The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
E. BRANDT
Lea YES COUNTRY
Former Resident Of Bemidji Quits
America Because Hounded By De-
tectives Fails to Find Freedom
SERVED LONG PRISON TERN
While Here Was Employe Of Crooks
ton Lumber Company Suffered
Much Poor Health

Foulke e. Brandt, Swedish youth,
imprisoned in New York state for
years, befriended by United States
Senator Knute Nelson, former Gov
ernor sulzer and other public men,
and who came to Bemidu year ago
in search Of personal freedom and
to live down the past, has sailed for
Europe, and having a criminal re-
cord can never return to the land of
liberty.
Rejected By Chorus Girl
Brandt while here was known az
man of ability and performed his
work, being an office employee Df
the Crookston lumber company, in a
capable manner. Many times here
he complained of being bounded by
detectives and this fact made life
unbearable for him. He became Ill
and for weeks was confined in a
Minneapolis hospital. Later. he re-
turned to Bemidji and soon went to
Fort Frances. He was given en-
ployment in lumber. camp near
there and until the camp broke up
several week ago held, that position.
He then went to Minneapolis and
then to New York,@7from which city
he sailed for Europe last Thursday,
it being stated, after he had been
rejected by a chorus girl whom he
had asked Ito marry him, but cast
him. aside after hearing, the story
Of, his past life.
Made Many Friends
While in Bemidji: Brandt made
many friends and his record was
practically forgotten. The fact that
he left bills here amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars was given only
slight consideration for he had gain
ed the confidence of his creditors.
Many of his personal effects and q
trunk are still here: = -. =. -
Brandt was sentenced to serve
thirty years in prison for assault al
legged to have been comm tilted upon
Martinez l.. Schiff, and the. in
cidental larceny of the Schiff effects.
He had formerly been valet in the
Schiff household. -
Pardoned By Sulzer
The valet was pardoned by Cover
nor Sulzer January II, 1913, under
the condition that he leave the state.
The pardon left the criminal stamp
still on the man and operated only
as a release from prison. It is
stated that he will be rejected as An
undesirable should he attempt to re-
turn. -,
His case was one of the interesting
contests of it's time, and Senator
Knute Nelson undertook to provide
a home for him. He went to New
York in violation Of his parole and
asked his attorney, Mirabeau Il.
Towns, to get the terms Of his par
don modified. The attorney advised
him to leave the state at once, and
he sailed Thursday.
Detectives Hound Him.
II was released from prison in
New York state only, to be
bounded by detectives everywhere
I went,' he said while here. I'm
the lumber camps of northern Min
nesota, in Minneapolis and st. Paul.
wherever turned, private detectives
were shadowing me. felt their
presence. 1 got used to their faces.
ct was as if were still in pribon.
Some one was always watching me.
And it has been mard, very hard,
to stand it ALL"
Write Officials
The officials of the Crookston lum-
Der company office here have received
letters from Brandt from time to
time relative to business matters but
at no time did he mention leaving
the country. The last epistle was
from Minneapolis several weeks ago.
He left a modern Indian motorcycle
the payments on which had never
been completed.
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