Nebraska advertiser., 1867-03-14

plat. when Mr.. Barrel said 10 Mr.. Bed.
ford that be 'had better wait until Mr..
Jamison, the Receiver. should come IN"
Then waiteda short time until Dir. jam
ison, the Receiver Of the Land Office,
came in and then Mr. Bedford, the Reg
ister, took down the plat and showed me
The tract above named. l then examined
and found that there was no entry on
said tract except the pencil mark note
made thereon by Mr. Dorsey when | had
applied TO him last Winter, as above
stated. When / saw that 40 entry had
been made.on The tract except said pencil
mark by Mr.. Dorsey, | remarked that
The land swas vacant but Mr.. Jamison,
the Receiver Of the Land Office, said
"that he had made application for said
tract of land himself" and &JamIsOn,
The Receiver then asked me how much
| would give MIN for the land. / told
him | was a poor man and could not pay
much. | would pay the Government
price, but could not afford to pay much
more. / then looked al the plat again,
aud told him that il could not be true that
he Jamison had entered the land but
that it was surely vacant. Mr. Jamison,
the Receiver, replied that be had made
his application on il and that be would
keep IT." / then told Mr.. Jamison, the
Receiver, that it was hard that / should
lose my improvements on the land and
MY labor thereon /; and ! told him thai
rather than pay more lhan the Govern
ment price | would move my improve.
menls off of the land. Mr.. Jamison. the
Receiver, then went and whispered to
Mr.. Barrel, the Hian who is in the Land
Office, and who is engaged in selling
Land Warrants and Scrip, as above
stated, and Mr.. Barrett, after talking in
whispers to Mr.. JamisOn, the Receiver,
called me out of the Office and privately
asked me If wished 10 get the matter
fixed up to-day so thai | could get the
land" | replied that | did. He Bar
ret) then asked me how much | would
give him to arrange the matter so that |
could get the land. / Iold him (Barret)
that | was a poor man and had lost some
of my property but that | could give
him a couple of Dollars. He (Barret)
then said that he would ~'setIle It for me
If ] would give him twenty-five Dollars"
| told him that / could not give that much
bat would rather move my Improvements
off of the land. He then lett me and |
came away from the Land Office.
About a quarter of an hour afterwards
| again went to the Land Office and asked
the Register, MI. Bedford, TO let me file
a declaratory statement for said land
under the p%re.empiion law. Mr.. Bedford
refused TO let NE file such declaraiory
statement, as be said Mr.. Jamison, the
Receiver, had entered II. ! told him hat
ever if Mr.. Jamison, the Receiver, had
entered it, | had a right 10 fle, being a
settler on the land el the lime Jamison
claimed TO have entered il. During this
conversation Mr.. Jamison. the Receiver.
said TO Mr.. Bedford, the Register: Bed.
ford, if you receive this mans declara-
tory statement / won't receive the money
on ii, and you can take the declaratory
statement and stick it in your a.. and
you and the declaratory statement can
60 to h-ll together. Since the thing
has gene so far / am going TO have that
piece 10 spite of h-ll or have a fight"
At this time | examined the plat and
found that said tract. tO.wit the N. w.
quarter of section Is, township 5, north
of range IL, east, had been, during the
interval between the time | made my ap.
plicaiion this morning, and the time when
| returned to the office after the few
minutes absence as aforesaid, the said
tract had been written over with red ink.
/ then left said office and have not been
there since.
know that at the time / made my APP
pliCation To enter said tract this morning
the tract was vacant so far as the plat
showed and l am confident in fact that
at the time | made said application SAID
land was vacant, that said Jami@n had
made no entry of said land, and that his
pretence that be had done SO was made
for the purpose of extorIing monny from
me. Signed,
GEORGE MEIER.
Subscribed in my presence and scern to
before me this 9Th dag Of March, II. D.
1867. Sigaed,
VIM H. HOOVER, Co. C1k.