The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-17

the Little Missouri in his wake. fled r.
the South, they wondered at his sue
cessfully eluding pursuit.
one or the Minneapolis newspapers
republican paper, by the way, sent g
reporter to Chicago in the guise of .
defective Renting half of an office
with Manages confidential agent in
this country, this young man G w
Somerby, alias "Blotting Pad Ike" dis
covered from the blotting pad on This
gentIeman's desk that Mr.. Menage's
caDle NAME" so to speak, was G A,
Muller "' ~ "a
Mr.. Somerby has since studied law
ana has been appointed assistant coun-
~ attorney. But up to date the add
ton Of his rare detective ability -
the leonine front made by the chief Of
that legal department has not con-
trlbuted anything tangible to convince
the people that a real conscientious
eHort Is being made to bring back Mr.,
Menage o'0-N >AA1
Mr. Somerby's paper relaxed its eff
Lorts aIter about one scarehead. It
was pointed out that 1t wouldn't help
the panic stricken community to stir
up the Menage business, so it was
clubbed into line with the local pa
triot's'' whip. pa
Congressman Loren Fletcher. now q
cand1date for reelection, and Villa
Henry Eustis, also a candidate for the
SURFACES of the people Of Minnesota
were ooth directors of the broken COM
pany at the time of it's failure. Mr.
FIetcher's absence in Washington kent
MIN away from the meetings a. good
deal, and he did not have much time
TO Keep tab on Louis Francois. but he
stood pat, as he himself expressed II
ana shouldered his moral share of the
responsibility
Mr.. Eustis has shirked his.
The Northwestern GUARANTY Loan
company had its name carved on the
stone of the tall building at Third
street and Second avenue south in
Minneapolis 1t read Northwestern
Guaranty Loan Company"
The sign did not say Guaranty Loan
Building" This was not where the
ofhces or the company were, but half
way down the building. built right
into the structure.
Yet 1T has since developed that the
building was never owned by the
Northwestern Guaranty Loan com
pany, and the people who thought that
the institution included that building
in its assets, instead of some WORTH
less notes signed by elevator bows. mes
senger boys and Sunday school uperin-
tendents with no money but sancti-
mony were sWindled, In so far as thew
trusted in that building
Some Chicago banks objected to the
receivers paying rent for the building
after the concern failed They thought
1t belonged to the insolvent company.
The receiver answered, in January. 1896
that the building was never owned bv
the Guaranty Loan company, but bv
the building company, and that as far
as the records show the Guaranty Loan
Building company was a solvent cor
poration. The only asset relating to
the building being in the hands of the
receiver was certain stock in which II
had only reversionary interest in the
resulting trust, the stock at all times
being in the exclusive possession of
the American Exchange National Bank
Of New York, as a pledge for the paw
ment of certain Indebtedness due the
bank. The receiver further stated that
every act in connection with the re-
version Of the building and the final
disposition Of the stock was known to
the court, and that no action was taken
until full hearing was had, and that
all the matters relating to that asset
and the disposition thereof. and to ali
the right, title and interest in and to
the property Of the Guaranty Loan
Building company are matters of rec
ord in the court.