Little Falls weekly transcript., 1897-05-14

ing that he had had twelve years ex-
perience in newspaper work and WAS
fa miliar with,lnw regarding libelOus
and slanderous publications.. and
would prosecute II any statement
made concerning HIN was not the
whole truth. He claims to have Rich
and influential friends, who are will
ling To spend their money that no
stain shall rest upon his character.
Being assured that his warning
would be- needed he proceeded with
his side Of the story. He emphatical-
" denies his guilt. He claims that
the order was only for 81. and he 50
stated to rrehby at the time he sold
it to him. He admits that he re-
ceived $3.50 for it, but claims that
he did not know that the check given
him was for that amount until It
had been cashed ut the bank. He
says that when he received $3.50 he
thought 1t was the mistake Of the
cbshier. and called his attention to
it, but the cashier assured him that
he had received no more than the
check called for. He admits that the
proper course for him to have pur-
sued was to have returned the sur
plus to Trebby, nut he was ON his
way East and ut the time he got the
check cashed had only few minute.
to catch his train, and did 50 with
the intention Of sending the money
back to Trebby. This he faile.l to
do, as it was in amount but a mere
baga telle. and escaped his memory.
His theory for the that the order
was raised, is that Trehhy, after
finding out that he had made a mis-
| take, raised the order himself to
make the loss good. Clark expressed
himself as confident Of being able to
clear himseliOf the charge. and limited
that when he did there would be a
day of reckoning between himself
and Trebby, and between him and
the st. Cloud newspapers. The lat
ter. he says, have published a who'll
column of slanderOus matter con-
cerning him. He asked that several
citizens of Little Falls, with whom
he il acquainted, be sent over to see
him. As he has been indicted by the
grand jury there ia nothing to be
done hut keep him in Jail until his
trial at the September term OF the
district court, unless he il nb'" to Sc
cure his release by giving bonds, the
amount Of which will be determined
by Court Commissioner Shaw.
While the reporter was at the jail
the deputy sheriff brought in Nelson.
the man charged with forging the
name Of Mrs. BergstrOm, of Randall,
to al express order sent to her by
her husband, who il In Chicago.
Nelson was caught Saturday after
ntN,n; by Sheriff Rider, at his horne
near Darling station. After being
brought to the city he was taken
before Justice Shaw, and as the
prosecuting attorney was busy with
the school bond election, being a
member of the school board. the
Justice remanded Nelson to the Gus
tody of the sheriff, with his hearing
set for this afternoon.
Nelson freely admits his guilt, but
excuses himself by stating that he
was DRINK. He says that when he
came tn town ION several previous
occasion several OF the ichbors,
among them Mrs. BergstrOm, in
structed him to inquirefor their mail
and take it to them. He was not
instructed Saturday to do this, but
did 50 as an accOmm OdatiOn and re-
ceived q letter for Mrs. Bergstrom.
He says that he does not know what
tempted him to do it, out he opened
the letter and found the express or
der for SO, to which he forged the
DdluSOl MIS. DcIkolEOlu dHu IoCcA'cu
the cash for it at the German Amer:
lean bank Saturday forenoon. Nearly
all the, money was found Oh his
person. Mrs. BergstrOm claims that
this is not Nelson g first offence of that
kind. Nelson il Il young man, and his
pa rents reside on Il farm near OAR
ling. As soon as his mother could
come she visited him in the Jail. She
was greatly affected on learning the
crime with which her son Ia charged,
but the language he used to his
mother AZ she was leaving the jail
shows him to be of a brutal nature,
and no doubt he deserves whatever
fate there is in store for him as the
result Of his crime. His hearing came
up at O'Clock this afternoon, and is
now in progress.