Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-09-30

Eustis-Rrad and Be Convin
4 w. n. Eustis has not denied
i. over his own signature
that he was a Guaranty
Loan Co. Director during
i: the period of its steals,
/ and he dare not SO deny it.
". II. Eustis is before the people OF
= the state as the reform, "machine-
smashing" candidate for governor, in
'~r.kewo OF which it is the right of all the
:: people to know his actual, official
X connection with that mammoth
4: swsndle Of the century, the Northwest.
Guaranty Loan company, at the
head of which was Louis F. Menage,
-vnow for five years fugitive from JUS
r fin, in the uttermost parts Of the
eArt4~
WiAiam Henry Eustis was not only
=, nunected with that company, but
WMS FOR THE WHOLE TERM OF
MES LARGEST OPERATIONS, AN
ACTIVE, WORKING DIRECTOR
OF THE COMPANY. When the
= ~zshrges against the concern originally
4aEeught by John 81. Burke could no
.. Eenger DO suppressed, as "bluff"
Tsssident Menage, at meeting of the
At which Director Eustis was
=: present, resigned the Office of president.
:Thereupon special investigating com.
:znittee Of the directors was appointed,
ITO Suvestigate the charges against
~:snage Director Eustis was one Of
>sxhis committee, and it soon after re-.
,gported. completely withdrawing Men,
~:sage, and the latter thereupon returned
' to his position. IT IS ESTIMATED
= THAT FULLY $4,000 OF THE
9 "BWLNDLE OF THE COMPANY
WERE EFFECTED AFTER THIS
WHITEWA ASKING BY The DI.
RECE0RS, OUT OF THE GRAND
TIOTAL'0F So, 10000 Director Eus.
r. It's thus did double duty. His name
and influence, with that of Lowry,
Fletcher and others, had roped in the
dupes from tn, beginning; but after
this *"investigation" the victims came
~an at q lively rate, until, az the final
collapse, when Menage had fed, they
~ =oovered all parts Ct tho country, in.
shaded peorle from all walks OF life,
and the pail thrown over the good
name OF the city OF Minneapolis and
the state has,not to this day been re-.
noved-and never will be until all the
:. sxascals responsible for the terrible
-. scaimes comm. tied in the nam, of Di.
S1eotw Eustis' company are brought to
Justice.
No. 81.
THAT w. H. EUSTIS HAS NOT,
AND PROBABLY WILL NOT, OVER
HIS OWN NAME, DENY HIS ACT.
: I'VE, OFFICIAL DICTATORSHIP IN
= ~I'H Az COMPANY.
%.Others deny for him, as occasion re-.
qufres, but he prudently makes no de-
~nial calling for the actual proofs At
=: 4 few places where he has been ex-
! landing tho glad hand in the campaign
+ thematter has been mentioned to Mr..
Fus51s by the friendly reporter and the
reporters have variously given re-.
~sponses. In all cases they are denials
''=Uhjch do not deny. If one says that
Mr~aEn stis denies, as one of the Man.
~kato papers, it Is always in such way,
and so given, as that if Candidate
-:Eustis wishes he can say that he never
" 10 stated to a reporter. or that the re-
<. poEter had not quoted him correctly.
<Caadidate Eustis HAS NEVER
TAKEN HIS PEN IN HAND AND
WRITTEN:
1.-THE CHARGE THAT I WAS A
DIRECTOR IN THE GUARANTY
LOAN COMPANY IS FALSE
+. lSIGNED) Nv. II. EUSTIs"
Should Candidate Eustis ever be
driven to the rash step Of denying that
he was such active director, or should
+ anyone wish to know the proofs the
f. same can be found in numer.
,ousy.places and sources. The Mime
ssapolis Trust company, as receiver
~of the Northwestern Guaranty
>Loanoompauy has the records. show.
ing several times when Eustis was
elected director and acted az such
THOSE records also contain the names
Of the victims of the swindlers. The
names OF Eustis, Lowry, Fletcher and
= the rest were widely used in the cir
zculars:and pamphlets Of the company,
and it was these with which the large
prop Of victims was gathered in. In
&the State Historical society will be
found, or was to be found till recently,
vxat least, files of country papers in
(which these charges, subsequently made
s sgeod by Investigation, and by the
,etrial of streeter, Manages soapegoat,
were stated with the proofs,
= by Mr.. Burke. He used those papers
becauselle could not get . hearing il
I'll ofAhe daily press. Copies OF the
burke correspondence with Director
Eustis. his persisren IS ,rss with the
Department 81 nblic Examiner, t. get
the depart nlent l q iiiyesi aie! thsscon.