The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20
Nelson SEEKING
MORE EXPERIENCE
Napoleon Farmer Appears to
Have Been Made the
Fall Guy"
SPENDS NIGHT HERE
o MEN
Expected to Meet Supposed
"Con" Artists in. Grand
Forks Saturday.
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Ole Nelson, the Mapleton farmer
who was separated from $4,000 hard
round simoleans at Crookston last sat-
urday by two gentlemen who appear
to nave belonged to the ancient and
honorable guild OF bunco s~teerers, is
In Grand Forks today to meet his two
~"friends" and put through another
His confidence had apparently. been
slightly shaken, BY the Crookston .af-
fair. but It was only With the great
est difficulty. that Chtsf LoweIIwas able
to persuade him that he had, actually
been DONE"
It appears that Nelson. had receive
ed a telegram from, Fred Tanner, the
man who had sold him the $4,000
worth of experience which was ali Nj
had to show for his money after leav-
ing Crookston. asking him to meet
Tanner in Grand Forks the latter part
of this week. ~
Nelson thought II wa barely pos
sible that Tanner would keep his on
gagement. and came to town with that
idea. Chief Lowe told him, however,
that he might as wall. return to Map
Teton.
The ICON ' samea for Which Nelson
fell at crookston last Saturday, APP
pears to have been worked with con-
siderable skill. While stopping in the
Minnesota town he fell in with Tan
ner. who told him that he had a fine
bunch Of cattle for sale at the Great
Northern stock yards.
He took Nelson to see the stock and
Nelson. liking their looks, bought
them from Tanner for $1,000. OF
which he paid s2.7oo cash and gave
Nc NhANlp f>. 00nn -
There is no doubt that the cattle
were worth the money. The only
trouble with the transaction was that
they belonged to Watkins. Bros. Of
Crookston,I and Tadner had no more
title to them. than he had to the
Crookston city hall.
After the purchase had been COM
pleted Nelson spoke Of getting some
freight cars in which to remove "his
cattle" This hardly suited Tanner,
as he realized that.if Nelson started
to remove Watkins Bros. property
there were apt to he actions which
would be embarrassing for him.
who it is said wen. under the name
OF Carter" into the game. Accord
Ing to Nelson's story, Carter saunter-
ed up to the stockyards and began to
admire the cattle.
Nelson and Carter soon got into
conversation, and when Carter found
that Nelson was the owner Of the cat
tie he decided hat he would really
have to buy them from him. He was
willing to pay $4,000 for the lot.
Clear Profit Looked Good
A clear profit Of $1,000 In less than
an hour looked like real high finance
to Nelson and he promptly closed with
the Offer. In payment Carter. offered
a check for $4,000 on a Euclid bank.
In order to show Nelson that the
check was good he falled up the bank
on the long DISTANCE phone, and al
lowed Nelson to listen to the CONVEX
'@ ! !. it vi. a,r,E.lt. Carter had
$4,000 deposited in the bank. The
check couldn't. go through till Mon
day though. as It would be necessary
for Mr.. Carter to change his deposit
to a checking account"
That BOUNDED fair. enough to Mel
son, who didn't know that 1t wa his
friend Tanner at the other end Of the
wire. instead Of the Euclid bank. so
he accepted the check. and went on
his way rejoicing.
Then the Awakenine.
the ns awakenins cane, however.
the Napoleon bank. An inquiry sent
to Euclid then revstled the fact. that
no one by the name Of Carter had
ever been heard Of there.
Nelson was disgTfsted., but became
somewhat hopeful again when he re-
ceived the wire regarding the meet
ing In Grand Forks He came to the
city Wednesday night and II registered
At the Hotel Northern.