White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-01-15
Notice.
Notice.
BRowH COUNT, STATE OF KANSAS
December 10th, 1862.

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BRown COUNT, STATE OF KASsAs,}
December 10th, 1862.
,T71O ANDREW J. ANGEL, ESQ:
l. Bounty Land Warrant No. 9759. for 100
acres, issued under act of March 3. 1855, in the
name Of SteDhen A. Lowry, has been returned
to the General Land Office located in your
name, At the Land ofice at Kiekapoo. Kansas.
on The 5th day OF February, 1859. in virtue Of
an assignment purporting to be from Thomas
Nesbit, Jr.. executed on the 3lst of August,
1853. in your favor, in presence of the follow
ing witnesses: p. B. FOwke end s. NJ. Kase,
and acknowledged before W. W. Roman, Clerk
Of County Court, dated August 3lst, 1858, at
st. Clair County, Illinois.
This is to notify you, that have filed in the
General Land Office, q caveat under oath, in
which declare that am the actual owner of
said Warrant, and that have never sold,
transferred, or assigned the same, or authorized
any other person to sell or assign it for me, or
in my name, and that said Land Warrant was
fraudulently and unlaw fully taken from me,
under the following circumstances: On the 18th
Of August. 1858, with said Warrant and one
other. was in the city Of st. Louis, Missouri,
on my way West to locate said Warrants On
that day fell in with man whose lame then
was, ever since hath been, and still 10 to me
unkno, n, BY whom was invited to take
stroll about said city; that while walking with
him, We met q second man, also unknown to
me, with whom the first mentioned man got
into conversation; soon after. the second man
produced metallic ball, which the first pro.
ceeded to open and examine; soon after, the
ball was returned to said second man, who pro-
posed to the first, that he would bet him that
said ball was both hollow and contained q pa.
per in the inside; the first admitted it to be
hollow, but proposed to bet that il did not con-
tain paper; the second man then said he
-ould bet with the first man 500 or $500 that
it did contain paper, which bet said first man
accepted, but sewing that lie had not enough
money to stake, asked The use Of my said Land
Warrants to add to his money, and with these
make the bet; handed him the Warrants,
when they, with the money, were placed on
the ground. when the second man proceeded to
open said ball, and declared that il had paper
in it, and at once snatched up said money and
Warrants and ran away, followed by the first
man, both of whom made their escape, since
which time have not been able to see either
of said men; and thus, by said dishonest and
swindling practice, usually known as the 81 ball
game" said Warrant was fraudulently taken
from me, and afterwards an assignment there
on, purporting to be in my nams, was forged.
also hereby notify you, that within sixty
days after the date Of the last publication of
this notice, to be publishel for six successive
weeks, commencing December Ilth, 1862,
shall apply 20 the Commissioner of the General
Land Office to disregard and Sc. aside, as fraud.
ulent and void, the assignment of said Warrant
to you. and will file proof of the facts annexed
in the foregoing as to the validity of the assign
nent, so that if you have any good cause to
show why patent should be issued in your IA
yOr, such showing NAV he made ut the of;ca