Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-03-16
AT HIS OLD TRICKS
Waiter kinG Again Fitting
Himself for
Prison

Himself for
Prison
Walter King, formerly Of Little
Falls and Royalton, and the st. Cloud
reftrmatery, has gone back to toe
ways of crime. King was original
ly sent to the Red Wing reform
school. and there picked up little
of the printing trade. 81. came to
Little Falls and was befrieaded by
several, and worked part OF tho time
In local newspaper Offices. He was
suspected of several petty crimes, but
not caught. Later he committed q
robbery at Royalton, stesling from a
store tt ere. Through the lntercession
of friends who believed hum repent
ant, be got of with light sentence.
Later he was tried for stealing from
saloon in Saltwater, and sent to the
St. Cloud reformatory, where he was
for some time Being psroled, he
went to southern Minnesota and did
the mechanical work on paper at
bayfield,. After that he was not heard
! Of for long time. till about two
months ago he arrived in Little Falls.
and said be was travelling for the Nc
Clt llan Paper Go. This was after.
ward proved to be untrue. King
seems incapable of reform. No mat
ter what js done for him. and friends
have often tried to help him, be has
moral relapse, and seems destined to
end his career behind prison walls.
He has considerable assurance, and is
not without shrewdness and cunning.
Some years ago, without capital. but
with several artistic lee, he bought
and ran q restaurant at Pillsger for q
week, then departed. His latest OK.
ploits arsleisen as follows in the
MoorbeaA tMa OF last week:
| Adolph aersoD, alias ". ".
Brown, alia1 Holmee, alias W. W.
KING, who has been resident Of Far
90 for the past two weeks, is wanted
by the local police and also by tDe
authorities at Detroit. MINI. King,
which was the last name the young
man gave in Fargo, came to the city
where he was arrested by Chief Mar
vey on the night Of Feb. ~ on saspic.
ion. but turned loose BE stopped at
the Phoenix hotel. Detroit, MIMI, for
few days and the night man missed
his overcoat. It was found In the
possession of Holmes about 3 :15 q.
M. Feb. 20. The young man went
by the name of Holmes at the hotel.
but when questioned by the officer at
the time the coat was found In his
possession, he gave the name Of W.
w. Brown. He handed the coat over
tn the officer, VINO permitted him to
fgo.-~The,eo proved 70 be the proper
ty of George Lynch, night man at
the hotel, who purchased the property
from J. 81. Smith & Co. of Detroit.
Between the hours of 1 and 2:l6 a.
M, Feb. 20, Holmes had marked the
coat and also tole off the strap which
had on 1t the name Of the manufac-
turers. Holmes then went to Moor
head, where be was arrested by Chief
Malvey, when he gave the name of
W. w. King. After being released
at Moorhead he came to Fargo and
was directed TO the Office Of Attorney
A. T. Cole. He wanted job on the
Searchlight as subscription solicitor
and Mr.. nC)ls encoura ged him, but
wanted HIM to wait a day or two be
fore closing CONTRACT. he gave the
name of holmes to Mr.. Cole and said
he was from Hay field, MINI where
he had studied law in the office of
| Atty. Louis Conser, who also owns
q newspaper Mr.. Cole happened to
be acquainted with Attorney Conser,
the latter having formerly resided at
Glendale with his father, E. r. Cun-
ser, we'll known in territorial days
In confidential mood, Holmes told
Mr.. Cole that he had been arrested at
Detroit tor stealing his own coat and
again at Moorhead, but he had been
released. but he was without q coat
He s. emed very anxious to get work,
but there was en strong perfume of
cigarettes about him and he was very
nervous. as stated that he had q
sister Ut Minneapl lis aud he wanted
to call her op by long distance phone
and get some money az he was
''broke. He also wanted to study
law with Mr.. Cole, but was dis
oouraged and finally left the Office.
Holmes went to tho odloe Of New
man, Holt & Frame several days
later and asked for q position, stating
that he was anxious to study law,
having studied for . while in
southern Minnesota. He also stated
that he was printer and it was part.
tally arranged that ne should be given
employment 70 make living While
awaiting suitable recommendations
from Duluth, where he claimed that
he WAS printer in good Standing.
While in Mr.. Frames Office last Fri.
day the latter was engaged in draw.
Ing checks. Mr.. Frame mad occasion
to- leave the room for q moment aud In
his absence Holmes tore q sheet OF
stubs and vouchers from the check
book. Holmes appears to have filed
in several of the checks. One for }81
was cashed at A. Rubel's store BY q
clerk, Holmes purchasing an over
coat. He appears to have passed q
check for $42 at clothing store on
Front street, where he purchased 8
suit of clothes ard received the differ.
ence in cash. There remained one
check, which may turn up later.
Holmes seems to have made good his
escape.
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
hereby wish to announce myself al
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