The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-21
The three parties each pleaded not

guilty and asked for separate trials.
This was granted and the cases were
continued to the December term Of
court. Bail was placed at $500 in each
case, which was furnished, Attorney
Reyes, of Minneapolis, appeared for
Mr.. Harrison. Mr.. McDermid has re-
tanned Attorney Jacob H. Cook, of
Minneapolis.
The three men have the appearance
of intelligent and prosperous business
men. Mr.. McDermid stated to a
FREE PRESS reporter that the deal
was an open and straight one and that
Mr.. Turner has himself to blame for
not looking at the land before he took
the mortgage. He wrote to Mr. Tur-
ner several times during the negotia-
tions to go and look at the land, but
he did not do so. 1.-THE lots have two
values," said he, "a cash value and
trading value. The latter is the
greatest and is $500 lot. This is
what they have been traded for lately.
| knew nothing of any intended prose-
cution until the officers came for me
yesterday. Mr.. Turner owes me $3.50
commission for making the trade and
gave me due bill for the amount. l
shall at once sue him for the amount"
Mr.. Harrison was seen by FREE
PRESS reporter and stated that the
reason why he did not buy the mort
gage of Mr.. Turner was due to mis-
take of the Hartford Loan Co. The
company thaught that the land was
in Minneapolis. Harrison is agent uf
the company and said that he offered
to purchase the mortgage at dis
count of ten per cent. and $40 for
bringing the abstract down. He said
that the lots which Mr.. Turner Sc
cured are worthless. This was all
that he had to do with the case, al
though Mr.. Turner wrote to him
afterwards. and said that his letter
did him up.
Sheriff Glynn did not lodge his pris-
oners in Jail last night, but took them
to The Saulpaugh. They returned to
Minneapolis this afternoon,
If the allegations in the Indictment
are true, this was one of the shrewd-
est and most successful swindling
deals ever worked it the state. The
fact that the $1,000 stock was
sold by Mr.. Kilbourne for $4,000
shows upon the face of it that there
was something wrong. Mr.. Turner's
great mistake was that he did not
see the land before he took mortgage
upon it. The matter has been kept
quiet in order that the necessary evil
dence could be secured.
The penalty for grand larceny in
the first degree is heavy one. 1t ap-
pears that Lewis and McDermid are
the parties most to blame, as they
knew of the value of the land. Nc
Dermid acted as Lewis agent. The
case will no doubt be hard fought
one.
Mr. Turner is now working by the
day at EastOn.
The Minneapolis Journal, speak, ng
of the case, says:
McDermid has been handling prop
erty ia a certain Sandy Lake addi-
tion. Since Columbian Heights, near
Sandy Lake, Minneapolis, assumed it's
present Importance there have been
various instances where parties who
thought they were buying mortgages
on Sandy Lake property in Minneapo-
lis have really purchased paper placed
on the Sandy Lake addition in Anoka
county. The latter is valueless as
city property. DishOnOrable dealing
in the Anoka SandyLake property has
never been directly fixed upon McDer-
mid and whether or not the case is
one of that sort remains to be seen.
Lewis has not yet put in an appear
ance, and Sheriff Glynn telegraphed
to Minneapolis officers today to hold
him.