Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-28

Richards said that would he all right,
will pay that and he did pay me the 81
/ do not recall any further conversation
with Jameson OF Richards
After completing the papers left them
lay on the desk in the Office Of the Ne
braaka Land and Feeding company.
could not state what yeas done with them.
They were taken away by other parties
Mr. Jameson took some of them The land
once fees OF S1i9for each filing were not
paid 20 me 1 cannot state what Mr.. Jane
son did with the papers he took. but think
he tool. them into another room or from
the room I did nOt-see any money orders
or drafts in connection with the filings
Neither Jameson Or Richards said anything
about land Office fees to me"
One OF the COIOutperA. j.,
Frank ]. Hodshton, for twenty years a
resident Of Chadron. engaged IA ths land
and law business there followed cornils-
sicne- o'Keefo on the witness stand Tues
day afternoon.
"Mr. Richards said he wanted me to do
little coIonIzihg for him and locate some
homesteaders." said Mr.. Houghton, and |
agreed to go 10 work for him for few
months No direct arrangement was made
at this time. but subsequently l went %
Ellsworth and had talk with him there
along the same general lines about iocat-
ing honlesteaders. I went to Ellsworth at
the request OF Mr.. Richards. az he wanted
me TO make locations In that part Of the
country. The agreement was that l was to
see $50 for each, l6eatJonl 1--WE, hada q talE
Ia his Office at Ellsworth and the agree
rnent was repeated In the presence OF MI
Comstock, but Mr.. Richards said the $50
proposition was not the agreement ] ar
:ansed, however for a number OF men TO
ac there 20 make flings on June 2s, 1901 |
had arranged Tor ten nsen, but Only eight Of
them vent. They were from Chadron
told them when they got the land II would
be OF value to them sometime, and that
they could make the trip down there with
but little expense; that the improvements
would be put on the land and IL they
wanted to- sell IL the improvements would
appiy or, the sale of the land to Richards.
lie told NE. at Crawford that I could tell
the entrymen that he would put the i'm
provements on the lands for them and that
he wanted the first opportunity to buy the
land at a reasonable igure
Paid variOas sums.
II paid the entrymen various sums OF
money. ranging from SIS TO So and was
reimbursed through the bank, made my
statement, had It checked up and received
. the money"
The witness then produced a number Of
+ letters received from Bartlett Richards.
which we're read before the jury The de-
Tense strenuouslY objected TO the introduc-
tion OF the letters in evidence. but the court
ovefrulsd the objections. These letters bore
the date OF June, July. August and Sep
TENDER, 1904, and ali pertsined to the land
deals between Houghton and Richards and
were written on the letetr heads OF the Me-
braska Land and Feeding company. One
! OF the drst letters enclosed twelve doclara-
tory statements and the witness was re-
quested to secure twelve entrymen. for
which 80 each would be paid. The letters
said further the United States commits
sioner would be al Ellsworth June q to
acknowledge the filings. They asked that
the witness telephone Richards n he had
other filings. The next letter. under date
, 81 July q, related 70 the naturalization OF
certain OF the entrymsn, and another OF the