St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-19
BERRY ROASTS O'BRIEN.
He Claims His Position on the
ParOchial Question Was at
the Bottom.
A Sensation Likely to Grow Ont
of a Wholesale Case of Steal
ing Logs.

Frank Berry. whose removal from a
position of clerk at the prison has
caused considerable unfavorable COM
ment. took exceptions to the interview
published in yesterdays GLOBE, and,
although not DESTROYS of entering into a
newspaper controversy, he deems it no
more than justice that he be accorded
space for the following interview in
connection with the matter:
"The interviews with Warden Wolfer and
Manager O'Brien liz yesterdays GLosE,in the
interests of truth and justice. seem to call
for some notice from me. lest the public the
full facts not being known to them. might
accept them as the truth, whe: cas- thew are
untruthful and misleading. 1 DO not expect
nor desire the public to take any interest in
tnls matter as II pertains to me personally
but only as it affects public interests l
never claimed that Manager O'Brien asked
warden Wolfer for my removal. 1t was not
necessary mat he should do so. He could
accomplish his purpose without showing his
hand. did say that it was brought about
through Influence. and that Warden Wolfer
had allowed him to use him as cats paw.
either innocently or otherwise. to further his
own designs. The fact that l was removed
and Manager O'Brieu's brother put in nv
place speaks volumes, and people will
be pretty apt to draw their own con-
illusions. The people of Saltwater are not
SO gulllble as Mr.. O'Bren would seem to be-
lieve. They know him and his business and
political methods of old. l do not claim that
my attitude on the parochial school question
was the sole cause of my removal. Politics
was TO some extent mixed I'D i'll the matter,
but my attitude on the school question was
the chief cause. l am satisfied, aud that mat
ter was of suffic ent interest in the eyes of
Mr. y Brlen TO cause him to heap abuse q n
my head last fall when was nominated for
school director for my supposed views on
that matter. What Warden Wolfer means
by business interests only he knows. l
have 1t from his own mouth that he was sat.
isfed with my work. What he says about
my crankiness. ETC.. is too puerile to notice.
The only time we ever had any words was on
one occasion when he sought to charge me
with the result of his own negligence, and 1
resented 1t. He never referred to the matter
again until after my discharge.
Notes.
A prominent resident of this CITY is un-
pleasantly connected with wholesale sys-
tenn Of robbing log owners in this city. No
arrests have been made as yetand until there
is NO names will be mentioned. The person
charged with the crooked work has been en-
ployed on the lake tallying logs. and in so
sands of feet Of logs ''' that have have
been disposed of by his confederates.
Recently he has been ct work on the Hershey
Lumber company's logs. and the system of
fraud was discovered by accident. When
certain log mark was called he would tally a
smaller amount than the one given by the
scaler, aud MIR. Campbell, the manager of
the Hershey Lumber companys interests on
the ST. Croix, estimates that he succeeded in
stealing between So, 90 and $4,000 worth of
their logs during the month OF July. The
mali has been employed on the river for
years, ana other lumber men fear that they
have been sufferers also.
Warden Wolfer left last evening for Crooks
ton and other points in the Red river valley
on business connected with the prison bind
ing twine plant. The last carload of Irvine
for the season was shipped yesterday, max
ing total output of $4,000 pounds
The Menomonie left Wednesday evening
with a raft of logs for the LIE Sure Lumber
company. Dubuque. and the Ruth cleared
yesterday with a raft for the En- pire Lumber
company. Winona-
The Hershey mill at Oak Park will saw the
balance of this season for the Schulenburg
Boecheler Lumber company, of st. Louis.
all of-their logs having been purchased by
that concern.
The city council meets tonight for the pur-
pose of redistricting several election pre-
cincts in this city, where there are more
than 200 voters.