| Show BIG LAND SWINDLE gradual tf fraud in andi a may 10 the arrest ct waller marshall cowell of in land case alio result 0 an investigation begun by governor Culbert sora of texas land andrew J larker and 1 us authorities hero there are now six victims of the dwindle whose aggregate loeles are nearly i from alio tenae land it ie believed that theo arc but the beginning of tle bosc 1 leave lccy bums as laigh have been involved about alie middle of april billiani Wil liani of 10 dreen chicago wae in the washington street real detate loftice of jackson taylor aliey were discussing a real estate deal whereby sir briegs had traded property in chicago to land in 51 he and of tho alanl and defered lo 10 ob italia chicago alie next dtta sir brigge col stough ef street As a result of the introduction antro col traded property fart morgan street and at aliz the amount mr re an abstract aid a warranty yar deed the name in alie deed was thomae SI IW it denver colo the prope arty vaa certified to by attorney cowell of kenosha Ken oeha who claimed to have power of attorney from hell and cow ells teal B notary public affixed col eatough wished to inform himself the tabea on hie denly acquired property and wrote to the ou thorit iee of the counties where alie land was located pros and tom direen countice count iee in reply be learned not only that he had no title d property but that thomas SI 1 never had a title to it col applied to of texas governor placed alie matter in the hands of land a for investigation air baker looked up the reforde and found on file of letters complaining of alie swindle that stough had H wroth governor a long letter in he explain eil that the land traded purported to be in the counties named by virtue of survey to the gulf colorado asanta jc hallway company and wad mythical the town ot dunton near alleged barme were located was not on the gnap ho eaid and famce cateri alic patentee as of austin whoso notary public had liean to some of the abstracts of conveyance were mythical persons commissioner baler located alio of alio swindlers in chicago but the victims lie eaid from every abato in alie union governor culburtson forwarded bakers letter to governor altgeld and lie latter after personal investigation forwarded it a number of the names of victims to clinef of badenoch of chicago all alio papers were given to detectives elliott and alexander to make a thorough investigation meanwhile igl biad seen mr briggs who introduced him to jackson through whom alio transfer was made of his property brigga biad made a second leaf and acquired as lie thought more texas property have you p alio stough briage he biad not briggs then discovered eliat lie hati been swindled twice and eliat lie was out on property in chicago kansas city and la G range aavo to the value of ilsoon ilS jackson taylor was found and lie paved the way for alie arrest of Cowell who the pay is alie mythical M bell ol 01 denver an inquiry for further victims who it ie believed exist ii hundreds will be prosecuted until alie lime for cowells second arraignment topeka kaneai said detective alexander ill furnish ft victim dmd a man in west washington street chicago will swell the aggregate at least more in connection will alie land swindles it is a ell biad to do with hut a small portion of them the police assert eliat alie big swindlers live and maintain richly offices in chicago and while the cowell continuance is pending an effort will be made to locate them jackson taylor it entirely innocent 0 any vio lUion of the law in alio part lie biad ii the transaction by plough and briggs were swindled eaid detective alexander lie was taken in by cofelt with hia and olli cial documents the bamo a were slough and find several attorneys to I 1 submitted tp abstract a and deeds of title furnished by As ae lie learned that a fraud had been he wan foremost n us to discover ohp man for wp were searching A fair complexion comes frondi pure food aliat woman would not prefer food cooked with dr prices baking bowder |
