St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-16

days, and his present whereabouts are
entirely unknown. His deputy is also
missing. and no one employed in the
office knows where either is or when he
VIII return.
There Is something mysterious about
this affair. and a solution should be
forthcoming. That this important Office
should be thus deserted by every one III
authority, without leaving any word or
instructions. or means of communica-
ton, seems ineXplicable: it could only
be accounted Tor OIL the theory that some
thing terrible had befallen the incum-
bent.
Yesterday afternoon a deputy sheriff
OF Ramsey county called at the office of
the secretary of state on important bust
ness connected with his official duties.
lie inquired for the secretary, and
clerk in charge replied that he did not
know where the secretary was. how
long he would be absent or how he could
be communicated with. The clerk made
the same reply when questioned as to
the Whereabouts of Deputy Secretary
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DUN MClt SOlIc luueuil-
itely, and there was no one in or about
the office who could tradsact the duties
The deputy sheriff complained Of the
unusual state of affairs, and the clerk
pertiy said:
If You have any complaints TO make. you
can reduce them 10 writing ana they will be
fled away with the archives OF the office.
This was all the satisfaction that
could be obtained by an officer of the
law, seeking public official on public
business.
Shortly after this time a GLOBE re-
porter learned of the mysterious disap-
peaTance of the secretary OF state. and
called at the Office to obtain any possible
information. The clerk was very affahle
and very ignOrant-of anything con-
corning the whereabouts Of Mr.. Brown.
How long has ne been gone -
ION. dunno: about a week
Don't you know where he is -
Nope.
"Wnen viii he be back :"
Cant say.
Have you any means OF communicating
with him ::
Nope
DO you know what he is doing -
" 'Lectioneering, l pose"
Does anybody know where he is -
The Republican state committee might
know
Where is his deputy p
"Dont you know any more about his
Whereabouts than you do OF those OF the sec
Tetary =
Not Bit
Then there is nobody here who can
attend TO the business OF the office, and you
do moi know when there Will be ANYBODY -
There you have it.
a lew inquiries we're made by the re-
porter among the state officials. but
they knew nothing of the missing Secre-
tary or his deputy. The Republican
state committee was next visited. bur
not man IN the headquarters could
throw any light on the dark subject
They were not Browns keepers. and
did not keep tab Oh his movements"
" hen IN the city attending to his
business, Mr.. Brown lives at the Clar-
endOn hotel, ana to that caravanSary
the reporter bent his steps. But no
trace of TIE missing Brown. Manager
Foley was placed on the stand. and tes-
titled as follows:
i have not the remotest idea where Brown
is or when ne will get back
"W hen did he eaYe!
II think he went away Thursday morning
but / n not sure. He did talk OF going
"Wednesday evening, but was too tired and
STAYED until Thursday morning"
Did he say when he would be back?'
Not a word =
Several hours were thus spent in the
vain effort to locate the missing officer.
and then the reporter turned his atten-
ton TO Hermann Stockenstrom. the
deputy. Surely this official would not
also mysteriOusly disappear in the alb
sence OF his chief. ana leave the office
helpless. Mr.. Stockenstrom lives at S33
Dayton avenue, and a note was us
patched to that number. asking where
he was and how he could be reached
upon urgent business connected with
his office. The answer came back stat
ing that he would return on Sunday.
but without giving any clue as to where
the deputy was at thar time. The re-
porter tried the house himself.
and by a series of cross-ques-
tons managed to learn that Stock
ensfTOm was up at Grass Lake.
in Kanabee county. stumping for the
Republican county, while the affairs of
the office went to seed. 1t seemed that
StOckenstrOm concelves that he is en-
ployed by the Republican party and not
by the state of Minnesota, and thought
he was best serving his master by max
ing speeches trying 10 explain how
knute Nelson happened to be at the
BelsnaZZar feast.
This accounted for the deputy, but
there was no information of the chief
ana it began to look dark and doubtful.
Had he been waylaid and foully dealt
with? Had his rural look induced the
as green hayseed and lure him away?
Had he been kidnapped like Charlie
Ross and was he being held Tor ransom?
When the reporter returned to
the GLOBE Office and recounted
the results of his research, it
was determined to leave no corner of
the state unsearched in the effort to
solve the mystery and return this faith
full officer to this post Of duty to relieve
the strained relations now existent
there Accordingly. kilograms were
sent out 10 various cities, asking reliable
men TO make search ard report if any
trace of Secretary of State Brown could
be found. Answers to these kilograms
are still coming in. One by one the
weary searchers give UP the task and