WALLER, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Dora Roberts, a widow, the possessor of many acres, much money, great age, and limitless credulity, made a deal with James A. Akers whereby she agreed to, and did, advance large sums of money to him for the purpose of acquiring some maps which Akers and his confederate, Forrest, represented were in existence in Mexico and which would reveal the location, on her ranch, of much buried gold.
The treasure hunt was initiated by Mrs....
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