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Show !? j WOMAN ARRESTED FOR j ALLEGED LAND FRAUDS CHICAGO. April 2. Mrs. Emma I, i Watson of Portland, Or., waa arrested t? toduy by officers of tho Federal Secret f, Service on a chargo of being lmpll- o cated In land swindles In Oregon. G According to the officials the Gov- T eminent has. been defrauded out of thousands of dollarB by tho operations J1 i of a gang of uwlndlors. r( Mrs. Watson, who Is alleged to be also tl known na Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Puter, tl waa arreBted after being traced from to tho Pacific coast to Chicago. ' It Ik charged that Bho was aided in V ' her efforts to elude capture by S. A. D. Puter, an alleged member of the gang w. who waa Indicted by tho Federal grand if. Jury at Portland, Or., in April, 1903, of along with Mrs. Watson, Marc Ware of and Horace F. McKlnley. |