St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-01
JIMMY IS IN JAIL.
Biddsrman, Of Political Fame,
Locked Up on Two Seri-
Gus Charges.
Accused Of Obtaining Money
Tn der False Ppetenses
and Forgery.
Two New School Houses Or
dered at a Serappy Board
Meeting.
Something About the Condi-
ton OF the Old County
Court House.

James Bidderman, the erStwhile
young politician, whose amber-drlpplng
hair has been the pride of Flour City
avenues for years, and whose advocacy
of political economy and matters Black
stonian has occasioned comment far
and wide, was arrested last night and
lodged in the central lookup. lie
spent the night in dingy cell, and the
number of it was one that has
always had q peculiar horror for
Jimmy-the fatal IS. Jimmy was seen
Oh the avenue yesterday afternoon dis
porting hi self as blithe aud gay as the
SNOW birds. Alas what change was
there. Two charges were preferred
against Bidderman, and each one is
serious enough. if proven, to land him
in the penitentiary. One is for obtain
ing money under false pretenses, and
the other for forgery. The arrest was
made at the instance of John DE Lat
ire, vice president of the Farmers and
Mechanics Savings bank. inspector
James Howard was given the commls-
sion, and it was not long before he had
1OlUuGIIldD CdSCI bC-llltlA llIS OtNIo.
On Aug. %, of last year, a gentleman
with bright red locks called at the
Farmers and Mechanics bank and gave
his name to the cashier as Max Bidder
man. of 9 East Grant street. He said he
desired a loan of $500 and for security
would give mortgage on his house and
lot. He brought the titles and abstracts
of the property with him, which showed
that not only was it free of lncumbrance,
but was worth in the neighbOrhood OF
$1,000 Under the circumstances the
bank was glad to make the loan and
all that was necessary was the pres
ence of the mOrtgagOr'S wife and her
signature. with that of Bidderman, t
the mortgage deed. The supposed Max
Bidderman left the bank, but returned
in q few minutes accompanied by a
Young woman who, he said, was his
wife. He affixed the name OF Max BID
derman to the mortgage and then the
woman subscribed her name as his wife.
He was given a check for the 1ull
amount 5000, Immediately cashed 1t anG
left the bank. Nothing more was
thought of the matter by the bank
officials until few days ago,
when the notice OF hrSt SIX
months interest on the mort
gage would be due on Feb. % was sent
out 1t was sent to Max BIdderman, .
East Grand street
Yesterday the original Max Bidder
man, the father of Jimmy, rushed into
the bank all out of breath. He eX-
claimed in an excited voice that he had
received notice that there was mort
gage on his property and he desired to
inform the bank officials that they had
made mistake. He had never mort
gagged his property, nor borrowed any
money at the bank. The mortgage was
shown him with his signature affixed,
also that of his wife. He wrote his
name down on a slip of paper which
convinced the bank people that he was
not the man who had taken out the
mortgage, and, as for his wife, Mi. Bid
derman SWore she could not write her
own name, and when signing legal doc
uments she was always obliged to make
q mark.
show his abstract and title to the prop
erty, but could not. He burst into tears
and said they had been stolen from
MIN. He had not missed them until the
day he had received the notice from the
bank. He then went to the bureau
drawer where they were kept, but
they had mySteriouSly disappeared.
Further investigation revealed TO MI.
de Laittre that the person guilty OF the
forgery was none other than Mr.. Bid
dermanS son Jimmy. He accordingly
went to police headquarters, and the
result of his visit was the young law
yer's arrest.
1t will be remembered that Jimmy
Brakeman made himself and the First
ward famous" by running in that dis
trict for the legislature. He endeay-
ored first to secure the Democratic
nomination, but failed. Then he got
ont an independent ticket. and secured
the Endorsement of the Republicans.
Although he had lived i'll the ward but
a few weeks, he managed in some way
to secure quite a number OF votes. In
order to pay his portion of the cam
paign expenses he must necessarily
have some money. 1t is supposed that
he mortgaged his fathers property to
| get it. When the legislature opened in
| st. Paul he took quarters at the Mer-
| chants hotel, living i'll the best OF style
and hanging around the third house
at the capitol. To make matters worse
he received Il bill yesterday for Sl56 for
board from the Merchants hotel, and
accompanying it was a decidedly pointed
| demand for the payment OF tne same.
A number of young Bidderman's
friends called at the central station last
night and attempted to bail him out,
but up to late hour they were unsuc'
cessful.
The woman in the case turned out to
be Mrs. Raymond, living on Franklin
avenue. 1t appears. however, that she
was innocent of any wrong intent when
she signed the name of Mrs. Max Bid
derman to the mortgage. She did not
know the nature Of the transaction
| The police became convinced OF thai
last night and allowed her to return
home with her husband. She will APP
pear in court today and tell what she
| knows of the matter.