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

same date referred TO securing locations
for a couple OF young women.
woman in the Case.
The letters of August and 8 related to
certain citizenship papers OF ono OF, the
entrymen and inclosing power of attor-
ney for young woman who wished TO en-
ter land with the 81 filing fee and other
matters pertaining to an uncompletel nj
ing. the payment for which should be ap-
piled on some other filing to be made by
the witness. Letters under date of Septem-
Der and s related to the settlement OF the
account between witness and Richards. A
letter under date OF September Is related
to filing made by one Frank Carroll, in
which It was asked that II the filing OF
Carroll was a friendly" one the writer's
mother would make application to file on
the same land. The letter further stated
that A. Triplett would act as agent for the
writer in other land fling matters
Guy o. Vaughn OF Chsdnon. a. barber,
and at present employed by the Northwest
ern, testified to swearing to his application
papers for a homestead entry in the ollce
Of Fred Holton. He had conversation
with Fred Hoyt and Holton before entering
the land.
Not Necessary to see Land.
idea of taking up land under the home
stead law. l said ! would, and then they
said they would locate me. / said that
was all right and they then said 1--WE dom
are IL you never see this land at all; all
We want is your .iling papers. I went to
see HoughtonabO 5Jue 26 Nothing was
aid by Houghton, Richards or anyone else
bout putting improvements or the land
4 went with r.. r HouEhton ACROSS to
Crawford. Al E. Erwin had charge of the
party of eight or ten OF US who went over
10 Crawford. We reached Crawford June
q and went on down TO Ellsworth, reaching
there the morning of the 18th I saw no
one there but the crowd that was with
me- until the ONCE was opened, then saw
Jameson and Richards, Richards handed
me a 81 bill and said give this TO the Judge
oKeefe Erwin paid the EXPENSES down to
Crawford and Ellsworth
81 never did pay the Sl4 land office fees
to the receiver at Alliance, nor did ask
anyone to do Il for me do hot know
who paid this fee. These transactions
took place In the offioe OF the Nebraska
Land and Feeding company at Ellsworth
We went through the, bank into back
room, where I saw a man who was pointed
out to me as Mr.. Richards. Judge Keefe
vas az AHS DaAAhlnk department. WheTe nc
swore me to my papers did not take
any papers with me. knew nothing al
all about the land did not take 1t up
as a home and never intended TO farm Il
OF reside on the land. intended TO dis
pose OF it II was paid for it.. would
not have entered the land but for the So
that was paid me by Houghton."
Paid No Films Fee.
Florin Mecnler, boarding house keeper
at Chadron German who was very hard
Of hearing, said he signed the filing papers
In Richards Office at Ellsworth and left
the papers there.
Richards gave me q dollar and ] paid
it over TO Judge oIGeere, said the witness.
II went to Ellsworth June IS 1904 paid
my expenses down and Richards paid them
back. l did not know where the land was.
Richards furnished the description Of the
land. entered the land for 'myself aud
intended 20 move onto it.qI paid 10 hlinE
fee 70 anyone and don't know who did. Mr..
ohen said II would make final proof