Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-15
PRlNCELY FORGERS.

A Minneapolis Lawyer Makes Free with
the Name of Wealthy Patron to tho
Extent of Nearly Three Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars, and New York Street,
Car Line President Does the Forged
Stock Certificate Act to the Tune of
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MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Aug. 7.-Forger-
les to the amount of nearly $500, 900
have been committed in the name of John
8. Slaisdell, one of the oldest, wealth.
lest and best-known residents Of Minne-
apolis. The report is that young law
yer in this city who is WE'LL known and
popular, and whose father is a wealthy
and prominent man, has been robbing
Mr.. Blaisdell for long time by series
OF systematic forgeries, and that when
the fact was discovered, day or two ago,
the total amount of his gains was in the
neighborhood Of $500, 0O0
1t Is made public this morning that j.
Frank Gallon. Of lockwood & Gallon,
attorneys at 220 Temple Court, is the
forger who has signed the name Of John
Blaisdeu to numerous notes. The forger-
les extended over period of more than
year, and the ill -gotten money has bsen
spent in speculation. Gallon has
confessed his crime and says he
has no desire to defend him.
the penitentiary. The forgerer has been
Mr.. BlaisdelPs attorney, and was thus
enabled to have access to his papers, an OPP
portunity which he used for his schemes.
Owing to the previous good character
of the man and the high social and bust
ness position of the young fellows fami-
ly settlement was agreed to on the I'M
derstanding that the whole amount OBJ
tanned on Mr. Blaisdell's signature be
returned to that gentleman. MIR. Blais-
dell placed the case in the hands of At
torney T. T. Davis, and the latter has
been busy with it for two days, and yes
terday was locked in his private Office
with three detectives all day long. 4
reporter called at his house last evening.
but Mr.. Davis refused to see him, saying
that he was i'll and could see no one.
The forgeries together with the social
and business prominence of all parties
concerned, promises to make the case
one Of the most sensational ever known
in the Northwest. If the matter is not
settled criminal action will be begun.
He Issued Forged stock Certificates.
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Eben S. Allen,
president of the Green Line Street Car
Company, was arrested yesterday for
forging certificates of stock for about
seven hundred shares. He was locked
up id police headquarters. He has been
president of the company for a long
time, and connected with the company
for twenty five years.
The amount of Aliens defalcatiou ia
stated to be $l25,OOO or $4,000. The
prisoner has made a confession. in which
he says that four years ago he became
financially interested in patent fire es-
cape. He lost all the money he put
in, and in the embarrass ment thus
caused he yielded to 1.-THE tempta-
ton to raise money by false
issues Of stock. He forged the signatures
OF the company's treasurer and secre-
tary, and sold about seven hundred shares
of this bogus stock. Many of the shares
are now in the hands of innocent holders.
without detection.
Tuesday. in President Aliens absence,
a broker called at the Office to have some
stock transferred for a purchaser. The
treasurer, in making the necessary com.
parison with the books, saw the share
numbers were duplicates. A meeting of
the directors was at once summoned, and
President Aliens guilt being apparent
it was decided to cause his arrest.
Upon being locked up at police head
quarters Mr.. Allen broke down AID made
full statement to the foregoing effect.
The directors have decided to prosecute
him to the full extent of the law. Allen
has lived in a somewhat luxurious STYLE
for several years, having an elegant resi-
dence at Rawlings. He recently returned
from apleasure trip in Europe. He is about
fifty years old, and has wife and chill
dren. He has always had good reputa-
ton in.busineSs circles. He was arraigned
in the TOmbs police court yesterday, and
remanded for further examination.