St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-16
4 BLOTTInG-PAD FAKE.
The MINNEAPOLIS JOURNALS EXHi-
BITiON OF GALL.
IT'S MENACE STORY WAS FALSE
Its Yarn About the Discovery
Through the Use of a Blot
ting Pad Proves to Have Been
Spun From a Chain of Clues
Which Existed Only in the
Writer'S Brain.

special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. Nov. 15.-There prob
ably never was a more bold, bare-faced
newspaper lie perpetrated than the
Olotting-fad fake of the Minneapolis
Journal bolStering up its pretended dis
covery of Menage, when in reality it
had nothing whatever to do with the
discovery. Last evenings Journal pub
lished the ridiculous story that it dele
gated one of its force to play the part of
a sneak and shadow the office of j. 3.
Croaker. in the chamber OF commerce
building, this city, and as the result the
sneak, who advertises himself as named
Chase, managed to steal blotting pad Oh
which Menage's address was blotted
from letter addressed by Croaker. MIR.
Croaker will be remembered as one of
the old residents of Minnesota, having
served several years in the Legislature
as senator when residing at Owatonna,
and subsequently residing in Minneap-
oils. where he was engaged in lumber
ing. Some years ago he came to Chi
cago to engage in the real estate busi-
ness, and has represented Menage in
his big deals here. A GLOBE represent
ative called ON Mr.. Croaker today and
told him of the blotting-pad fake of the
Journal, showing him the paper. MIR.
Croaker, in reply, said:
IL have just wired the Minneapolis
Tribune in reply to a telegram from
that paper that the Journal story, SO far
as [ am concerned, is absolutely false.
No man by the name of Chase has
called to see me, and it would have
been impossible for him to have OBJ
tanned Menage'S address in my office, as
L could not give the information. |
suppose they might obtain Menage's
address from his attorneys in Minueap-
oils, and an attempt is being made to
make me Scapegoat. 1t is no secret
that | was in charge of Menage'S real
estate matters here, and have been, and
Still am, ready to give any Information
can concerning the property. People
come in and talk with me on that busi-
ness, but there has been no such person
as the Journal describes here, and Ie-
iterate that the story is absolutely
false"
The Post this evening publishes an
interview with Croaker, in which this
passage occurs:
DO you know Mr.. Menage?" Mr..
Croaker was asked.
Yes, L know him." was the reply.
"Have you had any recent CORE
spondence with him?'
81 have not"
"Dld you know that he was in Guate-
mala?"
II did not. 1 knew nothing as to his
whereabouts"
The people of Minnesota will readily
accept Mr.. Croaker's statement in pref
erence to that of confessed sneak.
The Journal stands convicted of false
hood in its attempt to steal the credit
from the GLOBE detective burean of
having advanced the ends of justice.
''False in one, false in alp applies to
the Journal, as the falsehood thus
proven shows that its entire story, from
beginning to end. is an invention, and
it will probably prove that County At
torney Nye never heard the name of the
Journal mentioned in the matter prior
to its absurd and bogus blotting-pad