The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-22
ROUNDING THEM UP
SPECIAL AGENT HERE INVEST.
eating STRIP FRAUDS.
Uncle Sam bout to Gobble Up Some
of HOke Smiths Pets for Their
High Handed Com d ence
Games in the Territory.
Story of How Colonel
Morley Did a Thrifty
Town Lot Bust
ness on the
side.

The hand of justice is slowly reaching
out for the Democratic boodlers of Okla
homa.
! Yesterday Colonel Poe of Arkansas was
in this city on official business. Colonel
| Poe is a special agent of the interior de-
| partment VINO is now engaged in the her
culiAn task of unearthing the frauds per-
petrated at the opening OF the Cherokee
strip. If he investigates one week, it is
estimated that he will have finished his
career before he is half through, and he IS
still a stout, active and comparatively
young man.
Colonel Poe was here on one particular
case, that of William Morey, Jr
Mr.. Morey was one of the party OF survey
orS who was sent from the interior depart
ment to survey and stake out the town
sites in the Cherokee strip To him fell
the duty of establishing the meets and
bounds Of the streets. alleys and parks of
the town of Perry, which was
then a raw prairie. Mr. Morey
is alleged 20 have done the work well aud
decidedly TO his own advantage. At one
time IL was ordained in the interior de-
partment that two blocks in a certain part
Of the city should be reserved by the gov
block would be sufficient. This change of
plans furnished rare opportunity to the
young gentlemen from Washington for
side speculation. After the work was
completed, Mr.. Morey came 10 Wichita
and brought with him an accurate plat of
the townsite OF Perry.
BY some means or other he became very
popular soon after his arrival here, for
number of gentlemen, travelling men in
particular, We're seen going to his room
every day. Some said that he was selling
tips on the townsite of Perry, secretly, for
a specified sum per tip, but as TO this, OF
course, the deponent saith not
AT any rate suit was filed in Justice
Jones court of this city about a mouth
after the opening of the Cherokee strip.
William a. Morey, Jr., was the plaintiff
and Z. +. Jackson of this city was the de-
PENDANT, the amount involved being $40.
The suit was brought for Mr.. MOrey bv
+. b. Northrop, who engaged Adams *
Adams as the attorneys in the case Mr.
jackson employed J. j. Parks to defend
his position in the case. The issues in-
volYed were then recited in full and are
briefly as follows as related and alleged.
Mr.. Morey, il appears. when the govern
ment decided upon having only Que block
reserved IN the townsite, conceived the idea
that as the public generally We're of the
Impression that two blocks wOuld be re-
served, little speculation could be in
dUlged in. He approached jackson aud
after stating the facts to him said that for
800 he would guarantee him a certain lot
on the block supposed to be reserved and
that he would not require him 70 pay
cent till he was located. Mir. Jackson
agreed, aud for $40 extra Mr.. MOreY is al
legged to have sold him a booth certificate.
The opening day came and the rush toll
lowed. According to expectations the
common herd thought the block In 0ues-
tion WAS reserved and did not settle upon
1t, but the fellows who were on the inside
did, but at the time innOcenily said they
only Intended TO remain for few days and
would camp there until such time as the
government desired them 20 get off. La a
few days the settlers were aStOnished to |
lind that the block in question WAS not re-
served by the government but belonged to
the people who occupied it. Mr.. jackson |
had his tent SIT mp and was congrdtulating
himself on having such good lot, when
he found to his sorrow that he had pitched
his tent In an alley. Not having lot he
refused to pay Mr.. Morey the $780, and |
that is how the suit was brought.
The suit, however, never amounted TO
for when the facts leaked out |
Mr.. Morey denied authorizing the pro. |
ceedings and, of course, that ended it, |
Mr.. Northrup, however, made affidavit !
that Morey authorized him To bring the |
suit. The affidavit contained a synopsis !
of all the foregoing statements. Mr.. Poe |
secured this affidavit yesterday and he will !
make report TO the Interior department |
[ hat will aStonsh Mr.. Morey.