Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-28
FERGUSON'S FIX.

A SwindlIng Transaction In Four Chap
tsrs, and to be Continued-In Which
Figures Booty German, an Honest
Hearted "Soiled Dove" and Hackman
In Durance on Suspicion of Robbery.
Detective Bresette did good piece of work
in his line yesterday. On Tuesday last a
middle aged German from up country, started
out early in the morning on big spree. Along
about 10 O'Clock in the forenoon he brought
up at Nellie Otis bagnio, on Eagle street.
He was met in the parlor by one of the occu-
pants of the house. The hour was early and
the girl was en- dishabi1e, a particularly de-
moralized pair of slippers covering her
feet. Noticing this the old Ger
man proposed the girl should
go with him to shoe store, where he would
ma make her present OF nice pair of shoes.
The offer was accepted and the twain repaired
to Fabel's shoe store, next the Metropolitan,
where the girl was fitted with pair of CATERS
and slippers. When the German went to pay
for the shoes she noticed he had quite a roll OF
money, and though he insisted upon going
back to the house with her, she finally pre-
vailed upon him to defer his visit, and to first
accompany her to bank and deposit his
money, as it was not safe for him to be
around the city in his condition with SO much
money on his person. Agreeable to this
arrangement. the parties drove to Dawson's
bank, where the German deposited $14O, re-
ceiveng certificate of deposit therefor, leav-
ing him two or three dollars in change Out
of this the hackman, VIM. Ferguson, was
paid $l.50, and given instructions by the girl
to drive the man to hotel where he
could get a bed and have an opportunity
to sleep off his drunk. Ferguson
drove him to the st. Paul
hotel on Fort street, where he was given a
room. This ends chapter first.
Chapter Second--Along about O'Clock in
the afternoon, Ferguson with his hack again
visits the hotel, and rouses up Mr.. German for
ride. A couple of glasses of beer does the
business. His certificate of deposit for $140 is
sold to the landlord for $I30, which he pock-
cts, and starts off with Ferguson. Numer-
Gus saloons are visited, treats in
dulged in, for which Mr. German
pays, Ferguson all the time being very ef-
-ficious in assisting him in counting out his
money, at times taking it out OF his pocket
and pretending to put it back After spend
ing some twOhours In this way, visit is
again made to Otis place, and the
girl OF the morning and a COM
panion is pressed into service for a ride out to
Diamonds place. On the way, the girl of the
morning learns that the cid man had sold his
ceIbi-icdIc vi utPOSiI LOT Sl0U, anu also LnaL
he had only some SIG left,
when the thought flashed through her mind
that he had been robbed, that the hackman
did it, and that the ride was for the purpose
of fastening suspicion on her and her COM
panion, should the loss ever be reported, ana
she at once demanded to be driven back home,
which was done, where she shook off the old
man, as did the hackman soon after. End of
chapter two.
Chapter three "Wednesday the German re-
ported his loss to the police AS a result of
his Investigations Detective Bresette visited
Nellie Otis and interviewed the girl in the
case, from whom he received the story of the
Tuesday morning visit, the purchase of the
shoes, deposit of the money, the subsequent
ride and her suspicious. Following up the
track of Ferguson and the old man in the af-
ternoon he found where he had spent money,
and proof of Ferguson's offlciousness in
handling his money, and also of his having, in
the evening after having got rid of the old
man, shown quite large roll Of money, the
possession of which cannot be accounted for
by his employer or associates. End of chap.
ter three
Chapter Four-Acting upon the circum-
stantial proof against Ferguson, Detective
Bresette took him into custody about O'Clock
last evening and he is now in the lookup
End of chapter four.
Chapter five will be enacted at the munich
pal court this morning.