St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-11
COLE IN The COOLER.
The Bond Insufficient, and
the Defense Comedies
the Fact. -ses> -
Some Cold Cash Will Be De-
posted by a Bondsman !
on Monday. '
The Sheriff Declines to Allow
Cole to Search for e
Sureties.
Suspicion That Some Big De-
velopments Will Soon ..
Follow. 80

l.. Ii. Cole, who has two indictments
hanging over him because of transac-
tons in trading mortgage OH an al
legged fictitious title to 60,000-acre
tract of real estate in Kentucky, is
lodged in the Ramsey county Jail. He
was arrested late Thursday night IN
Minneapolis by Deputy Sheriff George
Ii. Irish and brought over to st. Paul
yesterday. This latter arrest was
caused at the instance of County Attor-
ney Butler, who had an examination
made which developed the fact that a
straw bond had been given by Cole
Wednesday evening. 1t was ascer-
tanned, as indicated in the GLOBE, that
Pierce and Butts, of Minneapolis,
who went surety, were utterly INSULT
cient as bOndsmen and had 1 grossly
misrepresented the facts as to the prop
erty held by them. This left Charlie
Rose. of this city. as the only respon-
sible bondsman, and he had asked to be
released when learning that the other
bondSmen were worthless.
Cole appeared before Judge Kelly yes
terday AFTERNOON in company with f. B.
Wright, of Minneapolis, and John ID.
O'Brien, of this city, as his attorneys.
The purpose of the hearing was to heir
the motion of the county attorney for
additional bond. The motion to require
additional bondsmen was granted upon
the showing made in, the case.
Cole had said that he would have no
difficulty in giving other bonds, and had
a friend chasing about the city to secure
some one to 20 on ttG,bOnd. Charles
JOY, president of the State bank, was
approached and weItt to the court house
yesterday afternoon t0-meet an engage
ment with Attorney Wright He held
long conference With wright and
Cole and examined a number of papers
shown him, but finally declined-to be-
come surety. He was urged to do so,
but again refused emphatically TO do so
and left the court room. f. B. Wright
seemed disappointed, and, after con-
sultation with Cole he proposed
to 20 on the bond himself In
reply to this statement Judge
Kelly called attention to a rule OF cOurt
which prohibits the acceptance of att0r-I
neys as sureties on clients bonds. Other
attempts TO secure bOndsnen were UNI
awaiting. John ID. O'Brien stated to thei
court that 1t was apparent that the olQ
bond was Insufficient, and that Mr.. Cole
had expressed desire for more time to-
secure sureties if continuance werel
granted The county attorney stated
that he would not object to a continu-
ance, provided that Cole were kept ine
custody in the meantime. 70 this prop
osition Coles attorney readily acceded.o
Judge Kelly then continued the matter.
until this afternoon, and Cole was locked.
UP in Jail. The sheriff declined the
request made by Cole to let him go
about in search of bondstfen i'll the
company of deputy.
Charles Rose. the original bondsman
from this city, stated late last evening
that he will stick as bondsman, and
will 90 before the court today with
5000 in cash and offer te~depOsit it as
security for Coles appearance when
wanted.
The reporters were not permitted to
see either of the indictments against
Cole, which may permit the inference
that there is more to the matter than
the indictment of Cole.
1t has been limited that there have been
more attempts at crooked work than the
general public is aware, and that a num-
Der Of other parties are implicated i'll
other deals or attempted operations.