St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-10
THE COLE CASE
Developing Interesting Features
as IL Progresses Along the
Aisles of Court.
Boadsman Rose Evinces q Tend
ency to Withdraw-Cole
10 Defend.

The general interest in the case
against l.. ii. Cole, the Minneapolis real
estate agent who is indicted Tor alleged
fraudulent real estate transactions. is
undated. Charles A. Rose, of st. Paul,
one of the bondsmen, went to the county
attorney yesterday and asked to be re-
leased from his obligation. lie stated
last night that he was disposed to get
out o. the position as bondSman. He said
that he does not know the other bonds
men, bat has known Cole for some time.
lie stated that Cole owns considerable
property in st. Paul, part of it being
row of houses on Martin street, be-
st. Adams and GrOttO streets; besides
this he owns other residence property
OH st. Anthony hill, in one of which
MIR. Stone. the jeweler, lives. He
further stated that Cole had gone to see
him at his saloon yesterday, and told
him that he has defense to the in-
dictments and will fight them. Mr..
Cole told him that he had given up the
property in West st. Paul belonging to
Rev. Linse. which is worth $4,000.
1t should be borne in mind that Cole
sold the property to George II. Bent Of
Chicago, who in turn sold to G. l.. john
son and it was then rented to j. Ia.
Brady of Princeton, Minnesota. Mr..
Rose said he did not know how the prop
erty was transferred back. Mr.. Rose
said that he intends to go to see Mr..
Cole early this morning at his
office in the Guaranty Loan build
ing in Minneapolis. He said that he
went to see the county attorney after he
saw Cole yesterday, but did not find
him. He also said that he had learned
that he would be held as the responsible
man on the bond. lie had heard
rumOr that the other bOndSmen were
not well known in Minneapolis, and
that they had been secured by the
Minneapolis attorney of Mr.. Cole,
whose name is said to be f. B. Wright.
1t is said that this attorney claims that
there is not much to the indictments,
and that one of them, at least, is being
pushed by Mr.. Martin, Of Northheld, to
collect doubtful debt by a malicious
prosecution. Attorney Wright insists
that the mortgage on the Kentucky
property is good, so far as Cole knows,
and denies that the supreme court OF
Kentucky has decided adversely to Cole.
From inquiries made at Minneapolis
it was found that l.. w. Pierce, one OF
the bondsmen. resides at 1909 Fifth ave-
nue. south and has an office 10 the Cen
tury building. He is secretary of
the Ancient Order of AZtecs. He
went to that city from Milwaukee a
short time ago. and has not been known
as large property owner. Inquiries
failed 10 locate his three-Story stone
business block. The inquiries as to
William c. Butts failed to disclose his
name in the directory, and he is not
known by the mercantile agencies
either as owning 100000 hotel or other
property OF great value.
1t was stated by Mr.. Rose that Cole
told him that he has $4,000 worth OF
boots and shoes in the cars at Minneap-
oils that he is about to put into store
there. He also claimed that he has
valuable real estate in Chicago, and has
recently been there negotiating big
deal.