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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-01-03, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1990. PAGE 9. Western cattleman trips up Henschel scheme Continued from Page 7 when the western producers began to get suspicious because they hadn’t received payment for their shipments. Normally cheques are issued for payment of cattle on receipt of the cattle but the cheques were never issued. In fact the records of Brussels Stockyards never show the cattle being order­ ed or received. The concern the western produc­ ers had over not being paid grew greater when they learned from western truckers that western cat­ tle were being sold at auctions in southern Ontario for less than market value by Oxford Livestock, a company none of them had heard of before. Paul Ripley, part owner of South­ east Livestock of Almeda, Saskat­ chewan would be the man who triggered the collapse of Mr. Henschel’s scheme when he decid­ ed to do some investigating of his own. He made enquiries of other producers and found out that as well as the 192 heifers his company had shipped (valued at $113,642.54), other shipments had been made by Weaver Ranching Ltd. (82 steers at $57,328.16; Don Anderson Livestock (182 steers, $116,460.70); Frank Eaton Live­ stock, (41 heifers, $28,083.13); Inwood Auction Market, (47 heif­ ers, $35,367.53); and Ryan Gibson Livestock, (102 steers, $102,627.36). Now truly suspicious, Mr. Ripley flew to Ontario to confront Mr. Henschel. He arrived in Brussels October 22 but Klaus wasn’t home. Kristin assured him that Klaus was in hospital in London but would be back in Brussels Monday, Oct. 24 and would meet with him then. Twice over the weekend Klaus phoned Mr. Ripley to assure him they would meet Monday and set up a meeting at 6:30 p.m. By the time Mr. Ripley arrived in Brussels Monday, Oct. 24, there were already signs of trouble. When Marie McCutcheon went to open the company safe she found it had been jammed. Kristin Hens­ chel and the children were not home, supposedly in London pick­ ing up Klaus from the hospital. When none of the Henschels had returned to Brussels by 7 p.m. Mr. Ripley called in the Ontario Provin­ cial Police from the Wingham detachment. The following day, with police present, the safe was opened and Marie McCutcheon discovered that the proceeds of the regular auction held on Friday, $104,330.27 was missing. Also missing were two cheques which had been issued to Ryan Gibson Livestock for cattle ordered by Keith McLean that had been left for Klaus’ signature. Mr. Henschel later admitted having destroyed the cheques, worth $102,627.30. In some of his conversations with Dunwoody Limited, the receiver appointed to handle the bankruptcy of the Stockyards brought about by the Henschel’s flight with the money, Klaus had claimed myster­ ious German nationals were involv­ ed and he was only trying to pay money he owed the men in his schemes. The Crown Attorney’s presentation to the court identified the men as Uwe Geinke, Thomas Schade and Ralph Hagemeier but there was no real explanation of why the men were involved other than the fact they were helping Klaus get the money from the proceeds of the sale of cattle and the theft of money from the Stockyards out of the country. The paper trail through three different banks in Ingersoll is mindboggling but the accounts were the key in Mr. Henschel’s attempt to get the money out of the country. On Sept. 7, 1988 Klaus had opened an account at the Bank of Montreal, Ingersoll under the name of Brussels Stockyards, say­ ing he was planning a new business venture and required a banking facilities. Next, Klaus and Kristin had opened an account at the Royal Bank in Ingersoll on Sept. 26, 1988 under the name Oxford Livestock with Kristin listed as the sole WE DELIVER -We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities Prices in effect January 2 to January 6, 1990 ~VII .1 AGF. 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On Oct. 22, Klaus and Mr. Buettemeyer met in Ingersoll and Klaus told his cousin he was going broke with the Stockyards and his only way was to get his money out BRUSSELS Brussels 887-9226 or Turkey Corn Syrup CHAPMAk s Ice Cream 2 LITRE REGULAR FLAVOURS 1 .59. Crisco Oil 2 LITRE JANUARY 3 - 7:00 P.M. Bantam -Clinton II at Brussels JANUARY 7-2:00 P.M. JR ‘C’ - Hanover at Brussels JANUARY 13 - 8:00 P.M. The Gary Buck Show B.M. & G. Auditorium SCHNEIDER’S * Red Hot Wieners 450 g.1.99 SCHNEIDER’S Bucket of r Chicken 900 g. vj.99 SCHNEIDER’S Shepherds Pie 175 G.1.39 flee Canada and leave behind $800,000 worth of buildings and land (the value based on the amount he had paid for the business). The date for the flight was set for two days later, Monday, Oct. 24. Mr. Buettemeyer deposited more cheques in the Oxford ac­ count then drove to Brussels and met with Kristin. She told him that because the business was going under, she and Klaus were going to take the money and run. She took some Brussels Stockyards cheques and a brown envelope containing the proceeds of the Friday, Oct. 21 sale from the company safe. In a three-way telephone conversation between Klaus, Kristin and Mr. Buettemeyer, Klaus told his cousin to alter the safe so it couldn’t be opened Monday. On Sunday, Oct. 23 he returned to the Henschel residence and loaded up the family’s furniture, clothing and dishes on a truck for shipment later to West Germany. Monday morning Mr. Buette­ meyer met Klaus at 9:30 a.m. in an Ingersoll parking lot. Henschel BEE HIVE SUNLIGHT I Liquid \ Detergent I litre 3.49 gave him the envelope of cheques from the Brussels safe and gave him a deposit slip for the Brussels Stockyard account in the Bank of Montreal in Ingersoll. While Klaus went to deposit the money, Kristin and Mr. Buettemeyer went to the Bank of Commerce in Ingersoll where she withdrew the rest of her account from the Commerce branch in Brussels. When Mr. Buettemeyer met with Klaus again they were joined by three Germans, Uwe Geinke, Tho­ mas Schade and Ralph Hagemeier. Hagemeier was the only one who had even a limited use of the English language. Klaus told Mr. Buettemeyer to accompany Mr. Geinke and Mr. Schade to the TD bank and help them complete some banking. The two had certified cheques drawn on the Henschel and Brussels Stockyard accounts at the Bank of Montreal in Ingersoll, which, Klaus said, were to be deposited into the two men’s accounts. After that, Mr. Buette­ meyer was to write cheques for all the money that was in the accounts Continued on Page 19 A.B.C. LAUNDRY DETERGENT 10 LITRE 5.9!