The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-02

Il Far C6rS. / was taken Into the ch1efE
room, while the officers and the men we
had robbed were detained outside. At
forwards the chief went outside and when
he came back he said: It's all right.
told them 1t was only poker game and
we couldn't punish you and let others
who are doing the same thing go free
Then l went out of the Office through
door leading into the hail. l never saw
the sucker again"
Afterv ards, the witness said. he had
met Gardner on the street and Gard
ner had complimented him on his easy
escape. He had replied that it was only
what he had expected; only what he was
paying for.
How Meix Was Robbed. ~
Under questions from Assistant Coun-
ty Attorney AL j. Smith, Edwards then
told the story Of how Roman MEX was
fieeced out of SITE New York draft, the
details Of which have already been pub
lished in the papers After this trans
action, Edwards said he met Gardner on
the street. Said he:
Gardner came UP and asked me why Lincoln
Crossman lied to him about the check.
says, Did ne lie to you:'' lie says, Yes;
| he says, ''he told me the check was for $500"
We'll" I says. II will tell you. Irv. this
| business of knowing all about the checks we
get is getting to, be an old thing. and"
says, furthermore. Line isn't going to tell
| you what checks we get or how much they
| are for" L says, I'VE got bumped on check
that was turned over to the chief of police,
| and the check was cashed by two coppers and
| we didn't get nothing out of it," and says,
| eve are not going to tell what the checks
| are or how much they what money
we GET l says. eff we cant get the money
on these checks ourselves. the man will get
| 1t back, and no chief or you anybody else
| will get it, says. 1--WE not going to
skin suckers and get checks and let you skin
us out of them; for two cents would give II
back because it is making a holler." I says
1T Is in the papers, and" I says, 'if we
can't get the money on 1t tomorrow. I am
going to send it back to Mex He says
| Don't 40 it: all the noise is made that car
be made. and the chief says hold it, And
he says. "The chief will expect something
out of it anyway, and you might as well gel
it." I says, "All right will hold it, but II
there is any stink or boiler made about it
am going to send the check back to the mar
| that lost it,
| How 1t Was Settled.
The publicity given to the Mick affair
led the gang to move and they went to a
place on Second avenue S, between Fifth
and Sixth streets. Edwards said the draft
was turned over to Attorney A. P. LOOMS
for settlement. Ultimately Mick paid 1916
ard the draft was returned ito him. Nor
beck was paid $25 for helping to get Meix
out of town after he had been swindled
the compromise having been arranged
later, by letter. When that payment was
made, witness had asked If the chief was
"sore' because of the publicity about the
matter and because he had been sent SIC
instead of the $50 which Edwards testi-
fed had been promised to him.
As Edwards told it:
| .Norteck said: mo, he can't be sore. III
didn't do MUCH he says "He got the sam
as got, and I done the most" And 1 says
Il am awful sorry; don't like to dsappoin
him, but If we had made a full settlement a
we had expected to when I made the agree
ment that we would give him fifty, woul
have kept to my word; of course, only havn
got half of it, could only give him half, a
we had agreed" told him there WASH
nothing left of the check when it wen
through SO many hands; we was pretty luck
to get that.
Asked by Mr.. Smith to tell who was
meant when the expression, "The oil
man. was used in his testimony as it hat
been earlier in the day, Edwards repliet
that the "old man" was Mayor A. A
, Ames. .... ~.
Edwards also testified to several othe
instances in which men had been fleece
out of money had complained to the polio
and had been run out of town, usuall
some detective seeing to it that they wer
sent away. Both Norbeck and Percy D
= Laittre had aided in this work on differen
, I occasions .' '''< o. -