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Show ; OO TOUCH OF TRAQIC IN WESTERN LAND FRAUD Washington, Sept' S. A " notable western land fraud 'case came to an end today with a touch of the tragic when President Taft released one of the convicted principals from jail that he might attend the funeral of his partner who had died In a cell beside him. Will G. Comstock, vice president or the Nebraska Land. & Seeding com- ' pany, was tho man released. Bart- lott Richards, his partner, was the 1. man whose penalty to justice had been n cut short by death. II Both men lived in Ellsworth, Neb., and were convicted In 1907 of do- m fraudlng tho government of many acres of land by subornation of per- H jury of entryinen. m ' Both would have boon released this 1 month and Comstock entreated tho President to let him out to attend Richards' funeral. H |