The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-17
Man Who Preyed Upon the Gullible
Will Be Given Chance
to Repent.
He Appears to Have Been Every
thing From a Quaok Doctor
to a Promoter.

equity was the verdict returned yes
tenday afternoon in Judge HARRISON
court in the case of the state against
Harold B. St. Clair. 1t sounded the doom
Of man who has for several years
proved upon "a gullible public and who
has enjoyed The good things Of life by
means Of money wrung from poor people
whose Judgment was blinded by appears
to their cupidity =
A sharp, shrewd, calculating and I'M
scrupulous man, Harold b. 81. Clar hds
tried with varying success nearly al OF
the known short cuts to wealth.. ne mas
been a uuack healer and a self-explolted
builder of municipalities in the great
states Of the Pacific coast and many
other things in all Of which he has met
with a certain measure of success.
DR.. Harold B. st. Clair is the h1gn
sounding title which stands out upon
many Of the advertisements INTRODUCED as
exhibits in the trial just compieted' q
mass of such advertising was found IN
his nossession. He appears in the aris-
tocra tic role of manufacturer and pro-
prietor~ of THE Zenith Stomach bltter'
which absolutely cures indigestion I'M
proves the appetite and restores ehe heiV
Gus system" He has placed upon the
market wonderful electric belts, all sorts
of hospital remedies. hair restorat'ves
and invaluable remedies for all sorts OF
other ailments. .-c...
| St Clair has also formed corporations
MANIPULATED mining schemes. foated vast
enterprises, built towns constructed raAi,
ways. opened up rivers to Navigation aho
then sought for other worlds to conquer
He has done all this, but apparently only
| on paper The vast schemes OF TINS Gil
| terDrisine man have been carried just Ia
enough to enable their author to realize
neat sums of money from trusting mol
yiduals whose savings bank accounts
should have received the care OF SONS
| strong minded guardian.
! IF appears that st. Clair went into I'M
real estate business, and conceived I'M
idea of laying out In his mind to"hs''e:
along railroads about to be built throusi
the state of Washington He presented
plausible townsite scheme to j. .. f1ai'oi
sen. a Young man who had saved up lit
tie money Of his own. The young maj
liked it. and after being hypnotized by TN
whilom doctor, he proceeded 10 Gig u
the sum of $3.50 and then took trip Z
Seattle for the purpose OF looking up III
proposition and going to work on the he'
townsites scattered promiscuously apou
: the state of Washington. He found noun
ing but the fact that he was up agalns
it, and according to the evidence OF IN
defendant the young man escaped walk
ing back to Minneapolis only by oye1ne III
hair and riding on another mans ral'ro'
ticket This little deal. however was I'll
cause of the smooth operators unoo1ns.
3 Another scheme conceived by St. Clai
was that Of making some samples OF In
delible crayons. With these In his pos
session he mentally Incorporated a com
panv and dubbed it 1.-THE Zenith 1ndellbl
: on Crayon company With this title an
his few samples he is said to have gon
} after J., c. Anderson and to have induce
him to invest s251 So. Anderson did nice
lv until he also discovered that he ha
been duped The Anderson case IS re
sponsible for a second indictment asains
St. Clair.
Throughout the trial Of his case 81
Clair seemed In a good humor and too
the whole affair as joke. When the Ju1
returned a verdict of guilty. after .havin
been out about an hour, the smile lei
his lips. and pale and somewhat shaken
left the room without 4 word Of com
ment.