Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-07-12

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GRAY s '.lI'| CHECKERED CAREER
WANTEDI IN MILWAUKEE, CHI-
CAGO AND BL44CK HILLS. 3tft
Hon. Ansley, Late of the Territorial
House Of Representatives as q
Financier--Still Raiding q Is.
the Banks. ia aa
The course pursued by Hon. Ansley
Gray since his arrival at Bismarck two
years ago could not end otherwise than in
disgrace. a young man of9splendid ad-
dress, liberal education and large fortune,
the husband of noble and accomplished
wife. who has been a member of both the
Wisconsin and Dakota Legislature, his
convivial habits have almost ruined him
and wrecked his fortune. Since leaving
! Bismarck about month ago no less than
4 ten checks have been drawn on the banks
Of Bismarck by Mr.. Gray and presented
for payment and protested. OF the result
on one ofthem, under the head of !'Beat
from Bismarck" the Chicago Z zines says !:
s'Mr. II. H. Mills, ,Jr., attorney of this
city, looked into the detectives office yes
terday, and placed into the hands Of Capt.
McGargle a complaint against the Hon.
Ansley Gray, member of the Dakota leg
isfature and a prominent resident Of Bis
marck. Gray and Mills, it~seems, were
| old college friends, and met for the first
4 time in some years about a tortni ght ago.
A few days since the former induced Mills
to introduce him at the City Bank where
he procured the cash for a check on his
home account at Bismarck. Yesterday
the. check returned protested, and with it
an accompanying nete to the effect that
the Hon. Ansley never had any business
dealings with the bank on which he drew.
Mr.. Mills further learned that Gray had
used his name to get money on still an
other bank, and that he was fired out of
his hotel yesterday for non-payment, of
board, concluded that it would be for the
best interests Of society if. the gentleman
from Dakota took a place behind the bars. y
o. HIS PRoMIsCUoUs CHECKING. 81 ah
When Mr.. Gray retired from Yankton
upon the adjournment Of the Legislature
he was considerably in debt to lis Yank-
ton acquaintances Reaching Milwaukee
he drew a check Of ninety dollars upon
the Bank of Bismarck, j. w. Raymond s.
\ Co; that check went to protest. There
and at Chicago he drew one or two more
He carried checkLbook Of the Bank Of
4 Bismarck, with his name printed in it.
His original intention was to doaAis busi.
ness at Raymond's, but he never carried
itout, and never made a deposit. From
Chicago he went to the Black Hills via
Omaha. He located in Deadwood, but
his habits soon swamped him. His
troubles there we will not go over, further
than to mention two drafts of two hund.
red dollars each,-one indorsed by ex-
postmaster Adams, and the other by Jno.
Manning and the register, ofdeeds. After
getting these drafts cashed, especially the
latter, he left for Bismarck. Manning
now instructs his banker here to proceed
criminally against Gray, if possible, and
draw on him for attorneys and sheriff's
fees. He stayed in Bismarck a short time
and left for Wisconsin with the avOwel
that he would bring back sixteen thousand
dollars and wipe out all his old scores.
He stopped over at Detroit, MINI, and
devoted three or four days to- the pleasant
pastime Of fishing. Getting out Of money
he drew on the Bank Of Bismarck. three
checks, eleven, twelve, and eighteei dol
lars. Being small amounts there was no
inquiry made by telegraph as to his ac-
count. The checks came along and were
duly prorested. tF E2i9,5512 l.5tst iStilia =
4 At ST. Paul he asked Mr.. Allen, of the
Merchants Hotel, to cash his check for
fifty dollars on the same bank and deduct
his three or 1our days board bill Mr..
Allen invested two dollars in kilograms
and ascertained that he had mo funds.''
His excuse to Mt. Allen was that he made
a mistake and drew his check on the
wrong bank. It should have been the
Merchants Bank of Bismarck but he didn't
tender check on that bank. He left his
baggage and called it square. r. "a. Ian
4 pher was asked to invest twenty five dollars
ina check but instead invested two dollars
in kilograms to Bismarck At Madison he
tried the same experiment. In Milwaukee
Robt. Ansley,, his uncle, accepted two
checks of twenty-five dollars each. In
/ Chicago his record IS as follows: Calla7
han & Co., law book publishers, $25 ;Jno
Morris $25; r. H. Mills $25; Frank Stark
weather $25; G. j. w. Lcntz $40. In
Milwaukee as late as July 5th, he raised,
800 on a check received this week at the
Merchants Bank OF course all these
checks have gone to protest. One for $50
came to the express office and was return
ed uncOllectable. In the past two years
Mr. Gray has wasted ten thousand dollars
4 --his wifes inheritance Her Gorigiral
fortune was about twenty five Thousand
dollars and he is credited with Its total
loss. ia, a.5 ,t5s t,,t ~ sstgaI IL
WANTED Ant, Cd IN MI t7Mt1LWAVKEE. ne gts ]!
/ "A Milwaukee dispatch under sdate of
July 8th, to, the Psoneer Press runs as foI-
lows: "Ansley Gray, formerly awell-
known il this city, nova member, of the
Dakota Legislature from Bismarck ,iswant.
ed here and BY the Chicago, police for
giving cheeks on a bismarck bark, The