The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-28
BLACK SHEEP IS
.......... IN JAIL AGAIN
Scion Of Distinguished New York
Family Cuts Clever Didos
in Western States.
Special to The Journal,

6poC1a1 TO me JOuIHa1.
Butte, Mont, Jan. 2s.-L: G.. Yiving;,
Butte and the prison authorities Of the
Deer Lodge penitentiary, Gideon
Granger, Jr., as the scion Of promi-
nent and wealthy New York family
was christened, is once more in trouble.
He is in the Seattle Jail on charge
Of forgery or passing worthless checks,
and as he cannot get the 5000 bail
asked, it is likely that he will stay
there until he goes to trial and from
Several years ago, Livingston, as he
called himself, flashed across the hori-
zon of Butte as "high roller" He
was at work as clerk, but he reversed
the old axiom about making money like
a prince and spending it like a beggar-
he made it, or rather got it, as work
ingman and spentSit like; anil lionaire
His doings attracted the attention of
persons who could not understand how
SO high. The investigation showed how
it was done. Livingston was getting
the most Of his money by passing
worthless paper. He was arrested,
tried and convicted, and on April 3,
1900, he was sent to the Deer Lodge
penitentiary for five years.
! While in prison he conceived a
scheme to get out which was remark.
ables'in its.way, and which might have
When he had been in the penitentiary
for some time letters began to reach
Governor. j. X. Toole apparently from
New York, asking that Livingston be
pardoned for the sake of his family
which was Of the oldest in the empire
state, and which would see that he
was taken home and not allowed tc
prey upon the Montana public again.
Then a regular petition was prepared
such mon as J. Pierpont Morgan ani
other prominent fnanciers Of New
York were attached.
| So cleverly was the work done thai
} no one would have suspected that the
names were all written by the same
hand-that Of Livingston. But over
zeal broke up the scheme. He put thu
name !a Of Theodore Roosevelt to the pc
tition. Mr.. Roosevelt was then vic
president. This caused an inquiry t.
! be made which developed the fact tina
) the entire paper was forgery, and tn
persons who were supposed to be ask
: ing for Livingston's pardon knew
. nothing about it, -
l With good time g, allowance, Living
.. ston got out Of Deer Lodge early il
) January, 1908. He went to Seattle an
) has made that city his headquarter
ever since. He secured employment
honest living, but his old habits go
the better Of him and he began raising
money, in the same way he had done i
Butte, and even before he saw Butte
:. He. cashed several worthless checks
3 When he found the police were on hi
trail, he skipped to Portland. Their
he was caught and taken back to Seat
IL
J, charge of obtaining money under falls
: pretenses. % '~E
!; Gideon Granger Is the true name 0
9 the man known here and in Seattle a
; L. G. Livingston. Under each nam
, he has a history. His father is J. e.
bert Granger, Of the pioneer family 0
Canandaigua, N. Y, and his grandfatt
er, Gideon Granger, for whom he wa
named. His great grandfather, Franei
general of the United States.
, Old Gideon Granger left q big fo1
tune to the family Of which youn
Granger is a member. Granger ma
! ried daughter Of former Police Con
$ missioner McClave Of New York. A
n soon as he was married he began boz
rowing money from his father-in-lay
, For the sake Of his daughter and tn
r three children born Of the union, Con
9 missioner McClave supported his sol
in-law and secured several places fc
him, from all Of which he was di
missed for wrong-doing. Finally b.
looming tired, the commissioner assiste
8 his daughter in securing a divorc
Then Granger went before the Lexo
committee and preferred charge
! against his former father-in-law Of sci
f ing positions The charges were NJ
r substantiated, but the commissioner r
f signed his place.
Q Mr.. Granger is only 33, but for MOI
q than half of his life has been in di
3 grace Of some sort.