The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-24
KING TELLS WHY HE DID TT
BoSTON'S ABSCONDLNG BANK MES
SENGER THOROUGHLY REPENTANT.

BoSTON'S ABSCONDLNG BANK MES
SENGER TH0ROUGHLY REPENTANT.
Chided by His Father for Staying Out Late
He Determined to Run Away-Advised
by a Chum Not to Steal the Bank Funds
Made His Escape on a Bicycle Till He
Could Go No Further.
Pennington, Me-, May 29.-After the
unusual excitement of yesterday caus-
ed by the arrest of Albert NJ. King, the
messenger of the Boylston bank of
Boston, who disappeared with 100000
of the banks funds, the town was
quiet to-day Deputy Sheriff Dyer who
is also the jailor, permitted the Asso-
ciated Press representative to interview
the prisoner to-day.
King enjoyed practically the first
nights rest since his hasty flight from
Boston last Tuesday with funds of the
Boylston bank in his pockets. He was
considerably refreshed this morning,
but still his looks betrayed weariness
and anxiety about his possible future.
He says he left Boston Tuesday at 11:50
a. m. for Lowell, but does not remember
the exact fine of his arrival there. He
did not huv mileage ticket TO anyplace
and did NOT use one in his whole wan
darinos He d,d NOT on to Raneelv with
anv conceived idea that he might reach
Canadian soil. ala NOT know where
Ranealv was
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from I,oweu into New Hamnshira on
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ar 49,. ,n+;1 could
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IL,
.Abo,,t tha+ limo conided to ono
Of nv oh,,n,s that 7 might have a good
chance some day to skip with a large
amount of money. NV friend per-
suaded me not to do ANYTHING of the
kind. as would surely be caught and
punished, This friend admonished me
again about this conversation the day
previous to my departure last week.
The Kelly bank robbery had nothing
whatever to do with my plans in any
way. / have left kind father. a good
mother. a good home, kind employers
and no one else is to blame but myself.
The thought of giving myself up was
uppermost in my mind from the time
reached New Hampshire, but I hardly
knew what to do
King is thoroughly repentant, and
thinks President Torrey will be very
severe on him.
The rush Of visitors to the county Jail
to-day has been unprecedented 1t
seems as if everybody had a live Curl
osity to see the now noted prisoner.
Albert M. King. Women were among
the crowd Of several dozen. and Of all
the visitors perhaps two hundred got
in to see the young man.
One thing about the prisoners con-
fnement of one day is his evident lik-
ing for the interest everybody takes in
him and Tonight he was feeling quite
cheerful He had received so much
sympathy from callers that his feeling
of uncertainty of the future seems to
have disappeared. and his spirits in
this line are quite b,1ovant.
Local interest in Kings arrest is now