The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-28

AaS hASkucHy NhtlOuul DAuk alb
loaned him $4,000 upon 400 shares {
stock Of tho Jefferson Iron Works, c
T Steubenville, which he also claime
was good md valid stock standing Il
bis name on the books Of the company
but which also has turned out to be
forgery. ~
| 1t Ia reported at Steubenyille that 7
Mellon 4 Sons had also loaned th,
Baron S, 900 upon the forged certificates
but a Pittsburgh paper Of last evening
"The report that 7. Mellon 4 sona ha,
some connection with these loans Ia un
true. An overdue installment on somt
property bought by Baron LagerfelI
from one of. the Messrs. Mellon was SO
cured by 100 shares of stock In the JET
terson Iron Works. The property Ii
worth much more than the baron owes,
and he is the loser, not Mr.. Mellon"
MIR. Mellon may have genuine certiA'
Gates In hiH possession, but II so they are
shares not known at Steubenville tc
have been In the Baron's possession.
| SUITS ENTERED.
The Keystone Bank and the Allie.
gheny Bank both entered suit at Pitts
burgh yesterday, and the court allowed
an attachment 10 issue whereby all
the effects and property of Baron
Lageifelt are 10 be seized, and fixed
the bail In one case at Sl4, 900 and in the
other at $4,000.
The Baroness, who has been at her
tather's home at Steubenyille since she
received her husbands letter, and has
been quite i'll much Of that time from
the effects Of the shock the disclosures
gave her, went up to Pittsburgh yester-
day to look after her household goods.
Captain Bachelor, Of the Keystone
Bank, was IN steubenvills Tuesday, and
caused proceedings to be entered there
to attach the remainder OF the genuine
stock held by the Baron. A Mr.. Nc.
Candiess, representing the other bank,
also came down yesterday, and both
banks protected their interests as far as
possible. The remainder Of the gen.
uine stock pledged In this city was at.
tached az Steubenyille yesterday. Law.
yers say that as it was q present from
Mr.. Doty to his daughter, the Baroness,
intended to be her own property, the
banks cannot hold it since its retransfer
to MIR. Doty.
THE BOGUS rArERs.
Whether the transactions that have a.
ready come to light are all that the
Baron engaged in cannot yet be told. II
other banks were victimized they would
naturally, for the sake of their credit,
keep the facts from the public unless
they saw reasonable assurance OF &C.
curing their money. 1t is incredible
that man OF the Baron's position and
attainments would throw away all for so
trivial stake as $4,000. There are ru-
mofs Of other forged papers to the
amount OF about S30. 900, but so far these
are mere rumors.
The strangest feature of the whole
case is the carelessness with which the
Baron operated. The bogus certificates
were not in any sense limitations OF
genuine ones. The printing was differ.
ent, and the names Of President Wallace
and Secretary Harden were not like
their writing. The certificate spoke OF
the mill as an Ohio corporation, while
its charter was issued in West Virginia.
The seal also made the same blunder-if,
indeed, it was blunder. 1t has been
suggested that the Baron thought thus
to avoid the technical charge Of forgery.
The forged signature Of Mr.. Doty to
the endorsement was an excellent imita-
ton OF his ewu signature as he wrote it
some time ago, but totally unlike his
present writing. He has been for a
short time an invalid, and his uncertain
nerves give 10 his pennanship marked
tremnlonsness. This was not borne in
mind by his son-in.law when he traced
the name. MIR. Doty yesterday made
affidavit that these signatures we're not
written by him. OF course, to those
who know Mr.. Doty his mere assertion
is final.
A GREAT sClrEMER.
The Baron is credited with being a
great deviser Of schemes with millions
in tbem," and he is reported to have
once or twice tried to interest Mr.. Doty
| in his prof ects. Mr.. Harry Doty, a
brother.in-law OF the Baron's, for some
reason suspected, er at least mistrusted
the Baron, and through his influence
Mr.. Doty, sr., was prevented from taking
steps that seemed risky to his son.
OF course the Jefferson Iron Works is
not in any way affected by the issue ol
the bogus stock, nor is Mr. Doty Gnan.
cially or morally implicated. The blow
to him, coming from one whom he
| trusted as son, ia OF course severe, to
one in his enfeeblsd condition, and the
annoyance to the officers Of the mill is
doubtless great, but they are not respon.
sible for the acta OF the Bron.
It is doubtful II Lagerfelt isin Sweden.
By the treaty between that country and
this person chstged with forgery is ex'
traditable. 1t is suspected that the Baron
wrote the letter 10 his wife and sent i,
under cover to Sweden, whence it wat
sent back 10 her by mail by friend
and the Baron himself has gone to South
America or some other inaccessible par
Of the world. This il the theory an IN
TRLLlaENcEH reporter heard advanced a
Steubenvifte yesterday. at Pittsburgh
different impression prevails, judging
lIVLA tlIC CokA AtAGuto VI Aaos oNShAAS
Chronicle Telegraph, which in brief &C
count OF the case says:
| 1.-THE Baron lei. for Europe on pleas
ure trip some three weeks ago. His
friends claim there Is some miBtak,
about the matter. His family art
wealthy and stand very high. 1t is ex
peeled that the Baron will at once re
turn and have the question settled"
!. Some Pittsburgh people estimated hin
differently. a good deal Of gossip wa
caused in Pittsburgh u year or two agt
. by the Baron's wrathy denunciation o
property owner from whom he wa
about to lease house, and who de
manled security for his rent. He livet
on Highland avenue, ip q fashionable
!. locality. 9,y
Hon. John NJ. Cook, oi Steubenpil!e
was in this city yesterday on business
oonneCted with the genuine stocl
, pledged here,
locomotive Boiler E.plodos with fata
Rosplts. n, naU 4.
Mansfield, O., August 97.-The boile
Of d locomotive, on freight train on III