St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
A REMORSELESS RAID.
How an Iowa Attorney Attempted to
Empty a County's Golfers Into His
Pockets
By Preparing to Institute 1000 Suits
Against Persons for Violations of
the Liquor Law.
An Eighteen Year Old Hawkeye Lad
Confesses to Making a Murder
Gus Assault.
Damages in $4,000 Against the Min.
neapons d Pacific--Other North
western News.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
Dies MONIES, Dec. 12.-Section 1910 OF
the code provides for the payment OF fee
of So Tor the prosecution of each case OF
persons tried for violations of the liquor law.
This fee is paid by the state, Recently
Mr.. Stone applied to Justice McMartln
and asked to be gwen a quantity
of blanks tOT the purpose of filing infor-
nations against alleged violations OF
the law. SuppoSing thai MI. Stone only
desired a few of the banks. the justice,
turning to the drawer where they were
kept, was in the act of taking out half
dozen when he inquired: About how
many do you need?" Five hundred, was
the reply. This astounded the court and
knocked it out the first round. After re-
covering his breath and mental equipoiSe
the Justice remarked that he hoped IL was
not the intention of Stone TO Institute 5OO
cases in his court, and suggested that 1t
would he much better to divide the cases
between the four justices and not bring such
an
UNPARALLELED NUMBER OF SUITS
before one justice. To this Stone is sad to
have replied that he had previously ar
ranged with Justice Calender for the hear
Ing OF five hundred of these liquor pr0Secu-
tons in MS court, making one Thousand
cases Stone proposed bringing to trial. the
fee Tor which. al 80 each, would net Stone
and his associate the comfortable sum of
So. COO To Justice McMartin this proceed
inc had the odor Of legal robbery, anu he is
alleged TO have declined having anything TO
do with this lucrative and stupen-
dous financial operation. The proposed
action OF Stone became noised about and
created quite ripple of excitement in legal
circles, and finally information of it reached
the ears OF County Attorney Baylles, who
proceeded to investigate and learn the i'll
eXhauStble source from which so many
suits emanated. 1t is said that careful
examination developed the fact that Stone
had procured the annual report OF the sales
made by the brewers holding permits, and
had proceeded SO far as to have
COPIED LOCO NAMES
OF persons having made purchases during
the wear. Stone. with an evident eye 10
realizing a colossal fee in the aggregate, had
selected each maine and, placing it on
printed form, mad prepared to Institute
suit against the brewers in each separate
instance. The record OF sales in many
cases shows repeated purchases by the same
person. and the thrifty Stone Is said TO have
had in view the institution of suit against
the dealer On each separate sale TO the same
person. In thus way he ran the number OF
suits up to LOCO, and was prepar-
ing to move upon the works OF the
enemy and the treasury OF the county,
when information of the move reached the
ears of Judge BaylieS, who, convinced that
it was nothing else than a IemOrSelesS raid
upon the treasury, made up his mind to
nip it with the frost OF adversely, and pro-
muigated a notice to attorneys, justices OF
the peace and peace officers OF the county
announcing his intention, as prosecuting
attorney, to oppose such suits. The out
look for large fees beng quite unprOmisIng
the suits are not likely 70 be brought.