New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-12
IDAHO CONSOLIDATED WINS.
County Attorney of Watonwan
County Makes Apology.
Accused Innocent Man of Crime
of Forging Certificates.
Lays Himself Open to Prosecution
in United States Court.

A farce comedy was played in the
courts of justice in ST. James last
Friday when the county attorney of
Watonwan county gave papers to the
sheriff to serve on the person of j. B.
Gieseke charging him with the crime
of forgery and attempting to sell bogus
mining stock.
Shellum of Brown county who had
previously purchased stock in the
Idaho Consolidated Mining and De-
velopment Co. to the amount of $3.50
and had asked for the privilege of sell
ing stock to some of his neighbors.
1t appears that the man Shellum
must have been assured by someone
that the proposition was bad and that
the man who represented himself as the
presidentwas afake, for he telegraphed
to the secretary of state of Idaho and
received the reply that Mr.. Gieseke
had no connection with the company
asked about and was not it's president.
Without further inquiry or investi-
cation the county attorney ordered the
arrest of Mr.. Gieseke but the sheriff
had made up his mind that there was
no cause for complaint and did not
serve the papers but informed Mr..
Gieseke that he had them and that if
he thought best he could talk with the
county attorney and'see if the matter
could not be Strengthened out.
The county attorney got busy with
the wires and was advised by a local
attorney of this city to hold the man
as the crime belongedto Brown county.
He could not hear from the state
authorities of Idaho but concluded to
have a. hearing of the case on Monday
and detained Mr.. Gieseke for that
date.
There was some fireworks on the
part of the president of the CONSOLE
dated but he took the matter good
naturely and remained in the city. In
the meantime answers to the Idaho
kilograms came to the county attorney
and papers to Mr.. Gieseke and it be-
gan to soak into the county attorney
that a mistake had been made, and he
came to the conclusion that the acting
county attorney of this county, H. N.
Somsen was right when he informed
him that this county did notw ant any
thing to do with the case on the testi-
mony and evidence that he had, and
when Justice court was convened the
case was dismissed before it was
called. 5000.
The dignitied officers of the law
apologized to Mr.. Gieseke and hoped
| that he would sell much stock as they
had been informed that the company
was all right and that he was a benefit
to mankind. Mr.. Shellum, the man
who had preferred the charges took
additional stock in the company and
promised to do all in his power to
interest his friends.
There are a large number of holders
of stock in this city who were some
what worried over the circumstance,
but they will be pleased to know that
the affair has but served to substanti-
ate the claim of Mr.. Gieseke that the
company is one of the paying propo-
sitions of the west.
Mr.. Gieseke is cousin of the
Giesekes of this place and a cousin of
Mrs. r. L. English. He spent almost
the entire winter,in this city and has
conducted his operations in an open
and fair manner and has succeeded in
interesting large number of people
here and in ST.. Peter in the enterprise.
The price of shares have risen from
81 to So and have never been below the
original figure at which they we're
opened. This is the company with
which Mr.. English will be connected
when he leaves the office of Edwards,
Wood & Co., and the funds that are
now being raised from the sale OF
stock are not to open up the mine, that
is already an accomplished fact, but
for the purpose of building expensive
crushing and stamping plants and rail
roads that are necessary. The mining
is principally lead and silver with
some gold and is said by those who
have visited it to be one of the best
propositions on the market.