Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-25
shakOpee Correspondence.
Democratic Frauds and Forgeries in Scott
Cou0t, Reristfr Of Deeds in Limbo.

Democratic FRAUDS ana fOrgeTHS W CcoSs
County "a Register Of Deeds in Limbo.
SHAKopEE, Sept. 20, 1858.
GENTS You will doubtless remember
that some time last spring an article appeared
in the Belle Plaine Enquirer, charging the
late Republican County Treasurer with being
deIaulter to the amount of over five thou
sand dollars.
On investigation this charge was ascertain
ed to have originated with the newly elected
L, mocraic Register Of Deeds, to-wit: Mr.. j.
R. Hinls.
Soon after the publication of the aforesaid
article two actions were commenced against
the late Treasurer, on the part Of the late
Board of County Commissioners-one against
the Treasurer alone, and one against him
and Thos. j. Galbraith and Jos. B. Reynolds,
his sureties-since which the clamor has been
kept up by the efforts OF the said Register OF
Deeds, assisted by his brother, Henry Kinds,
fau.ous Democratic pettifogging Lawyer of
this tom, and leader of the Democratic forces
in this county.
There having been in the meantime no term
of the District Court at which Mr.. Spencer
could vindicate himself against the charges
preferred, the actions remained pending in
said Court until this last week, when the new
Board of County Supervisors being in session,
though. proper to appoint committee of
their Board to investigate the grounds of the
actions against Mr. Spencer, which they i'm
mediatcly proceeded to do; and much to their
surprise, and to the chagrin and confusion of
the said Register of Deeds and his brother,
the pettifogger, the committee found that
Mr.. Spencer's only fault had been in paying
out the sum of $5O9 SO of School and Terri
torial funds in satisfaction of other debts of the
county-or in other words, he had paid out
and taken up the paper Of the county, which
had been given for their general indebtedness
when instead of that he shonld have paid
the Territorial tax and have distributed the
balance to the various school districts in the
county.
Upon this state of facts being reported
to the Board, they Immediately ordered the
County Attorney to dismiss the aforesaid
lawsuit-being satisfied that the late Treas
urer had done no injury to the county, by
his inadvertant mistake in the disposition of
the aforesaid amount of money.
This result was of course very unsatisfac-
tory to the aforesaid Kinds & Bro. and their
hackers, of whom they have many, among
the Irish o. course
They raved and frothed and protested but
all in vain; the Board Of Supervisors. large
majority of which are Democrats, was inexor-
able.
In the course of these investigations the
secret spring of all the clamor and noise that
had been raised by the Kinds family was
likewise discovered.
They, the Hindses, bad made all the trouble
had induced the Board of Commissioners
to prosecute Mr.. Spencer-they libeled him
through the newspapers and slandered him
among the people of the county-and under
cover of their own charges so raised
and kept up-they had been engaged in ore
of the most nefa'ious schemes of PLUMBER that
has ever been concocted 10 any county.* 1t
was found by the investigation, that the afore-
said honest Democratic Register of Deeds had
forged the signature of Mr.. j. 9. WILSON,
late Chairman of the Board of Commits
sion, to large amount of county orders, and
mad affixed the county seal thereunto, and
had sold, paid debts, and purchased all sorts
of luxuries Herewith for his own benefit and
that OF the Pettifogger!
The secret was thus exposed-the Kinds
family We're fairly caught.
The Register of Deeds was forthwith ar
rested for forgery-and brought before Mr..
Justice Frank Warner and by him ordered
10 give bonds for future appea RANGES in the
sum Of $4,000.
The amount of forged orders so far discov-
cred is not less than five hundred dollars
most of which can be traced directly to the
hands of j. r. Kinds, by the most direct and
positive evidence. Yours Truly &c,
"LET WHILE DU NoRD."
*NorE.-Please except Ramsey County.