Allred with a tall, scarecrow-thin Lyndon Johnson. Johnson was still irate when he called Madeleine Brown the morning Copyright 2023, D Magazine Partners, Inc. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. When the favors came, Johnson was quick to repay them with interest. came back to Dallas I was walking.with him.and he Hot Property: 23 Ash Bluff Lane, $8.95 Million. Both Clint Murchison Sr and his sons, Clint Jr and Dabney, gave large chunks of money to help John Wayne get The Alamo off the ground.. When Richardson learned from Elliott that the president would be fishing near Aransas, he suggested that FDR visit his and Murchisons two islands. the Kennedy's "would never embarrass me again" the night before the Clint Murchison Jr. With the support of Texas oilmen Clint Murchison and Sid Richardson, Young gains control of the big New York Central Railroad. Clint W. Murchison Sr was married twicefirst to Anne Morris (b. for Kennedy was beginning she left and began driving towards Austin, first stopping to arrange call girls, drugs, gambling fixes and even contract killings. Helen Frankenthaler, Blue Head On 1965, Migration, 1968, Nancy Graves, Pacific Ocean Floor II, 1972, Theodore Stamos, High Snow, Low Sun, 1957, 750 North St.Paul St. Photography by Allie Beth Allman & Associates/Christies International Real Estate. When Lyndon B. Johnson finally arrived, she said: Richardson, who would never marry, had lost several small fortunes trying to drill his way to a large one. Built in the early 20th century for oil magnate Clint Murchison, this grand Colonial-style manse anchors nearly three acres of lush land. For passing fishermen, the only clue to a deeper story comes when an occasional private jet descends over the bay and touches down on San Jose. By the mid-1950s, Dwight Eisenhower and his affluent inner circle believed that their friend Sid Richardson was the wealthiest man in the country. Lupe had told her three grown, very rich children that, at her death, her art would be sold and the proceeds would go to charity. The Murchison/Wynne home on Matagorda Island is now part of a wildlife refuge. They would, however, get first refusal. I never even got to first base with her in trying to sell her anything. But luck had it that Hall knew the managers of Lupes estate (two lawyers, two CPAs, and a banker), not one of whom knew a thing about art. . Hopefully they met. At the start of his second term, Roosevelt infused the two islands with the lifeblood of Washington, D.C. clout. In fact, many of John and Lupes friends looked askance at the collection. James Jimmy Allred. ''Clint Murchison is a legend here,'' Rawley said. It did not go unnoticed that the land seizure stopped at Clint Murchisons fence line. (Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association). 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. (G.J. Like Lupes late husband, Hall is tall, handsome, sophisticated, and very much a cowboy. "It was a total political crime and H.L. When they visited, Hall found himself in a very awkward position, and not just because they saw his cowboy boots and Armani suits in their mothers closets and his toiletries in her 600-square-foot bathroom. FEDERAL: 10,002 acres. She said that among the guests were J. Edgar Hoover, Clyde Tolson, Richard Nixon, H. L. Hunt, Fred Korth, Cliff Carter, etc. or found dead having allegedly shot themselves five times in the head. He was FDRs appointee as chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. One minute hes roping cattle, and the next hes calling a dealer in Paris or London to get a million-dollar painting shipped over for a client to look at, says Dallas art dealer David Dike. He was 63. stung me that he would be this involved in knowing where the President of the The massive East Texas Oil Field had been discovered in 1930. Clint Jr. and John's father were the sons of the legendary Clint Murchison Sr., who built one of the largest financial empires in the nation through his oil holdings. (A decade later, Wynne would win control of the Matagorda property in a coin toss. ''Something about a person`s residence makes it more appealing. RON HALL WAS RECENTLY WIDOWED and had retired from the art world when he was offered the chance to sell one of the largest private collections of contemporary art in America. would go as the vice president.this came from the horse's mouth way back Bronzed from the Texas sun, he reached to give Richardson a firm handshake. Walls papered with a delicate sylvan motif and detailed millwork lend this dining room a sophisticated air. "Had the assassination not happened the day that it did, Lyndon It was the rare occasion when a Hunt squared off against a Murchison, but when it finally happened, in Lamar's and Clint's pursuit of an NFL team for Dallas, all Texas paid attention. (G.J. As boys in the East Texas town of Athens, they picked peaches at Richardsons fathers orchard. behind the assassination of JFK was exposed. Screens kept out the mosquitoes yet allowed the sea breeze to waft through the one-story mansion. The last flickering image of John Wayne faded decades ago. Still, she made a last-ditch effort to do something to help the museum. Three weeks before election day, checks rained down on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from Clint Murchison, Sid Richardson, Perry Bass and their friends. Her first book, "THE MURCHISONS: The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty," was published in 1989. Hopefully Following the lead of his friend Murk, he bought all 21 miles of San Jose, then called St. Josephs Island or just St. Jo. Clint W. Murchison Sr. and Sid W. Richardson spent their boyhood years together in Athens and remained very close friends until the end of Richardson's life in 1959. Clint Senior, the one LBJ knew, lived 80 miles away from John near Athens, Texas. . the Kennedy's "would never embarrass me again" the night before the For FDR, its virtue was that it was metal. In the official log of the trip, Pa Watson wrote simply, The party had a grand time at table lots of fun., From left: An unidentified man, President Roosevelts son Elliott, President Roosevelt, Dudley Golding and Sid Richardson preparing to leave Richardsons dock for a tour of San Jose Island. Sid explained to the president that he was going to roll him down, recalled fishing guide Barney Farley, who was there with the president. The group met for a party in Dallas hosted by Clint Murchison, another. After Wynne took control of American Liberty from his partner Clint Murchison, he relocated its headquarters to a rambling Mediterranean house overlooking Turtle Creek. finally agreed that Lyndon (File photo). 7 BEDROOMS 7 BATHROOMS 2 HALF-BATH 18,600 SQ. The president came ashore exactly once. But next door on Matagorda, the elements are on the march against the legacy of Murchison and Wynne. Shafts of light penetrate the rotted ceiling where Billy Graham slept. As the Saltaire pulled slowly away, the president maneuvered in on its stern and followed several miles to the San Jose dock. They called me and said, We dont know what to do with all this stuff. The estate managers had first offered the job to Sothebys auction house in New York. When they got to a fence, theyd go right through it and keep grazing.. The night before the Kennedy assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson met He had received a list of oilmen who had contributed to the Democratic National Committee in 1935. Clinton Williams Murchison, Sr. (April 11, 1895 - 20 June 1969), was a noted Texas-based oil magnate and political operative. the world's media watching over 40 years ago - what would stop the same lineage mafia kingpins, several newspaper and TV reporters, and Richard Nixon. Donated by Ruth Eidson, formerly Ruth Roosevelt, to the FDR Library; Archival film of Lyndon Johnson on San Jose Island, LBJ Library; Clint: A Biography, by Ernestine Orrick Van Buren, 1986; A Rendezvous with Destiny, by Elliott Roosevelt and James Brough, 1975; Fishing Yesterdays Gulf Coast, by Barney Farley, 2002; The Path to Power, by Robert A. Caro, 1981, 1982; Life on Matagorda Island, by Wayne H. McAlister, 2004; The Big Rich, by Bryan Burrough, 2009; The Murchisons, by Jane Wolfe, 1989, Five days after Pearl Harbor, Dwight Eisenhower boarded a train at Dallas Union Station and was invited to the drawing room of Sid Richardson. had been shot and immediately thought to call Lou Sterrett , who was an Austin Wearing a dark, short-sleeved shirt, Roosevelt reached around their shoulders. 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. They started the Dallas Cowboys football franchise and built Cowboys' Stadium. Richardson was taller and more talkative, with a limp he worked to conceal. After the meeting, the governor dispatched a message to Lyndon Johnson. When Johnson was elected, the president serendipitously announced a fishing trip to Port Aransas. 's will never embarrass Madeleine Brown first spoke publicly on the matter in 1992, in a television interview for A Current Affair. By John Werner Tribune-Herald staff writer. To the south is Port Aransas, a postcard beach town where fishing yachts and sailboats mingle in the harbor. Soaring tray ceilings, floors of harlequin marble, and expansive public spaces make the home ideal for elegant entertaining, while well-appointed private quartersincluding a master suite, study, and media roomlend the spacious dwelling a sense of warmth and comfort. On deck, two stout sailors made a bosuns chair with their arms. Lupe offered the Big House to the DMA. Read now, Video Editors: David Guzman and Alan Peppard. 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. Duncan Brown and from that lengthy discussion the truth about exactly who was In going through paperwork, he discovered mention of a $350,000 Larry Rivers paintingbut he couldnt find the piece. He has sold several. The benediction continued when the president invited LBJ to ride with him in his private railcar to College Station. With Richardson behind the wheel, Ruth Roosevelt sat in the back and sipped a soft drink. Clint Murchison Jr.: $1.4 billion inheritance Clint Murchison Jr. was bequeathed a bumper $200 million when his oil tycoon father died in 1969. In addition, he used the following sources: Part 2: A fortress of power built to last, Part 3: Toddie Lee Wynne and the reach for the stars. How He Became One of the Largest Bankruptcy Cases in the US "They all went in to this conference room..Lyndon didn't stay that other people connected to the events in Dealy Plaza, Brown felt that she was before the assassination. On Nov. 21, he was living in East Texas at his Glad. 21st 1963, the night before the assassination. Convention, at which John F. Kennedy was elected as presidential candidate with with Dallas tycoons, FBI moguls and organized crime kingpins - emerging from Dallas, Texas 75201. Murchison, was one of the earliest settlers to arrive in Athens and established the first bank in Henderson County in 1890. Murchison, control of the bank passed to his sons. ''It`s too sad,'' she said. made the remark, 'we may have lost a battle but we're going to win a war,' and Johnson would have probably gone to prison - they would have gotten rid of him 9/11 Commission Report. The name was his pugnacious reaction to proration laws that set limits on how much oil could be produced from wells in the East Texas field. Now I like this boy and youre going to help him with anything you can.. Four miles later, they turned onto his ranch road. He was 63 years old. (Courtesy Murchison Collection) In the early. Much of it was enormous in size and cutting-edge contemporary. . If they wanted any of it, they would have to buy it from her estate. much in the meeting and when he came out.he grabbed me by the arm and he On the dock stood Gov. ''I`m stunned,'' she murmured, ''I`m just stunned. 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. . He was interested in defending and upholding the private enterprise system, particularly for the oil and gas industry. on issues which can't definitively be proven either way (or at least can be Hunt, an American oil tycoon, and Lyndon (Courtesy Murchison Collection). mapped out a strategy to kill Kennedy. And he has done well by her. 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. "It was a political crime for political power," said Brown as she Cowboys connection: Clint Murchison was the father of Dallas Cowboys co-founder Clint Murchison Jr. Glen Abbey was created on [] Everyone in Dallas wants to see this house.''. Florence Art Gallery, in business for 30 years, closed in June. He built a mansion in Houston during the Depression and justified it as a civil enterprise, bringing jobs to hundreds of . Hall spent the first month just trying to figure out what was in the collection. Deadline Extended: D CEOs Commercial Real Estate Awards, Submit Your Transactions to D CEOs Deal Ticker. Hunt) and H.L. Then read the Friday morning Houston newspapers for, answer is "no". Those obscure artists whose work they bought in the 50s and 60s turned into superstars. The burly oilman hopped off his boat and was escorted to the back of the ship and into a new milieu presidential politics. Johnson would have probably gone to prison - they would have gotten rid of him By contrast, the president took to Richardson immediately. Johnson hatched the assassination plot. "And he said 'well they just shot that S.O.B'". The rest of the party boarded Richardsons boat and a Potomac tender. It has four refrigerator-freezers, three sinks and two dishwashers. Then the DMA asked Hall to give them the Rivers. Copyright 2023, D Magazine Partners, Inc. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. 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. Brown described Ruby as the "in man" in Texas who could be trusted Alan Peppard of The Dallas Morning News reviewed Bryan Burrough's best-selling book in the March 1 issue of The News. No power lines connect them to the grid. While selling the collection, Hall could live in Lupes $7.5 million contemporary home in Addison, on 12 acres of rolling lawn, dotted with dinosaur-sized sculptures, bound by wooded creeks. "And he said 'well they just shot that S.O.B'" McCarthy/Staff Photographer). The only way to get President Roosevelt out of the boat and into his wheelchair on San Jose Island was to bring the boat alongside a chute used to load and unload livestock. "Young Goodman Brown"). Clint Murchison, Jr. Duncan Brown and from that lengthy discussion the truth about exactly who was By 1987, Clint Murchison had sold his mansion and lived in a standard middle-class house with his wife Anne. Brown said that in the immediate aftermath of the convention Hunt and Johnson The reason I mention this is to show that those who would claim Clint Jr. hosted the party, such as Barr McClellan, are wrong, since Murchison Convention, at which John F. Kennedy was elected as presidential candidate with Burks two older brothers, John and Clint Jr., would eventually be on the cover of Time magazine, portrayed as financial wizards, owners of the Dallas Cowboys. Although too polite to say so publicly, she had long thought the DMAs collection second-rate and its public relations worse. President Roosevelt (left) shakes hands with newly elected congressman Lyndon B. Johnson (right) as Gov. about two years prior to the assassination of John Kennedy.". Ron has a tremendous eye for art, and he treats people fairly. Such praise (and much envy) is echoed throughout Dallas art community. The younger Clint Murchison filed for bankruptcy a year later, reportedly with $150 million in debts. It changed the trajectories of Lyndon Johnson and Dwight Eisenhower and put them on the road to the White House, and it cast Murchison and Richardson as the first oilman kingmakers. Outside the debate of magic bullets, multiple shooters and grassy knoll Carlos Don Stultz convicted in two murders signed confessions but now insists hes innocent. John Murchison and his brother Clint Murchison Jr. were the first owners of the Dallas Cowboys. Corcoran believed that businessmen rarely contributed enough money to political campaigns to have any true influence. Clint William Murchison Jr., (September 12, 1923 in Dallas, Texas-March 30, 1987) was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team. Brown was in Dallas in the day of the assassination but just as the parade Land owned by Roosevelts luncheon host and all of Richardsons San Jose Island went untouched. 's will never embarrass Clint Murchison Jr. was born on September 12, 1923 and would have been only 8 years old when Taft died. The Murchison estate also included what the family called the "Big House," a 22,000-square-foot mansion that Clint Sr. built and which Lupe abandoned in 1998, when she completed her house. Murchison was the wealthy son of a successful Texas oilman, graduating from Duke and earning a master's degree from MIT. Among his companies was the Southern Union Company. In the 1920s, they teamed up as lease hounds in the oil fields. Now, Lyndon, of course its a bunch of [expletive], this plan, former state Sen. Alvin Wirtz advised him, but if youll flow with it, Roosevelts friends will support you.. he said 'you know what this is?' He did not drink much but he held respect for no person. 1898, d. 1926). and it's the biggest JFK smoking gun there is - despite the fact that it has It takes a special kind of person to squander a $200 million inheritance, but that is exactly what Clint Murchison, Jr. did. Richardsons first meeting with the president was brief and pleasant. Before the jets, there were yachts. Two days later, he was back to escort the presidential party, first to his island, San Jose, and then to Matagorda for lunch. John Murchison's wife Lupe did not want the house because it was designed in the very gawdy style of the Texas oil baron, ie in poor taste. He slept below decks in a stateroom that few admirals would have looked at twice.. Clint W. Murchison, Sr. was born April 11, 1895, in Tyler to John W. and Clara (Williams) Murchison. He displayed the kinetic workswhich are in the style of Alexander Calderat Lupes house. Email: editor@lookingglassnews.org. mafia kingpins, several newspaper and TV reporters, and Richard Nixon. (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.). Murchison could monitor virtually every room through remote cameras and microphones. His 27-year-old wife, Anne, had died suddenly of a mysterious liver disease. he said 'you know what this is?' The case of Zackary Filip, once named Soldier of the Year, illustrates the clash of military and medical cultures within Warrior Transition Units. Some guests excused themselves to freshen and change for lunch. to John Currington (an aide to H.L. Everybody knew that Sid was a billionaire, recalled Murchisons widow, Virginia Murchison Linthicum. For the next 50 years, the grass-covered sandbars occupied a rarefied space at or near the epicenter of American power. Im surprised she survived the trip down, Roosevelt joked when he first saw the ship at anchor. Those present at the. Murchison, Jr. squandered his inheritance of nearly 200 million dollars and was forced to sell assets to repay debts of 500 million. If that name sounds familiar, it may be. 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. In the tradition of the Florentine arts patrons of the Renaissance, Lupe and John used to sponsor young artists from around the country, paying their rent and buying their works when they were getting started.
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