St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-27
IN HIS OLD HAUNTS.
j. w. Ham Arrives in the CITY, Ac.
companied by Deputy
Sheriff.
He Appears Quite Unconcerned at
the Charges Leveled Against
Him.

j. W. Ham arrived from Salt Lake
City yesterday morning in custody of
Deputy Sheriff Clewett. and is now con-
fined in the Ramsey county Jail charged
with the larceny of $1,000 belonging to
Marie and Leonie Brouillard.
Ham was a we'll known real estate
agent in this city up to about three
years ago, and has since then been re-
siding in Salt Lake City. engaged in
handling real estate and mining stock.
according to his own story, on a large
scale. He is well remembered by many
people of this city. He came here be-
fore the real estate boom and worked
first as a telegraph operator.
He. next ran a drug store,
and made an assignment there
of. In short time he branched
out with new luster as a real estate
agent. He was the assignee of the
BOdega concert saloon three years ago,
and got into trouble by not settling
with the creditors of j. l.. Black and
A. G. Reid, who owned the Bodega at
the time of the assignment. He was
declared to be in contempt of court for
falling to settle his accounts as as
taken against him. Judge James
SchoOnmaker was one of his bondsmen
at the time. 1t is stated that this mat
ter was Strengthened up some time
since, at least in so far as the liability
to Schoonmaker is concerned.
Ham was indicted last June for the
offense he was brought here to defend.
The Brouilards are French ladies, who
claim that he got $4,000 from them to
invest in real estate, and that they were
given deed for five lots i'm Spring Park
addition to South st. Paul, which had
been sold under mortgage foreclosure,
| and the time of redemption had expired
before they knew of the mortgage.
| The Misses Brouillard went to Salt Lake
City, and are said to have been there
some months, working at making
wax figures. They brought suit
against Ham there, and. after
some delay. he confessed Judgment
in their favor for $4,000. They were
present 10 urge the granting of the
| reQuisition made by the executive OF
this state upon Gov. Thomas. of Utah,
and advanced the money to defray the
expense of eXtraditing him.
Ham says ne has been doing good
business in the Mormon city, and has
advertised extensively. He lived with
cipal hosiery of the city. He had
the confidence of the business
men of Salt Lake City, and they
proffered their aid in securing bond
when arrested on this charge.
Mr.. Ham denies any criminality in
this case, and asserts that it is merely a
| device to collect the personal Judgment
against him. He says that the money
was invested for the Brouillard women
during the real estate boom here; that
it turned out that there was blanket
mortgage on the ten lots OF the addition
in which they made the purchase. He
has employed Gen. John B. and E. P.
Sanborn and will fight the prosecution.
Mr.. Ham looks like he has been liv-
ing well, lie spent yesterday in the
large cell in the Jail on the ground
and and talked in business-iike way to the
reporters who called to see him. His
trial will not occur until the October
term of the district court, and an effort
is being made to procure bail.