Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-16
A LAND SUIHDLlGG Case.
CiIClto Property Exchanged iOF F.C.
,l0lll 7 KS Real Estate.
ono OF tho Principals n tire Fraud
Arr,stsd-NuurfUus Victims
utsHHssrsu.

CmCAgD, Msy IG.--rhn arrest Of
Walter MoulaIl Clwoll, OF liuuusUa,
In The Texas lauI winding case, wu-
tho result 90 invgtugauUn ursuu uy
GovcrDtt Cu.Ucu8u % I,xns, Dis laaJ
cUmu,taiuny5 Nugluw j. Baker, s.I
Governor Alge.d u' Illinois. BIO ar
as known 10 the auIuUFIu,a nusu there
age ADw Nix Victims % the sviuile,
whose aggregate lpHol arc GUsgly ,iN,-
600. From reports received from .ar
Texas land CJmmi iYHur DO Oh believed
that inUsU age buf tlr beginning rf iEr
Losses, a. ue says that tuaiu have Iu.u
individual rlHts where tumHut 4lEh az
siN,NII have h.tH Involved.
About tEu middle 0f AIul william
lHggHi OF tll', Green street. Chicago,
WIS lH gao Wellington blrrus real
estate Office u' lnrssun Taylor irry
were uAul.siuE real estate deal
whereby bite Briggs had lru1rl
property In Chicago I1r iEui ia Texas.
Mt Igylgr said That hls client had
more ui thG lauI ami Jtstftd 10 obtain
moro thigH 100 plJivfiY. luu next
day A,r Bfg.a introduced Col
slough ui buHsl HHiUiGlI street.
Az % result " iBv iutT1uuct.un Go.
Slough traded property GttIll Morgan
tifct zLI 40 Esal Elizabeth Hl..ut Cor
lrzHa ln.I. The amount involved
wuf SO 900.
NJ BasgH received an nbs!fa.. ard
n warranty deed.
Too name IA the decd waH "Th1mas
NJ. Bell" p' DcuvyE Colo. Toe pnpa.u
were certified O. 10y Attorney J1arT,
ui hguHsua, who claimed 90 hIVt
power uf attorney from Boil, nuJ
I1wvlPl tCal as notary public was
affixed.
Ooh slough wished 10 in'ofm hin.
suli regarding the taxes ON bus newly
acquired property uuI wrote 90 the
authorities OF the counter 81 here thr
land was located Pros rrgsiIo lul
Tom Green counties. Ia rtply ne
learned uutuuly thai he huI ul iltlr ta
the dC7rr.brd property, hu. tAn.
lNHmks 10, I1iI never AAu q t.t.otu 10.
Col rtuuth applied lu Governor
lultHflHuu. roo traHH, a. vernon Iu.s
huftsou placed the matter iu Gao NsuI.
10 Land tumWiHaI.Uef B4EuF Cog .u.
yyHIghll1u, Nr. lsg .r, luurrI uu line
rrc1IjB nUI found uu LIr hundreds a
lHucfH clmp'ui .Ius VI tho bWtuIIo TINT
slough had discovered. ITO Wsutu
Governor CuiUcrltuu long litter ia
which hr explained that tho Ina
traded TuTuguud o. be boz the counties
named by virtue Di survey uur,luua.us
Issued % tho OUT Colorado q santa
FU Railway co .rBny and Wa uyti-
lurl, The town 1f Dautou, near
which tho alleged farms were iprslru,
was not on tho map, he said, auu
James Slater, ,no pl,uulou, Bs well 49, |
JaNIuH Eunu,I Of Austin, whose name |
az uptuIY public had been AlliEu. 10 J
a1mu Of thr ABSTRACTS VI conveyance,
were Mythical ugTuJns, Cummuslgurf !
Baker located tue headquarters of tue !
swindiers iu Chicago, but tho ylc.ims,
he salt, came from every state In the |
Union.
Governor IulbartsOl forwarded b.. |
kora letter 10 Governor Altgrll, auI |
thu Iatfur sitter personal isvtsugaylun, |
forwarded 10 with number OF tho |
uawlB OF victims b CuIuf W Police !
EaauuuCh, Of Chicago. All tho papgrs ]
were given % detectives Elliot ana |
Alexander tD make "a thorough iuvus. |
ugau0n. Meanwhile Slough had seen /
MI Brlsgf, VINO iutJuIucud him O. |
Jackson Taylor through whom the
transfer WHl made az bic properly. |
Briggs bad made suu,nl zeal ami !
acquitted 10 be thought more Texas
property,
"HNyu you llIk,i up tho titles"
ssked slough, GhggH ugluI That no
ugu not, Ar Bulge tuun ltscDvyGBI /
that hu hgd been sWiualri twice sud
thst he was ont on property luChicag0; /
hansss City Hu4 AA GgsnEc, WyU,,
$1,000. jackson Taylor was maGI,
Hud mo- paved the way lJS tue aTr.st vi
COwslii who lho police ray IL tur
mythical th0mg6 II. Boil, 0i Deuvg.
An Inquiry Tor lug,auT Chicago viz
timt, VINO % be- believed exist Ia hua.
dIols, win uo pros uutei u4til luu liMr |
iOg Cuwgi's HgJ0uI at.B.gnmrnt
"lupgLa, hnuuas," tald Detective
evil furnish sll,OJU
victim, AM q Wah iu West Wssuiu..
.uu street, Cheese, Will o"tu tie a.,
Irt ga.u al least $4,000 more"
la connection with tho loud swim
i.go ne believed tpWull huG % lu
with but n bmnll p3I.Ju 90! tArI, Toe |
police ustpTi tAa, lhu Hlg tWluuiaJa lave
and muiutsin rlculy iuyulshod OlliIy'
.u Chicago, aai while tho GIWHI
continuance l. pending, On ulOH wall
Io made 90 locals tErul,
jackson Taylor Is Ou,iTcly lnnOcon
li any yiOlrtlJu ", tue Iuu OF Gao pat
be- he'd iu tho trsltugil8u Uy WlicH
SluuEh u4d ETlg.s WeIusHInulo4,H
.ail Detective Al.EEuuuG ole was
aE.u lu by C1wrll W.gu hin references
aud Official documents, tHu 0amo o.
&. Us..H ]
attorneys TO wdCm 1 Hu, m.t.Bd tho
lbBlraCts aud deeds Of lNlu iuTnisGu
~ tOwell. AssgJn 10 uu leRtlrd that
! fraud had been committed, Ee was
Ia assisting US 20 discover The
nan Tor whom w WeIs searching"