Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1885 — LAND LARCENY. [ARTICLE]

LAND LARCENY.

A Partial List of Those Who Have; Been Extensively Engaged in It. [Washington dispatch.] The following is a list of the illegal inclosures of public land of which the General Land Office has specific knowledge, which are affected by the President’s proclamation: Acres Persons and residence. inclosed. Levisey Bros., Pueblo Countv, C010rad0..62,700 John Ross, Pueblo County, Coloradol4,72o' • John Heropenger, Pueblo County, Colorado 40,900 Lankford Bros., Pueblo County, Colorado. 14,920* E. C. Tolle, Pueblo County, C010rad035,200 John G. Haas, Pueblo County, Colorado. .40,300 Daniel Kees, Bent County, Colorado 1,500 J. C. Jones, Bent County, C010rad0...... 1,920Polk «t Anderson, Bent County, Colorado.. 7,500 David Degraff, El Paso County, Colorado. 10,800 Robert Douglass, El Paso County, Colorado 1,720 Allen ft Link, Park County, Coloradol3,soo* B. F. Spinney, Park County, Colorado.... 6,900 James Malloy, Las Animas County, Colorado....’ 2,920 Poindexter & Orr, Beaverhead County, Montana Charles Reaubin, Silverbow County, Montana.; 4,600 Solomon Jennings, Silverbow County, Montana 7,800 James A. Campbell, Custer County, Montana 2,500 C. H. Hutton, Albany County, Wyoming.. 9,000 William Wallace, Deer Lodge County, Montana .. 4,500 Chatfelter, Thomas & Blake, Kingmanand Harper Counties, Kansas 24,160 Williani Dunphy, Lander and Eureka Counties. Nevadall,soo Rafael <fc Bradley, Lander County, Nevada 1,300 Crum <fe Zarries, Lander County, Nevada. 3,900 Andrew Benson. Eureka County, Nevada. 3,800 C. F. Coffee & Co.. Sioux Countv, Nebraska 6,000 Circle "Bar Company, Sioux County, Nebraska .... 5,330' War Bonnet Live Stock Company, Sioux County, Nebraska 5,272: Dakota Stock Company, Sioux County, Nebraska6l,96B Ogden <t Ares, Sioux County, Utah 900 Thomas Ray, Sioux County, Utah 1,200Patrick Largv, Sioux County, Montana... 790 Northwestern Cattle Company, Sioux County, Montanal4,ooo Martin Stevens, Bent County, Colorado... 9,600A. S. Polk. Bent County, Colorado 5,760 M. T. Hopkins, Bent County, Colorado.. .20,300Columbia Cattle Company, Bent County, Colorado 3,000 H. S. Holly, Bent County, Colorado 1,200 McLean Bros., Bent County, Colorado .... 2,000 Jc seph Graham, Bent Cqunty, Colorado... 1,200 James Beatty, Bent County, Colorado ... .21,000 A. J Anderson. Bent County Colorado I,ooo* Humphrey Best, Bent County, Col rado... 2,000 G. W. Swink, Bent County, Colorado .... 9,000 J. W. Potter, Bent County, Colorado 4,500' McDaniels & Davis, Pueblo County, Col. ..37,500’ Nancrede <fc Rumsey. Pueblo County, Col. 6,500 Frank Bloom, Las Animas County, C 01.... 3,200 W. T. Burns, Las Animas County, C 01.... 800 B. K. Kimberley, Arapahoe County, Col. . 3,200 Schafer, Arapahoe County, Col 9,000* Suits have been instituted or recommended in the following cases: Acr es Inclosed. Arkansas Valiev Land and Cattle Company, Colorado 1,000,000 Prairie Cattle Company, Colorado 1,000,000 Hall & Barela. Colorado' 38,090 Joshua H. Anderson, Colorado 3,000 Jones & Hess, Colorado 8,300 John Prowers, Colorado 200,000 Brighton Ranch, Nebraska.».. 125,000' Benjamin Hershey, Nebraska 591 Ira Nichols. Nebraska 1,083 Morrell C. Keith, Nebraska 1,484 Burke & Sons, Nebraska 352