The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-07
Sweden.

Sweden
Karl Won Bardi, bogus count, is
under arrest at Gothenburg, charged
with forging checks In the name of
Chicago manufacturing concern. He
was arrested some time ago and since
then detectives have unearthed an
elaborate plot 10 swindle II banks out
of sums aggregating about $5OO,OOO.
The American government has asked
for the eXtraditon of Won Bard and
il is expected that he will be brought
back 10 Chicago in the near future.
Won Bardi, who Is u Swede, assumed
the role of French count upon his
arrival ut Chicago. He had worked
for five years In American banks, ia
mlllarizing himself with the signatures
of the bank officials and gathering
supply of bank stationery and forms
Soon after his arrival and arrest in
Sweden, says Chicago dispatch, sew
erul banks in Chicago and other cities
received inquiries from Swedish bank
Ing institutions as TO the whereabouts
In his favor it was said. had not been
cashed. Perhaps the wealthy Mr..
Bagge had been torpedoed or mined
The American bank officials found
that no letters of credit had been is
sued Knut Bagge. The pinkertons, the
states attorneys office and the Swed-
ish consul at Chicago were notified
and an investigation begun.
1t developed that IL Swedish banks
were holding letters of credit from MS
many American banks, depositing TO
the account Of "Knut Baggc" amounts
varying from 10000 To 10000 kronen.
The Swedish bankers were ready to
| pcared.
The only clews to the perpetrator of
the fraud were three of the original
letters, sent back to Chicago by the
Swedish bankers. These were type
written, and certain letters-tlie, II"
the "k," and the ''w'' showed wear.
After weeks of sleuthing. Nsueh
| typewriter was found In the posses
| sion of an employee of II loop hotel. He
! had bought II, he said from Karl Won
Bardi. The date of Won Barti's arrival
In Sweden was virtually the same as
| that of the arrival of the bogus letters
of credit, 1t was found
One of the most sensational murder
trials that ever took place In that part
| of Sweden will be staged in Hasinge-
| land in the near future, If all indica-
! tons do not fail. A giant Of man
| named Holm was recently found muir
dered. He had been out during the
night with some comrades and had evil
| IDENTIFY been murdered after Il strenu-
Gus fight, for he was found with Il
boxing glove on one hand and with n
| knife I'm the other. 1t Is believed that
he was murdered by IL league.
When the kings of Sweden. Norway
and Denmark met at MalmO, Sweden.
| to formulate plans for Il larger coop
GRAFTON between the northern Kingdoms
| for the preservation of an impartial
neutrality IL was decided that the min
|
should meet at Christiania. This meet
ing was held September 10, 1916 but
so far news of their decision, IL Ii was
announced, has not reached America.
| Dr. j. Hultquist, the state physl-
clan, has given an opinion to the effect
that Gyllenpalm. the murderer, about
whom so much has appeared In the
| Swedish papers of late. was not insane
when he committed the atrocious crime
for which he Is now under arrest.
A very destructive fire took place at
| the Forsa linen mills recently. when
the entire supply of raw material for
the manufacture Of linen belonging not
only to the Forsa mill. but to the other
linen mills of Sweden, who will thus
be seriously inconvenienced by their
loss, was destroyed.
The cream separator Is Swedish
invention, and the Swedes, with the
| Danes. have been leaders In the de-
velopment of the cooperative dairy
system. In 1862 the country Import
ed 2,4OO.OOO pounds of butter and ex-
ported only 100000, but In 1913 only
$4,000 pounds were Imported and
4O,OOOOOO were exported.
i
The railway strike at Gothenburg
Will probably spread to Stockholm and
Ii, Is believed that $50 railway EN-
ployees at the Swedish capital will
quit work.