Daily globe., 1883-08-08
TRANSFERRED TO ST. PAUL
The Duluth Land Office Case Has {
Continuation.
THE ARRESTED PRE.EMPTORS.
They Make a Statement Which IL. T..
Gordon Supplements and Lifts
Detective Marshall's Scalp.

The investigation into the alleged fraud
ulent entry of pine lands in the Duluth
land district, grows warmer and warmer
with every succeeding move. Saturday
and Monday the interest centered IN and
about the Duluth land Office, where Frank
G. Gordon, Walter Gordon, Theophilus
Blades and Amos Nader, appeared pursu-
ant to notice, to prove up on claims made,
81. L. Gordon, one of the alleged conspira-
tors as attorney. AS stated in special
from Duluth to the GLOBE of yesterday
morning, the effort to prove up was sum-
marily ended by the arrest of the parties
named above. The parties demanded an
Immediate hearing, but this was denied,
Deputy q. S. Marshal Bracket being
directed.to take them before the U. S. COM
missioner in st. Paul, which he did.
arriving with his prisoners yesterday
morning. The complaint upon which the
men were arrested was sworn out by w.
R. Marshall, special agent of the United
States land department, and was issued by
j. R. Carey, who seems to be filling the
dual position of register of the land Office
(before whom the parties attempted to
prove up) and commissioner of the circuit
court of the United States at Duluth. The
complaint in its terms and allegations is
in very similar terms to that upon which
II. L. Gordon and R. G. Mitchell were ar
rested SO me weeks ago, as reported at the
time in the GLOBE, upon which, without ex
animation, they were held to the grand
Jury of the United States district court in
September.
In the complaint Mr.. Marshall deposes
in general terms that on the first day of
April, 1882, Hanford L. Gordon and Rob
ert G. Mitchell, conspired and confederate
ed with Albin G. Loyejoy, Frank G. Cor
don, kTheophilus Blades, VIM. Peaks, VIM.
F. Hurley, Walter Gordon, Amos Nader,
Joshua Nader, Llewellyn B. Drew, Proc.
tor Morgan, Gus. Nooden, Vim. Bedell
VIM. Buchan, VIM. Wheeler, Wm. Hurley
Joseph Forbes, Henry Nelson, Gulbrand
Erickson, Hans Mantinson, Gustof Mantin
son, II. Hanson, Jorgen Erickson, Otto
Grylen, Johannes Swenson, Gustaf Gustaf
son, John Erickson, r. Thompson, Henry
Hudson, and others unknown, to defraud
the United States of 4, 4,480 acres of public
lands in township No. 63 north, range 1G
west of the 4th principal meridian, valued
at 100000, through pretended compli
ance with the pre-emption laws, to secure
the title in said land to said II. L. Gordon
R. g. Mitchell and A. Lovejoy, who to this
end did each and all combine together and
hire twenty eight men in all to enter each
16O acres of land in the Duluth land Office
for the purpose of selling the same fol
speculation, and not for the use of the
parties making the entries, etc. The com
plant further recites that in pursuance OF
this conspiracy, or agreement, the parties
named above did on dates specified, enter
upon and improve certain enumerated
tracts of land, in the township and range
as above, upon which they severally filed
in the land Office at Duluth the decleratory
statement required by law, all of which is
against the peace of the United States
and contrary to the form of the statutes
in such cases made and provided.
When brought before United States Com
missioner Cardoza, Mr.. Searle asked for q
continuance of ten days. Mr.. II. L. Cor
don explained that this would not do, as il
brought the case to the time set for the st
Cloud land sales, which would take all OF
two weeks. Mr.. Congdon also had to leave
the city, and upon consultation the hear.
ing was continued to September II. Gov.
Marshall was seen last night, and he said
it was his desire to bring the cases up as
soon as possible, and that he was ready to
go on at any time. Bail was fixed at s., SOC
each, and 81. L. Gordon and VIM. a.
Grimshaw, of Minneapolis, became the
sureties.