Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 249, 16 July 1909 — Page 3

, THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909.

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STATE IS AFTER LOST TERRITORY

Wants to Recover Six Hundred Acres on the Kankakee River.

SUIT IS TO BE BROUGHT

INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS COME TO LIGHT SINCE THE RIVER CHANNEL HAS BEEN GIVEN DREDGING.

Indianapolis, Ind.,' July 16. John C. ' JJillheimer, auditor of state, is prepar- , Ing data on which, he will ask the at- ' torney general to bring suit to recover possession of 633 acres of land along the Kankakee river in Hanna township Laporte county. The land is located "in section 16. The circumstances surrounding the case is very interesting. In former years the Kankakee river la-that vicinity was a marshy, swampy stream that spread out over a wide area. Of course the swamp land belonged to the state, as the state owns

tne rivers ana waterways, ine only dry spot in section 14 was a little jrisce consisting of 6.7 acres at the extreme northwest corner bordering the river. It was of triangular shape. In 1874 William E. Pinney purchased this bit of land from Laporte county, paying for it $1.25 acre. A few years ago

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however, the Kankakee river was dredged and a channel made that was sufficient to carry off all the water from the swamp level. All of the land thus reclaimed was owned by the state and in the reclaimed area was all of section 14 except the G.7 acres which Pinney purchased. Pinney Laid Claim. But Pinney laid claim to all of the rest of the section until the assessment of the ditch tax was levied on the reclaimed land, and then he disclaimed the ownership. The 633 acres remaining of the section, however, was sold at a tax sale to pay this ditch tax and Pinney's wife bought it in at the tax sale, taking a deed for it from the county. Billheimer claims now that this sale was illegal and the 633 acres still. belong to the state. He says state land can not be taxed for improvements and that inasmuch as the land belonged to the state when' the ditch was made the assessment of the tax was illegal. Bilheimer will now direct the attorney general to bring suit against Pinney and hi9 wife for possession of the 633 acres of land. The land is said to be worth at least $25 an acre since it has been drained, making the 633 acres worth something like $16,000. But the suit will be of vast importance in Laporte and Starke counties, both of which border on the Kankakee river, because there is about 2,500 acres of reclaimed land in all that the state claims still belong to it. Much of the reclaimed land has been sold by the state, but this much remains. It is expected that the land owners in that section and those who will be affected by the suit will put up a big fight to keep the state from regaining possession of the land.

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DOCTORS ARE THE VICTIMS OF FRAUD

Richmond Physicians Cleverly Taken in by an Insurance Swindler.

DENOUNCED BY COMPANY

AUDITOR OF STATE NOTIFIED BY INSURANCE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO CATCH MAN.

Indianapolis, July 16. Three Richmond physicians whose names hare not been learned, were victimized a few days ago by an insurance agent who gave the name of Harold S. Shaffer. This is supposed to be a fictitious name and it is believed that the man lives in Indianapolis, but this has not been learned definitely. About two weeks ago complaints were received at the office of the au

ditor of state about this same agent

working a fraud in Muncie and Craw-

fordsville. In these places he claimed to represent a life insurance company of Cleveland, O., but when the company heard of his operations it wrote the auditor of state denouncing the man and informing the auditor that Shaffer was not in their employ and never -was. On referring to his records, the auditor found that the Cleveland company is not authorized to do business In Indiana, therefore Shaffer could not be an agent for the company in this state. Asked to Assist. The Cleveland company asked the auditor to assist In running Shaffer

down and the auditor has been looking for him ever since.

But a few days ago the auditor re

ceived word that the same man has been victimizing others in other towns this time representing himself as the agent of the Western Reserve Life Insurance company, of Muncie. Shaffer was employed by this company a few weeks ago to act as an agent, but as soon as the company heard of his actions it had his agent's license revoked. Testejday the auditor received a letter from the company in which it said: "This party procured some literature from us and went to Richmond where he wrote three physicians, promising to appoint each as medical examiners for our company at Richmond. To one he promised a monthly salary of $30; to another the same salary; to another he promised a calary of $15 a month as assistant examiner. All this without any right or permission from the company. We

pay a flat rate of $3 per examination for this work. He then collected from

one $12.50, from another $30.10 andj

from the third $70. As soon as the last named check was cashed he skipped with the whole amount and didn't even send in an application for the $70 man. Not a dollar of this money was turned in to the company. NOTIFIED THE POLICE. "We have notified the police in all the principal towns of the state to be on the lodk out for him. We will ask the police of Indianapolis to try to locate and hold Shaffer for us if he shows up. Any help you can give In rounding up this crook will be appreciated." The letter did not give the names of the doctors who lost their money. The scheme practiced in Richmond was the same as the one in Muncie and Crawfordsville. In those places, however, Shaffer promised the doctors $60 a month.

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The man calling himself Harold S. Shaffer operated in Richmond last week, betng a guest at one of the leading hotels. He is a well built man, of middle age, tall, olive complexion and dark, wiry hair. He was Introduced to a Palladium representative and was liberal in the use of conversational "salve." He boasted of his ability as

a money maker, said he was going to "work the town right and then invited his auditors to "have a drink." Richmond for some time has been a Mecca for clever "come on" artists and, it is said, they generally find their sojourn here profitable.

HANDS OUT PLUM Barnard Names Connersvilie Man for District Census Supervisor.

W. F. TIEMAN LUCKY MAN

Indianapolis, Ind., July 16.;-Oon-gressman Barnard, of. the Sixth district is the first Indiana congressman to announce the name of the man whom he will appoint census sueprvisor. He sends word that he has chosen William F. Tieman, of Connersvilie for that position. Mr. Tieman is a foreman in a furniture factory, at Connersvilie, and is spoken of as a very able clean man.

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