The evening world., 1904-08-04

COULD HAVE HAD FORTUNE,
BUT NOW SHE CUTS HIM OFF
Saved Him from Long Term for
HoId.Up and Got Him Out Of
Trenton JaiI-WiIkeson His
Name.
Special 70 Ths EysninE WORLDLY

BUFFALO. ". r.. Aug. THE out.
law who shot Detective Reilly at Mount
Vernon. Il Is said here, 10 without doubt
Harry Setback. who at one tine lived
at No. rs Elk street. Buraio. or Henry
wilkeson. as he Is also known. Mrs.
Harriet schack.a woman OF wealth who
adopted the bandit when a mere LAD.
and Police Inspector NJ. J. Donovan to-
day positively Identified the prisoner
now lansulshlns In the White Plains
Jail
The mans Identity was made known
through a picture sent 10 Mrs, Setback.
She declared without hesitation II was
that Of her adopted son, and Chief
Donovan, who lived next door To the
schacks for several years, recognized
the picture the moment lie saw It.
''rhe Mount Vernon prisoner Is my
adopted son,' said Mrs, Setback 70 an
Evening World reporter. !
him when ne was = boy In Titusvllle'
pa. In 1873, when his parents died MY
family wa. wealthy. and they turned
against mo for adopting HAIRY mar
| rIed A rich GILMAN. Harry Shack. The
adopted boy was ehristened Harry
setback at Limestone Hlll, y. Y.
soent several thousand dollars educa''
,nx him. but he was maynard from the
h~s.,nplnr, 1 could do nothing Win
| him.
when my parents died ! was 'eft =
fortune which I still have. MY husoah'
loft me thousands. Harry could nav
ali ~ he vcr, only honest and upright
I ,old him so. l spent a small ior'un'
g.,,Ins him out OF Jail twice, When o.
wa, arrested In Trenton Tor shooons
man I sent him hundreds 10 free avn
self, ann.
NOW I disown him. I told him once
~ n. got In trouble again lie coui'
never again use the good name o.
schsek. His fathers name was Henri
Wllkeson. and that rame hs must take
II will cut him on In my wiz VIII
twenty-five cents, whach | can 90 uhae
,hs laws Of pennsylyanla. IL coui
ave him from the gallows would no
do IL. Ne has ruined my name and III
} with his way wardness.
Let Justice take Il, course. l nevs
want 10 hear from hun again
Ia 1884. when setback was seventee
wears ola. nc al Don committed ere {
the most caring highway robbcrits
a me history OF Bunalo.
with a companion he stopped a ca
riage on Richmond avenue, poked a y
; yolver In the drivers face and held MI
while his companion robbed the ma
, and the occupants OF the vehlcle
) A policeman came along when II
robbery was being committed, an
4 schAck jumped nto a rlg and drove OF
The policeman leaped into a ire chief
wagon and chased Setback for sever
D blocks.
When cornered In a yard schac
l blaIed away at the policeman with Il
: revolver he had, but the weapon WI
o only loaded with blank cartridges an
a he was arrested. Through the, inruen'
! OF his mother and her wealth the chars
was reduced and Setback went 10 n
penitentlary for three years.
on his release Mrs. Setback sent hi
to a college In Pennsylvania. but he rs
away and the next she heard OF him
I, MOUNT vERNoN, \, T., Aug. l.
Detective Michael Reilly. who was sh
!. on July " by the desperate, who Is no
y In the County jail at White Plain
!" says that the mar Is undoubted
70 Henry Wilkinson, and that he has he,
Identified by the Commander OF q
)" Brooklyn Navy Yard.
-, Wilkinson, the detective says, enlist
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