The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-20
DEPUTY WARDEN FARNHAM TAM
PERED WITH by IS'r. PAUL COM
MISSION MEN.
ADMITS THAT iAE2TooK MONEY
FOR ALLOWING VKNIsON SHIPPED
INTO THE CITY CONTRARY TO
LAWi
PROSECUTIONS "iAWILL FOLLOW
st0n-What Sam Fullerton and
His Deputy Say.

E. l.. Farnham, a venerable st. Paul
man, who has been for two or three
years employed as a game warden
under the state game and fish COM
mission with headquarters In this city,
admitted last evening that during the
last two falls he has been accepting
money from certain st. Paul commits
sion men for allowing venison to be
shipped into the city contrary to law.
Mr.. Farnham was summarily fired by
the hsh and game commission some
days ago, but didn't knew it. When
/ reporter for the G o b e informed
him of the fact last night, Mr.. Farm
ham said:
why. no, that can't be true. have
been working for the commission up
| to o'clock tonight"
Mr.. Farnham's admission last night
was not the first he has made. He
told Mr.. Lamprey and Sam Fuller
ton about it some days ago, and the
result is that members of the COM
mission say before they get through
with some of the men and firms who
have been paying brides they will find
is law enough to send them there.
Wednesday there was introduced in
the Legislature Bill for the abolition
of the present game f.and fish commits
sion, which it was said was the handi-
work of another F'arnham, F. w.
; Farnham of Minneapolis, also a for
mer deputy game warden. In connec-
ton with that bill it developed that
the state game ahd9 fish commission
had been holding executive sessions
here fer a day or two previous and the
advocates Of this bilf thought that it
was the bill at which the executive
session was aimed 1t develops that
the subject under discussion was the
conduct Of the other Farnham, E. L.
1t was reported to- the commission
recently that Fafnham had been re-
CeivinS money from certain commission
dealers of St. Paul to allow veniSon
and any other cDntraband to get
through to Chicago or any other mar
ket to which such goods might be billed,
without interference. When the charge
was made, Farnham at first denied it,
but when confronted with direct evil
dence Of his guilt he admitted that ne
had taken money and offered to show
that the same was true of several
other wardens. AS a result the COM
mission is very busy trying to find
out how corrupt the staff of wardens
IS and to faSten the blame where il
legitimately belongs. Several of the
Minneapolis dealers are said to have
evidence in their possession that, while
their quarters here were being raided
by deputies for any stray saddle Of
Ven1son that might happen to be ly-
ing about, several carloads Of the for
hidden meat which had gone directly
from st. Paul without interference.
and was shipped by st. Paul men. lay
on a side track in Chicago, being soll
to the highest bidders without any al
tempt at cOncealment
Whether the game commission at its
lnqu1s1torial sessions succeeded in find
ing out just how much Venison an!
other contraband Mr.. Farnham had
allowed into ST. Paul before he was
discovered, no one appears to know.
with regard to the heavy shipments
or game made through ST. Paul at the
expiration of the deer season, to which
reference is made above, T. E. Bryncs.
attorney for the commission said YES
terday that not alone are the shippers
TO be prosecuted, but as well the rail-
ways that carried the contraband.
These matters are all in the hands IF
the attorney Of the board with orders
to prosecute, but he points cut that
IL taxes very considerable time 10
s1ft down and classify evidence in such
cases, SO that they may be made pre-
sentable in court. Mr. Brynes said he
dld not know Of any further charges
TO be made against cwardens, though
ne is convinced that, if the necessity
| for thorough housekeeping exists
IL VIII be thorough cleaning .,
Executive Agent Fullerton, Of the
state game and fish commission. was
seen last evening" regarding the dis
charge of Deputy Warden Farnham
MI Fullerton says the discharge Of
Farnham took place at a meeting of
the commission about two weeks ago
and was only decided upon when the
evidence against the man proved TO
be too strong for contradiction.
we knew that there. was something
crooked, but we did not know where to
ma the rotten spot for some time
GO not care to tell how we got the tin
Last summer FarnIham reported to M.
every morning. [ always told him what
70 90, and gave him my plans for the
day. l can very easily see now how
the thing worked, and am not surpris-
ca that 1t did not become more appar-
ent last summer. AS soon as he learn
ed of my plans. Farnham would go to
the commission men and tip the
schemes off. thereby preventing the
success Of our plans"
The executive agent says he emplov-
GU ~ 1OilIlOr O0leCIlV6 agency, Dam
iel Lally, an ex-ball player; Fred COT
fin, an ex-lieutenant on the Minneap-
oils mounted police squad, and several
other detectives during the summer
months to watch the commission men
but that Farnham told the commission
men every day just who to steer clear
of, and what to do to get through all
right. In this way the commission
men found it was easy to get along
without detection and thousands Of
pounds of contraband game slipped
through to the East. Asked concern
Ing Farnhams confession, Mr.. Fuller
ton said:
'Farnham at first protested his ig-
norance and Innocence. but later he
gave in and tolde7with whom he had
been In league. He gave the names of
-, a----s-. (Mr. Farm
ham mentioned three fnames), all COM
mission men in the. city. Farnham says
that these three AN paid him a certain
sum per month to furnish them tips re-
garding the plans ard movements Of
the game wardenSt 1 suppose Farnham
cleared 500 month on the side in this