The Mankato free press., 1905-08-25

light. Four young men arrived in the
city Thursday noon. and registered, at
the Commercial House as L. Shencks G.
H. Martin, Ben Morrison and Pau
Morton, all of st. Paul. They remained
until the next morning, when they wert
called at a. IN. and took train out
of the city. 1t was noticed that as soon
as they arrived at the hotel they chang
ed their clothing, putting on other suits,
They all had one room. One was dark
complexioned, three were light, and al
were young and smooth faced. One wore
a brown hat, and one had a gray suit
They did not reveal what their business
was, but kept together. The police got
next to the fact of this bunch having
been in the city, today, and will lool
into their actions. The signatures OF
several of them resemble the writing
on the checks, while that of Taylor il
no way resembles it.
County Attorney Wilson may con
clude to withdraw. the complaint against
Taylor Monday, if the evidence in his
favor continues to accumulate as il
has been doing.
MIR. Taylor, when seen at the jail this
afternoon, consented to give a brief
outline of his movements on Thursday
evening and prior thereto. He said
that he got his monthly pay check Aug.
18th and settled his bills around Wells,
as he always did, and had about $40
left He had S. bill, a 81 bill and
some silver Conductor Murphy saw the
bills during the day. Taylor was ac
quainted with young lady who came to
this city from Wells couple of months
ago and who lives on Broad street. He
had come to see her several times, and
his friend, Whitess, also had young
lady friend in the city, whom he also
had called upon. Thursday afternoon,
just before train time, they agreed to
come to the city and surprise the
young ladies. They arrived at 7:l5 p.
m. and got their suppers and started
out 1t began to rain and they step
ped into saloon. Whitess called up
his young lady over the telephone and
conversed with her, but Taylor could
not do so, as his friend does not have a
telephone.
The two stayed in the saloon, which
was the Bavaria, from about 500 p.
m. until the rain stopped, shortly be-
fore nine. While they were there, Of
ficer Robb dropped in and waited until
the rain stopped. When they went ont
they called upon their friends, agreeing
to meet afterwards at the Milwaukee
depot. Mr.. Taylor got there first, be-
tween ten and eleven, and waited awhile
talking with the operator, and then said
he would go to the Stahl House and
asked Mr.. Goodrich to tell Whitess
where he had gone. 1t was nearly
twelve when Taylor reached the hotel,
and he found Officer Robb waiting for
him. He was taken to the Schmidt sa-
loon, and when they asked him to show
his money he was afraid to he die
not know the crowd.
I'm the meantime Whitess had bid
goodnight to his young lady, and had
gone to the Milwaukee depot to find
Taylor and was told that he was under
arrest. He could scarcely believe it
and went at once to the police station.
1t was he whom Officer Klughertz took
to the Schmidt saloon, and whom
Schmidt said was not the party. He
was not identified as the man who had
come in after the forger had been there
and had said that they had come from
Window together.
1t was the intention of Taylor and
Whitess to return to Wells on the 500
a. m. train Friday. Taylor states that
his parents are well to do, but have not
lately been sending him money, but
would no doubt do so if he needed it,