Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-03-03

mn Aiiell, Jf.r Wreckef oil the First
National Bank of Mineral Point, Wis.
whose acts of frenzied finance ruined
hundreds of depositors, was taken to
the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kas., on Wednesday of last
week He 10 under sentence of ten
years.
The decision to get Allen out of the
way now, instead of holding him until
the calling of the conspiracy cases
against President Calvert Spensley and
others, was made as result of discov-
cries of secretly written letters in
which Allen attempted to frame UP
deals against the receivers for his es-
tate, the Central Wisconsin Trust COM
pany of Madison, with the purpose of
concealing stocks and retaining them
in the name of relatives.
The letters now in the hands of the
attorneys for the trustee were inter
cepted by Sheriff John P. Halbach.
The letters and the spirit that
prompted the writing, offer sidelight
on Aliens character that, in the light
of past professions of good faith by
Allen, have astonished and Disguised
the officials and attorneys interested.
1t was this discovery of his secret deal
ings, even while in his Jail cell. that
brought upon Allen a hurriedly pre-
pared trip to Fort Leavenworth Bad
faith, trickery, clever design, all these
describe Aliens attempts to circum.
vent the officials. Much of the credit
for the discovery of this plot is giver
to Sheriff Halbach, who intercepted the
letters.
Early in January Milwaukee law
yer visited Allen in the Dane county
Jail on legal business for a client. Al
the conclusion of the deposition Allen
handed the attorney two letters with
the request that they be mailed at a
point outside of Madison. This was
done, the letters going to those indi-
Gated. Several weeks later Allen was
seen in his cell by an old-time acquain-
lance, who secured a permit from the
marshal for making the visit Allen
handed him two letters, addressed to
the same men as before, TO be mailed.
Sheriff Halbach had his eye on the
deal, however, and by clever working,
secured the letters and turned them
over to the authorities.
In each of these letters, Allen, it is
alleged, unfolded carefully planned
plots for concealing and ultimately re-
tanning large assets in the form of
stocks with fallacious values. The
whole purpose of his schemes was to
deceive the receiver, the Central Wis
consn Trust company, for whom Rich
mond, Jackman Il Swanson are attor-
neys in this &C ION. In the letters
Allen expressed deep resentment
toward the receiver and the attorneys
for taking stocks which he says belong
to his wife.
Right here it seems pertinent to in
quire if parties mailing letters secretly
for convicts are not punishable under
the law?
The great diversity of detail which
invests the case, thu weighty problems
concerning the many hundred claims OF
many needy persons, and the mutitud.
nous labor involved in righting Aliens
wrongs, have worked severe physical
strain on the attorneys, and Ralph w
Jackman, who with John B. Sanborn,
has done most of the work of examina.
ton in the case, was compelled to seek
the recuperative seclusion of Mudavia
for several weeks. He is now actively
at work again in Strengthening out the
tangle.
When the trials of Calvert Spensley
Mrs. Phil Allen, Miss Addie Jackson
and Guy Roe, charged with conspiracy
are called, Allen will be returned from
Fort Leavenworth for testimony