St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-08
GEIB AND FETsCH PROTEST.
That They Have Been HarshIy
Treated by the Press.


Treated by the Press.
Attorney M. H. Albin has volunteered
his services to aid Mrs. Joseph V.
Wheeler in recovering, through a suit
9fTeplevin, the household goods seized
upon by Phillip j. Geib and Adolph J.
Fetsch. Geib and Fetsch, however,
state that they will return the goods
today, and that it will not be necessary
to begin suit against them. Another
active friend of the distressed woman
and of her husband is c. H. Vorck,
bookkeeper for w. l.. Perkins & Co., of
Robert street. Mr.. Vorck has offered
the hospitality of his home to Mrs.
Wheeler until she can arrange to re-
turn to her own family at Norwood,
MINI. He has also been conducting the
search for Wheeler's body at Forest
lake, and will see that a lookout is
kept lest the remains may possibly yet
appear.
Mrs. Wheeler was seen yesterday at
her dfsmantled home. She did not
care to say anything about her cruel
experiences further than to state that
she was most grateful for the kind
offices that have BEEN rendered her by
people whom she did not know, and
who are evidently actuated alone by
sympathy for her distress. Many of
her old friends had also relieved her of
much care and responsibility.
MesSrs. Fetsch and Geib called yes
terday at the G o b office to explain
that they had, in their opinion, been
misrepresented in the newspapers of
the city. They state that the men
who took away Mrs. Wheeler's furni-
ture were Fetsch and his attorney, Geib
being represented by the same lawyer
Geib himself was not present, neither
were any of the sheriff. officers. This
last statement is sustantiated emphat-
ically by the sheriff's office, which is
most anxious that the public should
know that the officers of the law were
not concerned in these transactions.
Messrs. Geib and Fetsch also state that
Mrs. Wheeler freely and voluntarily
delivered to them the articles taken
from her house and even assisted in
procuring them. She intended going
home to Norwood within a day or two,
and herself assured Mr.. Fetsch that
she wished to do all she could to pro-
tect him, as he had been an old friend
of the family. The articles taken were
only such as she was willing to deliver.
ehiio holAIiS lIiCTe several OCner DeQS
and ample living accommodations are
still In the house. 1t was on the ad-
vice of an attorney, and through a
misunderstanding, that means were
taken to enforce our claims 1t is
worth mentioning that the bill of sale
for $685. represents only a small por-
ton of the money due to Mr.. Fetsch.
The furniture will all be returned will
1ngiy to Mrs. Wheeler"
After handing in the above statement
Messrs. Geib and Fetsch were asked to
say whether or not they had gone to
Mrs. Wheeler, as related in yesterdays
u 10 b e, and demanded that she re-
turn to them the sum of $1,000 They
stated that they would not deny this
statement, but that they did not wish
to involve themselves in a discussion
of the matter.
Hakon Nelson, whose deed to Whee-
ler is claimed to be a forgery, has be-
gun suit to quiet the title to the prop
erty. This action is necessary in any
event as a matter of legal formality.
1t is now stated that the loss of the
81, goo received by Wheeler will fall, not
upon Roussopoulos, who was to have
taken the mortgage, but upon Lee
Hall. Hall is reported to have drawn
the check with which Wheeler was
paid.