The anti-monopolist., 1875-01-14
A FRAUD EXPOSED.
Another Chapter About Frank Jansen
He Plays the s'Heathen Chinee'
Successlully-..Num DuPes
Mourning Betrayed Confidence
and Depleted Pocket Books.
" From the St. Paul Dispatch.I

/ " From the St. Paul Dispatch.I
On the 2lst ult, under the head of a
-ssW onderful Recovery" the DISPATCH
published what it supposed to be the
truthful history of the recovery of the
use of the organs of speech and hear
ing by one Frank Jansen, after their
loss for nine months from severe at
tack of typhoid fever. The fact that
Mr.. Jansen had been deaf and dumb
for that time was vouched for by re.
liable citizens, who could
have had no object in misrep'
resenting the facts, while the immediate
incidents connected with his restora-
ton were so natural in all their sur
roundings as to completely deceive his
immediate companion and room mate.
w. II. Hoyt, and his acquaintances in
this city and Hastings.
1t now transpires that Mr.. Jansen Is
a contemplate little fraud, and that his
pretended loss of speech and hearing,
was merely a game on his part to Sc.
cure sympathy and confidence, by and
through which he could successfully
play the part of dead-beat and conf.
dence man. Just why Jansen should
have resorted to this course it is hard
TO conjecture, as he is represented as a
man of fine attainments, having good
education, speaking four or five differ
ent languages, splendid penman, etc.
How the fraud was discovered,
with br ief history of Jansen's dead
beat operators while in Hastings, where
he has been assisting in transcribing the
records of West St. Paul, is told by the
Hastings Union, from which we ex
tract:
Mr.. Jansen, tho gentleman who sc
wonderfully recovered his speech ant
hearing few weeks ago, in this city
has created another sensation, and il
we are not greatly mistaken. intends t.
continue in the sensation line if it take
all winter. On Monday morning h
was missed from his writing desk, anc
his comrades from Ramsey county
fearing that he might hav,
relapse of his old disease. wen
in search of him, and after
time discovered that he had ''lit OUT o
town by the morning train after "Dlay
ing it on some of our citizens sin ;
way they dispise.'' He assessed som
of our county officers SIS each, euchre'
Tom Cliff to the amount of $l3. GOV
cred his claw hammered feet in some o
kmm's superfines, and fixed himsel
generally before undertaking his win
ter s campaign.
Mr.. Schroth, Of the firm of Schrot
& Peller Of this city, met tho gentle
man few months ago in Belle Plain
and Shakopee, and strange to say MI
Schroth insists the deaf and dumb ma
could then talk the English Ian
guage as huently and we'll as h
did after his wonderful recovery in hi
city. Mr.. Jansen had not the happ
ness Of meeting Mr.. Schroth here unit
Sunday evening, and he has lit out S
suddenly, we are sadly afraid there
too much truth in MIR. Schroth' 8 story
and that all our pride as regards til
pure air of our city will have to take
back seat. Our highly esteemed frien
Tanner suggests that perhaps our air
so pure, that too much Of it might n,
agree with Mr.. Jansen's constitution
We will try to content ourselves vii
this crumb Of comfort suggested by OF
kind hearted friend, and from the bo
tom Of our heart wish Mr.. Jansen h
full deserts-a seat in Congress as
colleague of Bill King.
Before we dismiss Mr.. Jansen, ,
add, merely as a matter ofhistory, tn
several of our county officials who hi
interested themselves in aiding hi
and other friends in this city, moul
the loss ofsums Of money kindly q
vanced, and other betrayals of con
dence. which shows that he is de
beat and swindlcr of the first wats
The newspapers who have given put
cation to the "Wonderfuls Recover,
should now give this second chapt
and thus aid in exposing and putt
the ''little villain in his proper lig
before the public.
A Contest Al OTasory nnd Comro
tisn--Six Colleges Complcse.-E