, 1875-04-16
r. X. TURNER,


effect tuat Rodolrhus X. Turner, dealer ia a.
leeod bogus laud titles, who Ia under touds OF
s5.oc0 to answer At the Criminal Court f.r pub.
liahins $50 forged tleodn, had acd u Mexico.
THO Information. It is anLd, camc from ope Of
Turner's aseoc1ates, man who Ia Supposed to
DO IN h!a contldonco and 10 know his movements.
aud this circumstance Was nccop:cd by mauy ~
conclusive eyi1cnce of hta Eight. Il In
coltain that he has loft the city, but whether
With tho intention Of remaining avay permanently
and thereby escaping possible toru, OF i'm
p,laoumens in the poultoutiAry, Ii doubted by
fow, s!nea lie Is not required 10 appsar In tho
Criminal Court until tic first M,uIav in Nav,
hndia At Liberty 10 go whers he 1.loascs unti
that time. His disappearance Ia not considered
Of nuoh Significance at present BY the NJ tho, lsior
as they consider hfs surety, Prof Turner, of
Jacksonville, responsible for tho asnaunt Of tho
iecoGuiranca. Tbot havs no control over him
now, and II he hhs inleod run ava7, hls father
atouo will either lavo to fesca him back or
shoul1sF tho consequences resulting from for
{eituEe Of tho bond.
The oyldonce adGuced a9auat Turner bcforo
justlco Haines wAa regarded by tbs attorneys
10r tho prosecution as sufficient to establish their
caso but 1t seops that Hill, CAitsea. or Patto,,
wero not called upon to repeat taoir testimony
tefore tho Gsaud jury, who found tr,e oiiI
by thcin. aB TAT as Enown,' was
tAME8 nEKp.
tho nAn who prepared tue deeds under which It
Is clalEe3 Tnsner claimed Ito tu thu land. lie,
u sppcata, turned 6tate's evidence {without
doubt to llRhton bis Own punishment, though It
is understood 10 promises wore made llim), mud
swore that ho had not only n,aio deeds for Tur.
ner repeatedly u bns bad gotten up tho identical
ones hIcl On tho Hyde Park and Boulevard prop
erty. tho sau!pg aud uttcriug Of which wefo spe.
ciaca!ly charged upon Turner. II this be trne.
his conviction is probably beyond question, and
4enco bis Rudden departure may have bc.n
prompted BY = desire to avoid tho responsibility
cf hie alleged crime.
At tho preliminary examination hr. Erett
stated positively that bia client would appear.
and Turner hmso!f supplemented h,s counsel's
sreech with another. IN which he announced /.
to he his Intention to "recover tho land In dis
pute," thus int,mat1ng toat 10 would 10 present
whom wanted. whother Lls bull was 11ej ut
high Or q low figure.
Iakfuk those assurances into confederation.
aud the fact that he Ia his 1naater until tho
Court, It would be
UNFAIR TO TURNER
to place tco much rslaanro upsn tho rumorn
ano. therefore, judgm.nt saauld DO held in absy-
hncs until the 81 nfo1imo.
ONE OTHER FACT
should be stated IN connection with this alleged
gnug Of deo1 forEeFs, aud 1t s this: Certain uicn
10 Chicago havt tomohow or other Obtained liz
AHIHAkinu TGE1Ill1lE Il8 CQmIaIEttf or 8uDpa4eA
reputable citIzons Of this city In tue handling II
bogus ttttcs. and Aro making uso Of their knoxl-
ocGo for tue purpose Of oxtortng b1acktuail Thcso
ao-callcd reputable iand.o xueia and real-esssto
dealers are said 10 ho disgorging liborally with
the view Of shutting leeds mouth. lo having
an acquaiutsnoeehIp with titles In Cook and
other couuties, which, Ii j,yuiged, would pro.
duco tho profounadst sensation, mud knock sun-
dry iftteB. to suburban prvpetty, especially,
indicted for furgery, and is likely tint 10 vii
tell al he auowsit urpor is tr!oa, ito Lns bcen in
tho bueinoss for thirty ycnrs. aud Iurug that
time Las dono great deal OF work IN his peou-
liar liao, aud hia re7c1ations aro of tho lielest
hundreds Of victims Of land-piratQa, who hayc
boen tobbsd Of their legitimate Possessions or
obliged to pay larro susna BY NAY Of eompro-
miae.
4 gentleman prominently connected with tho
case stascy that Tnrpor lo!s on tho GhicaRo, ya1-
liuHson l. Quiucy na,lroAd Tuesday eye1llne.
c!'nrtcrIog for dreaming purposes asst-clAsa
slcopiag.car.
porter obtained Ills information lat oyou!nc
lookad Eefy much worn OUT. ue, too, appeared
rnE ar47E WOULD GIT .1s $4,000,
- y "ths old MAJ, " Turner Was we'll nxed. That
1t would psy Turner to take q trip ho had not
tho most rauose aoubt, - tlstope1at!os OF tho |
gang Ia whtch Tntncs ID cha&Sad: with being In |
tcrcstcd cover no less than ktAat Heyeu States Ia
lhs Union, ~ an! must hsye dawn handsome
According to 1nE TnInuSE's Informant thrill
Ing volume might hc written Of TO the exploits
Ut this bogus Dead Gang.
AE0Nn OTHER DEVICES
ths FOLLOWING IL given. Whcn Fauning inpria-
oned ~ Jollos, was intosrogated AZ to wlLat ilo
should DO wcro ho aet 1t liberty, ITO rs-
,l!e.! that tho frat .tlllng ho would do
auuld be to Gnl Samuel Mott Bragg, who
lied in Detroit in 1869, but who now lived
! philadelphia. Tbs rascal bragg. larlpg kept
'ooplo awake In Michigan for iong tsmo BY bis
operations. actually causol to appear notice Of
night % d'sarnod. and proceeded TO philadel-
'!.1s. wlefo he waa found by FaunsuE, and
:l1ance tho oleH was obtained that unearthed
ho teVooppelts brouRhs out Iu Tho preliminary
Cu1luHx.
nfEAM uaetith k1-lbe