The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-11
BRAN NEW GET RICH
QUICK SCHEME
DISCOVERED
Wild Horses in Northern Ari-
IONA Used as Basis for Fleece
ing Innocent Stock Buyers
of the East.

A brand new "get-rich-quick
scheme has come 90 light In Omahn,
where J. i. smith and two compnn-
ions have been arrested by federal au-
thurltics on q charge of conspiracy go
defraud, says the So. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. Tho men are under bonds
while the district attorney Is searching
the code to dud o. law Co ht the case
The scheme ls particularly unique
and is said TO have Melted thousands
OF dollars.
Briefly. the victims are persuaded
to purchase range horses. subject to
";unrc deliVprN'-thHt is, the buyer
must catch his own horses. This Isl
NOT an unusual method ~ purchasing
western horses and creates no suso
pieiun upon the part OF the victim
The horses are represented 1s byne
ON % range in Arizona and the price
quoted Is ridiculously low The vice
tim Is given "A bill OF sal calling from
horses from three To- six years old
giving "a general outline OF she section
oi the country where they are to po
caught In all cases so far this s
Coconino county, Arizona.
The horses are there, as described
in the bill Of sale, and the purchaser
Is at liberty to catch his horses. place
them ON cara and get them To market.
but s0 far the government agents
have not found a man who has been
able tu catch "a horse. Coconiuu
county is as big az an outdoors and
the horses are "a shade wilder than
tho proycrbial buck"
nj Al H#LHH ... e. to
western plains. They are the de-
sccndants Of those which escaped
from thc Spanish c]onqucrors ana tor
ncarls 500 years have not known a
master.
Boa early days the navajo and other
southwestern indians had ways OF
running down the young colts n
raising them 10 maturity. but Il al
ways has heen impossible To- eaten
the horses, once they have grown old
enough TO have fun strength a
speed. with hundreds OF miles OF
wild country over which these horses
can run. the purchaser stands little
chance Of catching them. In add
lion. they have a disposition akin TO
a hycna.
Smith and his associates assert the:
own "A bunch OF these horses and that
their brand will be found on them II
any one cares to investigate. So far
no one has been able To- d|isprove their
claims. The brands may be there but
inasmuch as none OF the buyers have
got within miles and miles of a hnnd
OF these horses, they cannot deny the
declaration.
Three others are named In the com
pluiut, but have not been arrested.
a. %. Perry of Atkinson, Neb, Is tc-
ousaI Ut being implicated. hut the
government agents are at sea decii-
ing under what statute they shan
prosecute.
one Of the victims told this story
to the United States district attorney.
- contracted for eighty head ana
was 90 go CO. Arizona ana catch them
on tho range. Smith told me tines
were Wild aud that It would be uo
easy Job, but ! knew "A lot about
horses. I've cut out range horses
hundreds and thousands OF times ana
didn't believe there was "a horse ON
I the prairies hat / couldn't get.
Armed with my bill OF sale, J went
down 20 Flagstaff. Arizona, and pre-
pared TO pick up my horses. 1 was
TO have eighty between the age OF
three and eight years, and could take
my pick OF any Of those belonging {,
Smith.
II noticed a gang Of %loafers at
the livery stable In Flagstan smiled
when hired an outh! There was q
camp wagon and half n dozen men
I thought it would take us about thre'
! days to get the best 81 the horses on
the range. so ! engaged the OUTFIT foi
that length OF time.
I'VE were on the range for more
days than / care 60 admit. We sa"
wild horses, and they certainly wer'
wild. In fact, they were but cloudi
of dust.
u worked around the country witt
The crew eating their heads on ant
finally II dawned on me there wa
something wrong
Those horses were SO wild a tel
How would have "a hire a brigade @
cavalry 20 surround them. when
became convinced Of that We wen
back 20 Flagstaff. As eur outfit enter
cd the iowa we met another going on
10 catch "a bunch Of n horses
bought explained the sucker ia
him go. / saw him "a week later. II
didn't have any horses. lie saw IA
. dust just ike l did.
Those animals have been sol
; dozens OF times, bat no unc eve
|. catches them. We suckers an IN
. the same experience. There dr
horses there. AN right ] don't kno'
|, whether coz not they belong to smiti
! IN fact. they are so Wild they belou
I 10 any ono who gets them.
~ played the game. fen sucker an