The Dickinson press., 1913-04-26

several parties in, Dnnn county have
been induced to part with $l0O each.
Two Of the checks were cashed in Dick
inson on Wednesday morning. Merry
bought a draft with one check and took
the currency for the other. !
On Monday Merry and ex-judge W.
A. Carter were in Fayette and the ter
ritory north and east. They brought up
in Manning ON Tuesday, having already
visited Bailey and Halliday and Other:
points in northern Dunn county. So far
as known all the checks were made to
Chas. F. Merry.
I. J. Anders. prosperous Halliday
farmea; gave personal check for $1oo
ON the Security State bank of Halliday,
bearing date of April 22nd. which
check wes cashed in this city the fol-
lowing morning. A check for a like
amount given by a Fayette man was
also cashed by Merry on Wednesday.
1t was reported that B. G. Pinnel of
Halliday also gave his check for 500
to help the cause along.
Merry tells some Of the people that
he is collecting money with which to
incorporate a $50. 600, 600 north and
south railroad. the fee for which will
be $s7. 600. based possibly On a SIS. 600
stateffee, $40, 600 attorney fee and a
few extras. To some he sings the song
ofmeney needed for preliminary sur
vey. He tells that he can sell bonds
as seon as final grade stakes are set.
Another scheme he has is to get men to
sies sup notes for stock. He has some
thing to fit the idea of almost any per-
son,~hom he approaches. Cash is what
Iae,wants but it takes some Of the other
st,,ff to catch the cash fellow. During
theswintes elerry borrowed, frame am ! Of Of,
Surveyor Veieel and secured q donation
Of paper and himself made a great roll
Of ,blue prints for his paper road of
which the Recorder Post has had so
much to say. He told all sorts of stor-
les about what he had paid for these
worthless blue pxints and secured a few
meetings with a few citizens in Dick
inson. An apparent effort was made to
have these meetings star chamber SEES
sions, but this did not meet the approval
Of men who were sincere in ..vishine to
secure additional eai,road facilities.
Merry tried to get prominent men
to:siaa his ready made articles Of incoE-
poration. He gave his usual smooth
talk that he did not wish ito handle
any money and urged several different
people TO act as treasurer: Every bank
in the city declined tlatly to have any
thing to do with the Merry scheme.
II :is ,enly three years ago that Merry
worked practically the same game
seath, Or. Johns Of Hettin9er and
Rankerue uemmon being smong the vic
tins who parted with their money.
Some five people at 1acHenzy. this
state, gave up 500 each. for one Of his
paper raikoads. Merry got the money
and a term in Adams coaanty sthrown
in. ,fae has taken the money again
and our friends out north will ,never
see any benefit from what they have
given up. Of course Merry will deny
this and, ii he should be arrested for OBJ
tanning money under false pretensee. he
will no doubt set up the plea that he
has not been permitted to carry out his
plans. @.s
C. F. Merry probably grabbed $500
or more in his two days. trip. A great
many people WHO get bitten on q fake
game will aever let it be known if they
can help it. Anyway the promoter has
secured enough money for a trip which
he was plannine to take the last of the
week. Where he will turn up next 40
one knows. The victims will be the
first to give the alarm.
The following fros the current num-
ber of leading railroad magazine
shows that c. F. Merry is not the only
...Gulf Road promoter:
Under orders of the United States
.District Ceurt in Kansas City, the Win
nioea. Salina & Gulf Railway. COM
monty known as the Blue Sky rail-
way: is to be sold and tle proceeds
divided pro rata among the creditors.
The physical assets consists Of Sc, 900
,,nffh Of fine Office furniture at the GEN
saral Offices at Salina, while the claim
al The Bradley Construction Company
81 New York is $50. 600. H. Leone Mil
jer.F president of the road. is in Jail in
S~sl.ix "a e1R mn 3>ond char6ed with