Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-03-07
EMm0NS COUNTY ROBBED.
IS CHARGE Of ATTORNEY
That Bribery and Other Fraudulent Means Were
Used by Hackney v-Boynton Land Company
to Secure Land Is Claim Made

nlticaat, and diScloses that the sec
retary of the company considered
that the benefit of the SG2O.OO wen,
To &, n Herol2. who had assisted
them in the deal. and not To his
brother, the ostensible purchaser.
We realize that you have been
very liberal with us. 7 The liberal
ity meant IN this sentence is the
marking of the taNes for the year
1901 Paid on the taN-l lists a lib
erality that the tan payers of this
county will hardly appreciate The
balance of the letter we will let Her
olz or Hackney explain. if it is to hc
gwen amy other meaning than that
expressed
The failure of Gus. in his letter
OF the DIST, to state ANYTHING about
the application that he inclosed is
probably explained Ivy the fact that
Boynton carried the details of the
deal lncludlng the deal as to Gus
getting this quarter at the reduced
price for his assistance Ia other
members ot that company and II
was not necessary for Gus to set out
the deal, and it would not look good
ON paper. and. for the same reason,
Hackney. IN his letter of the 25th of
November, did not mcAtlon it,
knowing that Gus would not expect
anything until the matter was placed
before all the company and he had
secured their consent. Now. e.. A.
Herolz completed the purchase of
this land on the terms set out in the
letter, and contract was issued i'm the
name of his brother, and later a
deed was issued in the name of the
brother. and In 1905 the brother
decided the land to Gus for "A consid-
GRAFTON of one dollar (See Book 10
of Deeds, page 2s2) Gus then sold
the land for SIG per acre
As to the Hackney Boynton Land
Company. Why. they just assumed
ownership of this land that they had
acquired with the help of these
county officials without even paying
all back taxes, or any of the current
taxes levied for that year. while the
rest of us were paying our yearly
taxes. and many Of us have paid
yearly privilege for cutting hay on
these very lands that they had ac-
quircd by fraud from the county.
Now. in the year 1910 our Supreme
Court, in the case of Alexander Nc
kenzie VS.. Carlos N. Roynton, de-
cided that the deed given by Herolz
as county auditor to the Hackney
Boynton Land Company was abso-
Iutely void, and that the lien for the
taxes was still owned by Emmons
county (Sce l25 N. w. 1851 This
decision established beyond question
that the title to these lands is in
Emmons county. and that the county
is entitled to the money that stood
against the land, and the money that
the county was defrauded out of by
the unfaithfulness of the county
officials, of which the foregoing let
ters and the facts connected there
with are abundant evidence, should
be recovered into the county S treas
urv
My contention is that the county
should assert its interest in these
lands and insist on receiving the
amount that il was beaten out of,
with legal rate of interest, which at
this time will amount to about $lO,-
600, which would relieve US some
what of the excessive taxes that
have to be paid by US. due to the
rascality Of those county officials.
To insiston this would not be asking
more than is rightfully due the
county and not unfair to any one. IL
| am right that this deal was accom-
pllshed by bribery Of the county
officials, then the county should in
sist on receiving all that was due
on the land in 1901 without paying
back the money received from the
land company, which would more
than pay all our seed bonds Why
allow the discovered thief to retain
the fruits Of his thicvingo
In the year 1907. having pur-
chased d fee title in 2,OSO acres of
this land, Ioffcred and rendered To
Herolz as treasurer Of the county the
sum Of 50 ,.52S SO, being the amount
due the county upon the thirteen
quarters Of this land, and he simply
notified the land company, and that
is all that was ever heard Of Vt.
On April "a, 1917 llast year). /
offered TO G. II. Naramore, county
L N e.,