White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-01-29
Notice.
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BlowH CounrY, STATE OF KAxsAs,1
..s December 10th, 1862.


s. December 10th, 1862.
ITO ANDREW J. ANGEL, ESQ:
L Bounty Land Warrant No. 9759, for le0
acres, issued under act Of March 3, 1855 IA the
name of Stephen A. Lowry, has been returned
to the General Land Office located in your
name, At the Land OGcs at Kickapoo, Kansas,
On the 5th day of February, 1853, in virtue Of
IN assignment purporting 70 be from Thomas
Nesbit, Jr., executed ON the 3lst Of August,
1855, in your favor, in presence of the follow
Ing Witnesses: p. B. Fowks and s. n. Kass,
and acknowledged before W. W. Roman, CLERK
Of County Court, dated August 3lst, 1858, ct
st: Clair County. Illinois. .s
This 10 to notify you, that I have fled in the
General Land Once, . 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
ffandulsntly and unlawfuily 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 is to me
unknown, by whom was invited to take
stroll about said city; that while walking with
him, We met second man, alec unknown TO
ne, with whom the first mentioned man got
produced q 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 frst, that he would bet him that
the ball was both hollow and contained o pa
par in the inside; the first admitted it to be
hollow, but proposed to bet that it did not con-
tain . paper; the second man then said he
would bet with the first man 500 or $500 that
il did contain paper, which bet seid fra: man
accepted, but saying that he had not enough
money 70 stake, asked the use Of my esid Land
Wsrrapts to add to his money. snd 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 q paper
in it, and at once snatched up said money and
Warrants aud ran away, followed by the frat
man, both of whom made their escape, since
which time have not been able to see either
CT said men; ard thus, by sad dishonest and
swiGiling practice, usually know? az the "bail
game" scid Warrant was fraudulSutly taken
from me, and afterwards an assignment there
en-, pu-pcr:ing 70 be IN my name, was forged.
also hereby Iotify you, that within sixty
days after the date of the last publication OF
this notice, to &c published for six successive
weeks, commencing December 18th, 1862,
shall epply 20 the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office to disregard and set aside, as fraud
ulsnt end 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, 50 shat if you have any good cause to
show why patent should be issued in your Ia
vor, such showing may be made ct 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 ths case, and ehell demand
the said Warrant as iny lawful property. Should
you not make such allowing, pursuant to this
notice, shall demand lie Warrant, asking tina.
your failure to answer snail be taken Pro Con-
tssso in favor Of such demand.
THOMAS EEs2ITT,-JR.
December IL, lS62-7w. Prs fee, $35.