The Washington times., 1905-12-06
Easy, Said Hall.

o clock and the officers waited i'm tho
vicinity Of the Llcwellyp for him 10 put
Ia an appearance
Easy, Said Hall.
After a few moments Hall appeared
and started up the steps Of the house.
Warren accosted him and said: Cap
tain Roardmdn would like TO see YOU at
Police Headquarters and learn how you
got al the money you have in your pos
session.
why, that's easy said Hall. who
was perfectly calm. and did not remove
the pipe from his mouth. This money
is from my mothers estate, and has
been in bank for eight years. Mr..
Blackford just succeeded in getting X,
and Immediately sent me check for
3 00o. There's more where this came
from"
The young man was escorted to Police
Headquarters and put through Il rigid
cross-uue stioning by Captaa Boardman
ana the detectives. He stuck tenacious
~ 10 his story about the money being
part OF his mothers estate, but after
an hour or more he broke down and
told the whole story of the forgery and
why he resorted 10 that method of OBJ
tanning money. Il was rated as a
laoorer In The Department of Justice -
SAID the young man, but l was doing
a messengers work and received a sal
airy of $500 a year. | married the pret-
test woman in the world, and before my
wedding / told her l had unlimited
wealth. just had to carry the bluff
out, and could think OF no better
scheme than this"
Drew Out Big Money.
Mr.. White and other officials of the
bank stated that the young man did
not draw any money after depositing
the check, but in his confession Hall
said, Il drew out $3.50 on the check and
then carried it home l gave all the
money except 800 10 my wife She has
been suffering from an abscess on her
head for some time. and II was her in
tention to go to New York and have
an operation performed
After receiving the money Mrs. Hal;
Immediately dressed and went TO the
shopping districts where. H. is SAID
she spent 1t Iavishly. She purchased
many new dresses, waists, a set OF
costly furs, an automobile coat. and last.
but not least had a crest with the name
Hall on it, made at an + street sta
tlonery store Mrs. Hall returned to her
home where she found her husband
in new suit of clothes and smoking a
meerschaum pipe which he had just pur-
chased Yesterday morning she spent
some tine in packing up her recent
10 buy some other garments and incl
dentaly, prepay express charges on
their effects. which were 10 be shipped
10 New York city, where the operation
was to have been performed and where
the two intended living.
At O'Clock she had dinner on the
table for her husband but ne did not
put In an appearance for the reason that
he was at Police Headquarters at that
hour. The first word she had about him
was from Captain Boardman, who in
formed her that the husband would not
be home TO dinner, but wanted TO see her
at 4l0 Louisiana avenue northwest Mrs.
Hall was greatly shocked when she sa W
that the number given her was Detec-
tive HeadqUarrers, but she was. insi ted
In by the two detectives. who We're Wair-
ing Tor her The meeting of the husband
and wife under such circumstances was
pathetic I'm the extreme. but after Mrs.
Hall reSained her compOsure she told
OF her tours to the shopping district
and the matter was quickly settled 81
Before Hall was sent TO the Sixth.
precinct for the night he made cnTa-
plete confession. This covered about
two pages Of typewriting. In 1t he said
his wife was a travelling saieswOman for
a novelty company in New York city.
and was In Washington on business
when he met her. He insisted that he
had about $4,000 coming 10 him from
the estate OF Stephen Whitney. his god
father, of New Haven Conn