The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-28
A BOLD, BAD BARON.
Vice Consul Lagerfelt, Of Pitts
burgh, a a.Forger.
HE RAISES A LARGE AMOUNT

or Money on Bogus Certificates G
Stock In tho Jefferson Iron
Works, and Deserts Ills wife.
His Property Seized.
A little advertisement in yesterday
1sTELLldEscEn, signed by Spaulding X
Wallace, President OF the JeHesol
Iron Works, and warning the publi
against bogus certificates Of stock In tina
corporation, naturally created a goot
deal OF comment, though there was no
enough in tho notice to give any clue X
the story which was under the issue o
bogus stock. Ono or two people Ii
Wheeling, however, knew what 4
meant, having heard the story, at least III
salient features, on Tuesday. 1t was moi
long after the ISrELLlaEXcER was read
At the breakfast tables in the city yester'
day until 1t was whispered about that
Baron I. T. Lagerielt, Swedish Vice
Consul at Pittsburgh. and a son.;n In M ~
OF Mr. g, B. Doty, the Steubenyille cani.
talist, had issued the counterfeit ahsles
and that he had pledged than aa aecrr.
ity for loans and in other ways raised on
them a large sum. The sum which
rumor named as his booty was 10000,
and while more definite information oh.
tanned later placed the amount reall
known TO have been obtained al ahon,
one.,bird Of the rumored fivures ths
circumstance are such as 10 lead IN the
belief that larger operations ara vat n he
learned OF, and a much larger anon nj
than $50, 900 would not eurprise those
who know all the circumstancea =
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baron ffederlek Lagerieit was q
younger son OF one OF the lending noble
men OF Sweoen. ne mad been IN busi-
ness IN fltlsourgh Tor a number OF years
as Steamship agent and broker IN a
small way. de was q partner OF Max
schamDefg. tne austrian Consul at Fits.
burgh, and had long been vice Consul
mere. IN 1851 ne married Miss Mary
pcty, OF steubenvl!le, the ceremony
nelhs noiaoie socla! event, ana one OF
s o0s ,,;a;n;.' a.o " rt. Sue p ainu 1--WE,
baroness set I'm an establishment of
their own in Pittsburgh. and lived in
imposing style, moving in the highest
circles, which both were fitted to adorn.
Ihe Baron was supposed to be growing
wealthy iast. ne was credited with
owning q Contro!lipg interest IN the
fittsourGh FofSsofaf. with having put d
large sum OF money into banking con.
cern estaollshed IN New 1ork not long
ago ny schamDerg, ana with being in
other paying enterprises. He owned
when maTfled block Of Jenerson mill
STOCK, anu az tne tlme OF the marriage
Mr. Doty gave his daughter consider
able number OF shares, making the stock
held by the Baron and his wife Sl2, 600
IN oil. Ihls STOCK was IN the course OF
time conveyed 10 Lagefieit, and he
became a Director OF the mill, and a few
years ago, when Ar. Spanldlng \. Wal
lace eucceeded W. n. wallace IN the
tresiuency, the baron became Vice Pres.
ident, post he has since filled until
Monday.
APoPuLAR MAN.
The Baron was well liked by all who
lnew him He was esteamea an a,,ra.
.,:..-:,. o...L,a h.s:.as. :,
o9u'uaiiy eApAo'0 ouelneoo ihai' auu
the Jefferson was considered fortunate
to have him in It's official board. His
associates on that board always spoke OF
him in the highest terms, and 1t was
matter OF SURPRISE to all the manufactur-
ers OF thls district that he picked up the
iron business go readily ana thoroughly
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mass. and became an authority on iron.
the markets and every feature Of the
businese.
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aseptaon ."nla napp 10 e,oh Thu a.has tns D on,,
onesa ~ttu ussoseu s. ~ sasA sa osae., anu ~
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nov uissipaseu n'aa W sne oIa:nsty
s!anuaiu, ne was d very ,; i;easy ufinAs, Nc,
at nnes, M anu np p;.,aI.h naoIste ,,oa ~ oIt tnt
Duluesne paf :.a y: .issspuasu u.;aii"s mu1 .nH,.
fesuia, Inn III us ''s''0 of "ofo paf''cu'"'
III US ::. !asses: 49,, ,..:.,, 1900 ,,,,o
n's ln.eHtl.y aho capacity were ~ nese s,a
quesllohea unt'! iecehuy, pus the w y:
reiopments o. tns past lew qays % 'nni
cate that poth Ms nohor anu nls JuuH
meht we're LOO msnly esuma1eo. u, !
ope.auons. so Iar da hno"n' "ele
loollsh lib they were o'snones'' T
He DScoAEs A FUGITIVE. al
On July o5 the Baron left Pittsburgh
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anu Sa'. Nv "aD sne Ia ::
visit hi8 iamlly anu attehu 10 Solle ous'
ness affairs. The Baroness remained a
home, but this did not excite comment
Once before since their marriage Tn.
Baron went 10 his Fatherland, and hi
vile did not accompany him, dlslik!n
the sea voyage. This TACT explained t
eveiybody's satisfaction her remainin
at home on this trip.
Shortly after his departure it becam
known that he nad lost MS positlon =
vlce,consua ;on, An HIM nau sv'er Sr H ,n;s "am
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