Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-12

excuses for pre-emption shanties, few
logs and poles thrown together. He is.
within reach and can be shbpoened be-
fore the grand Jury easily. s.....= .=a.
Wm. r. MARSHALL has never made any
charge a against any of the Iron com pa
ny's claims or one of their men. They
have been allowed to put their claims
through, and I have reason to believe
that Marshall has assisted them, and is
still assisting Them, and that is the uni-.
versal opinion at Duluth, where their
operations are best known IF he is anx:
ious to break up these frauds, why does
he not attack the Iron CON pany Is it
the little office of land commissioner OF
their railroad that withholds the thun.
|derbolts of this salnt7like and incorrupt.
ibie puul3r servant? Or is it the little
$4,000 he has borrowed and never, re:
turned? I have no ill:will toward that
6 company 1eallp am glad they have finally
secured the Ill!atents On their pre- lnpted,
out | would be pleased to Know just how
it was done and why it'll that poor men
are punished for the same things they
are protected in doing by this pure and
patriotic prAllc seryant.
TOWNSHIP GO. RANaE2A, ST. CLOUD LAND
III DISTRICT
This fine pine land township on the
waters flowing into the Rainy Lake river
was surveyed by Richard Cronk, and the
notes returned to the surveyor generals
| office May s, 1882. The plat was sus-
pended with all other pine land plats by
order of the commissioner Of the general
land office in September 1882 The par
| lies in interest who had built shanties on
the hest quarter sections were very de-
sirous of getting an order from the com
missioner to have that plat sent TO the
| local Office II. St. Cloud so they could
have their man prove up.
Wentworth & Mcclure of Dulufh
! made bargain to sell the lands to Ger
tain gentlemen in St, Paul, to wit W:
j. Macau]ay, Dennis Ryan, and Matthew
| Cullen, for large sum of money as soon
as they could get the plat returned and
| their entries allowed, and those gentle
men were interested to have that plat
hurried up to the St. Cloud office.
For that purpose last winter at the re-
quest Of interested parties Wm. r, Mar
shall made trip up to the town in
question with Mr.. Wentworth and exam.
ined the Improvements on the claims,
etc. 1t was perfectly evident that there
were no bona tide settlers there. There
| were men en- gagged in numbering in that
|-reglon, and there were few rude shan
ties on some of the claims Neverlhe-
less Vim. Z. Marshall made such sDec
ial report on the case to the commission
er that the plat vas Immediately Or
dered sent ID, and it was returned to the
81. Cloud land Office in February, 1888,
by special order. In April, when Went
worth and McGuire's men came out Of
the woods. they proceeded to the st.
Cloud land office and proved up and ea-
tered thirty-one pre,emption and COM
nuted homestead claims, EN- bracng
1850 acres Of very valuable pine land
every one Of which eli: ms was a patent
fraud. VIM. r. Marshall made no ap-
pearance against these Emen, and in no
way or manner opposed their proofs. Not
one of the parties in interest. and none
O. the men have ever been arrested or
mo!ested on account Of these entries:
although the men Immediately upon
making their proofs and entries COR
veyed the lands to Macaulay, r. an &
Cullen, and the deeds are Of rpaorti in
the office OF the register Of deeds q;
Brainerd. | have an abstract Of the en-:
tries, names OF claimants, etc, and Of the
deeds in question.
The parties in interest are now push
ing their patents through At Washing
ton. I have no ill-will towards these
gentlemen and do not wish to put them
to any trouble, but wha. is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the ganler, and if
Marshall is that meek and iowly pul,lc
benefactor that he represents him self to
be, why does be not expose this matter
and call his friends to account before the
5rand jury? There is one to me, OBJ
vious reason, and that is because none
Of these gentlemen are applicants for the
position in the Duluth land office which
his pet tappeintee, W. W, Spaulding, now
holds till R. G. Mitchell is cleared from
the charges made against him by our
pure and patriotic. ex- governor. s,...
Mr.. Editor, I have made only a fair
beginning in my public confession.
There are many other facts hid in the
pigeon holes Of my desk and memory
Of which my conscience will in due time
compel me to make full disclosure. I
have already occupied too much space,
and will close my confession by appeal
ing to my meek and lew1y prosecutor
for mercy on my poor friends, Macaulay, ;.
Ryan and Cullen and also the officers
and stockholders Of the Minnesota Iron
company; and to them I would say in
the lowly Ian gnage Of our new mas of
Nazareth: There is an equal opportu-
! nifty for al parties to come forward and
avail themselves of the leniency Of the
government Come forward, my dear
friends, tosthe bench Of the I,snitents ere
|sit is forever too late, and do, I pray you,
bring with you our dearly beloved
brother VIM. r. Marshall, that your
cries for mercy may be sanetifed and
seconded by him, as heretofore, When
you appealed not il vain with bis time: