The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
REMARKABLE MICHIGAN CRIME.
A 'rimina Conspiracy which Involves
Ne~ll-Iknown People I'm That state.

A Criminal Conspiracy which Involves
Weli-known People In That state.
Battle Creek Corr. of the Chicago
Chronicle.
What promises TO be by far the most
sensational case In the criminal annals
of Michigan Will be tried at Marshall
i'm September. Early in the year
stephen :. Hubert, one Of the most
prominent and respected lawyers i'm
Michigan, commenced suit for his
client, the Consolidated Steel q Iron
company of Cleveland, against the
Homer Wire Fence company of Homer,
Mich, to recover a claim of $4,000. one
of the principal stockholders OF the lat
ter is Charles X. Mains. also a lawyer.
The trial of the case scarcely had been
commenced when Mains created a sem
sation by Offering a stipulation pur-
porting to be signed by Hubert, in
which it vas agreed that the suit
should be discontinued A settlement
vas said to have been effected by the
payment by Mains To Hubert of s., 200
i'm cash and a check for $25. The check,
which had been through the bank and
was marked paid was offered i'm evil
denCe. Hubert denied having received
any sum in settlement of the case or
having signed any stipulation. Mains
not only swore to the transaction him
self: he was corroborated by three
other witnesses, who went into the
minutest details of the alleged trans
action. one of these was a Mrs. Gift
ford. who swore that she was i'm ain
Office when the money was paid to HUI
bert n saw the cash counted out.
Miss Sheldon, a stenographer, produced
her stenographic nut of the con
versation alleged to have taken place
at the time.
Hubert submitted to a non-suit and
took advantage of the fact hat his
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by commencing "A new suit in the
United States circuit court. where the
matter is still pending. Not many
weeks after Mrs. Clifford weakened and
confessed that the entire testimony
relative to the stipulation was the re
suit of "A conspiracy conceived by Mains
and entered into by the other witnesses
for the purpose of getting rid of the in
dehtedness to the Cleveland company.
Both Mains and Miss Sheldon were ar
rested on a charge of perjury and they
are now awaiting trial at the Septem-
Der term of court.
The proceedings thus far constitute
one Of the most unusual transaction
known to Michigan courts. but they
are not a circumstance to that which
Is To follow. The second and most To-
sational chapter vas that Of the night
of June s last. ON Monday of the week
preceding the date mentioned, Roy Ma
hAA e NV G III ~ ~ - "a ~
ly" Mcguire. called on Deputy Sheriff
Shoup of this city N informed him
that Mains had offered him $500 If he
would sandhag Hubert and deliver him
I'm an insensible condition at a spot to
be designated by Mains. The officer
advised Mcguire To inform Mains that
he would do the job. Hubert was in
formed of the plot n was asked To ac-
Mcguire in "A carriage on n
certain night tn a dark place near the
Union street bridge. where the officer
would be in waiting and capture Mains
when he appeared on the scene. accord
ing To his arrangement with Mcguire.
Hubert, however. was extremely merry
Gus and declined to run the risk of be-
ing placed i'm Mains and under such
threatening circumstances.
Deputy Shoup then took officer Ham
ilton. a man who resembled Hubert IN
size and general appearance. and re-
qucsted that he ~personate Hubert n
be delivered to Mains. Hamilton agreed
To this. whereupon Mcguire waited up
ON Mains and Informed him that he
would make the attempt To capture HUI
bert on the night OF Wednesday. June
:. Mains told Mcguire q employ some
one upon whom he could depend TO no.
tify him when To START for the point
agreed upon. He gave Mcguire money
with which 10 hire "A rig At owens sta
bile. and Maguire employed Charles
King 10 notify Mains that Hubert had
been captured.
Soon after DARK on the night Of June
: Deputy Sherin Shoup and Constable
Moore repaired to the Union street
bridge and secTeted themselves about
L. rods distant from the bridge on the
east side Of the road. Mcguire secured
a horse and buggy at the livery stable.
and. taking I'm King. drove to Hulberts
house. Here they faund Officer Hamil-
ton arraNcd in a suit Of Hulbert's
clothes. and. after tying his hands and
fees together with a light Irvine. they
loaded him into the buggy. King then
repaired TO Mains Office To notify him
Of the capture, while Mcguire and Ham
ilton drove to the rendezvous near the
bridge. Il is important 10 note that
Mcguire did not know until he arrived
at Hulhert's Gus that Hamilton was
10 be substituted for Hubert.
After being notified by King. Main.
proceeded UP Marshall street TO a point
near the bridge and concealed himself.
Mcguire drove across the bridge and
met Mains. and Hamilton was an in
terested listener To the conversation
which ensupd. Mains came out from
the roadside. and reached under the