The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-24
CHARGES IT UP TO HARD LUCK
w. HI. LAWRENCE, WHO rs IN JAIL
AWAITING THE PLEASURE
OF q. s. OFFICERS
Thinks He Can Go Back to Peoria,
I'LL, and Acquit Himself of the
Charge of Impersonating a United
States Marshal.

Hard luck is the reason assigned by
William H. Lawrence, a federal prisoner
at the county jail, who will be taken
back to Peoria, ILL.,, today to answer the
charge of impersonating a United States
marshal, for the complications that at
present envelope his family. While the
husband Is under arrest here his wife and
three-year-old child are at Champaign,
ILL.,, where they are gradually piling up
board bill Lawrence denies that the
charge has anything to do with his own
child
The prisoners story possesses a tinge
of romance. Lawrence and his wife were
children together at River Falls, Wis,
where both families occupied excellent so
cial positions. Lawerence's people are we'll
off financially. The young folks nurtured
regard for each other through their
school days, and when they grew older
fell in love. The girl had married sis
ter living In this city, whom she came
here to visit three and half wears ago.
She correspondent with Lawrence secret
ly because her family was opposed to the
young mans attentions. Finally the
young couple decided to marry Lawer-
ence came here, and, without notifying
her sister, his sweetheart left home one
day, never to return. 1t was not known
where the girl was for several months,
when letter from her came from Chi
cago. saying she was married to Lawer-
ence The couple went to Baraboo, Wis.
the day they left here and were married
Then they drifted to Chicago. and later
to Champaign. Lawrence Is a machinist
by trade, but did not; work regularly
Relatives of his wife say what he calls
hard luck" was preference for idleness.
AT Champaign the child was born. Part
of the time Of the family's residence there
T.
ward he went with his family to live with
the landlord at whose home his wife
and child still reside
Financially embarrassed, Lawrence
says he left Champaign with his wife,s
| consent last August The man to whom
he owed the money knew where he was
| going, Lawrence says, and agreed to
wait for the money. At Peoria, Lawer-
ence says, he worked for the gas COM
pany and sent his wife money as long as
he was employed. Last October he came
back here. He says he could not get
work, except odd Jobs, but has regularly
correspondent with his wife with whom he
says he is on the best Of terms. He says
the charge upon which he is under arrest
grew out of an incident at Peoria be-
fore he left there, but insists that 1t had
no connection with his own child. He
says most of his domestic troubles are
due to interference on the part of his
wife's relatives of whom he speaks with
savage vindictiveness. He expects to be
able to clear himself when he Is tried at
Peoria, and says he will then join his
wife, pay the long standing board bill
and start life anew where his wife's rela-
tives cannot reach him. He says he never
gambled and declares he knows nothing
of hypnotism }sfsf
Lawrence rs a brother of Mrs. Pauley
of Minneapolis, whoJis the proprietress of
the Pauley house, anprosperous Mill City
hotel Z