The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-11-01
HIGH BROW
sN|VDLER To PEN
A Bic GAME RECENTLY PLAYED
AT ABERDEEN.

Ab~zEeaz- Nov 1-GaSzRve BLAIR.
sze II n gang af ~highbrUE sw1ndE-.
7Es VINO aaexzz@1 extensively II South
Dzk07a AMI other northwestern stat.
@es iurzng several months Of this
yezr. Was belng tried IN tke Brown
county c1uuit court wasa hs sudden.
" brought the trial 70 . termination
ay ehe z7nouzCe-s1E that As wished
70 enter : plea Of guilty.
L short tine lzrsT Blair wzs sen
fenced aF Judge Anderson I'd = tern
Of Ehree Tazrx IN the STATE 2e1Etsz-'
EEarv In imposing zs1rEzce Judge
Andersen stated that he regretted
thar Ehe lzw Gid 1oz permit the IL
fEtczIOz Of heavier pezzEty-sa2t he
would have liked Eo have made the
sentence Is yszrS instead Of three
TIE plea OF E-ilrT On the part n
me defendant vas . sensational s1d
20 the cour- career Of one wA0 : De-
ITeved 10 have been one Of the lead
aEx IN the series Of s~lndlfng opera
-Sous n z gzrss sczIe By Which 1nsUs-
1e-rEznE residents Of the 10r~hEssz
have been SEIzdI=d ont Of thousands
Of dollars
Blair Was arrested 0l the specific
charge Of hzTIRE obtained money IN
der false pretenseS he oouE1r the
Joe song cafeteria n A5eE1ee1- Civ
zng in rzT-1rt therefor check ard
= norrzzza IN E~o lots near Seattle
w4SA-. for s.. soc on deal LnvolTlng
= total Of 50 see For these he wzs
given possession uM rhe r=zaurzrE-
AMI while lettering N Aberdeen rry-
snE 10 dispose Of the place for cash
sum before the worthless check came
azck ne vas arrested and ais bubble
burst
While he vas operating 01 this
f deal his ssoz- H. NJ Blair. ann . taIT71
cunfe1srzte. Andrew Miller. d250ied
( snsfzr-n Land 1urUhGSeS and then pur-
chased rxo zEronubIIes With worth
F less checks from Aberdeen dealers
( and lied the country SeSth- has
1 ve4 been captured
BexT@s1 them something like sG@--
/ aaa IN fraudulent cheeks wsra issued
within the course of = wees FIrSz o.
| az they purchased the J. Z Seigsr
f farm. paying S.. zoe down E1rh a
f worthless cheek and taxing a CONTRACT
< for purchase Armed Elth this show
T ing that they had swung . s1--8ae
f deal these Iowa capitalists. as they
/ reurese1Eai themselves 70 D. made
progress
They wanr 10 TWO dffEerezT soaTr-
*. making the same STORY TT AOEA
4 places: that 1heT we're buying : t0g
I of Brown county farm land. and gave
/ zs evidence the contract for the IRIS
I sarn- they also stated they had some
{ certificates 0f deposit which w0ulc
sosn Dc 6ue and ASKED Z = checs
/ would Dc satisfactory Their checks
+ wzr4 regarded as good z11 they
care them II exchange for Tw0 a0to-
I MOBILES
Near Cr@SAzri. they purchased tEs
Il G4olsr farm. giving cheek TOR 81
zee as the tFrSz payment On the Rur
chase price ThsF later made
trade EEfh one Of the Brooks 5Oy-
Fur some farm Land IN North Dz
S0xz which IL proved they never uw7-
I'd Al Of these deals telE of sheEI
+ own false structure except the par
chase of the TWO automobiles Mile
and the youEger Blair catered the
automobiles and drove aw2y--znE
the authorities ara after them ret
+ The -BosS~ which were being srzo-
ed In as uAr4 of the deal w1rn Joe
+ Song we're -epreSsnEesa 10 azwe been
worth 81 see In proof OF this GuS-
szv Blair showed where ne had tnsz
sold them 70 q man named Andrew
i Miller for that amount OF course
II vas fake deal and = fictitious
ursce- They were represented TO De-
v~o lots situated II = midday dis
rrsrr oetween Seattle and Tacoma
/ and 10 hare n garage upon them
facing q main highway
When attorneys IN the case came
Il 10 fnvasrgzEa them X w2s discover
an rrar Tke lots were assessed 2r IS
instead Of being worth s4.0ea- There
-zs 70 garage upon then. and IN
fart. they could not De approached
-vsn hv an array track On zcconnE
Of a narrow path scruss me sonen
being the only way 70 ges 20 Ens m
; cline they occupied
The s4-aQo lots have Il pss
eens grade. covered with second
growth fir timber and elder orusn
and aug sxumps of n 6urmea-%1h ares
that made the land useless
The Brown county authorities Zrs
very hopeful of yet capturing Miles
and tire youngsr Blair and IN TINS
: effort n countrywide sEzrrh - h~zns
rrnsxxa ssxr the FrrrTsfwAx