Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-21

sentence, however, was never enforced,
this being his reward for his services
to Uncle Sam.
whom was named suburb, Linndale,
was found to be almost as important
a Lacquer as Van Hise. John X.
Corwin, the notary used by Van Hise
and Linn, was member of one of the
most prominent families in Ohi? but,
through his overindulgence in whisky,
was pliable tool in the hands of
others. John F. Gardiner was bank
er and man Of high business stand
ing. In the work IF producing false
titles the notarial work was not the
least item, as all the papers had to
be sworn to, and it was necessary to
find notarieS who not only would
consent to take acknowledgements they
knew to be false, but who could be
trusted to maintain the utmost Sc
crecy. Two more of these notaries
were Herman E. Schuster and John J.
Brady, Jr, of ST. Louis. In all, %
men had been dragged into our net
for completely in one form or another
in this great conspiracy.
At last the time came to strike.
l believed that the evidence in all
the cases was strong enough to convict.
Warrants were sworn out and placed
in the hands of deputy United States
marshals in the various cities where
the arrests were to be made. The
greatest secrecy was observed in get
ting out the papers and arranging 9TH
er preliminaries. With Lindsay and
Van Hise, Stedman and I arranged to
have all the papers in our deals with
them In their respective Offices on the
day the arrests were planned. It was
the 18th day of March in the year after
the investigation was begun that
entered the private Office of Robert L.
Lindsay in st. Louis with Deputy
Marshal Soest.
Lindsay, jaunty and busy, was at his
desk. l quietly told him he was un-
der arrest.
who are you, and what am I'M
der arrest for?" he demanded
told him who l was, and, Drieny,
yhat he was wanted for.
Cali right" he said, coolly, reaching
for his hat, but you came just in
time to spoil big trade for me-"
Then he became indignant.
This is an outrage" he said,
angrily; "a plot put up by Carl
Schurz to ruin me. It's the work Of
the id reformers in the republican
party, and Is going to hurt the party.
AS nearly at the same instant as
was physically possible, the arrests of
a score or more of the leaguers was
made in st. Louis ana other cities All
were placed under Londs, the furnish
Ing of bail being comparatively easy
matter for men of such prominence
and means as most of them WERE
Then began a mosu desperate fight for
freedom on the part of the land
leaguers-R fight in which was en-
ployed every agency from the influ-
ence Of the highest dignitaries in the
republican party to the intimidation
of even minor witnesses by threats of
lynching. Among the men who had
been carelessly let Into possession of
discriminating information against
Lindsay was Frank Smith, an employee
of President Thompson, Of the Boat
mems bank, of st. Louis, who had a
country seat at Ironton. One day the
following notice was sent to Smith
from a mysterious source:
......................
Frank Smith, Ironton, Mo.
Cook at Thompsons.
Prepare with your maker-he will
want you to come to him very soon.
We will on August IL, at u o clock,
midnight, come to your house and
hang you to a tree until you are
dead. May you be ready to die!
BEWARE.
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