The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-19
WANTSBACK HISFARM
Grand Army Man Who Claims
He Was Swindled.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SAID


The peril OF buying real estate az lohS
range 10 well illustrated In dspositlohs
published yesterday In the superior court
r. ms case of Anna X. Clark VS.. Ella H.
hmm Of al. One Of the witnesses u sam
uei f.lark. an old soldier. resident CT
Detroit. who for five year. made his nome
IN this state. where ne had soi.'ef
homestead about seven miles from Maple
valley. Clark's wife ana FANNY we're
etiii in Michigan. ARD - ne " as Hil sl'i ~
ret them TO live upon Il be wac anxious 70
trade his Land for property nearer noms.
The ouportuui;y came, but the mai re-
suIt was NOT exactly agreeable 10 clark.
He says: -, =.
an rasnorse 10 an advertisement OF
r,unn = Dunn. I called at their office In
Seattle. They advertised farm for sale
or trade Ia Wisconsin Of 40 acres-good
home, barn and granary. orcnara Of ""
fruit trees on the place. one-naif of ,hem
hearing, forty acres OF improved tsioei.
Isaac u Dunn told me u was wen worm
~ DER acre. He thought the place would
1ust suit me and my family. and from his
and his sons REPRESENTATIONS. thought 50.
too He offered to allow me - an acre
lar my Mace and asked So for his. did
NOT ike 10 trade Without first seeing the
place, and he told me his son. Il. Dunh'
had been on the place. Young Dunn cor
rotorated his fsiher's statements. ard SAID
II was a fine place. hDe country, roads all
macadamized. hne 10 drive over. ana that
the farm was located 10 Poik county. "is''
ten miles from ST. croix Fails. ard about
two and a half miles from the village OK
Clam Falls. They told me the only incnrn-
.brancs against the place was one years
taxes.
.Iaaac NJ. Dunn wore the @. A. r. but
fou and As I belonged to the same ORDER
placed the utmost confidence IN "bst hs
ard his soE told me. gave my nome
stead Of 100 acres, valued at SIS an acre.
and three notes OF sioJ each. IN exchange
for their farm Of lie acres. signed pa
per purportlng 70 be a deed, and paid isaac
Al. Dunn fee ne CHARGED for his services.
This was In the spring OF 1884. ] then
let Static. and went to oseeoia. WIS. 10
have the deed registered. There learned
fnat the place had been sold for taxes /
did not have the deed registered, nor ala
;. pay any taxes: but went 10 ST. troix
Falls she same day and took the sage Tor
Clam Falls The distance was thirty ansles,
nnstead OF ten: the roads were not ma
cadamized. and the stage wheels were up
TO the hub In mud. On looking at the farm
l found the house and granary In TAR con-
aislon. but the barn was ready TO cave In.
and instead or fine orchard there were
only fifteen or twenty fruit trees on this
ylace. Jus: ~ good land could be bought
In that vicinity for from sl.S TO s. pei
acre D.sgusted. l went to pesroit. and
told my family how ! had been swindled
Out OF my homestead. and left penDiess
and heiplsss."
Mrs. Clark says she thinks her husband
must have been temporarily insane. to
have made such . trade after an absence
OF nearly i've years from his family. SUI
fering privaiions that he might be able to
acquire a home for her and the children.
A. coon as he returned to her. she begaf.
suit to set aside the deed. 1t seems hard"
che says. 10 believe that through no fault
Of mine I am 10 lose my right and utls
60 the homestead In Washington"