The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1921, Page 2

OIL. STOCK SALESMAN HAVE. DEFRAUDED NORTH DAKOTA MEN out OF LARGE SUMS OF CASH IN DEALS Matter Ie Before Federal Grand, Jury at Fargo’ Inquiring Into, Deais of -H, D. Mitchell: Who Came Into State and Inferest- ed Large Number of Men inj His Deals for Oklahoma Oil Company. ye Devils Lakep N. D., Marelr TAH, D. Mitchell of Oklahoma. C Ok was arrested in that place this weel by ‘a. deputy United : States on a charge of using the;m fraud ‘resulting from his’ or in Devils Lake of .the I Oil company, $72,000 in funds © of which he is charged, with misappro- priating. The federal grand ; sitting in Fargo, will. ¢onsider chell’s cas Several Devils . Lake men \were subpoenaed to afpear be- fore that body to tell what they. know about Mitchell and his. oil schemes The arrest. of Mitchell brings ‘to a climax’ sefjes of. sensational oil schemes’ in Which’ he is alleged to have been, implicated. Las! ie arrived in Cando, Towner count from Oklahoma’ City, and becoming dequathted with August Strath, an influential: resident of. that \city, said that he had a ‘lease on som-land in Oklahoma tliat had oil. . possibilities He said the lease would cost $96,000 and that he had an option thereon but ‘that: he would: organize a com- pony ‘to ‘take over. the lease and drill ofl wells on the land. During the summer Mitchell was suiccessful in interesting’a number of Towner county men in the - project. He: came’ to; Devils’ Lake, where’ -he, together with a number ‘of oil''sales- men whom he brought from Oklaho- ma with. him, cut a wide swath in the: Great: Northerw hotel here, enter- | taining lavighly After having firmly | “| given s! «| cles of association, ke Region eerano ten ON ON | located, hmgalf in the elty and “i ested some’ locai men fn u.s proje.* 'he organizéd the Lake kegs n © On /compauy, with capital: O-ad members of h’s bunch ga out the tip that the ccimpany wou! soon make them all millionaires. Th: | company was not Incorporated, how- ever, but organized um he laws pf Oklahoma vs a trust company, Stock those who purchased) the stock weye e certificates: | Mitchell spoildd the drawing up the constitution or arti- when he had in- corpyrated in thm, that he wa8-to. be the sole trustee and manager of the company, ‘and that no money was ,to be spent by anyone but him, and»that he. had absolute powers -to against the funds of the company. He also ‘invested himself with authority to appvint other trustees and these trustees would have complete charge} of the company. Some of the stockholders became suspicious of this arrangement jatean indignation meeting in Devils: Lake in the fall~Mit¢hell was com- pelled to appoint Siver Serumgard, S. hich his resignation as trustee | cured. These trustees, however, were un-/ able to find ont anything definite, Aout the afrount of money Mitchell | had received or the status-.f the al- leged lease so some of them a’ Short | time ago wgnt to Oklahoma City -to meet Mite IL by appointment, who | said’ he would prove to them tha IS ‘ALLEGED 10/ ation at $200,-7 in it was. sgld-at-$1.00 a share, and |: game when! check }* and | everything was all right. Lease Only Before the ‘Devils Lake men got in touch with Mitchell, they did some int} vestigatingXan their learned that the actual -cost of the | lease upon which Mitchell had ithe | option was not $96,000 but $25,000 and that. Mitchell, instead of having! paid $51,000 glown on it. as he alleged, {had D id only $6,000. They algo learn- 4 i ‘on the ‘stréngth- of his claim that he own hook and |’ motes whi "LONG SERVICE Frank W: Coir (eft) started’as\a| page. ifi the House when a boy. He is now congressional postmaster. .Jo- seph G. RodgerS, ‘sergeant-at-arms of | the: Hous ed ithe. Capitol police force 1 years ago. Nee RRR ed ‘that the option had expired, but ‘The’ Atlantic * Petroleum company, who owned the land, consented to ex- | tend the time}, whereupon the Devils/ il they ,would take it! 50, and’ then depos) et | $4,000 to seal the bargain. In the| meantime, however, it has been im-! possible to raine, the rest of the mon-! “ley, and it now ‘looky-as if the’ Dev. | Lake Ib ad, other North Dakota mem ‘the Lake Region Oil company. have lost all they have put in the) ‘scheme. Their attorneys state in all) ‘the’ actyal loss will amount to: about $72.000, as Mitchell admitted to them! |.under stress in Oklahoma City that. j; he alone had collected’ $68,000. from residents of Ramsey, Benson, Towner |and Nelsen’ counties, North Dakptt, held the lease option and: that the; land. would. bring. oll, \ Avil Suits? Started, Aside from’ this seyen suits have been instituted in Ramsey aed and} wil be tried in this city term. of ,the’ district cour’ Mitchell from* collectin r di rorthfor PD sing of about $42,000 sory h had_ heen stock “in thé The, 3} persal bass for snits? ts ‘that-Mifchell_mtsrepr makers, of the nok $ one to the FEDERAL coURT | pile of he EY h ol | ibante: her cabo Wy and’ is’ now had been appaint- Fargo, Marvy Straubvil pleading guilty. Ch grown fro conmon. «drtetl date. be rich and gle watered, s nt county, paid -a! $50 fine in federal court t6day after, to. manufacturing 1} Valley City, paid) was a dorpors wittelt ae ae ituhell. failed’! to >t ae antfaeturer” of Us Dealer in * HUMAN HAIR GOODS First Clags: Worl jat Reasonable Prices _-BEAUTY SHOP y In Connection, in fpoN "Manicuring, Shampocing, “ Combings and Cut Hair/Made Into any /Ornament:.You May De: Facial’.Massage and Hair Dressir: 512 wae Avenue! ‘North, Fargo, North Dakota \ to's a char ie peed ‘paim: b palit scan be! a\ one, or two seeds: of’ -a| it shonidi The Treesand Tem Some meiv when ‘they h down a tree, a tree handy. « heaping. -menguber, HARDII G AND WILSON ON WAY TO! 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