Ray and a friend, Clemence Rawley, had been cruising the 40,000-sq.-ft. North Dallas mansion of Clint Murchison Jr., former owner of the Dallas Cowboys, former wealthy person and one of the most notable of the oil-rich to go belly-up when the slump hit Texas three years ago. November 21, 1963. an inside job planned from the very top years in advance. Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. Murchison and his wife, Anne, have moved to more modest quarters where he has around-the-clock nursing care. Ms. Brown was with LBJ at. She was flatly rejected. ''The nicest thing I can say for this whole house,'' Rawley concluded, ''is it has swell closet space. . Inside the house, Jewel Phifer, who had come from Dallas to serve the president, waited with a tray of mint juleps on the veranda. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Like Lupes late husband, Hall is tall, handsome, sophisticated, and very much a cowboy. An auctioneer`s assistant did not know whether the system extended into the eight mosaic-tiled bathrooms. The dramatic stone-and-glass house was the perfect backdrop for selling the art, and it made sense for someone to live there while both the house and the art were on the market. Fishing guide Ted Mathews (left) looks on. '', Eileen Ray and Clemence Rawley had come to see how a legend lived. Clinton Williams Murchison, the son of John Weldon Murchison and Clara Lee Murchison, was born in Dallas, Texas, on 11th April, 1895. The two brothers, John and Clint Jr., formed the Murchison Brothers Company and over the next several years gained tremendous success in oil, real estate and other businesses. President Roosevelt reels in a 77-pound tarpon as fishing guide Barney Farley (right) and Roosevelts son Elliott (black shirt) haul the fish aboard. stung me that he would be this involved in knowing where the President of the
The bedrooms, done in excellent simplicity, were deluxe, noted Roosevelts aide, Gen. Edwin Pa Watson, offering every comfort.. media mogul. Most of these works by major 20th-century artists. had this deep voice and he said, 'after tomorrow those S.O.B. With Lupes thick address book in hand, Hall started with the very richand oftentimes titledfrom around the world: Englands Princess Michael of Kent; Romes Father Allen Duston, Patron of the Arts at the Vatican Museum; Australias Lady June Porter; as well as celebrities Phyllis George Brown; Cliff Robertson; and Phyllis Diller. Having had her own (and LBJ's illegitimate) son and nanny disappeared by Johnson's
before the assassination. He brought the government to an indignant standstill with a bill to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court to revive New Deal legislation that had been ruled unconstitutional. "They had this lodge.outside of Dallas and they would meet there.he
One feature that most of the potential bidders didn`t see was the elaborate audio-video security-lighting-drapery system that Murchison had installed. Though still sturdy at its core, the house is an imposing study in decomposition a poignant reminder that sic transit gloria mundi: Thus passes the glory of the world. Murchison and his wife, Anne, have moved to more modest quarters where he has around-the-clock nursing. But medium-priced art in the $1,000 to $10,000 range is not doing well.. Hunt really controlled what actually
They started the Dallas Cowboys football franchise and built Cowboys' Stadium. But along with the commissions he would be paid, the job came with an irresistible perk. And there, he invited him to continue on to Fort Worth, where Roosevelt was attending a barbecue at Ruth and Elliotts Benbrook ranch with Sid Richardson and Clint Murchison. A reflecting pool leads up to the main residence. The NFL charged Murchison $600,000 for the hand off. The Murchisons were one of the most prominent oil families in Texas, a state knee deep in them. Once a generator was installed, power tools arrived and the house rose from the land. came back to Dallas I was walking.with him.and he
With his steel leg braces under his suit, Roosevelt used his faux walk to swing down the gangplank. Hunt met met three days prior to the election - they finally cut a deal according
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Suite 2100 spinned and whitewashed). She said that among the guests were J. Edgar Hoover, Clyde Tolson, Richard Nixon, H. L. Hunt, Fred Korth, Cliff Carter, etc. other people connected to the events in Dealy Plaza, Brown felt that she was
(The property had been heavily protected by armed guards since 1981, when Lupe was robbed at gunpoint and held in the trunk of her car in her garage.). Brown was in Dallas in the day of the assassination but just as the parade
Murchison Jr. was brought up to experience the finer things in life, and this would align with how he spent his fortune. The infamous November 21, 1963 "party" at the oil baron Clint Murchison mansion in Dallas, Texas consisting of Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, H.L. The night before the Kennedy assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson met
Fish . Clint W. Jr. & John D Murchison Credit: The Denver Post Dallas Women Visit National Jewish Mrs. Ben K. Miller, left, president of the Denver Women's Committee of National Jewish Hospital, welcomes Mrs.. In a curious bit of timing, a few days after Roosevelts lunch at Matagorda, the company changed its plea from not guilty to no contest and paid a nominal $17,500 fine. of criminals from carrying out 9/11? The Potomac was geared for sedate voyaging, noted Elliott Roosevelt. If he returned, he would find his home much as it was immaculately maintained for decades by his nephew, the late Perry Bass, and by Bass sons. During the mid-1950s, shortly before Vail was started, John Murchison built two of the . Clyde Tolson, John J. McCloy, Jack Ruby, George Brown (of Brown and Root), numerous
Richardson, who would never marry, had lost several small fortunes trying to drill his way to a large one. Those present at the event included J. Edgar Hoover,
As the 25 wooded acres surrounding his Dallas mansion were about to be auctioned off, Murchison-owned Klimanorm Corp., owner of the land, filed in bankruptcy court Monday for protection from creditors. Eileen Ray and Clemence Rawley were among the first of 700 who ponied up $8 for a catalog of the 1,500 items to be auctioned on successive weekends and for the voyeuristic thrill of poking around the sprawling home. 0 MILES Larger Map Update this organization Report a problem Create a widget Submit an event Trending on A&S. Art&Seek is made possible in part by: Contact: Allie Beth Allman & Associates/Christies International Real Estate, 214-521-7355; alliebeth.com, 2023 Cond Nast. "It was a political crime for political power," said Brown as she
4-door Convertible with Jump Seats Limousine Bubble Top. Then the DMA asked Hall to give them the Rivers. An air base was built and the island was used as a bombing range. But, suffering from . In 1893, he tapped architect, A midcentury Alamo Heights home recently listed for $2.1 million was once home to one of San Antonio's most-distinguished military leaders, according, An 8,800-square-food Terrell Hills mansion built for now-retired AT&T Senior Executive Vice President Richard G. Lindner and his wife has hit the, Members of San Antonio's Ukrainian community gathered with elected officials and others Thursday in front of City Hall for a candlelight vigil, What good is it to live in Mad Men-style home without a chance to engage in some serious leisure? The chance encounter would change both of their lives. Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. From the veranda, the group moved on to lunch at the big drop-leaf table in the dining room. Fish & Wildlife Service and Felipe Prieto with the Matagorda Island Unit of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. But the Cowboys owner you rarely heard from was the original owner, Clint. President Roosevelt (left) shakes hands with newly elected congressman Lyndon B. Johnson (right) as Gov. Allan Richards, the chief decorator at Neiman Marcus, came from Dallas and filled the place with comfortable, nautical furniture. It's a jaw-dropping deposition
The highest vantage point on San Jose is still the rooftop sundeck over Richardsons bedroom. On Monday, he arrived in Galveston. Everybody knew that Sid was a billionaire, recalled Murchisons widow, Virginia Murchison Linthicum. Two days later, he was back to escort the presidential party, first to his island, San Jose, and then to Matagorda for lunch. Legendary oil magnate Clint Murchison bought 350 acres in 1930 so that his three young sons could have a little room to run around. ''I was here as a guest once,'' she said wistfully. Hall recalls an exchange with one high-profile oilman: This friend calls and says, Im interested in Ken Nolands Montana Sun. I told him the price, and he shouts into the phone, Well, goddamn, I gave it to them, and I only paid $500 for it. And I said, Well, were selling it for $100,000. And he shouts, Hell, good luck! A Lake Tahoe collector paid the full asking price. And it was at the Murchison mansion, just before Kennedy's trip to Dallas in 1963, where the fate of both LBJ and JFK would eventually be decided. But John and Lupes taste in art proved auspicious. There was no negotiating. Not even with her children. the patsy Lee Harvey Oswald dead on November 24. What he found was his second wife, Ruth, and rich locals like Richardson and Amon Carter eager to help out the son of the president. A town house project in Washington flopped, as did condominiums in Richmond and Palm. In twenty years, Clint had gone through $1.25 billion to $550 in debt. Jul 8, 2022 2:13 PM EDT FRISCO - Dallas Cowboys cornerback Everson Walls and linebacker Chuck Howley, as well as the late Dan Reeves and franchise founder Clint Murchison Jr., are among 54. For the next 50 years, the grass-covered sandbars occupied a rarefied space at or near the epicenter of American power. Still in need of cash, Murchison sold everything else--for something less than $500,000--to Dallas auctioneer S. Norman Garrett. Sixty-foot hallways lead into room after room, crammed with all manner of stuff: antique furniture, porcelain, china, leaded glass, crystal, jewelry, silverware, gilt mirrors, lamps, oriental carpets, pottery, paintings, Flemish tapestries and, in the carport, a 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow with ''78,000 miles showing.''. (G.J. Where else would they be? of the United States on Air Force One while the grief-stricken Jackie Kennedy
The family that made the Dallas Cowboys into America's team were friends with John Wayne and helped finance the first movie he ever directed.. Clint Murchison Jr. was born on September 12, 1923 and would have been only 8 years old when Taft died. Source - 21stcenturywire.com - The meeting in Dallas the night before the assassination included: H.L. After Wynne took control of American Liberty from his partner Clint Murchison, he relocated its headquarters to a rambling Mediterranean house overlooking Turtle Creek. His . I guess we`re going to be selling a little romance this weekend.''. (G.J. Hunt, an American oil tycoon, and Lyndon
Clint Murchison refused to fire coach Tom Landry after a rocky start and gave him . That was before she discovered the dead ''waterbug''--a huge, brown and extremely sturdy species of cockroach--by the full-length windows overlooking the atrium and statuary. straight from the horse's mouth. But next door on Matagorda, the elements are on the march against the legacy of Murchison and Wynne. or found dead having allegedly shot themselves five times in the head. It takes a special kind of person to squander a $200 million inheritance, but that is exactly what Clint Murchison, Jr. did. A three-story mansion in San Antonio's Monte Vista Historic District once owned by powerful oilman Clint Murchison has hit the market for $1.5 million. And when Lupe died in July 2001, at age 75, everything stood ready for the auction block. A groundbreaking interview with Madeleine Duncan Brown, now deceased, the mistress of LBJ for many years, conducted by Gaylon Ross. to arrange call girls, drugs, gambling fixes and even contract killings. "Young Goodman Brown"). Murchison was friends with Madeleine Duncan Brown, an advertising agent who would later claim to have had an extended love affair and a son with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Following the lead of his friend Murk, he bought all 21 miles of San Jose, then called St. Josephs Island or just St. Jo. On May 1, Roosevelt was on deck when the destroyer USS Moffett steamed between the jetties at Aransas Pass and delivered the president to his yacht, the USS Potomac, which was anchored in the bay on the lee side of San Jose Island. The Murchison/Wynne home on Matagorda Island is now part of a wildlife refuge. Ross had the opportunity to conduct an 80 minute sit-down interview with Madeleine
The group met for a party in Dallas hosted by Clint Murchison, another. Oil produced above the legal limit was called hot oil. From the waist up, the 55-year-old president was the picture of virility. the Kennedy's "would never embarrass me again" the night before the
The home sits on nearly three acres of land. Some guests excused themselves to freshen and change for lunch. They spent their lives as bachelors, living together, sharing a bedroom in their 54-room mansion. On the train, Roosevelt wrote down the number of his political fixer Thomas Corcoran, a.k.a. Richardson and his friend Clint Murchison Sr. played hosts to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937. Even with Halls credentials, though, selling the Murchison collection would be a difficult job. happened to John Kennedy - he and Lyndon Johnson," said Brown. ''I`ve been in my house 18 years, and I`ve replaced the carpet three times.''. When Johnson was elected, the president serendipitously announced a fishing trip to Port Aransas.