The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-16
GEO. WRIGHT.
Arrested and Identified sby VIM.
Eddy.
A Smooth Looking Individual Arrested
at St. Peter Saturday Evening and
Claimed to be HOWard's Pal.

The police believe that they have
in custody both men who robbed old
Mr. Eddy of his savings last Friday
afternoon at the union depot. With
the description Of the man who got
away with Mr.. Eddy's money, Chief
Wagon and Officer Daniels went to
st. Peter Saturday afternoon and con-
suited with the authorities there.
Such man had been seen there for
a day or two, and the description was
made more complete by the fact that
the man who took Mr.. Eddy's' money
and the man in St. Peter each had
one peg leg.
At about eight o'clock Saturday
evening, one of the ST. Peter officials
met the man on the street and called
him to one side, saying that two
parties desired to see him. Geo. A.
Wright, for that is the name given
by the stranger, asked who the
parties were. The officer replied
that they were two police officers
from Mankato. Wright replied that
he did not know them and did not
care to see them. The St. Peter Off
Ger then told him to consider himself
under arrest and come along. Wright
asked what authority he had for
making an arrest, and the officer
showed his star Wright was salts
fed with this and accompanied the
officer to the station, where he was
turned over to the Mankato officials
and Immediately brought to this city.
Wright spent Sunday in cell at
the city hall. Mr.. Eddy called there
and at once recognized him as the
man who had taken his money from
the hand of John Howard and dis
appeared. Wright was the man who
had the shell game,
When seen by Free Press reporter
Wright was very courteous. He had
copies of the city papers in his cell,
giving an account of the robbery,
which he had evidently been reading
carefully, and he gave the reporters a
far different reception from that &C.
corded them by Howard. He stated
that his home is in New York City
and that his business is that of an
advertising solicitor. He said that
he goes from place to place and gets
out jobs with advertising matter on.
The last place where he had done
this work was at Pueblo, Col. He
had intended to go to St. Paul to get
out program for Labor Day. He
said that he was formerly a printer,
but that the advent of typesetting
machines had made the profession
overcrowded. He said that while in
st. Peter he had sent for his satchel
to come by express, and was waiting
for it when arrested
Wright denies having any know
ledge Of the theft of Mr.. Eddy's
money, but beyond that will not talk
OF the case. saying that he realized
that the less man charged with a
crime said the better it might be for
him. When asked what connection
he had with Howard, he replied
quickly: "Who is Howard? 1 do not
know any man by that name" He
would not state what business had
called him to St. Peter or answer sany
question that bore on the robbery
When asked whether he played cards,
he replied that he had a pack with
him that he had been playing soil.
taire with.
Wright is a short, rather thick set
man, with a grizzly beard streaked
with gray, He is pleasant in con-
versation.
Gus Tubarg called at the city hall
Monday and identified Wright one of
a party of half dozen who were on
the train Thursday evening. While
between st. James and Iceland, they
were running a shell game among
themselves and money was passing
rapidly. Presently they interested a
Madelia stock buyer in their game.
They told the Madelia man that he
had no money, and to show them that
he had he pulled out his pocket book
and showed two five dollar bills.
These were snatched from his fingers,