San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-15

: The following 10 the letter referred
to 10 our last. We publish it as q
warning TO others, and as showing the
erroneous views Of this county entei-
tanned by persons at distance. How
an intelligent lady could have fallen
into so transparent trap IS to uo mex.
plics ble.-ED.]
% DALLAS. TEX. Nov. &c, 1877.
Mr.. JULIAN:-The writer Uf this is
a widow lady who has seen your bust
ness card in the San Marcos FREE
Press. l wish to inquire of you if
you know anything about one Will N
Cone, Real Estate Broker, as he calls
himself, and what is character for hon.
esty, etc. saw in some paper over a
year ago his advertisement offering Sec
tons of land (640 acres) for two hun
bred dollars, and wrote to him |
wanted section, and he told me he
would give me a section in Hays coun-
ty, which had 100 acres of timber on it,
the balance good tiliable prairie with
living water upon, and he described the
land as being every way desirable And
worth more than double the money.
And he wrote me to send him the mon
ey by return mail and he would send
me the deed and all the chain of title;
but it is three months since I sent him
the money and he has not yet sent me
the deed for the land, and says he made
q mistake, that the land is in Blanco
County, but as l think he now wants
to put off some less valuable land on
me instead Of giving me that bar.
gained for. I wrote him l would not
accept Of it, so he still has my money.
and although l have written him sew
eral letters to return it to me he has
not done so, and left Kansas City as
soon as he received my letter telling
him to give up the money. Has he got
a section of land in Hays county, or did
he tell me falsehood as to it? You
know him he lived at Fort
Scott, and wrote me he had moved to
Kansas City. am told he once lived
at San Marcos, so hope you will be good
enough to tell me what you know of
him. When he received the money he
wrote me couple or three lines sign
ing his clerks initials, and saying that
he was in St. Louis at the fair; but he
writes peculiar hand and l knew it
a. once as his own writing. and the mi
tials were scratched so badly that l
could not tell what letters they were.
He will not now condescend to even
reply to my letters on the subject. and
suppose feels quite independent hav-
log both the land ard the money. l
mean to have him published in the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Dallas
newspapers if he does not return my
money at once, and interest-two per
vent. month-what | had to pay for
money. Will you please tell me tie
EASIEST aud cheapest way to get my
money back from him. l wanted the
aud and meant to come out there and
i've on it, and as sent him the money
md we had bargained for the Hays
county land only, if he has any such
and, think l can claim it and com
Del him to give me deed if choose
What do you think about it?-please
ldvise. l am gong down as far as
Houston in about ten days, and if
ant get the land he agreed to let me
lave l will gel some other.
Have you any $40 acre sections in
hat county for sale. if so, l would give
ou the money Mr.. Cone has of mine
or good section if you would get the
money from him. 1 want running
Vater, living all the time, summer and
winter, and some timber on same tract
nd in high and dry location. Have
GU such tract that you would sell me
or 5000 in Hays county. Or, If you
,ill make Gene give me deed for the
md l bargained and paid him for, |
1ill purchase another section from you
I same price if you have any for sale.
don't want any chaparrel land-not
n acre. Mr.. Cone said San Marcos
Ias the second station below this land,
o you may know where it is if he had
ny such land. L, is not possible that