The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-15
WOMAN TO SUE GOV. HERRlck.
Ohio Executive Calls II an Attempt to
Rlackmail Him.

BIackmaiI Him.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13. - Minnie
Lee, a Chicago woman who Gov. Her.
rick says is trying to blackmail him
out of sum of money, arrived in Co
lumbus yesterday morning to confer
with Judge Ulrich Sloan, whom she de-
sires to take her claim against the
governor A child that figures as the
basis of the claim, pale-faced boy OF
about nine years, was with her
The whole morning was spent at her
attorneys office. To reporters she
said she was not the Minnie Lee that
had a claim against the governor, but
finally admitted her identity and re.
fused to discuss her case. She did not
call upon the governor. though she
was within a square of his Office when
she called upon Judge Sloan.
Has Plenty Of Money.
Judge Sloan demanded of her $500
with which to meet the expenses of an
investigation of her case. She did not
demur to this proposition and left for
Chicago to get the money. She seems
to be we'll supplied with funds, and
detective who shadowed her from Chi
cago to Cleveland and to this city,
said she stopped at the best hotels and
travelled in the most luxurious man
ner
Judge Sloan said that both attorneys
for Gov. Herrick and Supt. Schumach
er of the Pinkerton detective agency
had urged him to drop the case.
Il would bring such an action
against the president as quickly as
against any private citizen if thought
the claim was just" said Judge Sloan.
Gov. Herrick denies the story sent
out from Chicago that the Lee woman
has a photograph of check from him
showing that he paid her money. ANY
check of that kind is a forgery" said
the governor.
Lawyer Remembers Woman.
Cincinnati. Sept. 13. - Thomas B.
Paxton, a member of one OF the most
prominent legal firms of this city, said
last night:
about two years ago, just at the
time when Mr.. Herrick first came out
had something to do with a case of a
woman who was apparently trying to
blackmail Mr.. Herrick. Her name, |
believe, was Lawrence, and she was
from Chicago. OF course / do not
know if she is the woman who is now
threatening Mr.. Herrick.
at the time | speak of, Mr.. Her
rick's Cleveland attorneys, through
correspondence, instructed us to see a
legal firm of this city and learn their
real attitude in connection with a
suit it was understood they were
about to bring against the governor
concerning the maintenance of child
alleged to have been born to this wo-
man while she was in London. The
Cleveland attorneys acting for Mr..
Herrick had secured a great lot of tes-
timony through detectives.
Calls II BiaCkmalI.
81 had a consultation with Thomas
Shay of the law firm and laid all the
testimony before him. The testimony
had fully convinced me that the wo-
man was a fraud and that she was try
ing to blackmail Mr.. Herrick. We had
ample proof that the child she claimed
as her own was not hers at all. Mr..
Shay, after carefully investigating, de-
cided that his firm would have nothing
further to do with the case. He told
me to-day he had had nothing to do
with it since.
"The woman afterward called on me
and l declined absolutely to have any
thing to do with her case. l know
that absolutely not one dollar was paid
at that time to the woman by Mr.. Her
rick