The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-07-13

gomery a. Howard, c. q o. Montgomr
ery, and several other firms were be-
ing operated I'm ten by twelve foot
suoke house which had been removed
from it, place In the rear OF the resi- =
Rnce OF Walter Montgomery to a place
by the roadside. More than 150 bogus
firm names were used by the swindlers
who succeeded IN defrauding firms and
individuals all over the United States
OF sums aggregating over 100000.
In addition. these who were interest
ed In forming the land swndlers had
defrnueed persons all the way from
Yuma, Arizona. to Geneva, New York.
In sum agprePating close 10 100000
In these land swindleTs they had used
the Ford & Duvall Patent tho Lewis
BACK Patent. ana the walcott Patent
The territory covered by these three
patents had for probably half CEN
tdry been occupied by big holders who
had a good title 10 these operating
" hen prospective purchasers would
come TO SalyersVlle 10 view the lands
offered for sale, they would take them
over into the county OF Breathitt ana
point TO thousands OF acres OF virgin
forests which they chained were the
lands covered by their patent
The men connected with this land
swlndle conglsted almost entirely OF
once holders OF Magofiin co. and ex
ONCE holders, to-wit:
A. IL Adams, eK-circuit court clerk.
X. c. Arnett. ox-super1ntendent Of
schools and at present postmaster at
Hendricks, Ky
~ p Howard ex -deputy sheriff.
u Z, Iacey. os county court clerk
n q hiiuiY x-couuty court clerk.
. ~ Rnnev. ex-county attorney.
n Glenn suhlett ex- -police Judge OF
salyersyille lIy
Tao. Arnett former member OF the
X t<enti,cly Ie,,ialature -
4 ~, pratsr who was until recently,
first lieutenant In the Kentucky guards.
w " Cooper IA n nephew OF former
Circuit Judge Cooper. OF that district.
ara ts nm attorney nj law
one OF those who was indicted. TO
Itt.J n subIett who was ex- master
cornt,,ias.oner OF Magofiin-co.. died be-
fore The trial began.
m, ,.u.t,,,. ,,,,,,,,. o,,n,., ,,,d ana
nv 80 ,s ss,s,da, -. ~ -IIn,,-
: ~, J, .',, ,,,'.,e,, pa,.,t, p Aiorroyy
,.., ~, vs,,,,, ntarah.ad ~.
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y .-.ls,,,n o'.s .,,o.,,a,, tSinxd Arnott ~
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1850. c,o' So -, ~ ,t casdnar saiyers.
M - ~, rto,,,ard ~ coiversvtlle
~, 80 l...s.a,, "a rrosan, hund-
.,,.',, ~, b., = co,,,, 90 cat
;',,r,,,., go, ,,,,caiI,y ovsry stat.
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49, ~. s,'a ,,,o',Id aaa.,,roa ,ha ynontha ~
1as ~. as,.,s, "a 4, yas a matter
-, a,,.nrt.a ga .a,Isfaction
y, .es s'.a, ~. ,-,di M. aon,,to,inn Z, j
NiAa .ne 30, ~ ,,har,
=, v-,H ,,'.,,.,s ~, ~. ,,e,-,,y ~ tho
80" ,rt' o,,,,. ,,or,. NJ Nh, ,,,era in
,so,nd ana Who asca nod were eight wo-
-, 80 ,,,,,,, ,t,o ,nn,,on ~ tho INIT
"a S,a,as a,,ornev were dismissed All
~ ,he others received sentences run
Mn. an ,ha wav from one day. given
90 Ad,niral Dexyev stone 10 three years
and = dav IN ne Atlanta penitentiary,
,ho .entencn i,nnosed upon young
Slone's rather II X. Slone
Thasa cases from Maaotiin-co.. ale
considared ,be most remarkable in tie
,,istorv az Inc eourts OF Kentucky With
In the area or five miloa Inhabited by
,our hundred neonle, mountaineer con.
sn,rators defrauded large Wholesale
bousea and iobbors located all over the
limited states OF pomething like SS0,000
worth OF goods. Expert credit men
drawing handsome salaries az well as
brilliant lawyers and real estate sharks,
went down in defeat before the wiles or
the Nagoflin-oo. mounlaineers
Their method was SIMPLE. They or
ganized fictitious bank and printed
the stationery OF TINS pahk' Ineii .he9
orennlzea hctiuous ll,hs' ihe Aniis
orderen goods from tne Joppers' 'ti
iurnisheu as reierenee .i'is palN' nI.oNi'
as the state pank o. bro"niow. nen
the c'eult men "oulu wrl'e 70 t,ie o'lilA
OF BroMnlo" cohccrnlnE tne 'iH,Ves
OF thelr prospective custolners 'ie ost''H
wonld highly recommend mem,
Not only dlo thev uelrauu "hoieSa'e
houses tut }hey snlo thousahus u iSi -
or mountain ianu 10 Whlch tn's ibad
no real itle To residents OF SaiIiolnia
Arizona ana othet States Oh the u'iio''
one Sew YORK iiWyer laiiils VIZ
tim BEFORE these mouhteineer re''
estate dealers. The deeds which pas
ed In such transactions referred pfck
to land grants, which We're declared
outlawed. inasmuch as settlers nave
claimed this land Tor sevefal gei.eta-
'tions back,
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