Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-21
MARKUs'
MA ISh US, M a - e.
A EhnIorecas Charged svith Robbtng an
Illinois POstOf1oe.


Illisots Postodaoe.
lLa Crosse Democrat, Nov. 1871
The case of the United States rs ainst Charles
Markus was before HI. Peck, clerk Of the
United States court, yesterday afternoon. The
facts out of which the case has grown are Is
follows: -,7-zz.e.r -.ss-.@.
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
On the night of Dec. 10, 1878, the postofice
at Moline I'LL, was burglarized, tho letters from
the general delivery taken therefrom to piece
of woods about a mile south Of the town and
rifed of saa their contents and left.
In the mail received at the post
Office that day wore four pension
drafts, payable to soldiers residing there, sent
out from the pension Office in Chicago. In
September, 1878, young man registering his
name as Charles Markus, came to this city, put
naming five or six weeks, took his departure.
About the beginning of December he re-
turned to the. hotel, and after staying there
some time without paying his board, the land
lord asked him for some money. Markus re-
piled that he was expecting remittance from
his father, and would then be in position to
settle his bill. ;gsetlg.. = az..s- a-f,ss IA:
After the lapse Of some time, the remittance
not having arrived, Mr.. Reynolds again asked
'Markus for the amount of his bill. The latter
still saying that he, expected money, offered
the landlord pension draft for $50, payable
to one Joseph Smith, of Moline. Illinois, at
the First National bank Of Chicago. and on
dorsed by Smith. He requested Mr.. Reynolds
not to use It,, and subsequently gave him
another pension draft, drawn in favor Of
George Schlecher. Of Moline Illinois, for s54,
also endorsed by the payee. These
drafts were =. signed q over to Reynolds
by ,Markus in the formers presence and by
ii 1l1 tax IN fho I,oH Matt
pronounced genuine and cashed. The La
Crosse bank forwarded them to the Chicago
bank. After the matter had been forgotten by
the parties interested, the drafts came back
from Chicago, with the stamp of their having
been Dashed by the assistant treasurer of the
United States, with the information that the
Endorsements thereon by the pensioners Of the
government were fraudulent. The case was
then given into the hands of the United States
authorities and resulted in the - -.
ARREST OF CHARLES MARCUS -.nt..=
in Chicago on Friday last. The Developments
of the examination yesterday afternoon were
in accordance with the above statement. JOS.
eph Smith, one Of the soldiers whose pension
draft was in controversy, swCre that not having
received his draft at the time it was due. he
wrote to the agent in Chicago and received in
answer the information that it had been sent to
Moline on the 10th Of December, tho night on
u. II
that he had never had possession of nor seen
the draft produced in court as the one with his
endorsement. - ~. .. -5-
At the conclusion OF MIR. Bentley's testi-
mony the prisoner was aske6if be desired to
be sworn. After consul. ation the prisoner.
through his counsel, waived his right to intro
duce testimony and was held to bail in the
sum of $1,000 to appear before the United
States district court ON the LIST of December,
and in default of which was taken to Madison
last evening by the United States marshal, to
remain in custody. ..-....-~
The prisoner Ia native of Shakopee Mimi,
which place he left in 1876. and went to Cello
RADIO, but refused to give the city or town he
settled in. claiming that the news of his arrest
has not arrived there, and he does not want it
to do so. While there he WAS engaged as q
bookkeeper by mining firm, but returned to
Minnesota in 1877, and acted RS bookkeeper
for a house in Mcleod county. He
then detailed the movement between La Crosse
and Chicago. substantially in accordance with
the above; when he left La Crosse from the In
ternational hotel, he went to Chicago and
claims to have been in constant communities
tion with Mr.. Reynolds and other parties in
this city since leaving here, and that his acts
and movements were open and above board.
He claimed that he purshased the drafts of
parties in Chicago in good faith, bat whether
or not he will be able to make his claims salts
factory to the court remains 20 be seen.