Salt Lake Herald | 1887-05-28 | Page 16 | A Game That Didn't Win

A Game That Didnt WinSome Win-Some two or three individuals employed em-ployed at S S Jones kilns at Mill Fork conceived the idea a few days ago of jumping the land on which Mr Jones has erected property at a cost ef some thousands of dollars They had ascertained ascer-tained by some means that there was a slight defect in the title They went to Salt Lake interviewed the land office authorities for the purpose of securing the title to themselves but they found no one that would assist them in the execution of their despicable scheme They simply had their labor for nothing We understand they tried to work a scheme of blackmailing on Mr Jones imagining they were about to secure quite a bonus by way of a compromise com-promise Enquirer