Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-02-28 | Page 4 | Pitchfork Tillman's Name Used in an Adroit Swindle

pitchfork tillmans name used in an adroit swindle washington rising in the senate to a question of privilege senator tillman on wednesday made complaint of the use of his name in connection with efforts to sell railroad grant lands landa in the northwest which chic h might be affected by the inquiry he has haa ha a set bet on toot concerning such lands ile he said his attention had been called to a very adroit scheme of swindling in which his name was used as aa a decoy and that letters had bad come from connecticut wisconsin virginia and michigan