The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-27

get close to the Scanlan millions.
After a short courtship Desbrolles and
Miss Hinkle were married and started
to Washington, d. c., on their wedding
trip.
This was about the time that Miss
Heebners 800 became due and not
finding 1t, and noting Desbrolles' alb
sence, she made haste to the police de-
partment with loud plant. Desbrolles
and his bride were stopping at the Ra-
leigh In Washington, he utilizing his
mighty credit to the limit. Miss Heeb-
ner made the formal charge of COM
platnt and Desbrolles was arrested. His
wife was stricken i'll with the shock,
and at first was disposed to defend
him, but the Washington detectives
quickly recognized j. ]. Desbrolles, as
"J. Coleman Drayton," 81. J. Carlisle"
j. j. Craig" and a dozen other aliases,
all Of them connected with some form
of swindling just out of the reach Of
the fingers Of the law.
The prisoner was brought back to
Minneapolis with great flourish and
he took up his abode in the county jail
with perfect composure. The Henne-
pin grand jury indicted him and his
bail was fixed at $1,000. Each day
berg's prowess as a deceiver Of men
and women.
Bogus J. Coleman Drayton
Nature had endowed him with a face,
figure and voice like that of J. Cole
man Drayton, the New York milHon-
aire. and this the cleverest Of clever
rogues had long since taken advantage
or for pecuniary profit. Mere mendac-
1ty made him the nephew of ]. J. Car
Isle, secretary of the treasury during
the Cleveland administration. In these
roles he had swindled and cheated all
over the world His string of wives
circled the globe, and most of them
were poorer and perhaps a whit wiser.
Finally, his pre-criminal history was
raked up and 1t was discovered that
he was the son of rabbi, who became
wealthy during the Civil war. His
mother is still living in Little Rock.
Ark, and his brother, Aaron Silber-
berg, Is house contractor in Denver.
Silberberg's fame soon spread to
Denver, and the brother hastened to
Minneapolis, for the word had gone far
that Harry was dying in the county
JAN. His face was growing drawn and
white and he was subject to daily hem
orrhages. The hemorrhages Increased
in number and soon a wave of SYM
pathy spread over Minneapolis. Hys-
tertcal women despoiled florist shops
of their choicest buds, while poor Har-
ry dropped day by day in the county
jail. Aaron Silberberg insisted that he
was poor man and quite unable to
furnish 1900 bail, and begged that
it be reduced to $500, that he might
take his brother from the killing con-
finement Of the pail to die in the
bright sunshine Of the Colorado skies.
Everybody was sorry for the brother
in Jail and the brother out of jail, but
Judge Simpson, wise in the ways of
men, refused to lower the bail below
$1,000. Aaron Silberberg still main
tained that this amount was beyond
his limit and the mother came from
Little Rock and took her dying son
from the hands Of the law.
The Mysterious Woman
While Silberberg was ruminating in
the county Jail reporters caught fleet
Ing glimpses of a mysterious woman"
who flashed in and out Of the Jail. The
jail officials repulsed all efforts to
learn the identity Of the woman, and
she came and went frequently. Silber-
berg, tottering, left the Jail, and the
kind hearted Hennepin officials said
farewell as to one walking to the
graveyard. No one expected him to
stand trial. He was to be dead when
his case was called.
Shortly after his release the officials
learned how stupidity they had been
duped. The mysterious woman sup
piled Silberberg with small leeches,
which he breathed into his throat, thus
creating artificial hemorrhages The
loss Of blood weakened him. but did no
real harm. The leeches simply sucked
him ont OF jail, and Hennepin county,
having spent the $1,000 bail. has not
seen him since.
About the time Silberberg was re.
leased Miss Clarice Heebner, the COM
planning witness. left the city. To her
intimate friends she whispered that
she was going to California for long
vacation. but she declined to inform