The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-05-25
FRAUDULENT FRAUD.
How And Where Printed And How
Discovered.

how ana w mere 1T1nteu Auu ho"
Discovered.
The Arrest of E. f. Experimentation
OfCamerOn.
The Santa Fe scrip fraud is still the
leading topic in town and affords no end
to surmlses and conjectures as to the turn
of affairs 1t is astonishing how so many
Dakotaians came to know anything about
the transaction, for witnesses have been
summoned by the score, all of which is
very profitable to marshals and officers of
the law, for they, too, must make living.
As this office has become notorious in
connection with this scrip we produce the
following as found in the Sioux Falls
Press Of last week, giving the facts as
they really occurred and how the discovery
was made:
"An expert in the printing business,
living in Sioux Falls, acquainted with the
general character of offices in this section,
and with the work they do, examined the
assignments of the Santa Fe scri pit, and
quietly told few gentlemen that he be-
lieved the blanks had been printed on ma
terial in the office of the Beloit Times.
This suspicion was next day repeated by
one of them to a party on the Pemblna
train, and in the party was Judge Carter,
prosecuting attorney for this district, and
one of the editors of the Canton ADvO-
CATE, only across the Sioux river from
Beloit. Judge Carter at once jumped up
and exclaimed, Il see it all [ know
about that myself Sometime ago went
into the ADVOCATE Office and Norweg
ian printer from the Beloit Times office
was running off some blanks on one of my
presses, from a type form which he
| brought with him from Beloit. | noticed
a Typographical error in the form where
he had the word Attest spelled 'Allist,
to which | called attention but supposlng
the job to be merely some ordinary blank
printing, | took no further notice OF 1t. y
The above happened while Judge Car
ter was on his way to Yankton to attend
Supreme Court, and when he reached
Elk Point, at the instance Of United States
district attorney, telegraphed to his sons
George and Arthur, at Canton, to come
to Yankton. The boys testified as being
the same blanks as printed, but the words
Santa Fe n. NJ, were printed thereon
with rubber stamp. The upshot Of the
matter was that Sheriff Baker and Geo.
Carter went to Omaha and there found
and arrested i. c. Rene, the printer,
and took him to Yankton as
a witness His testimony must have
been damaging, as an Indictment by the
grand jury followed and the arrest of Mr.
Carpenter was ordered.
Mr.. Carpenter was absent at Rockford,
ILL.,, at the time, attending a case he has
in court, but arrived home Sunday morn
ing and was arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal Gray and taken to Sioux
Falls Monday morning he was taken to
Yankton. He appeared cheerful and ex-
pressed his Innocence The public at
large must do likewise until proven to the
contrary.
The statement made as to the absence
east of Mr.. Carpenter is verified, as the
following telegram, found in Sundays is
sue of the Sioux City Journal explains
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, Iowa, May 20
To the Journal, Sioux City, Iowa am
returning home tonight from the east,
and will visit Yankton Monday, personally.
E. E. CARPENTER.
John D. Cameron and Marshal Ed
munds came in on the midnight train of
Friday and left on the early morning
freight for Yankton But for the prompt
action of Edmunds the St. Louis court
would have detained Mr.. Cameron for
trial there Havervold is to be up in day
or two So says the Journal.
W. D. Russell plead not guilty to-day
to two more indictments in the scrip cases,
making four indictments brought against
him. There have been five indictments
found against Cameron and four against
Haveryold. They all pertain to the same
transaction-the issue of fraudulent sur
veyors' scrip.
| LATER.
f. f. Carpenter arrived on this after
noon train in custody of Sheriff Dixon,
of Canton, to whom he delivered himself
up. He first learned through the news
papers that he was indicted and immedl-
ately telegraphed that he would come to
Yankton and surrender himself. Mr..
Carpenter gave bail this afternoon in the
sum of ZOO. He is accompanied by
his father, and his brother D. j., who be-
come responsible to his bondsmen There
is one Indictment against Mr.. G, charging
him with completely in the manufacture
of fraudulent surveyors script.
Seed Corn.
Birge & Davis, on their farm near Be-
lott, have good sound seed corn for sale.