The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-29
GL0BE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
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Louis F. Menage returned to Minneap-
oils yesterday morning and surrendered
himself to the local authorities to an
swer to three indictments returned
against him after his fight, six years
ago. During his absence Mr.. Menage has
been in Guatemala and Mexico. Accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, Mr..
Menage left Mexico City on Thursday.
He entered the United States by way of
San Antonio, coming north via ST Louis,
arriving in Minneapolis yesterday morn
| ing.
For the present Mr.. and Mrs. Menage
will be with Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Crocker,
1921 Dupont avenue south, relatives of
theirs
Immediately upon his arrival in Min
| neapolis Mr.. Menage proceeded to the
office of C. ]. Bartleson, in the Guaranty
building, and then, accompanied by Bar
tleson and Mr.. Hale, went before Judge
Elliott in chambers, and was immediate
| ly arraigned on the three charges which
| have now stood against him for nearly
| six years. He pleaded not guilty to
each charge was bound over for trial
at the September term of court, under
$4,000 bond, and then retired with his at
torney.
The whole proceeding was of the most
formal character. Mr.. Menage presented
| himself in Judge Elliott's court room
about $50 o'clock After shaking hands
with number of friends who happened
to be present, including M B. Coon and
Ralph Whelan, he stepped to the judges
desk to listen to the reading Of the in
dictments by Deputy Court Clerk Royce
THREE INDICTMENTS.
There were three rather long indict-
ments. The first to be read was that
under which William S. Streeter, vice
president of the Guaranty Loan company
| while Menage was president, was tried
1t charged grand larceny in the first de-
| gree for the alleged appropriation of $270,-
| S22H, and was somewhat long. At the
conclusion of the reading, in response to
Mr.. Royces question, You have heard
the reading of the indictment, what is
| your plea" he replied quietly but firmly
Not guilty The same proceeding was
gone through with in connection with
| each of the other indictments, one Of
which charged the theft of exactly the
same amount as above and the other the
theft of over 100000
l.
each case his attorney stated that the
| plea was entered with the understanding
that demurrer might be interposed later
| should the defendant see fit to do So 1t
was arranged that such demurrers
should be entered, if at all, before Aug.
l. 1t being ordered that the cases should
not be tried until the September term of
court as stated above.
| Bail was fixed at $4,000 on the first in
dictment, and no bond was required in
the other two cases. A bond was imme-
d1ately submitted and approved, the
bondsmen being Amanda A. Menage.
Charles Morse Jonathan H Pond and
John M. Norris, and Mr.. Pond qualifying
for $4,000 and the others for $1,000 each.
Mr.. Bartleson announced that Mr. Men
age would have other counsel
For the state County ATTORNEY Reed
! and Assistant County Attorney Hutchin-
| son were present. Mr.. Reed has not vet
| had time to examine carefully the status
| of the cases, or to determine the possi-
| bilities of obtaining conviction A
number of the witnesses who appeared in
the Streeter trial and before the grand
| jury in the Menage examination are dead
others have left the state and the where
abouts of others are unknown
MR.. MENAGE'S VIEWS
In discussing his fight Mr. Menage said:
| Leaving Minneapolis may be consider
ed by many as the mistake of my career.
Possibly 1t was. But it saved my life.
1 hope that it will eventually result in
| hquidating every dolla- of my indebted
ness
1.-The years of terrible mental strain
! through which 1 passed just previous 70
leaving Minneapolis had made of me a.
| physical and mental wreck The crash
| came-uneXpected, as crashes ALWAYS
come-and was driven almost insane A
/ feW more weeks of the awful strain would
nave killed me. Rest and oblivion were all
| that thought of when l left
1T was necessary to throw off the bur-
! dens which were crushing me- To bear
them longer meant nothing less than
| death L threw them off at the cost of nv
reputation. Life is sweet. My ambitions
are great, and I can hardly say that I
regret the course 1 followed.
The idea that Tor any officer of the
Guaranty Loan company-embezzled a
dollar is entirely erroneous. The large
sums of money were lost in unfortunate
business transactions. They were lost in
no other way. We suffered great depre
Citations in the value of our property
and securities.
Il left Minneapolis June 6, they tell me.
Dut L do not remember the date and in
May 1 was in New York. 1 arranged for
loans amounting to over $1,000 0O0 The
funds would have carried US through the
year, given us a chance to realize on orr
securities, to have held our property, and
eventually to have met all our obliga-
tlons and made large profits. But the
/ panic swept over the country Business
was paralyzed. OF the 81, 600 900 negotiated
We could not get a cent. The disaster
| crippled us. The crash followed I sur
| vived with my life, and that Is all.
Il have but little idea what the future
| has in store for me, but Of one thing 7
am sure-idleness will not be my lot. Dur
| ing the next twenty years l expect to be
as active as have been during the past
| twenty. 1t would be impossible for a man
to return to his old home after six years
of absence, and financially involved to tha
extent of a,50O0OO, and be able to tell
definitely what his future business course
! Will be. 1 am only sure that I will do
| something. do not hope to make onlv
living, but l hope to pay every dollar
| that I owe.
1T was reported that I had absconded
| with large amount of money The plain
| fact of the matter is that I had little
more than enough to get me into Mexico
and keep my family alive until I could
turn my hand to something. When 1
boarded the train which took me out of
Minneapolis I had just $500 with me. That
was all I saved out of the wreck.
without wishing to indulge in any
sickly sentimentality, 1 wish 1t understood
that I have come back to MINNEAPOLIS to
commence life anew. When we decided to
come back to this country my wife and T
made up our minds that no city offered
me better chance to redeem myself than
| Minneapolis, and after all the kind words
| and assurances of assistance that I have
! received from old friends 1 am sure of It,
STORY OF THE CASE.