Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-17
HARRY NELSON SAYS
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Former Thea5er Treasurer and Society Boy Accused of Stealing JeWelry Says He Found the Diamond Loeket and Chain Hearing Postponed Until Satmz day Displayed Much Nervousness and Has Employ ed Lawyer to Represent Him in Court

7rVousness and Has Employ Him in Court.
 sa many Janes enacted ea Gag town town streets, when Nelson 8as in tae hei8htal of his popularity bcfa.
 Several prominent men a0uoaac=5 laIe Wednesday nigh. thad they would assist t6e unfortunate young man when he appeared iu= court. and t is 0Hdefstood that they went so far as t5#see0Fe I promise that abe charge would ae dismissed and that Nelson uaufd 6e permitted 10 leave lde city n5a b reuu. Taatsdas morning, how esaez9aeaos.e41Hie stated tda =th1z had como to tbe conclusion taal taez would Ho5 interest themselves in his oeHOa= and. Assistant Prosoeot5a2 Aa- .srs Caldwell stated sHat he would #eea~Hea#o fae=famef zaeaea 49Hazuz= o. dgefa@pdIy.
 Nelson Was a1e~azo5 ja=. He ge4#c=- a.. -ldst No4das when h. Jeff tue saeamaa Lact5v N51lal. having aa- 5..4ed# .here8aa afternoon from rreeHs Ms. Tba w5aa.t fa. Hjs=af- #a#5 @az izs1jad a5 z5a= =aJsaeee af XW Naoz- & '4eal furniture dealer. who aaaree= that Nelson aaoa diamond  laehe6 aad ehaiu from h3s homo.
 &e.s5a.s aTass Monday recalled tde 71a emeH of Miss Rarh Grez he meaaal 5uavez. who rold 5lr5 NnoX that haa faweIrr#ha3 beaa #dolp9 bE someone Wao feeqaon5od her home. Nelson HlYiu= r0oHe5 r6o"o for two .teats= p9a>.eH fs +aafafT from fthe e5fy aW6 weeks ago
 When visited by d Graphic represen- taffye shortly afte9 his return here Nelson protested his innocence.
 The former theater treasurer de- carea that he wa@ not guilty of any crime OF intention 10 do wrong. He stated that he attended baby,s fun- eral OH the day previous 10 his de parture from the city two weeks ago and that while he was returning to his rooming place on West Fifth avenue, he found the diamond locket and chain lyiHg on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. TOmlinson's home, where he roomed. He said he noticed that 1t was ell graved. but did not know who il be- 1 longed to- He admitted having taken the locket to J. l.. Armfeld the pawn broker, and said that he later gave 1t I to Skinny" Nelson for ten dollar i loan. The locket was turned over to l Constable Stewart by Skinny Nelson after Nelson told the Memphis police who had it.
 "I would not think of doing such d trick to Mr. and Mrs. Knox" said Nel- my own mother and father room- ed there for two years and they treat ed me like one of the family. I cant understand how they would believe me guilty of such conduct. Mrs. TOmlin- sons diamond rings laid around the 1 house time and time again and l could have taken them if 1 had been so in- clined. Doesn't it look reasonable to suppose that if I wanted to steal 1 i could have taken them. God knows I'm not guilty of the charge for which ! I have been arrested. l hope that the public will not criticise me until l have had an opportunity to prove my innocence.
 Nelson displayed no little fright and was so nervous at times that his voice trembled. He nervOusly smoked little cigar and he appeared to have suffered from loss of sleep. Nelson stat ed that he was on his way back to Pine | Bluff when he was arrested in Mem phs. He had written number of letters to friends in this city, he said, after his departure and asserted that 1 if he had been guilty of any wrong doing he would not have been apt to do so. He positively stated that he did not take French leave from Pine Bluff, but on the contrary told several people that he was going to Memphis. The money he realized from the diamond locket and gold chain, which he claims to have found, he used in making the trip to Memphis.