St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-20
A GAME OF BUNCO.
William Ii. Fisher Begins Suit to
Recover a Farm
Outfit.
Story OF a Raw Trading Deal
The Defendant Arrested in
80 minneapolis.

William II. Fisher has begun an action
against X. M. Dorman and man named
Waterman, whom he charges with
wheedlipg him out OF theIcrop on farm
and large amount of personal prop
erty. The story related in the COM
plant Is to the effect that Fisher had a
crop and personal property on
farm in Polk county, Mimi. The
personal propertys consisted of
81 head of horses, including
2 valuable stations and a number of
brood mares, 133 head of cattle, SO hogs,
2 siX-horse drills. 3 fourhorse seeders,
IL fOur-horse harrOws, Is gang plOws.
10 Irvine binders. IA mowers, 2 two-horse
rakeS, II farm wagons, l twO-hOrse
spring wagon, l roller, 2 garden drills,
well-digging outfit. hay fork and
rigging grain Separators. traction
threshlng engine, tanning mill, q sets
of double harness, l single har-
ness, blacksmith tools, grain sacks,
and lot of household goods
and dairy fixtures: Dorman represented
that he owned 1O2 feet front on West
ern avenue of Stevens addition; lot in
block ITO in Minneapolis proper: lots Is
and Il in block s of Devine'S addition;
lots 10 and IL in Penniman's addition,
all in Minneapolis. on which was 10
Gated three-Stury brown stone build
ing of ten flats.
Because of the representation of
DOMAIN, Fisher was induced to give
him bill of sale oh his
horses, mares, colts, cows. bulls.
hogs, farm machinery, harness and
other property. In return for this Dor
man delivered Fisher deeds purporting
to convey the Minneapolis property.
Fisher asserts that Dorman deceived
him. as he had no title, either legal or
equitable, to any OF the Minneapolis
property. 1t Is asserted that DormaD
gave bill of sale of the personal prop
erty formerly belonging to Fisher to
Waterman for the purpose of cOmpli-
eating Fishers title thereto. On Sept. Is
Waterman appeared on the farm in
Polk county to take possession of the
crop and other personal property. 1t
is claimed that DOrman and Waterman
are irresponsible. and the court is asked
to restrain them from taking possession
of the personal property, and that the
bill of sale to DOrman and the one by
D0rman to Waterman he Cancelled.
RuShtOn M. Dorman, the defendant
in the civil case, was arrested last night
in Minneapolis ON a warrant charging
him with fraud, by Deputy Sheriff
Picha. The warrant charges that on
July % DOrman sold to w. FL. Fisher
lots 10 and II. block 10, Penniman'S adj
dition, Minneapolis, receiving as part
payment bill of sale OH personal prop
erty on Fishers farm in Pork county
and mortgage back Oh the Minneapo-
lis property for $4,000. The warrant
further states that Dorman had
no title or equity in the
property which he transferred
to Fisher and that the whole deal was
conspiracy to defraud the purchaser.
The warrant was issued OH the COM
plant of f. M. Catlin, attorney for the
Duluth d Winnipeg road. and w. b.
Fisher, who was taken in SO nicely by
Dolman, is president of the same cor
p0ratlon. The directory gives Dorman's
address as 222 East Seventh street, but
all that is known about him there is
that he has room in the building.