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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Looting of First National Bank of Milwaukee,
by President Frank g. Bieelow.
SPECULATION and RECKLESS SON BRING RUIN
Man in Whose Hands Had Been Placed Vast Trusts
Proves Faithless and Is Self-Confessed Defaulter
to the Amount of Millions-May Wheat
Deal Figures the Crash.

Milwaukee, Visit has been de-
clared that all the worlds a stage and
every man as an actor in the human
drama of life plays his part. At the
present moment Milwaukee, the me-
tropolis of Wisconsin, the great city
on the shores of Lake Michigan, second
only to Chicago in it's financial and
commercial Importance, has shifted its
busy scenes to the center of the stage,
has trotted out in unexpected and
startling manner the star performer in
the person of the president of the First
national bank of the city, and has held
the public of the entire country spell
bound by his amazing manipulation of
the millions of other peoples money.
Now you see it and now you don't.
By Way of Contrast.
Yesterday Frank G. Bigelow, head
of Milwaukee's largest financial in
stitution; to-day a self-confessed de-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
A COSTLY BLUNDER.
How a Smart Telegraph Operators
Blunder Caused a Shipment of
Sheep Instead Of Shep, the Dog.

'The funniest blunder l ever heard
of telegraph man making" said a
station agent to a writer in Success,
was one that young smarty perpe-
trated when l was up at Milwaukee.
F. T. Seabold, sheep-raiser on a
large scale, was in the city at the
time. 1 learned, later, that he had
come on to make sheep sale, and had
arranged with his foreman to send
east, in hurry, as many animals as
he might telegraph him he wanted.
well, Mr.. Seabold didn't make
terms to suit him, and the deal was
called off, but he got an invitation to
go shooting and decided to accept. 1t
seems he owned a splendid hunting
dog, named 'Shep,' and thought that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Mr.. Bigelow should know" replied the

Mr.. Bigelow should know" replied the
clerk, significantly.
Questioned by the surprised director.
who thought the matter trivial, the
clerk said:
81 was told to enter the amounts of
our cash accounts in the Chicago
banks. 1t was part of my duty. AS
sistant Cashier Henry Coll stopped me
and said he would attend to it. Mr..
Coll has taken charge of other work
of mine and changed entries. Mr.. Bige-
low has turned certain other men on
my work"
On Saturday Pfster personally di-
rected a hasty examination of the
books identified by the suspicious
clerk.
The false entries were quickly ap-
parent. Other clerks. each declared
President Bigelow responsible.
Staggered by his discovery, Pfster
ran back to the presidents office, burst
through the door unannounced, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

signal they are off, each one crawling
backward toward the finish ten yards
away.
The race is not always to the swift
1t is not at all easy to keep in a straight
line, and every time a racer turns to
look over his shoulder he loses time
and ground There will be collisions,
bumps and all sorts of funny little mis-
haps, which will convulse the specta-
tors with laughter, and which may
change the entire outcome of the race.
A peculiar thing about crab race is
that In almost every instance the racers
seem to have peculiar attraction for
each other, and by the time half the
course is covered, crawl all together in
bunch and go humping and jostling
along to tea finish line. 1t is the boy
who bears this in mind and who re-
sists the natural inclination to crawl
toward the others, and keeps away so
that he may proceed without interior
ance. who usually wins the race.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
DEFYING GRAVITY.
Seemingly Impossible Stunt Which
the Active Boy May Accomplish
with a Little Care.

no doubt you have often heard how
impossible it is for a man to lift him
self from the ground by pulling on
the strap of his boots. Other things
are supposed to be equally impossible,
one of them being to lift oneself by
means of rope and pulley.
While this is perfectly true in the
case of straight pull, there is very
simple way to do it which you may
easily prove, to the establishment of
your friends.
Throw a rope over the limb of a
tree, and in one end of the rope make
strong loop large enough to hold
your foot. Now, directs the Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune, you are to
pull yourself up, as the boy in the
picture is doing. You stand on The
ground with your left foot in the loop
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

come to the full light of the law-he
before the bar of justice; at home, a
wet-eyed wife; on the streets, dishon-
ored friends; in the distance, the gates
ajar of a prison.
A Friends Testimony.
Yet in his darkest hour a friend
writes of him:
"He was a humanitarian of the
broadcast type. He has made more
young business men than any man in
the middle west. He loved young men.
He loved children. Never yet have I
heard of a worthy young man in bust
ness trouble being turned away by
him.
His glorious smile would give a
CLEAN of welcome and hope to the
humblest of those seeking his aid and
with the smile would go the help
needed. 1t is said here that he has
started thousand young men in bust
ness and that not one of them has
failed"
Has Sympathy of Many.
Then this friend adds:
1.-THE law can have no pity, can
make no exceptions; but you who
judge this man, remember the other
side; remember that there are thou
sands of us whose hearts are bleeding
for the man we love, for this man who
has stood by us in our hours of trouble;
remember this and be charitable.
In the face of such tribute can the
psychologist answer why from Deem
Der last to April 81 of this year Frank
Bibelow, day after day, connived at the
Justification of the books of his bank,
made an assistant cashier and possibly
two bookkeepers criminals, and one
of these a fugitive from justice,
plundered his institution for nearly
81, 100000 and then when self-con-
fessed says:
81 have no excuse to offer for what
have done; my family knew nothing
of the condition of affairs"
Character Study of the Son.
The friend quoted above says of
Gordon Bigelow, the son:
Gas young man he sowed his wild
oats and he sowed them thick and
plentiful, but though the oats were
wild they were clean, there was no
rust on them. The fathers heart bled,
but it never hardened against his boy.
Mayhap, as is the way with hearts, it
softened a bit with the bleeding. AS
often as the boy would fall the father
would start him with a clean slate.
He had done it for other boys Could
he do less for his own? And the boy
became a man and put his boyish ways
behind him, but he was still masterful,
still the leader of the gang. He took
dips into the stock market and won.
"He invested in manufacturing en-
terprises, and won. He bought wheat,
and won The week before the crash
in Milwaukee they talked of Gordon
Bigelow as broker who had arrived.
Through it all the father had
helped him, but he had not guided.
The boy was not that sort. He worked
on his own initiative. The father saw
his successes, his level judgment, his
foresight, his almost intuitive knowl-
edge of the game. He loved the boy
this boy who had made his heart bleed,
and he was growing proud of him"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
0RS0N SMITH. ia FORGAN. E.A. HANILL
(HLIACD RAAhERS MUAIELT
IINLTOV L771NTZNC HI7V VZW/ :.
~ RE5CUE n ElRIIH77NfHZ INK,

stood excitedly confronting Bigelow at
his desk.
"Bigelow, You Are a. Defaulter."
"Bigelow, you are a defaulter!"
Pfster shouted, excitedly.
ooh, my God," he cried. "I am
ruined, ruined, ruined!"
Bigelow seemed about to faint.
Neither man spoke for several mo-
ments.
81 have fallen with the grain mar
ket," said Bigelow, finally.
"How much?" asked Pfster. "Tell
me ALL"
Zone million two hundred thousand,
as we'll as know" said Bigelow.
Pfster rushed from the bank to his
hotel and issued hasty messages sum-
moning every one of the bank direc-
tors to a meeting in his hotel that
night at eight o'clock.
His face twitching with emotion,
Pfster faced the men and announced:
Gentlemen, defalcation of over
81 100000 has been discovered at. our
bank"
"Who is guilty?" was finally asked
Frank G. Bigelow," responded
Pfister, impressively.
The directors were literally struck
speeches. for moment. Then sew
eral expressed disbelief, and asked
what proof existed.
"Mr. Bigelow has confessed to me
himself" declared Pfister. "He says
his shortage is s1,2O0,00O."
A meeting of the directors, with
President Bigelow present, was hastily
arranged. The defaulter seemed re.
lieved by the discovery, and appeared
before the directors and calmly spoke
his confession.
Another story has it that William
Bigelow, vice president of the looted
bank, and brother of the defaulter, ex
posed the shortage. although at the
time he suspected other officials of the
bank instead of his brother.
Bankers Save the Day.
When the extent of the defalcation
became known, naturally a run was
started on the bank and to meet the
emergency and restore confidence
more than $1O,OOO,O0O in actual
money was raised within two days to
stop the run of frightened depositors
and save the greatest bank of Milwau-
kee from being swept from existence
The panic was stopped by the formid-
able array of money, but to accomplish
this there was the most remarkable
rapid assembling of cash in decades.
| Chicago bankers contributed $1,000
900 of the total, the metropolitan finan-
ciers being first to go to the rescue OF
their imperiled brothers of Milwaukee
Another million was furnished by
the Milwaukee clearing house. In adj
dition the other banks of Milwaukee
called in $2,OO0,00O of their reserve
funds for emergency purposes.
The IL directors of the robbed bank
contributed a total of 81 ,635, 900 by per-
sonal pledges from their private for
tunes, which aggregated more than
100000.
Only last September in addressing the
American Bankers association in the
Waldorf-Astoria, New York city, Bank
er Bigelow, who at that time was
looked upon as one of the lights and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Biggest English Poultry Farm.

Gen. Booth is very proud of his col
onizing farm at Hadleigh, and well may
he be, for it is the biggest poultry farm
in England, and houses over 1000 birds
Last year 1890 eggs and 1885 birds
were sold and 2,286 chickens reared.
Out of 104 birds exhibited SO took prizes,
and close on $500 was reported in sales;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

HE CAME DOWN TO MEET THE DOG.
the dog would enjoy the trip and
should go along, so he wired the fore
man:
"'Send on Shep at once
"Then the operator got busy. He
knew, of course, that the ranchman
must mean Sheep and that he had
just left out an 'e' in the telegram
The operator told the waiting fore
man to send on the sheep-and the
foreman did.
In proper time Mr.. Seabold come
down to meet the dog. About Is car
loads of bleating sheep were await
ing him. What did he do? He sued
the telegraph company, and got enough
for that operators smartness to more
than cover the profits of the sheep
deal"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
GORDON 5/GEZ ON

that throws in fresh coloring and gives
increased dash to the scene.
The Lessons.
And then the clerk that uncovered
the steal, the directors that brought
the transgressor face to face with his
crime, the frenzied public which
stormed the doors of the bank to re-
cover its money, the flight of Chicago
bankers with millions to the rescue of
the imperiled bank, these all play
their thrilling part in this remarkable
drama. Such it is as it has been
played on the stage of life. Perhaps
some playwright will here catch the
inspiration which will enable him to
present strong drama, whose lessons
shall be the necessity of honesty and
integrity, the danger of speculation, es-
pecially with other peoples money, the
certainty of harvest from the sowing
of wild, reckless and dishonest Seeds
and the absolute truth of the Divine
declaration: BE sure your sin will
find you out"
Nearly $4,000, 900 Losses.
The revised schedules show a total
liability on the part of Mr.. Bigelow of
$3,277,00O, of which $1,975,000 is wholly
or in part secured. Of the remainder
$1,110,000 is a secondary liability on
notes and bills discounted, in which
Bigelow figures as indorser These
items are notes of the National Elec-
trio company, the Grand Rapids Edi-
son company and S. w. Watkins, and
are evidently connected with the
financing of the National Electric COM
pany. The balance, $4,000, repre-
sents unsecured loans, the largest one
being an indebtedness of 100000 to
the Broadhead estate, of which Bige-
low was executor.
Schedule Filed by Bigelow.
The schedule of assets and liabilities
filed by Mr.. Bigelow is as follows:
First national bank Milwaukee. 81, 500, 900
wisconsin national bank, Milwau-
kee Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Second Ward savings bank. Mil
Waukee 10000
German-Ameriean bank, Milwau-
kee .........-.........:.:.. 10000
Marine national bank, Milwaukee. 10000
National City bank. New York.. $4,000
National Bank Of Commerce, New
York .......................... 10000
First national bank, Chicago........ $1,000
National Park bank. New York.. $4,000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

Sweetly-can you
boys and girls i'm
a g i n e anything
m or e pleasing?
Yet that is just
what a dainty lit
tie feathered mite.
a pure yellow Hartz
mountain canary
owned in Balti-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Homestead Is Included.

Included in the schedule is Mr.. Bige-
lows home at Astor and Knapp
streets, on which he places valua-
ton of $4,000, which, less the exemp-
ton allowed by law on homestead, is
valued at $4,000. The schedule OF as
cote jc &c fellows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
TALKING CANARY BIRDS.
Miraculous Powers Possessed by q
Pretty Little Songster of
Baltimore.

A beautiful little canary actually
talking, speaking English clearly and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

Iifa insurance nolicies face value. $500, 900
S50 shares Eirsf national bank stock $40, 900
~ 900 Sbarec NationaI Electric stock. $4,000
800 acres of coal land in Colorado. eO'UV0
$500 shares in Del Norte company. l50'VO OO
Shares in Idaho company. oo'VVo
Preferred stock, McKenn9 Process 90 ooo
company, Pittsburg ................. |e'Vo
Common Cnmnanr STOCK MeAehla iio. 5000
Comapobs Mining e. Smelling stock $1,000
SS;nano IIiahianS asSociation stock 1000
Stock in national bank, Atlanta. S'uoVO
Fond du Lac bank stock. ..........:'..- d,00V
Northwestern Iron company STOCK; 1o'VV
sh Ta IN Zion furnace coiiipan' ~ 5000
Notes of sundrv individuals. .......... 10000
Shares Grand Rapids Edison COM oo ooo
Camn Peal Estafa comnany ..... 1900
shares in MiIwaukee iron works 49,. $1,000
$500 shares J. L. Gates Land COM -oo mn
pany Observation-Disclosures. 1oVVVo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

The table of assets, with the Valua-
tons placed upon them by Mr.. BigeloW
himself, is as follows:
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
YOUNG HAD THE GUN
So Say. Mrs. Fannie shapiros, in New
York Newspaper Stories, When In
terviewed-Mrs. Young on the Stand
in Nan Patterson Trial.

New York, April 27.-Mrs. Fannie
Shapiros, wife of dentist. has come
forward thru the newspapers with a
story of having seen Nan Patterson
and Caesar" Young only a moment
before the bookmaker met his death.
She claims to have been within few
feet Of the cab; that Young had the
revolver in his right hand, which the
woman was trying to tear from his
grasp. AS the cab passed her, Mrs.
Shapiros says the man started to rise
from his seat. A second or two later
she heard the shot. Mrs. Shapiros has
kept the story secret owing to i'll
health and the fear of notoriety.
Mrs Margaret Young, widow Of the
dead bookmaker, went on the stand in
the Nan Patterson trial this afternoon.
She testified that her husband had new
er owned revolver, but that she had
one. This revolver was loaded when
she put it in her suit case a year ago,
and the cartridges still remain in it's
chambers. She identified the weapon
which was produced by Mr.. Rand.
When this revolver was found in
Young's baggage soon after the end Of
the last trial, counsel for the defense
claimed it proved conclusively that
witnesses had testified to what was
not true when they said Young had
never owned revolver.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
PLAYS SUICIDE AND DIES.
Mothers Habit Results Fatally by
Mistake.

Salt Lake, Utah, April 27.-Mrs. Jane
MAYNARD, who had been accustomed
to "play suicide" to make her children
"be good" is dead as a result OF
strychnine which her neighbors believe
she took by mistake in an effort to
frighten her son.
Mrs. Maynard was the mother of
several small children. and frequently
pretended to kill herself for the purpose
of Frightening the children into obed-
ience. Making some remark to the
effect that she couldn't bear to live
with such bad children, she would mix
sugar and water and swallow the
draught in the presence of the little
ones. Her pretended illness always mad
the effect of bringing the children to
a mood of fearful repentance.
During the absence of her husband
Tuesday Mrs. Maynard had some trou-
BILE with one of her little sons. Tae
other children. all of whom are small,
ARE unable to tell a connected story
OF what took place. except that their
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
FEAR POPULAR OUTBREAK.
Panic With Terrible Consequences
Feared in Russian Churches Easter.

Feared in Russian Churches Easter.
st. Petersburg, April pa feeling
akin to CONSERVATION has been caused
by publication in the morning papers
of renewed r,lmors Of an impending
popular outbreak. 1t is feared the
slightest incident. accidental or malev-
olent, among the vast congregations
which will attend the churches Satur-
day night may cause panic with ap-
palling consequences. The mayor is
being urged to convene the municipal
council and take special measures to
cope with the situation and it is ex-
pected the prefe,:t of uolice will issue
alarm is so great it would have little
effect The exodus at Easter will be
unprecedented. All accommoda tions
at neighboring resorts already have
been engaged. Reports from provinces
indicate similar fears. There is a
somewhat widespread impression that
the police are melting the masses
against the intellectual classes. Gov
ernor General Trepoff today declared
emphatically there was absolutely no
occasion for O. panic.
Elaborate preparations to crush any
possible disorder in it's incipiency
have been taken. The chief of police
today issued an order instituting the
most stringent regulations for the per-
iod between April 20 and May s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
Chicago's Labor Troubles Spread
to the Big Wholesale and
Retail Stores
MANY MORE TRANSFERS QUIT
Express Company Drivers Also Quit
Rather Than Deliver Goods to the
Stores Under the Ban Of the Strik-
ers-Non Union Men Attacked by
Union sympathizers.

Chicago. April 27.-The teamsters'
strike spread today to The wholesale
and retail houses of Marshall Field q
Co., Carson. Pierrie. Scott & CO., and
the Wholesale house of the j. V. Fare
well Company. Strike plckets, with
orders TO prevent. IL possible. handling
of any goods by nom union men, were
placed about the stables, stores and
warehouses of the firms named.
Drivers for the railway express
companies refused today to haul or de :
liver goods to firms against which
the teamsters had struck. One hun
dred and ninety drivers of the Forbes
Carriage Company struck today. This
strike had the effect Of interfering
partly or wholly with the teaming OF
sixty other firms for whom the Forbes
company was furnishing wagons.
In mixup between union and nom
Eunion teams Police Sergeant Richard
Cummings was run over and fatally
injured by a bus. John Ceresa, a
union driver, was arrested.
Four hundred and twenty drivers
for the United States and American
express companies and thirty steve.
dores quit work during the day, rather
I than handle goods for establishments
under the labor leaders ban. There
were numerous attacks on non-union
drivers and several clashes between the
police and strikers and their sympa-
thizers but no one was seriously hurt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
made by one of the directors last night
and is in line with an announcement
made to this effect on Monday.
CAREER OF THE DEFAULTER.
BigeIow Rose From Messenger Boy to
Bank President.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 27.--The
name of Frank G. Bigelow, the de-
faulting president of the First Ma
tional bank, as a banker and finan :
cier was national, and locally no one
was better known socially or in
business way. He was prominently
identified with various companies.
commercial associations and clubs.
In private life he created about hlm-
self an ideal home and was noted Tor
the extent and frequency OF ms cnar-
liable benefactions. There was ns
business venture of any size ehtere.'
into in Milwaukee that he was no.
consulted about, and his connectlo-l
with an enterprise was taken as evil
dence of it's intrinsic worth
Until last year he was president OIL
the Bankers National Association,
and at it's annual meeting In New
York last summer received marked
attention from the greatest financiers
in the country. He is still at the
head of it's executive committee.
He is trustee of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company,
a member of it's executive committee,
and of it's financial committee. He
has been associated with the National
Electric Company since Its inception
and was one of it's heaviest stock
holders. Other corporations in which
he had considerable stock were the
Milwaukee Trust Company and the
North American Company, controlling
the street car lines In ST. Louis, Mil
waukee and other cities.
He was formerly vice president OF
the Wisconsin Telephone Company,
and is still stockholder of that or
ganzation. His name appears on the
membership rolls of the Milwaukee
chamber of commerce and the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton, while at the same time he was
connected with number Of lesser
organizations.
He had immense holdings in a
large number of mining companies
and was engaged in number OF
other outside business enterprises.
He was always ready to interest him.
self in new enterprises and the num-
ber Of investments was such that his
money was scattered among a large
number of companies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
Wants to be a Consul.

An ambitious young man in Mich
igan wants a consulship somewhere II.
Italy. He gave original reasons for
asking the place.
You see," he explained at the state
department, "a sister of mine married
q Dago up in Detroit three or four years
ago-Dago who paints or scu!pts or
something of that sort. He took her
to this town in Italy-the place where
I want to go-soon after they were
married. The folks at home hav.
heard from various sources-not from
Sis herself, because she never writes
a word about it-tflat he isn't treal-
ing her on the square-neglects her,
and all that. I want to be appointed
Ia that italian town SOS ! can get near
Sis. and if l find that she's getting the
worst of it, SOS can punch the nose
off the dago. l guess that's pretty
good reason. isn't It