt Leopla dos aud ke, belng n youny otlicer, oot 3ot gt Jeave of abiaenes for lutg ehougik Uny to goout VWust 12 £ sbout 1ho property my father teits eud 1 thiuk 16 way alx o eovels sears nficr o wuriiage before Lo went; pnd ho told ne thut he Dud found 19,000 neres of laud Lelonging to my fathor ‘which Yio b nover known of, but which my uncle, Who wits 0 Caplain in tho aray, had, r. H—Where was this Jund? Blry, H,~1n Uilnols, I 4o uot remember whers it way, Dy futber had o great deal of Lid 1n Arkansas, 11y Wit @ binkor—tho Presidont of thy strst %o Lubke— tie Exelango Bauk, 1 thinic it was—in Dissour), I sl when ho dled, and wo to seattercd L echool, I uever saw my slster from the thno sied until aftor cho wis marzied, ‘Lo Oaptain wus very oftenn at sen, 1 was in Visgluia, and wsed £ spend my swmnicrs at tho springe; seattored sbout, now inonepatt of the country nud thon in auother, Ho (the Uaptain) lias sometitngs sent papees to moj he Wanted to raise money, and 1 weuld LOWERS OF ATTO) 3 I give—iu e NEY— 2 livo fn Wiid place Bits Aukikat, A swhen b was statfoned st Inglin Key, £ ronenber his to my room in our iitla coitege, und telling ua a pentloman tharo who ad somo papers atoue my fathor's knd, MLy husbaud’s ship, 1he Keere wirygo, Télurned from Lurojiv in 1868, I was slek By d., then, and {10 TINST TUAT I HEABD OF TURNER wag what Ll Tell wrota wie—thut & [:orsols ot yersons bl buen ufter hiny sguin, Mo was ick 1 ud, tuo, they, having tho gout very bud indexd i wrate, *You romemuer the puper I gava to so~and-ev, Thero I8 a yparly nfter mw, He wmnts tho eame Kind of & paper ugalu— w pawer of attoiucy for gome uf (Loso lande, oud they wiil pay certala atnutiat (oF it utter o cerluin timo, Ldectrs X did 1ot know whub ib Wa—a power of ot~ toruey's you mlgint oa Well givs o Tund wway, miglhtu't yous Dun'l you put it all tuto the person’s hunds ? CATT, HARRLLL, Ay, H,—Whot wero you murried to Harrell 2 Ay, 1.—Tu 1840, 11, —0n thy 10tk of Decombor, 1871, atr, 1, ~Yow lived togethor all thot thuo? e, H—Yes, except Wwhen ho wa3 ut vea, Air, T1,—DId you over know u wan nuzed Erapson Hamilton? Sre, I.—I know tho name; but 1 do not know whut i g wis, Harrelt kuow o num by Uit name—I do uot know when it wd, Alr, 11.—What do you now about Hamiltan ? g, 1f,—I camnot il you, I was & great lady alwy; nd supposed to B rethier u bighly-cducstoit wonyiar; bit, 50 FAR AS DUSINLUS 18 CONOERNED, 1 pald no moro atention to it thun' child unborn ; and I did uot care what my husband dfd, I was will: ing to trust bim, Whou Lo made request, T acceded to ft. I am sshamed now that I know eo'very little, Ho bin hold mo up fu hfs avme, and anything o told moLald, I romember, in Norfolk, when I wus under the doctar'y eare, o brotght person numed Motrison Into my apartmont to have somo of theso papers exo- cuted, That hupyened a greut many tintey,—whenever {hey would como and oger him 8 sum for tho wild o could not live on it. Ihud no living chil- nud vory littlo prospect of ever having them, so 1 was willing lo ehould o auything ho clioso, dnd thought it would bo all right, 1 cxpected to die liest 3 my healih wus vury delicete] A yoaror two after iy Aunigband eatio Lonie, n 1860, TURNER WAS ANNOUNOLD, o wanted fuformation of family nuitcrs—ahont my Tather; and I eigued lots of pupers nbont them, but tlint was all, I donot think I over sigued muy deed, Thevo wis u parer tho Oaplain 831d would not coxt mo 2 shillige, s thoy cuiua {uto 1y bedroom and oieentud jt; ud, i€ thatdy what thoy” call n deed for propecty heve, Tdid not know {6 wi a deed, Any~ thing s a deod; but Tdid 1ot know it was a deed of conveyance, M. IL—DId you ovor own eny property n this (Ouwk) county s, U,—Ax for countles~T vsed to hon good geos graplifoal soholar, but © did not know tho amos of caunties, T do romember Lwo counties: ono wus Mu- con, rud thoother Schuyler, Blucoall this scaro about proporty I vy takon £ paiis (o look fnto u map, S T iow many docdu do you BUDOLO yob have slgnea for FPurnery ‘Slrw, H,—La o} I donot know, Call thom docds 7 Tcouldn't xny, 1donolknow that I over signed any, T usked him (Turner] whut ho wantod with sll theao apera, snd Bo said thoy bud to by liled I tho differont courts 2 5 —Ilavo you licen in tho IL\UI: ()l’l HIONING atever io (Turnor] bk glvon you? ot il aasebiatnlugy 16 wa alt right, “Dliero wero gonerally ofhor ycrsoun pregent, Lawyor Hnelford did tho buslness in Wealduglon, B, L —}lavo you ever GOT ARY MONEY OUT OF TURNEL for oll the lund_your futhor or grandimotbor Toft you? rd, 1,—Dcfore the Cuptain dicd~—noyw, I do not Imovy, Mo Capitn wag very mntcl . ddut, 1 wm sorry to b compulled to suy {t, but Lio wan n diinkiug i, Tho last years of L fite his hualth was very bad. You know moval ofieers livo very higl. ‘M, 1T, —Tlow often hus Tieior beeit Lero since yon Jxnyo boan stopping st this howo ? Mun, H,—1 did ot vspect (o seo him atall, Thud e plelcaeven ot uight ilantlie, wider Lo ear f (ha Hluters, wt the Yroyldouco 1ospital, i Wanhington, Hurgeon-Genoral - Darues put mo there, Tho wWits of Gon, —, of 10 — Tufuutry, is o consm of ifugy wnd-Iro'tho, Wifo of D, —, 0f Han Ysous ey, Thoy aid nob taka caro of 16 after uy v lund died, but Jott mo wlong, T am not ubls to Lesy tho bruut of o cold world, T wan Lrough hore, and Tiawyor Brikerhon tald mé Tshoild BECOVEIRA WANDHOBE YHOLERTY Yy cominyg ere, 1 bolfoved ho derived the inforiun. thon from de. OBk, Thnow Iwas to g ey, 1 came, wied inva beonfaken glek—tn'en o By cold—logt thy sppetito, Iwen very alek ans day, whot TUBNEL WAS ARNOUNOBD, 1 liod bad no communleation from bius from tho time. ard tosome Landg | Tioft Washington, Torent mo n letter with §25 In §t —ho occusionally mont $50, but Ilnd to pay that oyor to tho Rlsters, M. 1,—Wity dld ho gond son thint? Trs, IL—Idonot Jnow, Ho wonld do what o *coull far mo, Tlo tado u hargaln with the Capitaln to diyido witl Litm what ho zecovered, H,—OuL of what ? Mrs Out of {lic Westorn proporty, whatever part o lind, T think it wan part of th property, Ar. I, —Thot you sigued to hini 2 Mea, (L—~Thnt my humband gave him, Inerell swrnta il sald 1 wan n imall nfy Mr, 1,—Ilus Lornee tokd you ho was golng to got you £200,000 on $300,000 by this suit 7 Alra, 1,~1 bave nolhing to do with this ult, M, Th.~ile nevor montloned a word about it hera? rs, 15.—I nnlted him about Sk, Touls and Arknuens proporty, and ho enid “ I i fu poxsoaston of facts w0 us {0 racover €200,000 worth of properly, st commencod a suft—beet ut work nt JE tivo yeara” " Ia wrote mo whilo L waa at tho lstors' in Washington that Tio hoped o recover that; thiat aomio ono hind aold andor 1 power of attorney my property fu tho hieast of 5L, Louis for a Hitle,—~n fow thoueand dotlars, Thut #liows what kind of a husinessman my husband wag, r, I,—Did you over make A DEED 7O KIDDE? Dre, LI that wan & deed—1t wan o ittlo bit of pa- per—L did not kuow it wasndeed, The Oaptain wrolo aud snid it was & mmall afldir,~* 1 have rajeed money on it Mir, 1.~Did you over sco Kibbo? o, Drs, 1, —~No, Ar, JL—DId Turner say nnything nbout bim 7 Mra, f—"Turner tald mo b was bin fathor-in-law, e, H,—Did he tell you ho had ecinmenced o milt in the United Blates Court tu recover land in this county ¥ Mr#, I[.~Nevor a tyord sbout property hore—Atkan- £28 nnsl Town, Mr, ,—Did vou over kaow you hud A DEED FION EMDPSON UAMILTON for any land in Cook County ? AMra, 1L—T caunot answer the quesiion in {bat way, I do not know ruything nbout anything only what I told you iy hiusbandl wrato me, Tdo ot kuow anytuiug oo than that T was lying slek ju bed at Bergen aud reecived a Jettor from my hushand he the lutter part of 1#08, and howald 3 **I want you to put your uame to this, 1 am very much in debt, Tam aick unto death, i bed suffering cversthdugs oud you know,” sid he, 3 Liavolo raiso §1,000.” Ifo wan iu great trouble, and it took a great deal of moncy to keep him, I was quito slck myself, Wo lad no home. Wo wero nlways Doarding. Mr, Il —ITavo you not mado sn amdavit that you never owned a foot of Jand in Cook Cuvmli 1 Mrn, 11,—~1 never knew thero was a Quok County, I do not laiow unything about it. Mr, O.—Tho transaotion you told mo about with Turner 7 3 Mrt, IL~T do not know anyihing, I'would not favora wrora if 1 kuew it, Mr, IL—It Is usseried thut THI DEEDH AT FORGLD, This huunulhlnfi to do with theeatate left by your father and grandmother, Mrs, H~I hayo notbing to do with this, Havo I got anything todo with §t 7 Mr, O.—1L do not think you bave; but I donot bo- liove yout — ‘Mgh H,~1I do not know anything more about it than a baby, g Mr. H,—y opinfon fa that they havo been forged und you Liavo given deods to Kibbu—that Tur- wm, ner asked you o aign thy Mra, 11, a you readl thent over 7 H.~Every identical one, Dr, I,=-Ilayei’t ¥ou beon n tho Labit of signing tbings withont asking guestions,? rs, H—No, 10, I kaw tha' papors, Somotimes, whon poople tall very fast,—T hnva o great denl of nous gl i my lend,—-1 gt coufusedy aud vo {o wit, and ack over tho question fn my own woy, 1 wrilo belter than I talk 1 must bo qulet, Witou'I comiposo I must have ovorything nround moin order. M, 11,—Do yoii antiolpato o visit from Turnor to- motrow or the next day o o Will come, ra T want money, what I lavo to depond on, I want 1o Inaw about his property yon are spoaking of. s my uamo in oy way inspieatod 7 Mr, IT—~Vell, 11 1 ald hefore, T bellovo tho deod was “ to you by Empeon Hainflton, .—Well, ecrinuly, I know that Uapt, arrell Jnew i person uamod fnnilton, 1 hnvo buen think Ing aud inking it over; Tum heto ull by myself, aud dovote i grent deal of tmo to thinking, Mr. Tl horo aross, having come to Lho con- clusion that it wWos ueeless to further prolong the convoreation; und ps hie was leaving the room ho waid: “If thero is anything wrong I should hike to know it, and would accept the in formalion ns & great favor. Tho reply of Mra, Marrell was: **If you coma to tco mo again, T hope you will give me an intimnation of it, 8o that [ can put myself in a presentablo form." er apology was justified by tho facts. Bhe Dbad on & common black drens, aud woro ou her bead o turban-like nppendoge, whieh complotoly cavered her forehond. From bor foatures it was very ovidont that sha had boen in Lier younger days n beantiful wonian. Sho has a romarkuble bittory, nud CONBIDERADLE SCANDAL was al ono timo associnted with both her namo and that of lior husband in Washington. It is probably for this reason that her trionds have sbandoned her, and theb in her weakness and louclinces ghe hns beon onsily induced to part with hor property in the hopo of getting a sufli- clont incomo to live out the remalnder of hor iniscrablo days. [ — THE RECORDS, WIAT AN EXAMINATION SHOWED. The roporter’s next stop was to oxamine tho records in the case of Hurrell ve. Turner and Kibbe, and thoy wore found storad awny in n vault in the City-Hall, whoro the records of tho Qircult Oourt are kept. "ML PLAINTIFE'S BILL, Tho plaintii’s Lill, which was filed Dee, 11, 1973, sot up thut elie wap born in St, Louds tho year her fathor diod ntoatute (1831), hor mothor dying the ssme year, leaving ber and theéo othor ehildren, all quito young, to whoin the cstote of hor father deacended ; that thy other threa clildren died intestate aud without fssiic, ond she thereby becums wole heir to dl which consisted, among other things, of ) Htates of Arkanuus, Missour!, unel Illinol nt i 1840 khio married, ot Lexington, Va., Abtalusm D, Har- rell,n Pawsed Midihipninn fn thonasy,end accompnnied her husband on various crulsos to different parts of tho world, end that sho or o kuew but littlo of the manngemint of ordinary businces conearns, hence her cstato was datnnged ond diminished for wontof propur caro and attention ; that when not ut sea ber busband wanld somgtimes eell or trudo off somo of her lands, and among tho trades that Ly made was an oxchunge of Arkansas landa with ono Kmpson Ilamiiton for lunds in Cook Qounty, Illinols, owned in feo almplo by Itamiiton, and thut Humilton, by warranty deed, dated Juuo 2, 1842, 5t Washinglon, convoyed to hier tho fal lowing landa? Tho northiveut quaricy of Bue, 43, T, 37, N. . 13, I, the nosthwent quavter of Soc. 20, 'T E,, and tho cast, halt of the northoust gnar- See, 18, 38, 14, contulning 400 acres moro o less, ‘I'bat at the time of the making of seld deed, aud for a fong thino thereater, tho moana of communieation be- twaen Wathington und Chicago woro ditieuls und Hin— ited, nud, her Rusband Lolug constuntly subect to tho orilers of by supoviors, thy deed aud utber pupers showing Htls to the Tundl i hor wero not sent for yecord In Chicugo, lut wero allowod to re- maln owong ler husband’s papera for years negleeted, untll tho lands wora covered “wilh tax titles, nnd claimed by others undor themn, From {i1 same vuuges oil ber offier fands fn (Lo other States wero b likty manner negleoled, and - bocamo_ similarly involved, That five yeara upd udolphus K, arner, who tepresented himwelf 10 bo un adtoruoy from Quiney, 111, nduced oy husband to glvo b ehargo of the lands under s contract to realiza from thom on sharos, 1o o pay over one-half of the procouds Lo her, and sho renewed the engnyement, ‘that her busbaud died at Waohington, Teaviug her surviving him without children or decendauts, That ufter his death 3Turner still contiuned to manifest an * upparent interest fu her afizire, and she contided In bin, supposing his in- tentions wero to deal justly and Honorubly by her, Tt Lier pursuits in U0y’ the wife of a merfier had fotully untitted lier for the care ond monugement of L:r ailades, nnd that sho was n roady prey for the des cigos of e wary, That ko docy hot know the legal Teiring of & deed, conveyance, of legul puper of uny Liud, ‘That Wurnee brought ber s great many papera fo #iga, of tho purport of which elho know uothfig, represehling ta e (ot {lioy ero to Foplaco eana pupera destroyed 1 tha Chleago fire, and that alo res Jich Uon 1 honoe not ta auik ler to g ny waper oxeopt to hier advantagto, That aniong otlior papers o 0 procured Liee t0 Kign wad n power of nttoriicy, s ho informed her, and b sho supposed, to el satd Tadu, Dt which sho ald not understand, and now discovered (iwas informed) was 2 doed_in feo Simplo to tho lauds aforoaeld, uud “ any and all clhor moces ar parcels of Ianda tyiiig. aind beang in said Stats of 1linots_belonge T fo sitid Heten” O'Hlara Harrell, ar uny o wiich cha may have any it or tiile elther i law or equity o wwhich mey aupear v hernanie of veeord, or whick may b0 g0 uiade to avpear by the recordwmgp of fitic pavers or otkerwise “That mald deed seas Withiout conslderation, having the momfiul * gan- sideration of 1 {usarted, koro duto pf Fol, 24, 1873, wiu nelmowlodged beforo M. 3, Rohver, a Notary hblia in Waubinon, wd, wais annds 10 Guorgo & Kibte, 1) Satlior-In-liw of Wurnor, whow atp dld not know, and liad nover poon 1n her life, Wt she romombercd Yol foken whilo elele in o carringo by Tnruer to rowo an i Washington, who eamo aut o tho curriage, wid nwkod hier T (b0 pimatuxo to o cerlaln papery which shia guppo.ed {o 1 thio power of altoraoy, wasl Liora, uncl sho sngwored ¢ Yess' and that that was all was bnid, ‘Uhat sho now undorstood thut the doeed to Kibho was_ {ho paper abont (o sigiaturo to wiich rho \wes intorrogatod, and that Rolirer was tho persotr who nelced ber fho diiestion, That eho had dealt with “Purnor unvesorvudiy i lior business mattors, an her attornoy, confiding 1 hla utegrity, and nover dreami ol that Yia wonld dicoivo or defraud her, Lk phoune " deratood nothing of the cantents of the aforesulid pupcr a mentloud, nor of uny athier of the tuuny agcn 10 which Lo hutl_praerad her elgnature, That tLo find Leen nurprleod that out of tho many Jaudy in which xho fs futerested nothing hud over Loon rale e, o Y2t etio 1o sufTored from absoluto porfiry, il Tegn obiized 10 oblafn mwiFneo trour hor {riewdn, “hat Turier hed been ndvaneing 325w wonih for ler st unnl] sanowtts from tmo to e, St 3 o 41t Waahinnstoa tlces tlnes i o lut anieo, i Ausginsty fold e (it o Dt e 1 tice mntbory of buslnery, aid ahized suytling for her, waen; (o Ler ho il e lorned, ana 6o olcscd y et ho hud Deew gollipg her fun Sl hor elslmo . upon e, wnd uy thourrizds of dollura from thene, Il vesitznd yet ho had nover informed lior of ‘any ssle, nor no countad to her for a singlo dotlar of sAd_ Mmooy, hut told hor all tho time thiat he had realizod nothing us yet from any of hur landa, That Turncr procurred from. hior 1 April, 1871, a powor of attarney frrovocablo for Lwo yoars for thy' palo of hor_ lande in Missourt and Arkinsne, o ho had afso heen selling and come promisiug ot claims fo said Inuds, and_also hor lands 4 otlior parts of Hlinofs, navor accounting to hor for o dallar of tho proceeds, "That, eluce tho doath of Lor Lmaband, Turnoe im- I.mnml upon e ttia necenity of acelnis ooy, but keeping hovaclt mecludod o that shio woukl nol bo hothered by persons coming Lo seo her nbout her lands, nnd hat, relyiig wpou his good falth, eho lind Jopt horsell "o “rocluse, away from comtact with all wtrongers WAL Within & fow . weokv whon an° ol " friond cuwme fo Ler, and informed lior Low sho was heing decolved 1y Furnor, Tt wlie lind nbuco hnd furvastigationn muds sud dine coverad tho truth of lior Snformation, What sho aleo found that ‘Tarnor had obtainied n deod In foo simpls of mald Jnuda in Coolt County from Kibio, and. tunt Lo himself bnd bect making deeds thorofor’ 0 thg pure chasers of bior title, ‘That maidl Int mentioned. acod, nald power.of-attorney for Minsourl nd Arkannus Tnudls, andd all {he ynjiors 10 whiol: hue slgnaturo. wan obinined by Turner, wero obtained from her by fraud wnd deception, ahd wero sl vold, TURNEW'S ANSWLR, In e nnnwor Tarner ulleged thit (ho plalntlfr, hor Lunhund, or amilton, or auy ngent for thom, Hover oéd any'tazes on tho fand, and that all hor lunds wora Tegardod by hor aud Lot husbatd ue abandoned Jands at the timo of the purchiake of Lor title o clafm fu May, 1668, by Georga A, Ribbo, That nelthor sho ot lor limaband bad ‘nhy deedts showlny titlo to tho Inud fu Tamilion or n the complninant; and that ull sakd deeds were delivered to Kiube and by iim put on tccord afier tha purchnse, That at tho timo of tho execition of the deed dated May 2, 1868, sho wns not tho nudisputed ownur of any of tho’ Inda In Tiiluols whith formerly belonged io her fatlier, William A, Gltara, "That {ho proceedings to foreclosd martguges clalmed to linvo been oxcouted by Willlam M, O'Hara uud his wife relating to tho lands appearad to hiave Teet ntituted in tho Cirentt Court of Dike Cotnty {which then fncludod the northern part of the Blate) at {lio April torm, 1632, ngafnst Susau O'lTara, tho wid. o, nnid othots, the childron and hoirs-at-lnw, and onid Jand ¥old by ono Jleury btarr, clalming to act ns came mifusloner tuder said dlecreo, In 1424, to varions por. sousy aud that tho titles thus created lavo over #inco been asserfed ns paramount, and hayo been repeatedly sustained by the Courts' in 10- nols, hoth Htate and Fedcral; and said louds occupiert Dy persons clnfming to hold under tho same, 1 weil as under tax titlea and tho various mitation laws of tho Slate, That provions to tha [mrchaso by Kibbo tho titto and clafnt Lind been in the market for many yoats, oxcapt auch 16 she and her huoband had buen Gblo to dispose of at & nomiual Prlm 10 tho occupants thereof, who hielddversely, ‘That eho and_Der hitsband hod given powers of nttorney to sevoral pordous, under which whatover titlo shohad was convcyed pway or Drought into bad oaor, and *regarded n mtalo and comparatively worthloss,” Ho douied that Lio was over tho agent or uttoruoy of tha Hartclls previous to tho Iarrells’ death or at nny timo; tho only agreement, tr- rungement, of understanding between hr and Tutner relnfud to lands fu Missouri und_Arkansas, mado Aprit 10, 1878, ulloglng that sbo pud lor husband old wnd convoyed to George A, Kibbo by deed ou tho 20 of May, ‘1808, nll tricts and plooca or porcels of lind fn tho Btato of Iilinols to which lhoy had auy Hghi or futl i Jaw or oty that tho deod was mao Tor cnalt in hond, oud Kibbo patd complainant and her butband $500 casls in full for tho samo and all other lauds and real estato thoy bad ownod in illuols; that thero nover won any arrangoment, uuderatanding, or ngrecs ment botween Kibbo nud complainant’ and. lior hunbeud excopt for on abrolufo nnd uncondi- tional _purchuso of tho {itlo ond clahu to any snd all londs in Tilinols which Lelonged to hum, Mo denfed that ho had beon glven olinrgo of the lands under n contract {0 rocover and relowso on shares, nnd to pay one-lslf to tho compluinaut, or that ho or kibbo hud mado any contenct whtover with her and hor Lusband ns t0 thia proceeds that might ariso from tho enlo of tho lands, 1o adinilted tiat aio hiad recclved monoy from hitm 1n thio way of nssfatatico to ouabla Lt to_ prosoruto her clndims for prizo monoy, which sho cinimed was s from thie Govercent of tho United States to her - band, a3 gift or loan, aud on account of tho tilos and clafm ho might v o Arkansus and_ issourl Iand, ntieging that sho never ‘claimed, uutit hor bill was {iled, any Intorest (o tho lands fn’ Illinols, or in any of tiu proceeds (hat might grleo fram (hd coms priunise or salo of tho same, wnd hio had never boen calles upon until this time o sceount to hiev i avy way for the same, TII; DECREE, Tsnuo wan not joined, though roplications and rojoindots were pubt iu, and, tho cowplainant falling to appear, the original biil was dismissed Oct, 23, 1874, and, ou motion of Mr. Goudy, n decreo was entered vesting tho titlo of the land in Kibbo, § R DR, L. D. BOONE, LOW JIE COMIROMISLD, Thoe same day the roportor saw Dr. L, D. Booue, the eapitalist, whom ho found in nisofiico on LaSallo strect, 'W'ho following was tho con- wveraation with him, Iteporter—Da you kuow R, K, Turner ? Dr. Booue—Yes ; I pukd it $15,600 ouco, N.—\What for? Dr, B.~To get o quit claim to some Innd I had leancd monoy on, Whero i# the land situatod 2 v, 1,—IL fronts on tha Sonth Park bonlovard, noar Reubion atrect, Thera aro sily aeres of it, R—Who ovus tho projerty Dr, B,—Joln MeGoveru, mlr. Wus o sult in ejeeiment commenced ogninat m? Dr. B.~No, g. ‘erp decds filed, and tha tille clouded ? D Ji , B,—Yes : adeed from Einpaon amilton to Ellen Otars Harrell, and another from ier {0 Georgs A, Kibbe, R.—Woro you asked to compromise? Dr, B.—No: negotiatlons weru carrfed on through - B. . Cavitield; and I AGREED To PAY $15,090 —that fa lon that muoh additional on tho land to mako tiie mortguge T held merchantablo, R,~—When wus the paynient made ? Dr, D—about s year ugo. [By reference to the shecti-bools, tho date Va3 aicirtalued 1o bo Juo 27, 1] T.—Iad you any suapleions (hiat &1l vas not right ? Dr, B,—~Tlero was a donbt, aud, owing to its exiot- ence, tho manoy was paid. T.LWhat was Dr, ,—Nothing hud buen beard of tho partios for twon(y-alx yours, aud no ono wus shown of rocord ug belug tnterested In tho patent chodn of title, - McGoy= ern held o tax-teed, whiels he got in 1843, and hins paid tho tuxes an it ovor siuce, sud beon in possession, The gronnd wwon which tho doubt aroso was this : Sk (drs, O'larg arvel]) elalmed to have u deed thnf was mado TIE DOUDT ? in 1811 or "2, from her husband, Sho was a married womnun up to within twoor thres yeara Lefors thiy trangeotion, nud thorefore a fommo covort; und it wus questionabfo whotlior sho hiad u vight fo 'redeom tho Lnd within a glven bmo sfter tho deathof e hus- Lend, when slie bucame & feme wole. R.-Diul you conslder tho title good when you made tholoan 7 Dr. T—Yes, 1t had gone thraugh the courts under tho Burnt Records billy but tho bwa years Lid uob ox- Dired beforo these deeds wore recorded, Xtforts woro made to find gentlemen who were ropregonted to know somothing of Mr, Tarner, but they woro unavailing. Mr. Turner himself was out of town, end therofore his statemont or oxplanation could not be obtained. Henco tho mvestigation necessnrily torminated. Tt will bo moticod that no reforenco in mado in the bill or replication to any other laud in Cook Couuty oxcopt tho tract fu tho lown of Lale; that Taruer, or rather Kibbo, docs not set up any clim to othor property in the vicinity of Obiengo, though oue of tho deeds e recorded fu November run through tho eamo poraons as thosp filed upon McGovern's Jund nnd that of tho othor ownors of tho 40 neres in tho vioinity of the South Park boulovard. THI QUESTION ARISES, then, Whoro did theso last deeds como from ? i oue from Robinson to Hamilton is dated Aprit1, 1856, and the other from ITamillon to Helen O'Hinra Ilnrrell Juno 22, 1842, When Kibbe's doed was executed is not known, sinco it lins not been recordod. Thia whole mutter is so involved that 1t wonld requive monthe to straighten it out, if indeed it could be dono thon, and nothing more doflaiie can bo lerrned until the ojectmont suit comes up forn hearing. Many now existing obscnritics moy thon huve light thrown upon thom, nnd it woukl bo unjust to projudgo Mr, Turner beforo Lo hins hud nn opportunity to prove what his veplication to My, Harroll's bill sots up ho can cstablish, Ordors hnve beon entered for a rule on tho plaintift's attorney (Lusner) to PROLUCE 16 AUTHOTITY to bring sult in tho name of Kilbe, ho heving nysorted that Kibbo know nothmg of this lust suit, and Lo Is required to show his documontu within ton doys. - Nalico ling also been uent bim that nilidavits will bo filed this morning In sup- port of o motion for n 1ulo to _vompel “tho pro- duation ot £ originnl deody for jnspestion. Tho battle wilf probabiy bo 5§ hot ono, sinco sonta $500,000 are nvelved ; and thousands' of peoplo iu the northern part of Illinolu are futor- estad in the rosult, althopgh thoy may not know ity for It Kibbo'u titlo bo sustnined né ono can toll how many reron aro npt to b clonded, aod {ha Iand esn bo yolensod only by compromising with sim, S Dot ofthe Inthor of tap Porm ¢ Cnve pPeteBigyor,? Prem the Sugolk (Va,) Heral Williaw - Lare, who represonted Nausomond County in the Undapwood Conventiop, died in oxtrema poverty at his homo near Huttolle lavt weok, aftor n very chory illness, 1o js eald tp havo baon the flist to apply the termy ¢ carpote buggor” to the Northern ‘ndventiurery, now o woll known evorywhava by that nwue, and dis- tingaishod himsel? whils lu tho Couyention by presenting tho Bpenkoy, duriig ona of il not- stons, with o Hwbey-juck vopresenling o dancing negro. o var comadeted uu honest s, THE HENNEPIN CANAL. The Upper Mississippl Valley Demands o Henring. Its Voios Is for Making the Min- sissippi. River Torminus Above Rook Island, Congrezs Will Be Asked to Order Suiveys of Both Routes, Snectul Dispateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, OLixToN, In., Doc. 23.—Tho Convaution hold in this olty to-day to consider tho project of bullding a ship cnoal from tho Missisalppl River to tho Illinols Rivor wan vory largoly attonded, dologatea being presont from o large number of towns in Illinoia and Iowa. Tho utmost harmony provailed, aud thore was but one expression gon- cerning thoe project, nnd that wos in favor of tho Miralnsippt Itivor terminus bolug above tho upe por rapids, : TIF_CONVENTION ASSEMBLED at the Oporn-fouo at 11 o'clock a, m., and wag callod to ordor by I5. H. ‘Thayor, Prosidont of tho Clinton Citizens' Aesoclation, upon whoso mo. tion §, G. Mngill, of Clinto, was elocted tompo- rary Chalrma, tod G D, Booth, of Morrlson, 1., Scerotary, £ The following Committoe wan appointed on permanent orsankiation : B, 1, Thayar, of Cline ton, Towas W, [, Hobineon, of Duabuque: Dy, Bmith, of Fulton; ¥. Tiedt, of Bellevuc; D. Zunmorman, of Cordivin, ‘Pliis Conumtteo roportod for PLIMANENT OrFIcEng of tho Convontlon the following named gontle men: Presdent, Hon, D, N, Coolay, of Du- buquo; Vieo Presidonts, Thomos H, Davis, of elloyne; D, Joyeo, of Lyons; Chancy Lamb, of Clinton; C. N. Whoolor, of Fulton; 1. S Quick, o Mbany;” E. R, Warnor, of Abrrison § 1L W, Smith, of Camanche, Socretaries, J. G, Booth, of Itorricon; Walliam 3, Trous, of Dol- mar. ‘o Committeo on Roroluitions wag aunounco a3 follows: B, G Magill, of Clinton, Ta,; 11, Bfl Hethinglon, of Dubuquo} Mr, Crouch, of Dee witt, In.; D, Zinmerman, of Cordova, 1ll.; W, C. Buyder, of Iulten, Ik ; IL J. Wright, of Ly ong, In.; 'T. H." Daviy, of Bollovue, Tn.; 0. i, Kunpp, of Albany, 1M W. I Ilari, of Co. 3. W, Carothors, of l\l\'bcntllud, manche, In.; E. In. ; David Millor, of Garden Plain, Ili, Col, Megill, a8 tomporavy Chairman, and Sen. ntor Cooley, ns permancat. Pregident, both made unpropriute spooches, hrielly disousaing tho prug- Geablity of the routs for : A ¥AL from o point on tho Miesiseippl Rivor abovo tho uppor rapids. ‘Cho spuakers thought that the Jonut tho Governmont oould do would bo to eauso & survoy, and, if it was not found that the ronto wag for suporior to tho Rocl: Isl- and routo, tho subject would bo dropped, and tho wholo Northwest would unito i fasor of tho route found to bo tho most practicabln, refore enco being had Lo tho cheapness of construction and tho accoimnodation of the larguet nutaber of_produeora, In tho afternoon tho Commitice on Resolu- tions reported o PHEAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS, Tho following is the most hnportaut part of the report : ‘Wiznias, In selecting tho routo fora public ime provemont of uational importance, which such 2 canal would bo, il .mero questions of locality sbould bo fgnored, and tho rotitc adopted ahould b gicl: a8 (ko Lest cugineering #kill may determine fo bo most practicable, und” which will'bo bost ealeulated to mevt ho wante oud {nterests of tho whola peoplo to ba benefited by its construction 3 tnd WaEneas, Strong efforts aro befng put forth by communities {ntereted in securing o partiewlsr loci- tlon to obtain national aid for tho construction of such n caual from the lakes fo thu Dlke stesippl River ot Rock Ialand, in Iilinefs, which would make the western ferminus of such cenal Lelow the tho rajnds; and ‘Witezeay, The great bulk of the commerco which ould flow fhougt tho proposed canal wauld bo fooud from tho country north of the lino of the Rock Islaad Tlapis, and if sitch western torminus wors mado belaw tho rapids it would bo subjected to tus largaly ine creusad demand of transit whion euch location would croate, ton greater amount of locknga and to the great daugere, deinys, and exponsea incldont {0 navigaling thoo raplde, dopriving tho peopla of tho Upper Mieo slainp Valley Iurgely of tho advantages which they would othorwiee devivo from its construction ; and Wireaess, In the judgment of this Conventfon, Drzed upon our knowlédgo of tho topography of the country thiough which the proposcd canal 15 to Lo conciructed, eud upou the survoys and examinations of compotent engliieors, that (e shortost, most prac— tieable, cconomical, and natural Taute for tho cone styuctivu of such ship-coual from tho Iflinols River, whera the hroposed Hounepin & Rovk Ialand Gansl Toaves end 4 river, 4o tho Misaselppi River, i3 through tite Valley of Merodosia, making the confluence with tho Misuleippi _River somo 20 miles above the Rock Isiund Rapids, avoiding tho great obstaclo to navigation which “those raplds interpose, and save ing to tho commerco of fho country paesing tiroug tho river and canal nearly or quito 60 miles of trunsft thioretare, it{s Jtexolved, That wo urgo upon Connress the impore taneo of 60 leglnlating upon this subject a8 ta require it tho proposcd ship et when constructed, kball terinfuate upou tho Aiseissippi River above the Rock Iokand Rapids, in sedd river, if such routo shall ba found, by eareiul Govermment surveys, to be equall feusible, practicable, and economienl withithe proposc routo of tho river below the replds, Jtesolved, That, vs’n Tacasurs of Justice to the peoplo of tio Unpot Maiesippl Valloy, who aro vitally ine torested dn tho construction of thin canal, wo would eupeclully irgo upon Congret that 1t bo 1indo u u-+ dfspenuablo condition, fu uny measuso which thes may ndopt granting nationnl add to this project, that no location shall “bo fixed for tho construiction of this canul uniil 3 caroful und thorough survey hus beon made, under the dircction of the War Dopartment, of tho routo to tho Misstwsipni River above, as well aa lielov, tho Rock Tslend Raplds, and the relative merits of thess routes sbull bo fuily und understandingly nido kuown to Congress and tho country by and through tho War Dopartiment, Resolved, That we respectfully ond carnostly protest aguinst e ndoption Ly Congress of uny measure pranting Govornment atd (o thy proposed lenuspin & ook Island Canul projcot whicli dous not coutain the Jjust and oquituble propositions that aro embodied fn 1o furegoiug resolutions for tho protection of tha yuramount interesta which tho yeople of the Upper ‘Miesiesippi Valioy havo In this proposcd canal, Reeolted, Thnt & commiltieo bo sppointed by the Chairman, whoso duty it shull bo to prepare a memo- rial {o Congress embodying tho viows of {lus Couvens tion, a8 expressed in tliees resolutions, aud Eave the #amo_eirenlated for obtuining the aiguatures of tho people of tho Northwest, farwarding tho sems to tho Senatory and Membara of Congress from the Novthe western Statos, Several committecs woro appointed, aad pro- visiona mado tor culling the Convoution iogother agnin. i ‘I'ho delegates wero thon invited to visit the Clinton Water-Works, snid to bo tho most per- fect syntem of wafor-worke in tho ontiro country, At '8 o'olock the Conveution adjouracd eiuo dio. T g Sy IRSTALLATION SERVICE, The Installation of the Rev. Samuel W. Dut- field, as pastor of tho Light Preabylorian Chuireh, Washington and Robey streets, took pluca fnst ovening with approprinte ceromonies. ‘I'he norvicos conprehondod an ordor of oxor- elses conslating of cu organ voluutary, nnl:hcm, ptures, prayer, hviny, sormon by the VDD dathom ousiitutionl quostions ; by v. Dr. Elliott, of tho Theo'ogieal Somunary ; iustuiling prayor by tho Rev. E. K. Davis, chargo to ihe pastor by the Roy. 0. I, Thompeou, charge to tho jeopla by the Rov. James T. Mutthows, tho dosology, any the bonediction by tho pastor. T'he Hov, Dr. Swazey's tormon. was on the toxt it Yeq, donbtloss, und I count all things but loss for the exeolleucy of tho luowledyoof Olvigh Jesus, my Lord,"—Philippians, ili., 8. Previous to tho delivery of tho sormon, the Ty, My, Kittredgo sunonnced. to tho congregas {iun the netion tafon. by tho Presbytery ava meeting leld yesterday. “The eall of Mr. Dat- fiold wan placed in tho Clevk's hands, sud, Mr, Duiliold having _signifled hig nucsrmuoc ot i, {ho Lresbytery divcted tho installation ehould tako place, Aftor tho sermon, tha Rev. Dr. Blllott, having put tho conatitutional quossious to Mr, Dunleld and received piivmativo roplios, aud hnving obe {ninod s munifestation of “3r: Dufield's nccopts anco ny their prutor fyom tha conuregation, solemnly pranounced and declared tho lov, B, W, Dufilold to borepularly constituted tho paotor of tho Kighth Chuzch, v I'hio new pastor was born in Drooklyn, N, ¥,, in 1813," and is consoquoully 31 years of ngo, Aftor earoful proliminary study Le entared Yulo Collegge, and graduated 1.1863, “Tho your Tollowing Mr, ~ Dutiield wan comumissioned to proach by .tho Knox Presbytery (N, 8. of Xkmola, I immodistely becamo engago in wlselonnry work in ° connostion with tho Becond V'osbytoylan Church, Dr, Pallgr- o', and continued in that labotious and fruite ful nphone’ of tho minfstry until 1867, whon he Yceate pastor of tho Tiogn Btreot I'rosbytorinn Chureh of Philudelphin, where ho was ordained and vogulurly fnstaliod, ~In 1670‘hn was pestor of {ho Clwemont Presbytering Churoh, Jorsoy City, No o, and in 1871 Lo gecoptod a oall to tha puntbralo Of tha Provbytorian Churh wt Ann Arhor, Mici,, whera ho towained untit ealled to Chiougo, The ohureh nt Ann Arbor was rockon- od tho fonell m el wnd baportanos in the Stato of Miciiigan,