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How Ho Played tha Qranitor b» Dakota, Hbrtaweed TTin Property sod Thou Sold It, Leairfas in tho Xiarck An Innocent Purchaser, Who Cwnmits Salcido.“TH’ INCONSTANT MOON.” -Deputy United States Marshal Cobban, of Dakota, who visited the city i this week, disclosed to the News a new and un written chapter in the history of the notorious Dell Moon, now lying in i jail here, and one which, were all the . facte in detail given to the public, could ; not but be of intense interest to certain parties in this city.The facts aa learned are as follows: In the spring of 1883 a man calling , himself “Bussell,” and having in his possession a couple of good teams and wagons, came to Howard, Dakota, rented a farm near that place, and spent the summer in the peaceful manner of a granger. In the fall ha left there with the avowed purpose of visiting Wisconsin. Later in the season a party bearing in his own name a power of attorney from “Bussell,” said instrument drawn and acknowledged in Eau Claire, arrived in the village of Howard and in behalf of “Unwell” sold the teams, wagons, etc., left there.Still later on certain chattel mortgages held by parties at Osseo and the Case Wagon Company of Racine. were placed in the hands of Mr. Cobban, then, as now, sheriff of Miner county, for foreclosure on the property left by “Bussell” and sold by his agent; Since the-original sale, however, the teams had changed hands once or twice, and only one of them could be found. This one had but recently been re-sold by one Cbas. Wagner, a German butcher of Howard, and when it was taken on the mortgage Wagner was compelled to'refund the price of the team. Being a poor man, and having himself originally paid for the team to parties he could not recover the money from, it placed Wagner in such close quarters financially that in order to cod tin ue his business he was tempted to obtain money in a questionable manner, for which he was subsequently “wanted” on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses; but when the warrant was placed in the hands of the officer it was discovered that Wagner had flown. He was tracked by Mr. Cobban to Omaha, where all trace of him was lost. It now transpires that Wagner took hia loss so much to heart that it affected his mind, and his subsequent transactions are mainly attributed to that fact. Last , week the poor fellow, in abject poverty and misery, arrived in tho town of Salem, only twenty miles from Howard presumably on his way back to “ face the music. ” But here a change of miud to ;k possession of _ him and the morning following hia arrival at Salem he was found hanging by the neck stone dead.“ BUSSELL ” AND MOON.After the departure of the power-of-uttorney man who sold ‘'Bussell’s” mortgaged property, it was learned at Howard that “Russell” was none other than Dell Moon, of Wisconsin fame, and it now transpires that the power of attorney was .given by Dell Moon—under the name of Bussell—while he was ly- , ingin jail in this city, where lie haa been in confinement for a year past; j and if. is pros uni able Lhat .the party act- ' ing as ''Bussell’s agent, as well as the , notary acknowledging the mslrutnenr, ' were familiar at least with the fact that | Moon was Moon and not “ Russell, ” i even if he was a rustler**’ Marshal lt;Cobban visited Dell Muon at the county j:iil here Timrudav, and the identified- t ciun of Dell Moon as one and tho tame (
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Eau Claire News
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jan 24, 1885
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