Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-06-26
Of Wisconsin Bowed sky-High.

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# will be remembered that some years
+. ole SckleSSinger got the Wisconsin
.,,lstare to change his name to Wea
i afterwards became Senator Vel of
rgbington county, Wis. He has always
.na great democrat. The N, Y. Pc
Gazette thus alIuJes to this miscreantI
/ sger, pck-pocket, adulteror and great
n Of Washington county.
Tb4 Great facility afforded by the popu-
l.. lament of our Institutions, fer every
=, d maddle in political affairs, operates
.~,tires SO as to allow even foreign
.;;ninaIs to introduce themselves into our
j,nestc halls of legislation. This is more
.,,.icuIarly applicable to our new States.
g. attention has been more particularly
.,I to this from recently casting our
:, aver our issue of October 25, 1845, in
.E,b under the head of Baltimore Mys-
,.-s.n attention is called to Amelia
SITTER, alias Klutz, the supposed accom-
,.,eof man in picking the pocket of a
.,,,enger on train of cars from New
4 y,,k to Baltimore. The true name of
ne LADY, is stated as Madonoiselle We'll,
nj her supposed accomplish as one
SJessnger, then living with her as al
aanour. SehlessingeF is por'r .yed as a
man feet 8 inches high, black eyes and
4 n, anil rather stoutish. Mademoisell
described as about feet 8 inches in
eighr with yivacious eye aud stout per-
I op, but Of being possessed of that char
a.ter Of face ungallantIy called ''pugglsh. "
To these "reminiscences of this amiable
rair our attention has been awaken ID byI
Ne extensive circulation given to the bri
bxry anu abroad frauds recently brought
IT, jrbl in Wisconsin. In a German pa
nqr published at Milwaukee, we find al
statement of the Iersons who have profit
ID from these frauds, and in good Teuton-I
characters We fnd the name of ''Schles-f
r,ger-Weil, democrat" as receiving the
g-ety little sum of twenty -tiye thousand
loHar.
RecongniziDg our old friend of Balti-
uore, adjoining to his name of Schlessihg
e. hat Of We'll, the proper arpellatl o
tie young lady involved with INN in the
Rltino ore transaction of l845, W PIT our
,rSes upon inquiry and find that Schls
SINGER We'll is the identical peis N; thai
he IS a fugitive criminal from France, and
Tat be resided for some time in this city,
Were he deserted his wife, taking first ali
sl ,roI crty and jewels, and proceeded
). toar Of travel with the a,niab.e Ma
.roi,e.e We'll, with whom We are III
aHej he has lived.
iii, Sch.ss.nger- We'll is one Of tho Q
51, auiatcd criminals from France, who
"si hi country for lis couniry's go d.
Iis real uau is Baruth Schlessinger. H.
I'D IL F.auce a public situation connect
e. With Tie administration Of the war de
lahm 1T. We have seen a cert fed copy
IT s., extract from the minutes OF the clerk
fine Court of app ais at Paris, duly
STAMPED With The official seal, IN which
tits same Schlessinger- We'll, of Milwau-
Zoe, III the State Of Wisconsin, is the sub
jet a criminal sentence. 1t Is trans
lste as follows, and its context will show
aaat manner of man he is" For the
sdifcation Of our Wisconsin friends we
Extract fran the Minutes Of the Clerk
otMc court Of Appeals at Paris
Ola Judgment rendered the thirty
first day Of January, one thousand eight
hun5red and forty eight, by the Court Of
Assizes of the department of the Seine,
ssainst-
list. One SchIessiuger, aged so years,
agent de remplacement militarie. nav
ng lived at Paris, Boulevard Poissounier-
n, No. g.
I'D. And Moyse We'll, aged IS years,
clerk of the said Schlessinger, having liv-
I'll at Paris, hue des Files du Calvair !,
No. 10.
Both absconded.
Has extracted as follows
The Court, after having heard the At
lorney General on his requisiiion, and after
i1e deliberation, and inasmuch as it APP
pears from the proceedings proved before
toe Court, that Sehlessinger, in the year
1882, was bankrupt traveller, and con
eeas the whole or part of his property, land
bis commercial books, which constitutes a
fraudulent bankruptcy.
And that Moyse We'll, at the same
time assisted therein knowingly the said
Schlessinger in the facts which have pre-
pared and facilitated the crime.
That Schlessinger has moreover, in the
years 1912 and ls43, forged or caused
70 be forged, sixty -four notes in various
sums.
And that the said We'll has also at
Inc same period aided and assisted know
hsly the said Schlessinger in the facts
shlch have facilitated these crimes.
finally, that both of them have made
use Of forged documents.
;. "Adjudges the said Schlessinger and
"ell guilty of the crimes above specified,
Aad applying thereto articles 402 and 403I
q the Penal Code
Condemns the said Baruth Schle, sing
q and Moyse We'll to twenty years each
VI hard labor, and to the costs of suit.