Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-22

sidered they had Il right to know and
then declared Il recess, during which the
excitement ran high. Judge Dick turned
the letter over to the district attorney
and both officials positively declined to
allow it to be seen. They said that it
was private to Mrs. Rambusch and
could not be made public.
The letter was dated October II and
was written from the Colonnade hotel
in Philadelphia 1t was very long and
is supposed to have gone into details to
some length. But that is mere con-
lecture. All that could be learned about
it was that in it Mr.. Rambusch made a
confession of greater or less length. ex-
planning how his crookednesS had com
menccd and continued until it had over
whelmed him. Ee asked her to forgive
him for his msdoings and then eX-
pressed n desire not to have his body
brought back to Juneau for burial
1t is generally taken for granted that
Mr.. Rambusch has not granted out his
Mr.. Rambusch has not carried out his
threat to commit suicide, because if he
had done so the fact would probably
have become known from Philadelphia.
There is diversity of opinion as TO his real
intention to end his life. Those who
think he spent the money as fast as he
got it believe that he has killed or will
kill himself, and take his statement as
proof of the correctness of their theory
that he has boarded his gains think that
the letter is a bluff intended to throw the
authorities off the track. The authorities
III Philadelphia have been communicated
with, and if he is not dead an attempt
will be made to trace him from that city.
Had False Keys to the Courthouse.
Yesterdays developments have clearly
shown that Rambusch had operated with
boltness that is startling This morn
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proved to be duplicate keys for all the
offices and vaults i'll the courthouse and
the further discovery was made that
the official records have been tempered
with. 1t seems that Mr.. Rambusch had
privileges extended to him because of
been granted by the officials to anybody
else, and it is said that when his doings
were criticised by officials who were
styled over-oiiicious the people were in
dignant that anybody should accuse Mr..
Rambusch of doing what was not right.
1t is now evident that he used his keys
to get into The offices and vaults when
of records as he saw tit. EX-Reglster
of Deeds Miller makes the statement
that three of four years ago he was as
tonished to find Mr.. Rambusch i'll his
vault very early one morning. and when
he found that Rambusch had a key
to The vault he threatened him with ar
rest If he did not surrender it ut once.
A careful examination of the records
is being made as n part OF the lnvestga,,
tion. which is expected to show up all
Of Mr.. Rambusch's crookedness. inns
morning some erasures were found An
.unsuspecting examiner would not notice
Sruvfhing was wrong, but by holding the
hooks in u certain light faint traclngs
of lines can be discovered. showing that
whole paragraphs have been wiped out
by some process. mat discovery nas
6jlcd the officials and lawyers with
alarm. because it is not known to what
extent the records may have been
changed
middle Grows Worse Every Minute.
The muddle grows worse every minute
People are coming to town by the score
to see what they have lost and new steals
arc being discovered every hour. 1t Is
now known beyond doubt that MI. Ram-
busch drew absolutely fraudulent mort
cages. signed the names of the holders
of tho land and filed the mortgages. "A
sa,oonkeeper in Juneau who never has
had occasion to borrow money hnds that
he has $4,000 mortgage upon
his farm, and many others are
learning that their mortgages
bove been tinkered with in one way or
another. In small batch of mortgages
nyomined this morning three were found
that were wholly fictitious and they swell
thn totol amount of Mr.. Rambusch $
stea,ings by nearly $4,000. There is no n,
telling what the total amount will be. Ii
w;li fake weeks and perhaps months to
.ret nj all the crookedness. but Sheriff
R;nte and his assistants, who are making
tbe investigation. still believe that 1t Will
he more than 100000
Some of the Largest Losers.
Co far George Hawkins of Watertown
50 tbe PRINCIPAL loser and his losses are
var;ously estimated at from $4,000 to
eco 600 Mrs. Spence and the Nelson
T s*sta come next with losses of about
go 600 each. In addition to these there
ere small eases almost without end.
Indg;nr by the rate at which they are
I,o;ng discovered they VIII agSresa1e
,.aare than 100000. In the case OF the
Nelson estate some genulhe n9'es L alh
s Ne,Sr;; have been discovered when
s.e,jnca the loss by about s,uuu. "A: AZ
n,anrer Of stories are stioat anou. inaa,
n;.,mal losses, but many Oh .nen arr ;n.
,r;fhant foundation and IN sevesai s, IN,
stances where crookedness Mas ~,
.,ected things have been found 10 oe al
right s.a.ed that no eyi.