White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-01-22

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December 10Th; 1862
THO ANDREW ]. ANGEL, ESQ.
l. Bounty Land Warrant No. 9759. for 60
acres, Issued under act Of March 5, 1856, in he
name Of Stephen A. Lowry, has been returned
to the General Land Office located in your
name, At the Land Ofics at Kickapoo, Kansas,
on the 5th day of February, 1859, in virtue OF
an assignment purporting to be from Thomas y.
Nesbit, Jr., executed on the 3lst of Aupust.
1858 in your favor, in presence of the foilov'
ing Witnesses: p. B. FoWke and s. M. Kase.
and acknowledged before w. W. Roman, CIerk
Of County Court, dated August 3lst, 1858, at
st. Clair County, Illinois.
This is to notify you, that have fled 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
fraudulsntly and unlawfulIy 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 ZANE then
was, ever since hath been, and still is to me
unknown, by whom l was invited to take a
stroll about said city; that while walking with
him, We met 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
bali was returned to said second man, who pro-
posed to the first, that he would bet him that
the ball was both hollow and contained pa
par in the inside; the first admitted it TO be
hollow, but proposed to bet that it did not con-
tain q paper; the second man then said he
would bet with the first man 500 or $500 that
it did contain paper, which bet said first man
accepted, but saying that he 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 it 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 taeir 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 "ball
game" said Warrant was fraudulently taken
from me, and afterwards an assignment there
on, purporting 10 be in my name, was forged.
also hereby notify you, that within sixty
days after the date of the last publication of
this notice, to be publishe- for six successive
weeks, commencing December 18th, 1862, l
shall apply TO the Commissioner of the General
Land Ctfce to disregard and set 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
ment, so that if you have any good cause to
show why patent should be issued in your ia
vor, such showing may be made at the office
at Washington City, D. c., on or be-
fore the time above mentioned, as shall claim
an adjudication upon my application by said Of
fee on the merits of the case, and shall demand
the said Warrant as my lawful property. Should
you no: make such showing, pursuant to this
notice, shall demand the Warrant, asking that
your failure to answer shall be taken Pro Con-
jess0 in favor of such demand.
THOMAS NESBITT, JR.
December IL, lS62-7w. Prs fee, S35.