Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-12

1900 wild horses on his ranch in Ari-
IONA.
Was Smith a reliable man, he asked
Jack Shircliff, one OF the men in
dicted by the grand jury. Certainly:
And to prove it, he said, letters of
recommendation were read telling OF
parties who had bought some OF the
wild horses and who were very well
satisfied.
Brauer told OF Smith coming into
the office wearing blue goggles. When
asked what the reason was, he said
Smith told him he had recently come
back from a roundup on his ranch
and that he had caught cold in his
eyes from sleeping on the ground.
Smith showed me pictures" the
farmer added, land told me he had to
sell so many horses regularly to keep
from being overstocked.
my, but it must take an awful lot
of grass to feed all your horses" the
farmer said he conjectured to Smith.
"Oh, yes, but we keep lots of feed
for them" was his reply. -.
After these talks, Mr., Brauer said,
he felt sure the deal was on the
square and decided to make the trade
for his ZIG acres OF Oneida county,
Wisconsin land.
Paid Commission, Too.
After the deal was made, the farmer
testified, F B.. Guidinger, in whose
office negotiations had been carried
an, asked him for a commission
of $50. He said he paid the commits
sion.
did you see Smith pay his half"
mo, nor no one else did" the
farmer answered.
When asked If he got receipt for
his $50 the farmer replied, Sure, !
always get a receipt or ! don't pay.
Brauer then told OF his attempts to
get his 100 head OF mares by wiring
to Flagstaff, Ariz., where they were
to be put on cars for him. But he
said his kilograms were never
! answered.
did you get any horses or any.
thing for your property" he was final
ly asked.
Not that ! know Of" -.
IF you make the deal we will
give you the trade OF your life" This
| in substance, is what A. V. Everett
real estate dealer Of Roife, Ia, tolt
the Jury he was assured by John
Bolecey OF the Western Land com.
pany OF Atkinson, Neb., il he would
trade his quarter section OF Hamilton
county (Kansas) land for 100 of the
wild range horses.
On the face OF the evidence pre-.
sented him, he testified, he was posi-.
tive that il he made the deal he GER
| tainly would have made the trade o.
his fife. But he didn't trade. And
as a result he has his Kansas farm, he
said, valued at about $1,000, which ht
came mighty close to swappin' fol
the wild horses.
The Nice Bait.
The Iowa real estate dealer tolt
OF his first nibbling at the wild horse
bait when he answered an advertise
ment in a paper to the effect that the
Western Land company had horses tc
trade for land. In reply to his let
| ter, he said he received letter iron
A. O. Perry OF Omaha telling NOR,
| about the quality OF the animals
During this stage OF the negotiations
| Everett said that he was acting as ar
agent for one Of his Iowa clients.
In response to another letter from
Mr., Perry, in which the real estat,
man said that Perry wrote him hi
client was not going up against ;
skin game" he came to Omaha witt
H. H. Roberts, a garage owner, also
Of Rolfe, la. who wanted to look into
the proposition.
| "In room in the Merchants hote
where Mr.. Perry took me-" he said
III was shown pictures OF the kind o
horses they had on the range, The.
were nice gray ones and ] decide,
that IL I made the deal would tax,
as many Of the dappled gfays as pos
sible." He said that was agreeable
to Perry and J. Smith and Jack Shir
cliff, who had entered the room.
Map and Photos.
In addition to being shown pic
lures in the room, he said he was ais,
given map showing how easy |
would be to capture the animals an,
load them on the cars at Flagstaff
| Ariz.
| Jack Shircliff. he testified, la.
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