Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — WANTS AGENTS ARRESTED. [ARTICLE]

WANTS AGENTS ARRESTED.

Chicago Woman . Alleges Fraud in Sale of Lands in Jasper Co. According to a dispatch from Springfield, 111., Governor Dunne issued requistion papers Tuesday for J. A. Dunlap and V. J. ’ Crisler of Rensselaer, alleged to have defrauded Carrie C. Gensert of Chicago, in a land sale, but at this writing no arrests have been made, the papers, of course, having to go to Governor Ralston for his approval before the parties could be taken out of this state.

Mr. Dunlap, who is a well known attorney of Rensselaer, is looking after cases in the Newton circuit court in w’hich he is counsel, and has not been invited to go to Chicago at this writing, although it is understood that Sheriff McColly has the papers for the arrest. Mr. Crisler is out in Montana on a hunting trip with W. J. Wright and visiting Joe Pullins at his ranch near Townsend, Mont. It is understood that the prospective arrests are on grand jury indictments returned in Cook county. The connection of Messrs. Dunlap and Crisler with the land sale—which is a 10-acre tract of the Springer lands near Kniman—is simply that of agents, it seems, and they have not done anything unlawful according to Mr. Dunlap. Messrs. Dunlap and Crisler arranged with the Springer estate to plat a lot of this land into 10-aere truck patches, and also arranged with the Southern Land Co., a firm in Chicago to help them in selling the plats. It was muck land, suitable for onion growing, etc., and was to be sold at S2OO per acre. Miss Geisert bought a 10-acre tract of this land in 1914, for $2,000, S2OO per acre, paying SSOO down, and giving notes 'for the balance. This money went to the Springer estate. She later traded her equity to Ed Oliver for a tract of land near Newland, it is understood. The trouble is apparently over the collection of unpaid notes, which it now appears Oliver was to secure and turn over to Miss Geisert, but failed to do, it is said. When the first SSOQ iiotG became due it was sent to Chicago for collection by Mr’ Dunlap.