The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-31
AND THE POLICE WILL DETAIN
HIM UNTIL THEY MVESTl-
GATE MATTERS.
MEMORY OF o'MAlLEY's TRIAL.
S.udteru Was With the Victim of
the Polling Booth Murder when
1t Was Done.

! Campbell at SandelPS SalOOn,> zoo EdSt
| Seventh street, yesterday afternoon
while attempting to pass an alleged
worthless check for $1.5O. and Wheh
searched at the station half dozen
other checks, said to be forgerles, rang
| ing in amount from Sc to Sllo, were
| found in his possession. Four OF the
| checks are drawn upon the Merchants
National bank, of Chicago, and bear
the signatures of James S. Wallace, w.
| r. Johnson. G. Sandberg, Richard c.
Moore, Albert Gilman, Frank Swanbers
& Co., and William F. Anderson, whlie
! the other two are on the ST. faui Nd
! tional bank. When first apprehenoeu'
| Sandberg gave the alias OF william
Anderson, but subsequently admitted
! his identity. The police say he does not
| deny the forgeries, and admits having
! successfully passed forged check for
| IS. rs at Corbett's ticket office, l96 East
Third street, Saturday, in part payment
for railroad ticket to Chicago. Sand
berg was a candidate in the Twenty
! third senatorial district OF Chicago.
where August Colliander was killed
| during a, raid on the polling bootn fof
| the purpose Of stealing the ballot
| boxes. and when, several months ago.
Aid. Thomas J. O'Maney and
/ John Santry, Of Chicago, were tried On
the charge Of being Collfander's muir
| derers, Sandberg was the principal Wit.
ness for the prosecution. TO his prfei
political career and connection with the
O'Malley case, Sandberg attributes MS
| present trouble. He is young man OF
| but twenty-five years, and previous to
| his entrance into the political arena
| was wealthy. To a reporter for the
Globe he told the following story:
"My home is in North Chicago, whera
I was born and raised. I made money
in the real estate business, and In 1881
became a candidate for the state SEN
ate on the Independent Americans Cltl-
zenship ticket. My foremost opponents
were John F. O'Malley, a brother OF
the Aid O'Malley who was tried
for Collianders murder and who at
that time was a candidate for re-elec-
ton. and G. D. Anthony, the Republi-
can nominee, who was afterwards
elected. 1t was bitter campaign, and
I had already had trouble, as my oppo-
nents had sought to have me removed
| from the ticket because was then only
| twenty-one years old, and according ID
the state law ineligible to seat in the
| senate. My name went before the peo-.
| pie, however, as it was decided that II
| I should be elected the proper
place for me to be disqualified was be-
fore the legislature.
On the night Colliander was muir
! dered 1 had been with him the greater
| part of the evening. We were short
/ distance from the booth, when the
sounds Of shots were heard, and we
hurried to the place to ascertain theE
cause. AS we entered the door Coli
| ander received the wound from which
he died. He was my friend, and when
| the state, with the assistance OF In
spector Setback, undertook to fix the
responsibility OF his death, told Whom
had seen in the election booth doing the
| shooting and assisted the authorities
in every possible manner, by giving
my testimony at the trial, which was
delayed over two years, and as you
know resulted in the acquittal Of both
Santry and O'Malley.
During the trial of Aid. O'Malley
was constantly under the protection OF
a detective furnished by States Attor-
ney Dineen, but greatly feared for my
life, as I received number Of threat
ening letters, and was once kidnepped
by friends of the men on trial I was
taken to a room in a hotel and prom
ised s., 900 if I would deny that I had
seen Santry and Aid. O'Mal1ey in the
booth when Colliander was killed, and
told if I refused 1 would be knocked
on the head and thrown into the Chi
cago river. My captors gave me twen-
ty-four hours to decide, but in the
meantime I made my escape.
During the latter part Of the trial,
while l was going home one night,
big rock was thrown at my head as
I passed a crowd of O'Malley's sympa-
thizers. I carried a revolver in my
| pocket which had been given me by
Stae's Attorney Dineen. Pulling the
weapon, 1 turned upon the crowd and
| fired. I heard a cry of pain, and
| thought 1 had killed some one. Almost
| beside myself with fear, went at once
! to the depot and bought a ticket to
| st. Paul. have a brother-in-law here,
| Albert Gilman, who lives at 854 York
| street. I stayed with him a week, and
! then went to the home Of an aunt on
| farm near Tyler. Here I remained in
seclusion under the name Of William
F. Anderson until last Friday, when I
received a letter from my wife in Chi
cago, to whom 1 was married shortly
after my political defeat, that our two
| year-old son was dangerously i'll.
wanted to see my boy, and that ac-
counts for my being here in Jail.
'I had no money, having lost every
/ thing I had in the senatorial race and
subsequent efforts for nomination for
| North town clerk, assessor and other
| political offices, but I was determined
| to see my boy before he died, and,
| in my desperation, planned to raise
money by means of forged checks.
! reached ST. Paul Saturday and passed
one check at the ticket Office, and.
| while under the influence of LIQUOR, at
| tempted to pass another at the saloon
! where I was arrested"
! Among the papers which were found
! upon Sandbefg was notary public's
commission signed by ex-Gov Altgeld,
/ and Secretary Hinrichsen, Of Illinois,
! and number of letters from his wife.
| A check for SIS was also found in
letter which Sandberg received at the
! general delivery window of the local
postoffice yesterday morning under the
| name Of William F. Anderson. He took
| the proprietor Of the American hotel,
| where he was stopping. to the post
| office with him and showed him the
| check as coming from his friends. The
| letter was postmarked Tyler, Mimi,
and Sandberg last night admitted to
Chief Schweitzer that he had forged
| the enclosed check and mailed the let
| ter to himself before leaving Tyler.
His object in taking the hotel man
with him Is thought by the police to
have been the preliminaries Of a plan
to get the forged paper casi1ed. This
Sandberg denies, but explains the
presence Of SO many checks In his DOS
session by claiming that he simply