The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20
Operations Of q Dead. Beat.


young man stopped at the Exchange
Hotel and registered his name a. F..
8. Miller, Window Mimi, neither an
occurrence nor an uncommon
name. During the evening, in CONVEX.
sation with the landlord, Mr.. Grit, he
stated that he was . son Of Ex. Gov.
Miller, that he would remain here a
month or so and would send for his
gun and dog, which were at Shetek,
He took leisurly stroll about Town,
dropping into a number Of business
places. At Mr.. McMlllan's he looked
at boots but did not purchase. Late
in tho evening he inquired for the
latest papers aud went into the hotel
parlor to peruse them. Mr.. Ortt,
having assigned him his room and
supposing him to te gentleman Of
leisure who did not care to retire nm.
til late hour, gave him no further At.
tention and went to bed. In the
morning Mr.. Miller did not make his
appearance land an investigation -e-
vealed the fact that he did not go to
to bed at all Upon further inquiry it
was found that he had employed a Mr..
Porter to bring him from Sthetek to
Redwood, agreeing to pay him twenty
dollars and hotel expenses. He had
paid ten dollars before starting, the
remainder is yet unsettled, Mr.. Ortt
being out only the value Of one sup.
per and no other person being aware
Of having any interest in the man, he
soon passed out Of mind. In a day or
two, however, the circumstance was re.
called by . report Of his operations a,
Vixburg, Renville County. There he
contracted tor the purchase of two
farms and started to Beaver Falls
with the owners of them to make on,
the papers, borrowing . seventy. five
dollar gun from another citizen to use
along the way. A short distance from
Beaver Falls he got out Of the wagon
for the ostensible purpose Of making
proposals for the purchase Of anothe,
farm short distance franz the road
stating to the men in the wagon tina,
be would join them in short time a
the village. That happy reunion ha.
not yet taken place. The price to b
paid for one Of the farms At Wilbur,
was 5000. As the farm is wortl
about $500 the owner feels prett,
poor over his loss, in clean cash, o
|s6, 500. We believe that the owue
Of the other farm lost about the sam,
amount They are entitled to, an,
doubtless receive, the sympathy Of tn
public. In the shadow Of such grea
grief it is, Of course, impossible t
waste any compassionate feeling o.
the man who lost the seventy i've dol
lar gun.
There is one other item Of interest
At Vixburg he drew from underneatl
his coat a pair Of new alligator ski
boots. At Mr.. McMillan's store, i
Redwood, be looked at such pair tn
only pair Of the kind at the store
The boots cannot be found in th
store now and no one connected wit
the establishment has sold them o
disposed Of them in any way. tn
public can draw its own inference.
There was nothing noticeable in t.
appearance Of the ;oung man, ez::::,r
that he wore heavy overcoat late i
inc afternoon Of a day that the mel
curry reached IS. He explained b
saying he had chills.
We have no knowledge Of hir
since he went to negotiate for ths
farm near Beaver Falls. He is doubt
operating in some other locality. W
learn from . letter in the Pioneer
Press that he played similar prank
south Of this before coming here.
Since writing the above We lear
that he borrowed forty.two dollar
from Mr.. BADGE, Of Vixburg, the sam
man from whom he borrowed the gur
The loan was effected ''unbeknownst
to Mr.. BADGE.