The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-03
HOOVER;H|s RECORD
Farmers Are Warned to Pass
Up This Fellow.
lis Claimed He Has Been DO
ing" People Cleverly.
His Mode Of Operation Is Ex
Planned in Detail.
He Should Be Given a Chilly
Reception Everywhere.

>heriiTe OF counties in southern Min
NOM the chief of police OF Rockford,
Ill., requesting them To warn the farm
cl- To look out for Il clever swindler
by the name of Hoover who is working
i d,al on farmers which is one of the
-moothc~t that the police have had to
deal with for some time. For his ar
rr~t Il reward of $500 is offered. The
dead that the man works is given here
Is a warning To the farmers and bust
ness men and also the description of the
uial. This j. his method of working:
Tie will look over several farms that
AFRO for sale some distance from the
county seat. Finally concludes to buy
one Tells the farmer that he is II
Whoever and is buying the farm for his
son with whom he intends to live. Asks
ii there Is Il notary public near there,
on any one who can acknowledge in Il
legal way any papers that are necessary
10 he drawn. Learns there IS notary
~ the village near the farm. Asks the
farmer II he has the abstract OF the
place and gels the loan OF II, explaining
tina, he wants his lawyer To look IT over
He then calls on the notary ut the vii
lae. and asks him 10 make out the pow
cr OF attorney. saving that he wants TO
send it 10 some friend or relative in the
east; After getting this with the no.
taUys seal upon il he either makes or
ha~ made duplicate of the seal. He
then goes To he county seat and calls
upon some lraI estate man or lawyer
and tells him that he is about to buy
ihi, farm and asks him to kindly look
over the abstract and the county rec
or, to see if the title is correct. This
at course is found all right He then
asks he lawyer or real estate man to
draw up the deed for the farm. explain
inc who he is and why he wants this
particular iarm. fle then saws that as
the price OF the farm is taking all his
ready money. and there are many inn
provements he would like To make on
he place in the way of building fences,
etc. asks the real estate man or lawyer
if he knows of anv money lender who
would like TO make this kind of loan.
The real estate man of course sees II lit
tie per cent in this kind of deal for
himself and accordingly tells him that
he will secure the money for him all
right He Mr. Hoover. then takes the
decd which has already been drawn mp,
together with the abstract and goes to
his hotel There he FORCES the name
OF the farmer and his wife then places
the notarv's seal on the deed in the way
OF IN acknowledgement. and after suit
able time calls again on the real estate
man and shows him the deed properly
-igncd aud acknov lodged. He again eX-
plains that a. he has paid ont all his
realy money he would like to secure the
amount asked for on the place rs soon
a possible so that he can return home
AMI move his family on the farm. The
real estate man sends for the party
who intends to loan the money. This
party on his arrival looks over the deed.
takes a note for the amount asked for.
also Il mort gage on the farm. to secure
he payments of the principal Of the
note and interest thereon. which he
records, and then the money is paid over
and Hoover blows" the town.
Hoover is about fifty wears old about
five feet. ten inches tall, weight about
$50 or 100 pounds. dark complexion,
dark hair gray mixed, rather good
looking, squirt evcI, rather stopped
shoulders. generally wears black soft
hat and dark clote,.