The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
LETTER OF A SCOUNDREL
FIGURES IN BARTHOLIN CASE
How He Was Working the North
west and ''Trimming Lum-
berjacks" at Solway.

Chicago, Aug. 13.-Was the Bartholin
home In Calumet avenue sort of head
quarters for crooks and was young Bar
tholin himself their associate, later to be
killed because of knowing" too much?
This latest phase Of mysterious case
Is suggested by the police through the
finding Of letter addressed to Bartho-
Inns chum, S. J. Webster, who was
boarder last January at 4310 Calumet ave-
nue.. The police are now trying to trGl
Webster. Following is the letter:
Fargo, N. D., Jan. l, 1s02.-Honorable s. J.
Webster. Chicago, ILL.,: say Jack, let me in
dar. Smoke up Swibo and get in the game
Merry xmax and happy New Year, with
plenty OF Tom and Jerry. Well Swibo, am
on the road now telling fortunes It's good,
you know-cause they go in together and
consequently are bound to come other to-
getner. We that is my pardner and u got
started in Bismarck yesterday. We dropped
down in the Western Union and sprung the
| fortune business on him and we cleaned him
for all he had in his rags and the till When
cut in two l had $27 for my bit.
! Well, the best was coming down here on the
| train. Ny pardner was in the Philippine
army and he gets acquainted with couple OF
| soldiers who were going to Chicago and we
| gets them in a pedro game and cold decked
| the game after we had sprung bottle a few
! times: I had out four queens, four kings and
four aces and they bit like good fellows
We picked up $3.50 out of that and the con
came through and some gazabo put his nobe
| wise, SO he told to cut it out or he d
| have us pinched.
The soldier guys was pretty dirty yet and
| I knows they was good, SO when the coast
was clear 1 springs the fortune deal on
| 'em. Well, you ought to see the roar tina,
went up when they turned Mr." deck over
I just grabs the coin and says good-day fel-
lers, here's where / gets of. I ducks back
| to a sleeper and has the porter hide me TIL
we got here.
! We made over 5000 on that 300 mile triI
and now the great and notorious Bagger has
got his balloon in circulation and is going
to fly the coop and go up in the woods anl
trim lumberjacks the rest of the winter. ane
in the spring I'll have enough to go in bust
ness (the rag business). I made 100 bone.
clear on my two months work at Washbur1
and I am stopping up for few days now.
| My pardner is good fellow and has a banl
account Of 1000. He's swell guy and hand
some and big as o lion and full Of fight as
cat is of fur. He makes fine pigeon. =
How are you and your rag making it
And have you taken any bad money? I know
you don't drink nothing stronger than kero
sene. You remember how we used to drinl
| alcohol out Of the bottle back Of the liver!
barn, and the night you got in a drunken
fight with Friday and cut him all to h?
| My sister wants me to come to New Yorl
and I may take side trip down there al
soon as my airship gets to working good
| Well, Sammy, I am heading for Solway
MINI. It's a rough lumberjack town up II
the pineries and 1 am going to do some bust
ness there. You can address me there for tn
next ten days and I'll advise you further a.
to my final address. Yours as B4.-Bager.