The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-28
AFTER PRINCE RUSSELL.
The Grand Jury Of Arkansas Harbor
May Indiet Him and
Others. ~g
Charged With fraud in the Dis
posal Of Alleged Town
Lots. .
Hundreds Of Texans and Eastern People
Induced to Invest on the
strength Of a Name.

Reference has already been made to the
doings of the land improvement company
of Arkansas Harbor, Of which Russell b.
Harrison is the head. The Now York
World recently published six columns of
sensational correspondence from Arkansas
Harbor, a portion of which is as follows:
The CITY il soon to be the center OF inter
est in the United States because Of an Of
fort to indiot Russell Harrison, son Of the
president. He il at the head Of the Aran-
sas Harbor and Land Improvement COM
pany, which sold many hundred thousand
dollars worth Of land hsre on the promise
that within one year they would obtain
deep water in Arkansas pass and SO make a
harbor ~rivaling any on the gulf coast.
On Saturday, September 10, about
800, 600 in notes given for the purchase
Of theaa lots by local and state settlers
fell due. In the meantime, the year within
which the company promised to have deep
water In the pass has about elapsed and
nothing has been done. Az the company
has failed to keep its promises. the pur-
chasers of lots have refused to meet their
notes. They invested here because OF the
distinguished names associated with the
project. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Wheeler and Rus
sell B. Harrison stand at the head. Mr..
Wheeler says tho people must pay. He has
been in communication with Mr.. Harrison
and others within a few days, and has re-
ceived orders to push the payments. AHood
of suits will be brought by Harrison and
Wheeler, and probably a Thousand Texans
will be made. defendants. On tho other
they have been swindlod. They say the
company has thrived by a system of mis-
representation, and z. II. Tanasy, OF Arkansas
Harbor, Ia preparing a cas- for the grand
jury with u view to indicting all the princl-
pals. IT will be q bitter fight, for the people
by similar schemes and their patience III
exhausted.
The local papers are full OF reference 70
the pending trouble, and there are being
brought TO light daily things which are not
cfeditabls to Russell B. Harrison. Not con-
t.nt with inducing Texans to inyeht in his
enterprise, the son of the president organ
lied a special expedition into the state
from Now York, md visited Arkansas Harbor
with q full retiaue of artists and writer's for
other publications; then was issued ths
Eaecial Texas edition OF October, 1890, with
FIN illuminated cover, in which two pages
we're devoted to the wonder of Arkansas
raas, 30 people in the east were induced 10
invest on til. strength Of the fine promises
Ieta DIV AIN ~ 10 RuppoSeN tHo SoInthhy
took in several hundred Thousand dollars
at the headquarters in New York.
The land upon which the so-called city
OF Aransas Harbor stand was formerly
used Al = cattle range md WAS bought BY
the projectors OF the scheme for $50, 600
II was this land, never before occupied e1-
capt by cattle and hogs, that was made the
basis OF n high sounding CORPORATION ad,
yertising itself M having 4 paid up capita
OF &C. 1000, 0o0." Russell b. Harrison hal
been iii il from the start, but has visited the
place only oncs, that being when the trans-