The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1915-09-24

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illiston Herald Facing eharg4
s#es of forgery, fraud and Misuse
ssS Oh the mails as the result Of his
operations among illiston real es77
tate deal iers. I'LL $s 5 Poe, forn1erly
city aud ditor VIII sent to the
ypenite tiary From here upon con
Yictions fof mbezzlement from the
is under " arrest III at Malta
a55 a M Oh and def all G of GOO
bonds la being held for I his appear
8Sance in the district ourt OF Blaine line
u eoun
Poe,s arrest hich occurred
near Wagner w On nt:, last day,
& was the result OF 5Sh his y attem pt to
sWinlla Bergman lnanag ger
the First Loan and Inv estment:
H company ont S s o o. on a forged
mortgage on the farm ofs Lewis 4 Al.
b Afothersbou seven miles west 4
Williston. This act ed the
discovery OF forged mortgage on
sssW1J I which Poe had secured $s5 oS8 from.
Carney Go. three weeks ll'a
Other Eorgeries 81. Ss3, j&EE
3Ss8s; sss; III ,is believed hat Poe was the
Z a uthor Of sa for ged mortgage upon.
which, II Smith lost Sc SO two
d years ago ss,imna ar sorgeries anu
swwindles lommi lifted in Montana.
sSare also being traced to- zoe it sis5
Il said. &
Poe served as city auditor for.
Villiston rom q 8 o s u sos .$$s$ $55$$ In
q 10 09 he was accused of a emb ezzle-.
ant, and after a series Of sensa
& tions was convicted ~ in district
court here on 4 three charges and
u sentenced to th e. state penitentiary5
for terms totaling 20 years hut as
35the terms were to- run concurrentlys
Poe would have had only % years
t0 actual lly serve.
Was Ray! Resid dent
sSs Three years al Poe was paroll-s
8ed from the penitentiary after hav-i
b ing served "a little less than three,
years e.ss his q tim e. He went to
Ray and there became connected
with an eleyato or. It was durin s.
Il his residence in Ray that he: & is be-
s3lieVed to have forged IS the mort
gage papers upon which he secured,
.I8ans from II. Smith totallings
$50 on ppropert y II e unltraill. all
aeonn4y 1880
nstana and
6 was In Sbusin Tess ;at Il Esprsy the lateE
going 10 Wagner sre u SsE sffts
had \ "a homestead He had been
living 4at gner5 While ca irving on
his mo- recent opera Ions
JJsed lever Method.
Poe's meth hods which it is alleged
The used III swim ding real AZ estate
dealers here and y III M ntana are
declared to be the cleYeTest which
have ever been brought to the at
4 tention OF the auth orities here His
discovery and arrest are due pri--
Il marily to his attempt to secure a
Joan OF 500 from r. Bergman
4 pr, the Mothersbough farm.
August / s. MI. Bergman received
as letter dated at Harlem, M ont..,sa q
small place near agner and Giass
i Cow, signed J.Ssss C. Cross md asking
1Sif it would be possibl to- secure "a
Joan or Moth hersbo ough on his
farm near liston. Mo hers
ssbough who was Is noWn Ito have left
# W. illiams count several years ago
q for Missouri, was repfesente ed to
4 ! he In M M Montana and applying for
Il Il the loan through Cross who repre-
sented himself as q loan agent. IS III 3
I sssys Bergman Was Lncky Il
In reply to 4 he letter, and after
\ looking up the land and he tile
and finding all in good form M rs
& Bergman wrote 4 Cross saying that
n the loan could be mad I. few
days Iater. and d URN Berg
9 man absence from y he @ y,sE the
formal appIi Iicat ION the loan;
was Teceiveds at his offfice. The
loan papers were then mad des out
and forward ed to Cross for the
4 4 proper 81 atires ant The a iidaYit
0f the notary
ON Septemb beT.s sSSsS he apapersH were;
received here n, seeyain 81 lysSis IN rOperlY
I mar tie out 81 gne ,s IVA itnessed and
sacknowledgedssb 4 by IA notary ub1ic sof
sBlain county on M Dn e.sS Mr..
d gman 4 believes, IN pa To intuiss
tiona and luck, and ia lsess parttl to
iie fact Ii le signat ture es seem
IL ssed unusual and Il ~ studli isds.S II, Berg
4 irla an q decided sto / do some invest tigats
y before sendin the clleckS
81 t n1one
1ssIler as fl Here.
pom Ii pIat book
Bergman foun nd Judge
Butler owned a farm Joining the
IL otheIsb bOMgt land 1es consul Fed