Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-24

Ht uiu knOW Ellis, VI " ~. brown, but
that he was employed by A. A. Brown the
Receiver. That is pretty good idea for
Brown, man who published statement
that he had no interest in the land
The facts of the Wass land robbery is as
follows: Wass, Scandinavian, of Otisco.
bought claim to so acres of land from
Charles Gustafson. He took Gustafsons
release Of the claim and went to the New
Ulm land office, and paid A. A. Brown the
fee of $16, and took his receipt Brown
told Wass, that Gustafson's abandonment
would have to so to Washington, and as
soon as it was returned, he would notify
and send him filing papers. After long
delay, Brown wrote to Wass that one Gould
Olson had taken the land as soldiers
homestead, and requested him to forward
an affidavit (Which he enclosed) to the Gen.
eral Land Office, and told him he thought
he might hold the land.
Shortly after sending the affidavit, which
Wass forwarded to Washington, this same
Receiver Brown sent to the Register of
Deeds of this county the government pat
ent to Gould OleSOn and deed from Ole
son to Canute a Brown, a brother of Re
Ceiver Brown, of this same piece of land
for record
Wass soon learned that he had been
swindled out of his homestead, and that
he had no remedy. Wass had built
house and granary on the land and other
wise improved it to the value of $500 or
5000, all of which he lost.
The facts of this case, we are credibly
Informed, were laid before Hon Mark II.
Dunnell, over year ago, and he promised
investigate the matter, and if the facts
were as stated he would have Brown re-
moved. Brown, however, still holds the
office.
1t appears from the facts and circum-
stances that while Brown was advising
Wass, he quietly went to work and robbed
him cf his home.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
Some years ago, Benedicht Herrli, Ger
man American, bought claim of Thos.
Hyatt, of Blooming Grove, consisting of
80 acres of land. Herrli is a poor man
with large family of children, whose wife
was insane for several years and finally
died last fall. He worked hard to improve
the place, being compelled to grub and
break much of the land by hand AS he
was not familiar with the laws of the land,
he neglected to file on his land for some
time. Something over two years ago he
wrote to the land office to learn what was
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his title to the homestead. A. A. Bro wn
wrote to him directing him to go to GER
tain attorney in Owatonna to whom he
could pay the required fee and by whom
all necessary papers would be made cat
Herri went as directed and paid over his
money. Sometime afterwards, not hear
ing from the land office, Hefrli again sent
Il letter to Brown, and Brown replied THAT
the papers had been received all right, and
that a duplicate would be forwarded in due
time. The papers never came, and on the
29th day of May last, A A. Brown, Re-
ceivcr, sent to the Registers office in this
county, government patent, issued Nov.
23d, 1875, to one John Ellis, covering
Herrli's land, for record. This was SOL
diers homestead patent, and accompanying
it was deed from Ellis to Canute A.
Brown, brother of the Receiver, also for
record. ~
Here is poor, hard working man, with
a large family of motherless children, swim
died out of IL home upon which he has
toiled for many years. His loss cannot be
less than 81 900, and it is his all.
Now, we would ask the voters of
this district, if it is not piece Of bra
zen-f&ccd presumption for a man with
such a record, to come before them
and ask for their support. Voters,
can you conscientiously support such a
man? Would it not be equivalent to
countenancing dishonesty in its very
worst form, for you to support man
with such a record! The foregoing ar
ticles are true, and neither Brown nor
his friends can deny them; they are
facts furnished us by men who know
his record, and consider it disgrace
that such a man should be tolerated,
to say nothing of his being openly sup
ported. We state nothing we cannot
prove, and any who are not satisfied,
have only to come to this Office and be
convinced that what we publish is only
what has actually transpired. We ap-
peal to the voters of this district, and
ask them, as honest, upright, conscien-
tious men, to completely ignore this
mans candidacy; it is the only way to
rid yourselves of him. as it would show
him conclusively, that you will not sup
port a man you cannot trust.