St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-06
SQUEEZING EN- OUT.
Truth Being Forced to the
Surface in the Forgery
Cases.
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Damaging Testimony Coming
From the Lips Of Members, sa5o''
Of the Gang. .1i3 "
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Another Strong Plea to the
Park Board Made Yes s ;I!.o
tepday vs.
AZ.
stI9G
To DasiUnatn Hiawafha Papff
To Designate Hiawatha Park
and Redeem the City's " sa
Pledge. 4n5 5q

The second of the supposed forgers
and charged sWindlers was up before
Judge Burr yesterday morning. E. j..
Chadwick was arrested with Stems
gard, and stands charged with forgery
in connection with the Uihlein deed.
He is zone of those" notaries public,
and his dashing cognomen appears in
any number of the forged deeds and
worthless instruments purporting to
convey that notorious South Duluth
property. The examination was begun
by placing A. e. Esklund upon the stand.
The witness has intimately known Chad
wick for the past four months, and has
been in favorable position to know
what association Chadwick had with
Stensgaard and the rest of the gang.
Esklund states that Chadwick made his
headquarters Tall e PartellO'S Office.
and that he had been an eye witness to
nefariouS connections between Tall q
Particle and Chadwick which were
illegal, fraudulent and constituting
forgery. Chadwick is said to have
acknowledged deeds drawn by Tall,
purpOrting to be conveyance of GER
tain property belonging to J. G. Jones.
Tall is accused of drawing up the deed,
forging the signature, and Chadwick.
knowing them to be such, acknow-
lodged the same as a notary. He is an
accOmplice in the Stensgaard matter
beyond all doubt, and since he is
directly connected with that, the story
of Stensgaard that he never knew the
"gang" falls to the ground as utterly
false. From the testimony adduced
yesterday afternoon it is plainly evil
dent that all the operations
ELIMINATED FROM THE SAME ROOT,
which it is believed was in the persons
of Draper. Stensgaard and the crooked
firm of Tall & Particle. Esklund's tes-
timony is proving brick wall of in
elimination against which the gang will
be compelled to halt. Of the witnesses
examined Tall and Particle were eX-
tremely nervous, and openly declared
upon the stand that they were afraid
that they were discriminating them
selves. They were forced hard and eff
fectively by Judge Egan and Assistant
County Attorney Mum until both wit
nesses refused point blank to say
another word. The testimony I'M
yelled a daStardly state of affairs
as existing among the entire gang. and
in the efforts of each member to throw
the brunt of the blame upon some other,
he is only making repeated confessions
of his own participation in the entire
work. The state is looking on in cool,
determined manner, and glories in the
chaos that is constantly before 1.-THE
frantic efforts of each of the accused to
acquit himself Chadwick'S eXamIna-.
ton will be resumed this morning, and
when finished the others,
CHARGED WITH LARCENY
in the second degree. will be heard.
Deputy Sheriff Hilliard, who has just
returned from the property conveyed in
the South Duluth deeds, states that he
found his way to the very land which
the deeds purport to convey. 1t is
thirty seven miles from Superior, lying
out in the middle of great swamp
where the Lord, surveyor or devil have
never been, and where nobody lives
and dogs bark at strangers. 1t is a most
wild, desolate region, the air full of ma
laria, mosquitoes, gnatS and flies, and
frogs, lizards and snakes holding the
land and water under title of adverse
possession.
Then it is fact that great many
supposed lots, plated in imagination
only, were sold to st. Paul suckers at
800 per sluSh. Chadwick is a young
man about twenty-five years old, with
light hair and moustache. He looks
forward to life at Saltwater with much
cha grin and anxiety.