St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-08
WILL STICK TO DETROIT.
De FRANCE NOT COMING THIS WY
JUST YET.
HIS CRIMES VERY NUMEROUS.

HIS CRIMES VERY NUMEROUS,
And Number of Them Were
Committed Long Time Before
Those in st. Paul and Minneap-
olis-His Connection With the
Perrien Abduction-Forge
in Kalamazoo and Chicago.
1t looks now as though Stonewall
Jackson De France, who was arrested
at Detroit for forgeries committed oil the
ST. Paul National bank, of this city, and
the Flour City Bank of Minneapolis in
April, 1892. would not spend this and
several future winters i'll the glorious
climate of Minnesota.
As was stated in the GLOBE yester-
day, De France was arrested in Detroit
on information furnished by F. W. An
derson. president of the st. Paul Ma
tional bank. of this city, who went to
Detroit to identify De France as the
man who, under the name of Cameron
Elliott, did rushing business with the
st. Paul National bank of this city, and
Flour City bank, of Minneapolis in April,
1892. Mr.Anderson,a soon as he reached
Detroit, telegraphed the officials of the
bank and also the authorities that De
France was the party who passed him
self as Cameron Elliott and $50, 900
draft on the bank of which Mr.. Ander-
son was president. A warrant and
requisition papers we're at once issued
and Deputy Sheriff Frank w.
Kinney started for Detroit to
bring the prisoner back. 1t was
expected the sheriff and pris-
oner would return during the coming
week, but the kilograms from Detroit
are to the effect that De France, if not
wanted in that city for completely in the
Perrien abduction case, will be taken to
Kalamazoo, Mich, on charge of work.
ing the First National Bank of Kala-
maZoo out of $1,000 on a forged New
York draft.
THE PROSPECTS POOR.
President Anderson, of the st. Paul
National bank, of this city, telegraphed
yesterday afternoon from Detroit that
the chances of bringing De France back
he should return to st. Paul at once.
The county attorney telegraphed to
Deputy Sheriff Kinney last evening that
if the forgery committed by De France
at Kalamazoo was not committed
prior to the one committe here,
to hold on to the pris-
oner and bring him back to st. Paul.
The kilograms from Detroit published
in this mornings GLOBE show that
the bogus paper laid down by De
Frsnce at Kalamazoo was in November,
1891, SO that if the prisoner is not
wanted in Detroit he will be taken to
Kalamazoo to answer the charge before
reaching st. Paul.
Detectives in st. Paul who are en-
ployed in the case, and chase after De
France by the st. Paul National bank,
state that De France, or Elliot, as he
called himself, spent several days in
this city and Minneapolis previous to
laying down the forged paper. He rep
resented himself as secretary and treas
urer of the International Land Invest
ment Company of Indianapolis, and,
as he was anxious to purchase
real estate, he made host
of friends, the realty market at
that time being such as to make an i'll
vestor much sought after. He presented
letters of Introduction from the Metro
politan National bank of Chicago, ana
opened accounts at the st. Paul National
bank in this city and the Flour City
bank in Minneapolis. The deposits he
made in the two banks mentioned were
in the shape of drafts on the Bauk of
Commerce of Indianapolis, and as a
matter of course were genuine. This
GAVE HIM AN OPENING.
aud, as he talked very frankly Of his
plans to purchase heavily Of Twin City
realty, he was received with open arms
by all who had choice investments at
ridiculously low prices. Cochran &
Walsh, of this city, and w. A. Barnes,
of Minneapolis, had him in hand, and
their acQuaintanceship with De France,
or Elliot, as he called himself, helped
on the swindler's plans. On April II he
appeared at the St. Paul National bank |
and presented a draft on the !
Bank of Commerce of indianapolis |
for $4,000. He wanted $4,000 to |
make payment on piece of property |
in the Midway district, aud would leave |
the balance on deposit. The bank Off |
Gals, who had been we'll plugged by his |
standing and acquaintanceS, turned |
skipped. 1t was afterward learned that |
he worked exactly the same scheme in |
Minneapolis at the Flour City bank.
The bank officials at the st. Paul |
National, and also the Flour
City bank deny that any such |
sum as mentioned was obtained by the
swindler, but detectives who were at |
work on the case at the time say the !
figures given in the dispatches from De-
troit are the amounts which the banks |
claimed to have lost at the time. After
De France left the Twin Cities it was
learned that he did all his correspond
ence with the aid of a typew1iting ma
chine, and when he could not use the
machine he had obliging bell boys at the
Windsor and Yves hotels, where he
stopped while in this section, do his pen
writing.