The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-26
MANKATo FREE PRESS.

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care to be loaned out, and that he mas
returned forged notes for the money.
He is said to have admitted getting
about $4,000 from Thomas O. Jones in
this manner.
Mr.. Jones holds promissory notes to
the amount of $8,7l0, for money which
he let Mr.. Ogle have to loan out for
him, besides note for 5000, which Mr..
Ogle borrowed on his own note Feb.
2lst last. The last named note is good.
OF the notes held by Mr. Jones, sew
eral have been ascertained to be fOrg-
ed, and there is reason to believe that
most if not all of them are of no value.
The names of various Mankato people
are appended to the notes, but if they
are forged, some ingenuity has been dis
played in initiating the various sigma
lures. Each note has surety or at
least two signatures. Mr.. Ogle paid
the semi annual interest on all of the
notes promptly, and Mr. Jones placed
implicit faith in him. The money was
all secured in 1902 and 1903.
Among the notes which have been
found to be forgeries in one purported to
have been signed by William Schwanen-
berg, for 500; one by w. A. Snyder,
for 1885; one by Jesse Shepard, for
$3.50; and one by Andrew Lindholm, for
$ls5. These gentlemen deny the sigma
lures. Mr.. Shepard's name is spelled
wrong. The signers of the other notes
have not yet been seen, so that it is not
certain which notes were forged, if all
are not.
Mr.. Ogle secured $500 from Rev. Pet
er Clare to loan out, and 5000 from
Mrs. French, mother of Mrs. j. W.
Andrews He is indebted to the First
National bank for $3.50, and to the
National Bank of Commerce for ST.
100. Both banks are amply secured by
notes and mortgages of record, the
genuineness of the signatures on which
has been verified. Mr.. Ogle is also said
to be indebted to the Bank of Winnie
bago City.
The various notes that were forged
were extended each six months, when
the interest was turned in.
Mr.. Jones has been confined to his
house for some time, with illness. and
he has placed the notes in the hands of
his attorneys, Thomas and Evan
Hughes, 1t has not been decided what
steps to take.
County Attorney Wilson was asked
today whether Anyone had made CON-
plant to him regarding Mr.. Ogle, and
he said that no one had. He added
that if anyone holds any claim against
MIR. Ogle there is cash to pay it.
Mr.. Ogle was asked how it was that
he did as he had said that he had done.
He is said to have replied that every cent
went into the residence and the family
expenses. He also said that his election
expenses this spring were 81 900. Besides
borrowing 5000 from Mir. Jones about
the time of the primary election, Mr..
Ogle borrowed $500 from the Mankato
Savings and Building association, but
this is amply secured by mortgage on
some property.
Mr.. Ogle recently built an addition to
his house, and his automobile is said
to have been an expensive affair. How
ever, Mrs. Eygabroad, mother of Mrs.
Ogle, claims to have paid for the au-
tomobile and for tine a EDITION to the
house, and to have helped toward the
household expenses, so it is said.
1t is said that the Ogle family will
make their future home in Chicago.
A gentleman who has been in touch
with the case the past few days said
this afternoon: "Mr. Ogle took no pois-
son. There was no laudenum in the
bottle to begin with. 1t was well laid
plan to carry out certain purpose in
the way of getting financial assistance,
but when it developed that the debts
were so heavy, the parties that he de-
pended upon for assistance concluded
that they could not do anything for
him.
Mrs. Eygabroad was seen this after
noon, and asked in regard to the con-
fession alleged to have been made by
Mr.. Ogle. She said: 81 am not able
to make a statement at this time, and
know very little about it. l am not
in condition to talk about the case, ev-
erything has come so suddenly. You
will doubtless hear plenty of reports
on the street, and some of those will
probably be true and many untrue. You
will have to do the best you can. do
not know what will turn up by Mon
day and cannot say whether l will be
able to make a statement then. There
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