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: A big land scrip forgery swindle bus been j*| discovered in St. Lou is. A iirm under the i : name of Burt Ai111 er—wliosc* members j( have absconded io avoid arrest—did the U forgery and, it is claimed* circulated a j' large amount of the bogus paper, realizing j -thousands of dollars. A man named John ; 1 D. Cameron has been arrested at Sioux s City, Dakota, as a confederate. Burt and Miller dealt in all kinds of forged public j1 land certificates, but principally in Louiai-.} asm and New Mexico scrip. 15
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The Benton Weekly Record
Fort Benton, Montana, US
Thu, Jun 01, 1882
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