St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-28


sharper, and that the missing impOster
who represented himself to be Uhlein
is responsible for the whole fraud. But,
comparing the conduct of the. man
Draper in regard to dozen other
fraudulent deals in which he and Tha-
den figured cOnSpicuOusly, the sus-
plciOn, and we'll grounded, too, centerS
upon him as the fOrger acting in cOllu-
sion with Stensgaard and the others.
The game was a grand one, and
Stensgaard's mining stock having since
been valued at nothing, or very little
more. was just the cover for such deal.
If this is so, however, it will all come
out at the trial, which will be prose-
cuted to the bitter end, and the scOun-
drels dealt with according to their de-
SertS.
THE FORGED DEED.
The forged deed from Uhlein to
StenSgaard was recorded in the register
of deeds office June %. The considera-
tion was $1,000, and the condition
represented Mr.. Uhlein as an unmar-
ried man, when in fact the real Mr..
Uhlein is married. The story that any,
body impersonated MIR. Uhlein IS too
palpable to be credited in the least by the
prosecuting attorneys, who are almost
satisfied that the forgery is purely the
work of the we'll organized band OF pi-
rates. The signature forged to the deed
is written in round hand, alleged to
bear all the essential characteristics of
Draper's chirography. A letter, al
legged to have been written by Draper,
is now in the hands of the state,, and is
signed by this nonenity Uhlein, dated
at Minneapolis. The writing is similar
to that in the deed. and it is believed
that draper is the forger. and equally as
clever as the man Thaden, who is one
of the boldest in the country. The
accomplices in the crookedness are
late last night that several young
attorneys, or so-called attorneys,
were lending a helping hand while
cogniZant of what dastardly work was
being perpetrated. These will be ar
rested at an Opportune moment, and
matters about the Jail and court house
may assume lurid hue for while.
A FAR-REACHING CONSPIRACY.
The confidence of unsuspecting vic
tins has been perfected with the spur
iOus forgeries, and when it is positive
fact. attested to by a score of victims,
that the work of the criminal conspir
acy reaches from Duluth to the borders
of Dakota and Iowa, there may be
startling unearthing of gigantic plot
expected, in which probably twenty or
more men are implicated. There
are now several Duluthians who
may hear of this affair IN
peremptory manner, very soon. Upon
telegram sent to the sheriff of Anoka
county. E. A. Carlson was arrested, and
will soon be with the other members of
the conspiracy. He is suspected of
being deep in the mire, but no specific
charge has been sworn against him as
yet. The arrest of StenSgaard was di-
rectly upon warrant sworn out by
Arnold Kalman, president of the Title
Insurance company. 1t charges that
Stensgaard passed upon them as gem
uine false and forged deed, well know
ing the same to be false and forged.
and with the intent and design
to defraud. AS soon as the pris-
oners were all Gagged, Sheriff Bean
very wisely ordered all the men
searched. A large number of forged
notes were found upon them, and these
will prove valuable evidence against the
Infamous gang.
INTERPRETATION.
The Title Insurance company will in
demnify w. d. Jennings, of Harrisburg.
Pa, from whom the 81 500 was borrowed.
dG OICS, UuU Will llS III 0VCuSS W GAlO
last for any technical claim he might
be bold enough to prosecute against the
company. The statement in an even
ing paper that NJ. j. Bell, register of
deeds. had promulgated the news of the
serious state of affairs that he had over
100 bogus deeds and mortgages record
ed in his office. is utterly false.
Mr.. Bell's attention was first called to
this crooked gang when Mrs. M. A.
Cummings reported facts about GER
tain lot the man Particle had purchased
of her, paying SD cash. Mr.. Bell re-
ported the details of the case to Chief
Clark, and from thence it was referred
to Mrs. Cummings husband. A feature
which fuses suspicion into guilt in the
case of Stensgard and Draper, is the
fact, undenied and positively stated by
Mr.. Bell and his clerks, that Stensgaard
rushed into the recorders Office and
begged that the forged deed from Uh-
lind to himself lie recorded at once, and
that no notice of such record be pub
lished in the daily papers. Presuming
that everything was all right. the re-
quest was complied with, save that the
transfer was published in the official
record, a daily real estate bulletin.
There is much for the cogitator in this
circumstance of the case.