The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-01

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Outlet Of Manyaska Lake, Martin county $50 %
YOUNG SCOUNDREL.
Arrest and Return Of Young Theirs. tho
foreeries-What II. Has tooay Regarding
His Crime.
A Kenosha, Wis, reporter Of the Chicago
News, interviewed Herbert Theirs, in the Ke-
nosha jail, after his arrest in Chicago, and re-
turn to the scene of his rascality. He ex-
pressed Lis willingness to take the medicine"
a. he called it Said he:
This case has been much exaggerated. and the
amount Of money IL not nearly SO large Is has been
stated.
VIVA. have yon done with ali this money! It's
Didn't you lose a large amount Of money this
summer in New York stocks while you were on
your visit there? dealt in stocks and lost some
money. but not a large amount
| From his conversation it seems that he first
commenced the practice unwittiugly, and, hav-
| ing got into it too deep for retreat, he Geter-
mined to use all the talents he possessed to de-
fraud the victims.
BROTHERS VISIT.
! His brother Edward visited him in jail, and
| consoled him as much as possible. The best
legal talent will be engaged in his defense. and
all efforts possible made to get him of with
| an under-current of sympathy setting in in his
| favor, but his victims are fixed in their deter
! minstion to get justice. Last summer he made
an extended trip to the East, visiting Saratoga,
New York and other places. 1t ls claimed that
! large amount Of his means were lost in spec.
ulation In these cities His principal victims
| are George Yule and Adolph Gulshard and they
! propose to prosecute him to the fullest extent
of the law. To both of these men he sold the
forged Pennoger water-cure mortage, realizing
5000 each time. The mortgage was also
sold to several other parties
| Theirs mode Of forging signatures has at
| last been discovered The bank notes came
| from the printers hands in tablet form printed
on prepared paper This paper possessed soma
of the qualities Of the kind used in Offices, and
known as manifold. It seems that when .
person signed his name to . bona fide note, the
blank one Immediately beneath it on the block
would also receive the outlines OF the sigma
ture. After the victims departure, the blank
space was filed and the signature touched up
| and made more natural If he wished mort
gage signed he would ask the victim to sign
receipt for some small sum, and he would
place the paper on the mortgage over the place
| where the signature was required on that Arti-
cle The man thus signing the receipt would
leave trace of his name on the mortgage, and
the forgery would be completed after his de-
parture.
HOW THE ARREST WAS MADE.
The intimation that Thiors was in Chicago
reached the police two weeks ago last Monday.
At 2 o'clock in the morning well-dressed
man Of nearly middle age walked into the Gen.
trail station in q hesitating way and asked for
Chief McGarigle. He was told that he could
not see him at that time, and he hung around
several minutes as though undecided what to
do. He would not tell his business to the sta
tion-keeper. but asked for one of the detec-
tives. Charles Amstein, who was sleeping in
and the stranger admitted to his bedside. He
first asked if there was reward offered for
the arrest Of Thiera Amstein naturally
wanted to know why he was go inquisitive,
and he said that he thought he knew
whore the young man was to be
found Amstein got up and searched the dis
patch book for particulars in the case, but
failed to find anything about the reward He
showed the stranger picture OF the forger,
and the man at once said that he had seen
Theirs that very evening. The curiosity Of the
detective was aroused, and he told his midnight
acquaintance to call again in the forenoon OF
the following day, and he would in the mean
time find out about the reward. The stranger
came as requested, and was closeted with
Lieut. Currier. He said be understood that
there was reward Of So, 900, and he thought
his information was worth good share OF that
amount. The lieutenant assured him that
only one-fourth of that sum had been offered.
and said in any case he could not promise him
money for his knowledge or his service, but if
he chose to give the police pointer" he
would be doing them great favor. After some
further higgling the stranger said that hs
would
POINT OUT THE EousE,
and took Detectives Amstein and Gallagher to
the place on that very evening. watch was
set in the neighborhood, and Amstein learned
in the course of q few days that man answer
ing the description Of the swindler was stop
ping there, but he could not in any way posi-
lively identify him. So week passed by and
nothing of consequence transpired. One day,
however, . certain young gentleman who was
known to be Theirs intimate friend called 1t
the house and went to the room supposed to
be occupied BY the concealed attorney. Az
another time the house was visited by gem
tleman who was afterward followed to . hotel,
where he was booked as from Kenosha
In this way the case was slowly developed
and on Monday forenoon, Amstein, Gallagher,
Beck and Reid went to the house and effected
the arrest It ia almost certain that Mrs.
PHELPS knew whom she was entertaining, for
Theirs told one Of the detectives that although
he was not aware how they found out his
whereabouts, yes ne ret sure ina. sne woai -
the house for thirty years The remark was
made,on the steps Of No. 20 Throop street, at
the time of the arrest He afterward aaid that
four Of his particular friends in Kenosha came
! grand carouse, and he thinks that they gave his
hiding place away to some Of their companions
He probably struck the truth, for the stran-
ger. who woke Amstein a. 2 o'clock in the
morning. told the detecnve that no accf0entA-
" overheard conversation between four gen.
tlemen very much inebriated, who were drink
ing wine In saloon on West Madison street,
near Throop. They associated Theirs alias
stJesse, with the name of 3 woman whom he
knew lived at 20 South Throop. and in fact
} very nearly gave away the whole AFFAIR. The
} police will not say whether their informant
lived in the Same house or not. but the prOba-
bility is that he WAS total stranger to al par
ties concerned His name is known to Lieut.
Currier, but that official considers It matter
of profession secrecy, and absolutely refuses
70 disclose anything likely to establish his
} identity.
} Public Land Frauds.
N Washington special 10 New York Sun: The
annual report OF Chief Brooks Of the secret
, services bureau Of the treasury department
contains the following paragraph concerning
} land frauds:
When the fiscal year ending June 80. 1880.
closed 1t left Of operatives In the midst Of
an important investigation into alleged land frauds
originating in the State Of Missouri and extending
J into Pennsylvania, Ohio. and elsewhere.
J By action Of congress this division WAS
prohibited from spending any portion ct it, APP
preparation in the investigation. hence our repre-
sentative was compelled to transfer his services
to the interior department in order to
complete the cases in hand. The result ct
his work, - far - developed. shows the