The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22

How Western Land Traders Trans
act h0ssmrss-ybe SeNas Land HusS-
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How Western Land Traders Trans
| act hnssnrss-yBc EeNas Land Rust-
ness Duplicated.
The following il IA ON the Kansas q u Times:
Gut in tie 'ast, IN portion al THIS cIty there
| il "a rcSid, nee which was once occupied by
Col. T.. L. Nicholson, who has recently made
his permanent abode ia ~. Louis. II In "a
large brick house, square and substantial,
but YET II has cUNer'd IA large pile 1,f sins.
IL has been sort of deed manuiactory to real
estate for thOs. iO were de All aad thos. " ho
were liable To die. II riValltd til. Ham
Texas land swindle in thS-hut IL dit not 20
down 81 deeply. Chef of Police spe, n, WHO
isd,>eTyedIy known aS the coolest ami best
detective in this country, is entitled To the
credit for turning up this ease. lie il like "a
hawk and an owl, awake in day or night,
and never fails TO bring In his game. A few
days ago "a dispatch came To this city which
read as follows:
To Chief OF Police:
EAST ST. LOUI,, H., Nov, mb.r u, I'D,
you want John :. CI' rnents alias Williams,
alias Wand: says his v iie, J' nnIr CI. .nnsnts
il in yuuI city. We think he Ii IA COniis,L Ice
man,
HE HAS BOGUS DErps
and bonds, ana artificial right arm. Answer.
MICHAEL WALSH,
CHIEF Police
This struck the key not. ~ far a. chief
Speer>- He did know a man vino had teen
operating ia N'ssiaway county, " hose opera
tions hs been making great trouble in this
section of the country. Steers had had this
man-who was n very bad man III his eye all
the tim" he has Oprratt d III this section Of the
couLiry.
KORS As Els.
VIM X. Korn, who II now under arrest In
East ~. L"uIs, II not wanted here" He has
"a record here which IL quite sivOTy and
smells like "IIam.r The system he has car
risdl ON il all the same. Tie went by the name
Of John =. Clements in Kansas city. was a
gui. I, we'll dressed gentleman, and paid his
bills. when hs Was arrested in East st.
Louis H. had in his possession "A large num-
ber of bogus bonds and deeds. This same
man, who>e real name Is William X kOrn.
has been living for "A short tim. in Kansas
city. som. four months ago he WAS arr stsd
al tarthag Mo, by virtus Of some eight or
ten Indictments, charging him with forgery,
IN getting up bogus land titles to land, and
then selling the land He remained IN jail
at Carthage, Jasper county, some four
months. then released ON bond. He
then returned To this city At the last term
OF court at Carthage, korn's ease was called,
hut he did not put in an appearance. The
sheriff telsgfaphed here and korn was rear.
rested and taken back to Carthage, where he
again gave bond kOrn, while in Jail at
tartl age the hrst time, was
aAKIiED WHILE IN JAIL
TO a Mrs Jennie Clements, who had been iIy-
ing ia this city short time. koIn il alsD
wanted at Gray CIty, Worth county, No., To
answer number of indictments for bogus
land transactions similar to those at Car
ihag.. This man kOrn'- method Is this he
will go inio the different counties of Missouri
h nd examine the Q. coIds and rnd a piece Of
land the owner of which was dead or had
been "a long time absent from the state. He
would then forge dead, pufpOrtlng to come
n om this man thai had been absent a long
lime, This de, d would be made to "a straw man
mat did not exist, and from him to another
straw man, and from h III To Korn, and Korn
rade this piece Of property on, and would
hrB sell The y oyerty he had traded for, I'M
nediate'y, and ~ cket the proceeds. korn
or some time SINCE his ar
ival here IN this city he has been living In
he large brick bHiIuing formerly y owned and
occupied BY Col. T. Il. y ichoIsOn, in the east
IN payt of the city. Mrs. Kofn left this city
IN the evening iriip 10 see her husband
kOrns bO nd mel q viii be- glad TO hear OF his
cen In tins city looking for him since b- len
ere. k1rn l. a man Of good education and
{ good address, and a fine penman. He had
rvrrai big trades on hand at the time of his
Tr.st al Carthage, Mo,
chiefof Police spsers, in this city, Telegraph
4 al once 10 Fast ~. Louis that the man ls
AL arrested WIS korn, and To hold him, ss
ne parties at Carthage and Grant city want
] HIM. There ~ no doubt whatever but that
his kofn II one of the men operating in
eeds under the same process patented by the
exas land grabbc r..