Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-22
Mason City Real Estate Dealer
Who Made Fortune Recent
ly on Dakota Lands
ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION
MoelIer's One Thought Has Seemed to
be That of Having a Good Time
With His Money and the Public
Has Derived Much Profit and
Amusement From His Conduct
Special to Times-Republican.

Mason City, Dec. a2.--W. w. Moeller,
the real estate dealer who has been at
tracing great attention here for the
past two weeks by his eccentric adver-
Using methods, was taken before the
board of commissioners for the insane.
Moeller has made from $4,000 to $780,
600 on Dakota lands this year and has
given every evidence since coming here
that he purposed to make good his
statement that he had earned it easily
and proposed to have good time with
the results of his good trading and good
fortune. He has been plotting land,
seekers to Pierre and vicinity and last
week started in for a general sort OF
wild west roundup With a company OF
EVERY prospective buyers. He went to
the Wilson Hotel and because the
landlord was fearful of results he put
regular Klondike figure on one of his
suites and then gasped for breath when
Moeller paid for it III advance for a
week. Ten dollars a day for $3.50
room was not bad. Moeller then pro-
for 100 at banquet at another hotel,
hired the armory and proceeded to ad-
vertise his public meeting, where ne
would talk Dakota land and entertain
his guests afterward at . banquet. He
advertised big parade and when the
parade turned out to be only a half
dozen of the best coupes in the city
with no occupants. the landlord called
the banquet off, but he could have had
any sort of fancy price per plate II ne
had only asked for it. The meeting a,
the armory turned out to be very
western affair and Moelier after shoot
ing the roof of the armory full OF hoiss,
proceeded to take the police power IN
his own hands and a rough house en-
sued Then he visited the various sub
rosa places of liquid refreshment and
where giddy girls entertain. flashed an
official star and proceeded to sample
all the liquids about the place on the
threat Of certain arres. IL the amber
was not promptly yanked from It's MD
ing place. He tipped the walters at the
hotels sometimes as much as 30 a UP
and was a jolly good fellow every
where, throwing money on the streets
to see the boys scramble for the nick
els, dimes and quarters. Then ne
started with his party for Pierre. What
happened en- route is not told, but
good guess can be formed when 1t is
known that he is minus his $l00 buffalo
overcoat and ali his money, couple
OF hundred dollars more. The city
.rrarshal of Pierre returned here with
him Saturday night and left and Noel
Ter began to paint the town again. He
proceeded to make his toilet OF a night
robe pinned all over with ribbon bows
and with child's fur muffisr about his
neck, "A pair OF pantaloons and his over
coat, and then the board of insanity
was asked to inquire into his case. l.
was ascertained that his mind is tenn
porarily unbalanced because of, indul-
gence in the cup that cheers and that
once before he was i'm a similar condi-
ttion. He has twice been successful In
land deals and prosperity has been his
undoing The board adjudgsd him In
sane and he will be taken to Cherokee
for treatment.
James Ca1liu, well-to-do farmer In
the southern part of the county, was
also adjudged insane. and "a third sub
1ect more remarkable than either of
the Others AMANDA Stegner, an unusu-
ally pretty girl of 16, was also sent to
Cherokee. A week ago she surren-
rendered herself to the county clerk,
Saying her father had died drunkard
and her mother was in bad company
and she was sure that her grief over
the matter was driving her insane. The
clerk took her to his own home to see
IL there were any Developments and
finding that she really acted aueersy at
times took ner before the board and
she will also go to the. hospital.