The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-16

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see if the abstract was all right, where
the property lay with reference to rail
roads and the county seat, etc., using
in this connection the name of this al
legged Abstract company. The clerk
sent back a card as follows:
MARIO, Texas, March 81. If you
have an abstract of title showing good
title to sections 90, 81. 80, certificate
any, block PA, Texas Il ST. Louis r. R.
lands in this county it is a FRAUD.
| Get true one directfrOm W. L. Moore.
W. S. LEMPERT, County Clerk,
! IS. am not acquainted with the
company mentioned"
AS soon us he received this reply
j COL Slough began to look up both
Taylor and CoWell. In the meantime
Col Stough's letter to w. S. Lempert,
of Texas, was forwarded by the latter
| to the governor of Texas with note
| The governor Of Texas enclosed this
letter and note with such information
as he had to Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois,
and that gentleman at once turned it
over to Police Inspector Shea, Of Chi
cage. Thus the detectives and Col
Slough came together and they have
been working the case up since.
The claim of Col Slough is that
ECowell had no property either of his
town nor any in his power as attorney
| for this Thomas M. Bell to sell in Pres
idio county, Texas. The abstract and
deed describe certain property there
accurately, but this property belongs
to the st. Louis and Texas railroad,
and CoWell made no claim to any right
tto ell property for that company. The
Icos9nei also expects to prove that the
entire Lone Star Abstract Company"
is combined in the one person of Wal
ter Marshel CoWell. He thinks he has
ample proof to make it clear to the
court that the abstract was manufac-
tured here in Cowell's office and that it
was made for the purpose of perpetrat-
ing gross fraud. Several documents
are in COL Stough's possession which
will undoubtedly show that the entire
transaction which Mr.. Cowell is trying
to crowd off on to Taylor was all per-
formed in the KenOsha office and that
Cowell did all the signing of documents,
both for himself and the said Thomas
M. Bell and other parties in the trans
action.
The Penalty.
The penalty for working an offense
of this kind under the Illinois law is not
less t III one year nor more than ten
years in the state penitentiary. He
will have to be tried under the Illinois
law. The preliminary hearing has been
laid over for two weeks and it is be.
leved that Detective Elliott will be
able to get out requisition papers be-
fore that time and get them honored by
Gov. UDham, so that in all probability
no preliminary hearing will ever be
held here
Mr.. Cowell's Side Of It.
As Mr. COwell was brought into JUS
tice Slaters court this morning he said
he wished to make a statement to the
press. He said that he was absolutely
innocent of any wrong doing. He had
some property in Texas, he said, which
was not worth very much. He placed
it in the hands of a broker in Chicago
with instructions to dispose of it if pos
sible. He made deal with Col. Slough
and after the deal was made Col.
witted in it and had got the small end
of the bargain. In consequence he de-
manded that the transfer be made back
again.
Mr.. Cowell told him all right. If he
thought himself beaten and wanted to
undo the deal he would deed it back at
once and did so. Col. Slough got his
property back when he wanted it.
" If there has been any wrong commit
ted, it was my agent who committed
it" continued Mr.. CoWell," and | mum
able to say until I hear more particu-
lars concerning the charge how far |
can be held criminally responsible for
his acts. Further than that have
nothing to say, except to add that if [
am compelled to go to Chicago to stand
trial | want to consider KenOsha my
home. | will be back here after it is
all over to live this down.
MIR. Cowell's Career.
Walter Marshel Cowell is a compare
tive stranger here. He came here
some three years or so ago, and soon
after opened an office in the Benedict
& Tarbell building. He was admitted
to the bar of Kenosha county without
an examination and ostensibly was en-
gagged in the practice of law. He new
er has appeared in but one case in
court since he came here. That ap-
pearance was before Justice Slater in a
small assault and battery case last fall.
His mail has always been a very large
one, which indicated that most of his
business transactions were done through
the post office. What these transac-
tions have been has always been kept
within the four walls of his Office. He
has been prominently identified with
both the Free Masons and the Knights
of Pythias.
Marriage Record.
Tl,o f0llnruinn mamma ore records have