The Mankato free press., 1905-08-25
Efforts Made to Cash Cne at
Three Local Stores.
Officials Begin 10 Doubt Wheth-
er Taylor Is Guilty.
Most of Work Done Before He
}. Reached Mankato.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Harry Taylor, the Wells young man
who is charged with forgery in the Sec
ond degree, was arraigned before Judge
Comstock yesterday afternoon, and ask
ed for hearing. NJ. w. Brewster OF
Wells appeared as. his attorney, and de-
sired short continuance. The hearing
was set for Monday at 10 a. m., and the
defendant was remanded to the county
iail, as the court did not have the right
to fix the bail.
Two of Taylor's friends accompanied
Mr. Brewster from Wells. One was
Mr. Whitess, who was with the defend
ant Thursday evening, and by whom he
hopes to prove an alibi. He claims that
he was at Kleinschmidt Bros saloon at
the time that the forgery was commit
| ted. Officer Robb saw him there about
$50 p. m and he was then engaged in
! telephoning to young lady.
Mr.. Brewster states that Taylor is
one of the best young men in Wells
The case is puzzling the, officials. II
Taylor is guilty, he certainly has a
nervy way of facing it. Why he should
pass such small check when he holds
a good position is unknown. On the
other hand four witnesses state that
he is the person who passed the check
and his refusal to show his money and
the subsequent finding of bills upon
him such as Mr.. Schmidt gave for the
check looks bad for him.
Doubt is growing in the minds of the
officials whether Taylor is the right
party 1t appears that an attempt was
made Thursday evening to pass the
same kind of check at three of the
stores in the city, and that a similar
one was passed at Kieffe & Jesse's sa-
loon that evening. The party who die
the work either was Taylor or looked
very much like him, according to the
accounts of all who saw him.
Mr. Jesse cashed d check for $S al
about seven o'clock, either just before
or Just after, he does not remember
which This check was signed "Henry
Morris" and was drawn on the FRS
| National bank in favor of %. Shencke.
1t bore the serial number Sc, that OF
the check cashed by VIM. Schmidt bear
ing the number 81. Mr.. Jesse looked a
| Taylor this forenoon and said that h,
looked like the same party to him but
he would not be positive that it was.
| Between five and six o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, stranger entered Henry
| Hance's store and wanted to get 6
check for $8 cashed. This is the same
check that was later passed upon Mr.
Schmidt Mr.. Hance refused to cash it
At 5:45 p. m. Thursday, stranger
entered Weeds drug store and asked
Ennis Weed to cash a check for So
| This was also the same check as the
one passed on Schmidt. He failed to
| cash it. Messrs. Hance and Weed give
the same description of the man, and II
tallies closely with Taylor, except tha,
Mr. Weed is positive that the man he
saw had brown suit and brown hat
while Taylor has a black suit and black
hat.
A stranger entered Otto & Evans
store two or three days ago and wanted
to get check for So cashed. He talked
with Mr.. Otto, who refused to cash it
Mr. Otto does not recollect whether it
was Wednesday or Thursday afternoon
or whether it was before or after sup
per.
Taylor came to the city on the 7 p
m. train, intending to return on the 9:3C
train, coming to call upon young lady
on Fifth street. He was caught by the
shower and went into saloon, and
there telephoned to the young lady. Con
ductor Tom Murphy saw him on the
train, coming to Mankato.
1t is said that the. business men OF
Wells are sure that mistake has been
made and that the wrong man has been
arrested. Taylor's parents live in Eng
land and are said to be wealthy. 1t is
said that he gets a check from them
monthly, besides salary of $50
month from the railway company His
parents sent him to America to learn
telegraphy. He is looked upon as be-
ing one of the best young men in Wells
and there was no reason why he should
commit forgery. If he is the wrong man
it is very unfortunate.
What may be new clue to the perpe-
traitors of the forgeries has come to