The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-01

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Had not new charges been
brought against Moore by the
authorities of Beltrami county,
it is more than probable that he
would never have been taken
from here for trial. When he
was released in Minneapolis, on
a $500 dollar bond, Chief of Police
Doyle of Minneapolis was 'phoned
that Moore would not be there
for a hearing, and the chief
agreed that unless new com
plaint was made that it would be
hard to hold him. I looked for
Moore to disappear about the
day before Christmas, so that
his travel would be largely
cIoaked by the Christmas rush.
Superintendent of Police Doyle
has this mans record, showing
dates and operations, and has
been the most anxious that he be
taken up and permanently held
somewhere, but the man is
simply the smoothest confidence
man that this country has ever
produced, and I never heard of
any coarse work until he struck
that country Of yours. Before
coming to Minneapolis he resid
ed at Fargo and represented the
Dowgiac Drill Co., which he
;; left under a cloud. That com.
pany brought him back from the
south on the charge of embezzle-
ment and then allowed his wife
to settle the case with money,
according to the statement of the
county attorney at Fargo. He
next appeared here and in some
way secured the Minnesota
agency for the American Real
Estate company of New York,
which be misrepresented practi-
cally to every client, but always
in such a way that he could not
be prosecuted. The com mpany,
as soon as aware of conditions.
discharged him, and according
to a garnishee which was secured
against him, he is in their debt.
Everywhere he represented him
self as a member of the firm of
Moore Bros. & Sawyer, a promi-
nent firm here which is now
known as Moore Bros, Brace &
20, and these are the people
who really ought to have made
the complaint here and else.
where. Last summer, through
a conspiracy, Moore had issued
to him $1,000 of the stock of a
|prominent firm of Minneapolis.
The firm lost the money and
cold have forgotten the matter,
did not this block of stock give
Moore a fund for operating.
After defeating the claim of the
company, he sold the stock tc
one A. G. Sherf, a small business
man Of Red Wing, obtaining bis
note for $500, which he immedi
ately discounted at a Red Wine
bank. A little later he called
upon Mr.. Scherf and stated thai
a profit might be realized on this
stock and he (Moore) woulc
handle it for him. Scherf limo
Gently gave up the stock. taking
Moore's personal note for $500
simply as a memorandum of The
transa ction, and of course this
note proved to be worthless anc
Sherf has been utterly disre
garded by Moore since. Moore
brought the stock to Minneapolis
and has since resCld it anc
pocketed the money. Moore alst
bought ST. 900 of this same CON
pany's stock from a poor widow
who owned it, giving her his
worthless note for ninety days
and I do not know that he has
not sold this for money.
after being discharged by tht
American Real Estate COMPANY
of New York, he took the smal
amount of money required ane
Incorporated the American Rea
Estate Company of Minneapolis
which I do not think has a dollar
of assets. He did this simply ir
'Iorder to have q vehicle for ob