Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-09-28

Sweden.
Karl Won Bardi, bogus count, Is
under arrest at Gothenburg. charged
with forging checks In the name of a
Chicago manufacturing concern. He
was arrested some time ago and since
then detectives have unearthcd mn
elaborate plot to swindle II banks ont
Of sums aggregating about $500, 900.
The American government has asked
for the eytraditioa of Won Rardi and
1t Is expected that he will be brought
back to Chicago In the near future.
Won Bardl who is Swede, assumed
the role of a French count upon his
arrival at Chicago. He had worked
for Ave years In American banks, fa-
miliarizing 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
eral banks In Chicago and other cities
received inquiries from Swedish bank
ing institutions rs to the whereabouts
| of one Knut Bagge. Letters of credit
In his favor, II 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 Xnut Bagge. The Pinkertons, the
states attorneys Office and the Swed-
ish consul at Chicago were notified
and an investigation begun.
1t developed that II Swedish banks
| were holding letters of credit from as
many American banks, depositing to
| the account Of "Knut Bagge" amounts
varying from 10000 to 10000 kronen.
The Swedish bankers were ready to
cash them, but "Baggc" had not up
peared.
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--the az"
the H." and the wv" showed wear.
| After weeks of sleuthing, such q
| typewriter was found In the posses.
sion Of an employee of loop hotel. lie
had bought IL, he said from Kari Won
Bardi. The date of Won Bardl's arrival
in Sweden was virtually the same as
that OF the arrival of the bogus letters
of credit, 1t was found.
One Ofsthe most sensational murder
trials that ever took place In that part
Of Sweden will be staged in Halsinge.
land i'm the near future, If all indica.
| tons do not fail. A giant Of man
named Holm was recently found muir.
dered. He had been ont during the
night with some comrades and had evi.
IDENTIFY been murdered after strenu.
Gus fight, for he was found with q
boxing glove on one hand and with u
knife In the other. 1t Is believed that
he was murdered by league.
When the kings of Sweden, Norway
and Denmark met at Mnlmo, Sweden,
| to formulate plans for Il larger coop.
| Grafton between the northern Kingdoms
| for the preservation Of m impartial
neutrality it was decided that the min
| listers OF state of the three countries
| should meet at Christiania. This meet.
| ing was held September 10, 1915, but
| so far news of their decision, If 1t was
announced. has not reached America.
| DIR. ]. Hultquist, the state physl-
| clan, has given an opinion to the effect
| that GyIlcnpalni, the murderer, about
whom so much hEs appeared In the
Swedish papers Of late, was ret insane
| when he committed the auocious crime
| for which he Is now under arrest.
A very destructive fire took place mt
| the Forsa linen mills recently, when
| the entire supply of raw material for
the manufacture Of linen belonging not
| only to the ForsG IniIi. but to tho other
| linen mills Of Sweden, who will thus
he seriously Inconvenience by their
loss, was destroyed.
The cream separate. In Swedish
invention. and the Swedcs, with the
Danes. have been leaders In the de-
| velUpment of the cooperative dairy
| system. In 1852 the country import
cd 1000 pounds Of butter and ex-
| ported only ] 200, 900, but I'm 1913 only
100000 pounds were imported and
| 100000 were exported.
The railway strike mt Gothenburg
IL Ii believed that 80 railway EN-
ployees at The Swedish capital will
! quit work.