Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-12
MILLER WANTED
TO TRADE PLANT
FOR Wild HORSES
Joseph Disterhaupt of Hum
phrey Testifies How Sought
to Swap Mill for Farm and
Arizona Range Horses.
BANKER CHECKED DEAL
Retired Farmer Tells Story of
Trade of Wisconsin Stump
Land Worth $4,000.
GOT INSIDE FACTS" TOO

How Joseph Disterhaupt. miller. of
Humphrey, Neb., became discontented
with grinding wheat and wanted to
trade off his $4,000 mill for l49-acrc
farm somewhere along the Mississippi
river in White Side county, Illinois,
and l20 head of wild range horses of
Coconino county, Arizona, was the
story told in the United States district
court yesterday afternoon during
hearing of the wild horse" case, in
which the government is prosecuting
the United States Live Stock company
and Omaha Land and Investment
company for using the mails to de-
fraud i'll selling imaginary wild range
horses on the government reserve i'll
Coconino county.
That the Humphrey miller did not
lose his $4,000 plant was not his fault,
he testified. He did his best to con-
summate the deal but DR.. William N
Condor, president of the Otis and
Murphy bank of Humphrey. just
wouldn't let him trade. In fact, it
was brought out that the doctor had
suit filed against him by one OF the
officers of the wild horse" company
because he refused to let the deal go
through
Boosted Price of Mill.
Il met A. o. Perry and J. S. Smith
at Humphrey" the miller testified,
"They had come up to see if | was
willing to trade my mill for a farm in
Illinois. Perry was to be my agent.
After we had discussed trade for a
while, Perry took me outside my mill
and said. Say, Joe, why don't you
boost the price of your mill from $lS,-
600 to $2l,000?'. l did. There was a
difference, however, Of about $4,000
between the value of my property and
Mr.. Smiths" the miller added, land |
was offered some wild horses for the
difference he concluded.
What were you offered for the
difference?" them iller was asked.
"One hundred and twenty wild
horses"
Did Mr.. Smith say anything when
Sou ~ ' ny ta'"e " S0'' p'oPS
ertyi ne was again asked;
ss..,;y, ns neaeI nl " s.auy ss a:a w .hat l..
would give me twenty more horses
for the difference" o.
"Why did MI. Smith say he wanted
I'll. .Hn I'm. s,;d hs ,nanted % i w., for & he hrntb
Or who - was ~ once can an exnert ~ m miller hmt
hat five years aoo he fa;led and went
hroke and that now he wanted to Get
him I'm again -
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ferfy, ms agent ne saia 'oia MN
that the uedi was pa' yam anu upoi.
tnis Assumption anuo tnefS ne went
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nc tiieh ,oiu that ne I'sneu Til'
" sdie ioi us piope'y, out .ia' -.
was ] convinced i was a fraud
DR.. w. N. Condor, the banker,
was next called to the witness stand.
81 was convinced that the trade was
a fraud" the doctor tetihed. Smith
and Perry tetsifed that the land was
worth $3.50 an acre. As to the horses
I was told that they were bred ub
from draft horses, very tame and easy
to catch"
81 refused to have anything to do
with the deal and stopped Mr.. Dis
terhaupt from trading, because he was
nv friend and not because he owed
nv bank small mortgage on the
place"
The banker testified that he was
offered a commission of ST 900 on the
side if he would let the deal go
through and that his bank would be
paid the mortgage. but that he re-
fused.
In summing I'D his statements the
banker said that he had no interest
in the matter outside Of keeninq one
Of his patrons from being feecedl
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