When was it published?

September 27, 1885 in The Weekly Elko Independent

Domestic News September 27, 1885

The Weekly Elko Independent

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Ex Commissioner Williamson, J. Elkins

Q: What keywords are associated?

Maxwell Land Grant, Fraud, Raton N M, Land Department, Santa Fe

Elko, Elko County, Nevada

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What is this article about?

Citizens of Raton, N.M., petition the President to enforce the Land Department's judgment on the Maxwell land grant fraud, citing a 1877 crime by ex-Commissioner Williamson instigated by J. Elkins, affecting settlers for ten years.

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The Sun's Washington special says the President has received an address from citizens of Raton, N. M., expressing indignation over the Maxwell land grant fraud. The address recites that the people are and have been for the past ten years, the victims of a great crime committed by ex-Commissioner Williamson in 1877, at the instigation of J. Elkins. The petition asks that the judgment of the Land Department is valid, and that the President should enforce it, and should give settlers access to the plats of public surveys that have been imprisoned for ten years in the Surveyor-General's office at Santa Fe.

What sub-type of article is it?

Legal Or Court Politics

What keywords are associated?

Maxwell Land Grant Fraud Raton N M Land Department Santa Fe

What entities or persons were involved?

Ex Commissioner Williamson J. Elkins

Where did it happen?

Raton, N. M.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Raton, N. M.

Event Date

Past Ten Years, Crime In 1877

Key Persons

Ex Commissioner Williamson J. Elkins

Outcome

people are and have been for the past ten years the victims of a great crime

Event Details

President has received an address from citizens of Raton, N. M., expressing indignation over the Maxwell land grant fraud. The address recites that the crime was committed by ex-Commissioner Williamson in 1877 at the instigation of J. Elkins. The petition asks that the judgment of the Land Department is valid, and that the President should enforce it, and should give settlers access to the plats of public surveys that have been imprisoned for ten years in the Surveyor-General's office at Santa Fe.