The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-19


said no. asked him who my partner
was who formed the corporation.
He said that if would tell him who
my partner is that he would tell me.
replied that l had no partner. He
then said if would tell him who my
partners had been in the past he
could tell. .old him the only part
ners | ever had in Minnesota were
A. H. Moves and w. A. Lancaster
He replied that A. II. Moves was
the man. | asked him if he couldn't
be mistaken about that. He said, nc,
he was sure of 1t. / asked him when
this was done. He replied. last sum-
mer. then asked him if he knew
that Mr.. Moves died between two
and three years ago at Baraboo. Wis.
and was buried there. He said he
did nee, and then asked who
my office associate was. l told him
that gentleman named Wendell
Hertig, whose business had no re-
lation whatever to mine, occupied a
room in the same suite of offices with
me. He then said that Mr.. Heftig
was the man. asked him if he had
ever taken any steps whatever to
verify the statements he was max
ing. He said he had not
The next morning l met Mr..
Hertig and told him the story as
outlined above. He said the only
connection he ever had with the
formation of a corporation that took
title to property in the Gateway
district was back in the year 1916;
that client of his, in whose will
he was then and is now named ex-
ecutor, asked him to prepare articles
of incorporation of a holding COM
pany. This man was born in the
Gateway district, and owns the
home in which he was born; and he
also has ard for twelve years has
had of record 100-year lease to
another tract of land adjoining the
old homestead; and that he had
another tract under long time
lease and has had it of record for
ten years.
The articles of Incorporation were
filed and recorded in the office of
the secretary of state at st. Paul on
the 2Sth day of August, 1916, or two
months before the legislature was
elected that created the commission
and eight months before the COM
mission was created. Mr.. Hertig also
advised NE that this man owns
every share of stock in it since ii
was incorporated. That is, he convey
ed the property he had for many
years owned. individually, to a
corporation in which he owned
every share of stock.
| never owned or had any interest
in foot of property in the Gateway
district in my life, and never was
party, either directly or indirectly
to the purchase of any property, or
any interest in any property in that
district at any time or under any
circumstances for myself, or any
person, firm or corporation.
l called Mr.. Ray Marshall's atten-
ton to Mr.. Liggett's statement. Mr.. !
Marshall informed me that his
statement was false and that he had
told Mr. Liggett nothing of the
kind. Mr.. Marshall then wrote a
letter to Mr.. Liggett that must have !
made the latter's ears red, if they !,
are normal ears.
Tho above only illustrates the |
lawless character of the individuals, |
who as manipulators of the affairs )
of the so-called Nonpartisan league !
are exploiting the farmers of the /
state and receiving from them
$1,000 for the privilege of being
allowed to vote for hand-picked
candidates selected behind barred
doors. l do not know of anything at
which these characters will stop, !
either in the line of disloyalty, !,
sedition, or the assassination of
private character. They will run
their course, and have no doubt
myself, that that course viii end !,
down along the st. Croix river into !
very restricted compartments. 1t is
certainly exasperating to have a
gang of worthless, lawless, charac- !,
tiers soaked and saturated with dis
loyalty, sedition and treason at !,
large, so that they can besmirch and |
blacken the character of decent |
people,.
You can make use of this letter |
any way you see fit. Yours very
truly. j. F. MCGEE.