St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27

time, he made a mortgage
upon the property which he claimed TO
have acquired under this forged deed,
such mortgage being for the sum of
81, 500 and running in favor of w. w.
Jennings, of Harrisburg, Pa. The
policy of title insurance was assigned
to Col. Jennings by Mr.. Stensgaard as
colleteral security to the debt secured
by the mortgage. At the preliminary
hearing had in the municipal court,
the prosecution endeavOred to show
that the deed in question was really
signed by one F. l.. Draper,
who acted as the broker in the
negotiation through which StenSgaaTd
purchased the property in question. The
theory of the prosecution Is that no third
person really appeared upon the scene
aud personated August Uihlein, the
gentleman in whose name the utle
stood; that Draper forged the signature
To the deed. and falsely certified as a
notary public that it. was acknowledged
by August Uihlein; that ~StenSgaard
knew this. and took the deed and passed
it off as genuine with full knowledge
that it was Draper's forgery. Certain
hearing, to testify that the signature
las forged by Draper.
THE CLAIM OF THE DEFENSE
is. substantially. this: i
During the month of May, in the
present year, the defendant; Louis T..
~StPnSgaaTd, being a zeal estate broker
in good business standing, had a large
quantity of mining stock which he
wished to dispose of. He left the min
ing stock with one f. l.. Draper, with
instructions to find a purchaser there
for; one who would either pay cash for
it or exchange property of some other
form for the stock. Draper adj
vertised the stock for sale in the
daily newspapers. In answer to
such advertisements, an individual
who was a stranger to both StenSgaard
and Draper appeared on the scene, and
represented himself to be one August
Uihlein, of Milwaukee, Wis. and the
wner of block twenty-two( OBJ, in Auer-
bach d Hands addition t. st. Paul.
The stranger, after SOME negotiation,
offered to take the mining stock (the
par value of which was $4,000. and the
sui of $1,000 in cash in exchange for
the block of ground which he. claimed
to own. MIR. Draper introduced this
August Uihlein, and, after some
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the deed of the block above referred to
and received in payment therefor all
of the mining stock left with Draper for
sale and $1,000 in solid cash.. The deed
was delivered by the stranger to Stems
gard at Diapers office some few days
before Stensgaard made and delivered
his mortgage to Col. Jennings. AT
the time of the delivery of the deed,
StenSgaard paid for the property by
delivering the mining stock and
the sum Of $500 in cash. together
with his prOmisSOry note. for the
sum of s2,5OO. and this promissOry note
vas Endorsed by F. L. Draper. Less
than a week later Stensgaard obtained
a loan of $500 upon mortgage security,
and took up his note of $500, thus Civ
ing to the stranger the sum of $1,000 in
cash. The stranger then disappeared,
and has not been heard from
since. The only mistake committed in
the whole transaction consisted in
the carelesSneSs of MIR. Draper in intro
ducing to Mr.. S~tensgaard a stranger so
i~mperfectly known to the person max
ing the introduction. Aside from this
careleSSneSs. both Draper and Stems
gard acted in the utmost good faith. 1t
is the constant habit of realeState agents
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property upon the statement by the
stranger that he bears a certain name
and OWNS certain property.
The man who thus perSOnated August
Uihlein stated to Draper and Stems
gard during the progress of the nego-
4, tlatl0n that he was spending a few days
in the city of Minneapolis: and when
he ascertained that S~teensgaard was
! ready to trade for block % in Auerbach
q lands addition. he SEM a letter from
Minneapolis to the abstract clerk of
i this county directing him to make out
an abstract OF title for the land and
oliver the same, when completed,
to +. l.. Draper. At the same time
be senta written order to E. l.. Draper,