St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-26
.sTRtE ::l WAS INNOCENT.
Of AnYrSiSo yaoxc ~ CONNECTION
NTH NE COMPANY
ssaaii3sa
SO SAY HIS ATTORNEYS.

Mena9o was the Man VINO 0iult
All, and streeter Tried Co Pro-
tect the Interests ofthe Cred-
itors-rhat Is What Mr.. Ian.
caster Told tho Jury-The De-
fense Begins Its side.
The defense In the Streeter cnse will
now have its inning. Yesterday MORN
ing Attorney Lancaster opened the case
BY Grating for the period of half an
hour to the jury. and 1t seems scarcely
necessary to say that he laid the whole
blame of the running of the Guaranty
Loan company at the door of the absent
Menage. Mr.. Streeter, he said. did
everything in his power to protect the
creditors of the company. and they owe
him thanks rather than blame. Instead
OF prosecuting him for the peccadilloes
OF another man they should tender him
their heartfelt thanks. That he never
knew the doings of Menage and that he
had nothing to do with floating the
spurious paper. Mr.. Streeter himself
would tell the jury.
Mr.. Lancaster went on to say: "Mr.
Streeter intends to take the stand and
tell you the whole story from beginning
to end. When the state says that Mr..
Streeter dictated or had anything to do
with the making of those notes, they
state something in which there is no
truth. Mir. Streeter does not know at
whose instruction those riders were
made. The only riders Mr.. Streerer
dictated were for Mr.. Clark, an agent of
the company. when that gentleman was
in Montana and Houghton was away.
Those notes were made 10 replace ex-
pirlng notes which had been negotiated
for Manages benefit. Menage planned
those riders He originated the scheme
and gave instructions for the making
out of the riders all of which was for
his own beneft.''
Before concluding Mr.. Lancaster
stated that he did not believe Mr..
Menage Intended to defraud the CON-
panY. He expected to realize enough
out of his various schemes to pay all his
debts. and, of course. he failed. Mr..
Streeter had demOpstratedh his innocence
by remaining i'll the city. when he had
Just as good all opportunity for getting
away, i'll the event he was guilty of any
thing wrong, as did Menage. Another
proof OF his innocence was that he had
never borrowed money from the COM
pany but once, and that was in 1893.
when he borrowed $1,000, for which he
put up collateral amounting to 81, 800.
The first witness was e. N. HambIin,
and he stated that tile receiver of the
Guaranty Loan company. the Mlnneap-
OILS Trust company, held certain guar
antees of Mr.. Menage. Washington
Gray followed as witness, and a
tedious examination of the notes, credits
and debts or Menage was gone through
with. -. u =
The defense endeavored to show that
Menage was paying more notes than he
was having discounted during the time
designated by the second Indictment.
He paid during this time s612,O00, and
only received 1855. 200.
+. b. Nayior, banker, was called,
and the defense through him sought to
SHOW Manages standing among bust
ness men. The state objected to the
testimony as prevalent. Judge Shaw
stated that "human motives'' was q good
standard to judge by, and that they lay
at the bottom of this case. The court
overruled the objection, and the exam
lnatlon proceeded. Mr.. NaylOr stated
that he was cashier of the North
western National bank. and afterward
president of the Union bank. He
stated that, in his opi1ion, Manages
reputation in the business world was as
good as any mans in tlIe-city.
What was his reputation as man of
wealth." asked Mr.. Lancaster.
The witness replied that Mr.. Menage
in the SOS was rising business man,
believed by all to be man of sterling
integrity. aud one who always paid his
bills. The last two years. however,
business men had begun to fear that he
was carrying on too large business.
Mr.. Peterson smiled as he asked the
witness:
Would you have loaned Menage
$1,000. 0O0?"
II would: have not loaned any man
that much." was the reply.
Witness Gray was once more recalled,
and waded into the p0nderons volumes
before hun.
Court then adjourned until 10 O'Clock
a. N. today.