Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-12

MADE LOAN ON FORGED DEED
They First Negotiated for Fine Farm
at ss5 Per Acre and Then Came TO
Loan Agent and Secured Large Sum
-one of smoothe.. Games Ever
Played in Iowa.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Jan. IA profit of
$4,000. less the expense of few teie-
phone messages between Council Bluffs
and Oakland, Is the ne. result OF the
operations OF two of the smoothest,
guileful creatures that ever worked a
successful confidence game on citi-
zen of Council Bluffs. The victim OF
the huge confidence game is n. p.
Dodge. of this city. and the fellows who
proflted by it have had nearly two days
start ahead of the officers of the law,
who have been set upon their track.
The first part OF the financial game
was played near Oakland on Jan. 1.
when a man of benign countenance.
whose hair had been whitened by sew
enty years. appeared on the farm of
said he was looking for d choice piece
of Pottawattamie county land for his
son-in-law. The old man gave his
name as John j. Foy, and said has
home was at Kansas City. He was ac-
companied by his alleged son-in-law,
who gave the name of Snyder, a man
ah a IS years old Snyder was rep
Z lied to be a successful farmer re-
s.ding near Tabor.
They liked Mr.. Carse's farm. altho it
was priced at s95 an acre, and other
farms apparently as good were offered
10 them for less money. The price
finally agreed on was $4,000. The bar
gaining was deliberately done and oc-
ard two or three trips to Council
Bluffs upon which Mr.. Carse acconnpa-
MED tins pros pective purchasers. The
visits here were for the purpose OF Sc
curing a loan on the lard for the
strangers au,i Mr.. Carse was kindly
assisting them in arranging for it.
Together they visited the office of
h G. McGee and acquainted him with
the proposed sale. He Informed them
that Mr.. N. P. Dodge could obtain the
money for them. They all went to
Mr. Dodge's office and the loan was
fully discussed. Several visits, how
ever, were made before the negotia-
tions approached final stage. an on
one of these visits Mir. Carse accom-
panied the alleged Mr.. Foy and his
prosperous son-in-law.
Finally all details connected with
the loan were fixed up. but not cent
had yet been paid to Farmer Carse for
his land. The money Mr.. Dodge was
loaning was for eastern parties.
nNP ~ ,t.oS fi1r ppd
to Mr. Foy. Mr.. Dodge engaged Mr..
McGee to go to the farm and make,
careful inspection of 1t to be sure that
it was ample security for the funds he
was loaning. This inspection was
made on Wednesday by Mr.. McGee and
the prospective purchaser of the land
and Its owner were met by Mr.. Nc
Gee. A favorable report was made by
Mr.. MCGEE.
Produced Forged eDed.
On Saturday. Foy and Snyder came
into Mr.. Dodge's office with an alleged
deed to the farm executed, recorded
and shown on the abstract of title.
Signatures of Mr. Carse and wife were
apparently attested by Elmer Fehr,
a notary at Oakland. well known to
both MIR. Dodge and Mr.. McGee. The
mortgage was then drawn up, eXecut-
ed in Mr.. Dodge's presence and ack-
nowledeed by Mr.. McGee. There ap-
peared TO be no reason why they should
not receive the money on the loan;
The deed to the Carse farm was filed
during the forenoon.
Mr.. McGee accompanied Foy anu
E,nyder when they went to the court
house on Saturday morning to ME the
deed. Recorder Elmer Smith was wei.
acquainted with Mr.. Carse and the
land and remarked to Mr.. "Foy' that
he was getting a fine piece of land.
yes. but we're paying good PRICE for
it,"
The transaction was closed by the
payment of the money. and the benign
Mr.. Foy and his honest looking soE-
in-law dropped out of sight.
1t is needless TO remark that they
are still out of sight. with excellent
PROSPECTS OF not coming into public
view again in this vicinity, altho they
are being encouraged to reappear by
all of the persuasive power OF the law
engineered by the sheriff and the coun-
ty attorneys offices.
The first intimation that the deed
was forgery and that a straight con-
fidence game had been played came
Yesterday afternoon in telephone
message to Recorder Smith from Cash
Ter McRory of the State Savings bark
at Oakland He stated that he had
noticed in the real estate transfers pub
llished in The Sunday Daily Nonpareil
the sale OF the Carse farm, and hal
lust been congratulating Mr.. Carse up
on the high price of s95 an acre he had
received for his land. Mr.. Carse, he
said, had denied the sale, saying the
negotiations had not been consummat-
ed, the prospective purchasers fall
ing to keep their promise TO meet him
on Saturday and make big cash pay
ment
The fact that the mortgage on the
Carse farm had been placed on record
had also bee nmade public by the daily
mortgage report sent out to the banks.
Signatures Forgeres.
Recorder Smith. County Clerk Free
man Reed and Mr.. McGee then began.
to compare the signature of Notary
ESat,. an coypo popa Ale n the Of