, 1875-12-11

nsek 10 Hamilton ny special conveyance, with con-
| siderable munryin their poHHesHfon. hesito what
they sIssnt freely. John fonng's hoota lifted cx-
! aesly to tho wel-RnoHn fontpetnta; and a now
photograph Of herse1f which q prostitute had
given hun in tho evening WAS founsl in his
pocket stained with boot1. In his brothers
possessl1n weEo kuife. bunch Of koya, hnn.l-
| kerotief. and !ottcr. also ncwly stair,od with
held for sral md II looks vctY n,uclI slf Iohn
| woil,l 10 llnngcfi. Public opinion hcronuRy IL
| nuoE excited, tnasnucl Al Tho tAx hdmlni<tfa-
tiun Ut jnslfce In Hamilton has Tor son,s TINA
ra4t bred All utsor contempt OF law anl 1aige
increase OF grave crlsne
| 4 n1NANT1C aWINDLE.
| ~. LaHss ft,H<s, ihf. l..
| II II c1nimetl that the c1Htenco Of hrasy
Land ling was brought tn light recently by tho
| Investigations Of tho Grand Jury Of HIIannnn
County, this Rtato. Tint hndy, on Saturday
lnst rolurnol indictments against throo parties.
| two Ut tliom residents OF tllis city, charging
opesatlonn, extending over period ot searH, by
which variona pnrt1eH have becn dofEau'lod ont
| Of millions pf doIlarH.
Tho indictments nro against Dr.. Thomas X.
ton. Tue tnat-nsmol gont1oman claims to be m
English subject, with !ltB residence IN Mn1iches-
Ter. fnE, but hc epentle considerable titna IN
this city. and is expected ilors in abort time
! lia return from a visit to England.
| CaVlnseR OIL tho Indictments mentioned wore
received by 8horiH Thomas Yesterday, hut l,e ro-
| fnacA to ntrsHt Hnfnun md n.eila,n IN tho
ground that tho County Marshal Hah tic proper
! therefore returned to shannon County TO 10
nla1o out hnd sent tack directed to Tho County
| Mafsl,at.
The parties naned, In connection with ot11ots.
! aa appeara from Testimony. ndducod bofoto tho
| Btannon County urai,l Jury, it Ia charged,
formed ring some tive years aro for she H5s-
| tenatic forging Of deeds to lands in Northern
h1kansas and Southern Missouri: Tho hing, In
addition to tho parties Interested hero iB sail to
| have sgonciea Established In Cincinnati, Pitts
burg, Philadelphia, Hew York. and Manchester,
| England. Sumo OF tho agencies II II alleged
have det,e an ekec!lsnt business. and i Ia oftt-
n'sted That tho Ring has forged and diaposcd Of
son1o 825, ,000, QUO OF s30. .000, ,1G0.
It iB woll-known fact that tho greater part OF
t,p land IN tho territory to which tho operations
Of the Ring havc besn confined In owned by non-
residents, WHO pay listIo Or no attention 70 their
claims, and frequently neglect to pay tho taxos
! dno on tho eano fos yoara, anil much Of It is
| yoariy notd by rcnpon OF nnnapasrnont Of tArcs.
Another fact that gteatly favored tho opera-
ties of the territory around wero very senorally
destroyed during the lAta Civil War.
| The modo Of operation pursued by tho Ring
eoo1ns to hnro been to got possession OF tho
yahrly delinquent tax-llet Of thcso countias.
From tl,cso lisls was obtained information
concerning tho land upon which taxes were
not paid, aud 1t waA deomod quite safo to
| coucludo TINT tho parties owning tbe land
uorc not watcllful OF their intorcBts. Forged
deeds wrro mnLo to suct1 lands, showing titlcs
through Beveral fictitious paftlcH. Tbn locd5
| wsre lngonio,1aly drawn, having tho propor ap-
| acknowledgement taken In due form before David
=. BiRhatn, Notary Public for St. Louis County.
Tho docds wero also rroporly recorded In tho
counties whore tho land 1ios, and hAvo tho ap-
pcarauco OF bciug genuine in eyory rospect.
Whenever parties ,eBtrod abstracts OF titles they
| obtai,ol thcm iu duo form, showing tho chotu
Of titto RAINING back through successive parties
! to tho Gpvorninont. In some uases dootia were
! forged to lauds Occupied but ~ a rafo tho ling
confined its operations to tho lands of non-rasi-
dents. which ,gcro unoecupel. No oauaplcion at
out tho abatracts Of tttlea, IA shoy have almply
| followed tho records aa thoy apponr, ln making
ont tho Chains Of titia.
Tho forged dcods havo bcon eold all ovor tho
I.Awton has operated principally in England. Ne
| Ia said to bo sharp operator md nos yictimtzci
hIs conuttynon ont Of many thousands at dol
lat8 Que OF Lis fayoyite r!sna was to form
cuo1,os TO settle in cerlsin localities In Mfssouri
| whora ha represented ho owned immense tracts
of land. 1le would sell of sa far az possible, re-
sarY!ue for buuse]f = larre tract In the pronosei
settlement. After completing his saIos. anu
i1Bt prior TO tho titno sok for Tho COLONY to fa-
part for their now homos. Nrr. IaWko,1 wonid
| bnS Soma pretenses for nbAn5on;nv tho pehemn.
Numbers Of tteab tloeds havn benn grcbangaI
for property In other tatcs, tbo latter being so
for csah at runs below tho real ynIuo, Ti.o
doeds Ronora!r call Tor quarter and bnlf sections,
With Tia cunaidaratton s7h0 and III '6Gt1.
Another mode resortcd tooiu dlsposinR OF tile
,lacds, waa to leava tta nnmo Of TIC grantee
blank snIl botrow on them viii, thn unio1atan.l.
1ug that II 1t Was not renafd In snecitini time
tho leudor ahoud have {ho rtcht to iii tha tlank
Viii, bis name, Aa liz dead Called for land. tGo
consideration for vhlcl, vas mentioned in tlo
decd 10 be two Or thttb tirbop xreatnf than tho
aum dosirod 81 loan, it IL oayy to sac that con-
sidorablo money could TO resixaI ia thin vay,
Tho ooerat1oue OF lie ling have besn s,,a.
pootod for some tiao. Int Tue indictments tueu-
| i{onod sre the first TINT hnye t,oan retnrnad
aeaust any Of tho suapcoted patties. In Auruet
last, Ilarinon aud Lawson woro arrested ID
Yhannou county. On lilo charre OF imnIlcat,on
in ti,oso frslis: TheT wero fonnd + p,isy % be fora
q Justire Of the paaoo. Ut their preliminary ex.
animation, anI sent to iaii. Thsy vero Trans
forrod to the fai1 in pont Co,nty. Az That of
Shauuou County VIVA rot dnauied a aocusc
a.tuo.ure where sIoy sucoooded in effectIng
tboir ve!oase on a writ Of habosa cornt1e. At Tia
| lima Of thn srrest NJ tin harttea 1nrtv.scsnn