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MH.oxi j* hu turnTtni gkTawwwr » Ww»«* Hefwty eiU Tlw M *mm11* *• X*** A« ftmwt '.WtottIt,taalto liUUt.Tbs following narrative, which willprof* pf *om« Interest wharever tbenotarfobs Dell Moon i« known, appeared ,Ui (he Eati Claire News tbe 24th.I^TH’ M00W9TA1II MOOS.”Deputy United States Marshal Cobban, of| D.kot*, who tinted th« citylast weak,, disclosed to tbe New* s new ! and unwrtten chapter in tbe binary of' tbe notOriouH Dell Mood, now lyilt;M injail here, and on* which, were ait the| fact* in deu;! givsii to tbe public, couldnot but be of intense interest to osrtainpartis* in this city.The facte u learned are as follows: Id the spring of ld88 a man calling himself “ Bussell, anlt;l bavins; in hi* possession a couple erf good teanja and wagomj, came to Howard, Dakota.rented I a farm near that place, and spent the nirnmer in the peatKful manner of la grttiger. In the fall b* left there with the avowed purpose of wiait-ug Wwomi'io. Later in the season a party fssriug in his own name a power ffattorney from “Bussell,” said Jnetru-meat lt;]lrewn and acknowledged in Eau Clairaj arrived in tbe village of Howard end iji behalf of “Bussell” sold the twms, wagons, etc., left there.• Still laUr on owrtkin chattel mortgages held by partiea at Oweo and tbe Oase Vfagon Company of Racin*. were placed in the bands of Mr. Cobban, then, as ih»*, sheriff of Miuer county, for fotjeclixure on the property left by “BuasjsU” and sold by bis agent. Since the original sale, however, the teams had clanged hands once or twice, and only due »f them could be found. This one hid but raoently been re-sold by oae Cfuw. Wagner, a (lerman butcher of Howard, and when it was taken on the mortgage Wagner waa compelled to refund the price of the team. Being a poor man, and having himself originally psid f.»r the team to parties he could not recover the money from, it placed Wagner in such closo- quarters financially ti**t in order to continue his business be was tempted to obtain money in a questionable manner, for which he was •ubsequetHly “wanted on a charge of obtaining m-mey under false pretense*; but when the warrant was placed in the b-ndy of the officer it was discoveredthat W»g tier h*4 flown. He W4itr*ck-«1 by! Mr- Cobble to Om»h*, where *11 trace' of him wa* loat. It now ti*o-epirei that Wt#n«r took hU l*w so much to h^irt th*t it afleeted Win mind, and his #ub*equ©nt mainly attributed to thAt fact, Laatweek! the pM»r fellow, in abject poverty and ipbery. aTived in the town of d*-Iflin, only Lweniy mile* from Howard prciilniibly «n bit way beck U» f*cethe music' But here* change of mind to k p vweeiion of bim ind the raoniio* Ml »*i*S *»« srriv*! at 8*kmti9 m found hanging by the neck itnieXeJTtmprend t for tc•UCCOflroute Tbe U ii f8CK iswti of theamou; 000, U ftidere in* oc end * very« feels c cess, much new li M to roed. will 1bare few iveyo?thronS*Uo A r some Norm exist Orf*r diffei whicl that i is no view,fromSt*te ni 004 and ichur whei i hinavii Clairdifi The and for uthe lt;gati(T mod or t give ther ben to \ bell by t rooi eho the aro I lyin on 1 firsi the ord the thefin#1
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Eau Claire Free Press Weekly
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jan 29, 1885
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