The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

Deputy Sheriff Arendt and they went
out and down stairs together. Caught
in the corridor Southan said that he
had nothing to say about the case.
SOUTHALL DISAPPOINTED.
''Of course, I am disappointed at the
verdict" he said, "but the affair is not
over" The former clerk does not think
that he will have to go to jail in any
event, and it was intimated by one who
knows a great deal about the affair
that there would be some startling dis
closures during the next few days II
there was any danger Of Southall going
to the penitentary.
day for the defendant. In the morning
he was surrendered to the custody of
the sheriff by one of his bondsmen, Mr..
Holly. Neither Southall nor the bonds
man would say what was the cause Of
the surrender, but ii was understood
that it was the result Of the taking
down Of a part Of the cash surety by
Southall. He needed the money
and had TO have 1t. and the
hondsmen did not think that
he was quite safe. A disposition
to urrender the defendant has been
manifested at frequent intervals re-
Gently, and only the persuasive powers
CT Southall kept Inn out of jail He ac-
cepted the inevitable yesterday morn
ing, and gave himself up to the sheriff
He was sitting around the office of the
sheriff most Of the day. He was not
particularly downcast even after the
jury come in during the fore noon and
asked for further instructions. Then
he went up to the court room and list
ened to Judge Brill while he answered
some categorical questions propounded
hry flU I1lFQT
Scharn. The questions went to the
construction TO be put upon the evil
dence as TO what would constitute false
pretense. They wanted to know, in
substance, if the checks were accepted
by EmmOns as though they were gov
eminent bonds or as being 80 nearly
like government obligations that they
were accepted as such, and that no mis-
representation other than that had been
necessary. The court was guarded in
his answers, but permitted some of the
testimony Of Emmons to be read over
again, and when the Jury came in IN
the afternoon and repeated some Of the
instructions the court was more ex
plicit, and the jury went back feeling
that the sale Of the checks and the ac-
ceptance Of money for them was only
possible on the assumption that the
purchaser had taken them as being is
sued by the government. Then convic-
ton was the only possible result.
BACK IN A CELL.
When Southal went down stairs af-
ter the verdict none of the prominent
friends whom he has retained through
his trouble were in sight. In the pri-
vate office Of the sheriff his daughter
was waiting for the defendant She
knew that he had been found guilty.
and she was in a distressing state Dor
dering on hysteria. 1t took Southall an
hour 10 quiet her, and he remained in
the office an hour after she had gone
There was no motion to furnish BAIL
and 1t was taken for granted that the
prisoner would have TO go to jail until
Wednesday at least. Seen later in the
evening Southall did not want to dis
cuss the case, but thought that ii would
all come right In the end. Just after s
o'clock Chief Deputy Robert took the
prisoner over to the county jail, and he
was given his old quarters. the cell he
occupied all summer.
The close Of the trial brings toward
close a case that, II 1t has not arisen
Just at the time when the eyes OF the
country and the space OF the newspa-
pers were all concerned with the threat
ened war, would have been celebrated.
Last March It was told in the columns
OF The G / o b that a discovery had
been made that ]. II. Southall. one OF
the most respected residents of that
very quiet and eminently respectable
suburban district. St. Anthony Park.
had been engaged for some years in
what looked like the most gigantic
sNindle that had been perpetrated on
the government in many year. The
details OF the swindle were then en-
shrouded in mystery. They are still 10
| a great extent, for there are some very
eminent people in St. Paul and other
parts Of the country who hold what
/ purport TO be the due bills of the gov
eminent for work performed on the
Mississippi river.
PEOPLE ASHAMED OF 1T.
When the matter was first brought to
the light there was disposition on the
part Of most people who had been vic
timized to keep quiet about 1t. They
had a twofold object in remaining
quiet In the first place they could not
| expect to get their money by making Il
row about IT, and in the second place
| they did not want to let the public
know they had been gulled
1t was shown that a number Of St
| Paul people. who have money and are
disposed 10 make the best of their op-
| portunities in the way of profit. had
| been buying time checks from james
| H Southall. for years the chief clerk
! In the government engineers Office.
! They had been taking the paper at a
| large discount. Southall had no au-
| thority 10 issue the checks and had
been using the money realized from
their sale in speculation. He had gone
| So far in his speculations that he be-
| came partner in a bucket shop and
| stock broking concern and was hit
| ting the market" He practiced what
! Is known in certain business circles as
| kite-fiying. He issued the checks first
and as they came due he issued Others
| against them The second issue must
in every case have been larger than the
| first, as the discounts would have 70
| be provided for, and by the time the