The Washington times., 1909-05-09
HOSPITAL" THE GRANGER APARTMENT IN CLEvE-
LAND, WHERE BILLY WAS DETAINED


by Father H. ]. Peters, The priest de-
clined to appear at the trial in Mercer,
however, and a brother summoned to
testify by the defense steadfastly re
fused TO say whether such a MARI, age
had occurred or not.
AS Mrs. and Mr.. Parker, the former
secretary and the young business man
came across James Boyle. The three
Immediately became friends. Together
they "hoated" Mrs. Parker's first
scheme to make money.
An adve rtisenlent had appeared an
nouncing that a profitable restaurant
could be bought for $500 cash and notes
TO cover the remainder OF the pur-
chase price. Parker and his wife agreed
TO the terms OF the sale 1t was Mrs.
Parker who obviated the need for the
cash payment. They had $500 on time
deposit in the Bank of Commerce IN
Chicago, she said, and would lose the
interest If they Withdrew It without
thirty days notice. The proprietor D
agreed to wait II they procured a
property-owner in Kansas City to sign
their bond. They did. They found a
certain James Benson, who was only the
young plumber, James Boyle.
The restaurant was theirs precisely
five days. For the sake Of ready money
Mrs. Parker took in as cashier a check
for 800 signed by Boyle, and sert it
10 the bank with the days receipts for
deposit. The check was cashed. Within
twenty-four hours IT was found to be
bad" as the perforated stamp indi-
Gated. and the two were arrested for
forgery.
Threads Maze
OF Financial Labyrinth.
The trial was long. Mrs. Parker con-
vinced the jury that she had not been
a party to any fraud which might have
been committed Parker, under the
protection Of an attorney named Jesse
James, and saiG to be a son Of the no
| torious highway man, obtained condnu
ance after continuance and was finally
/ released for lack Of evidence.
/ The three next turned TO the Holmes
Brothers Loan Company, OF Kansas
/ City. one Of the firm called TO nego-
tiate the loan they asked Parker re-
mained In the kitchen. cut of SIGHT,
wnt.e the woman, dressed in black, sat
| on a couch crying as Mr.. Holmes en-
| tered. Amidst tears. Mrs. Parker ex-
planned that she was a widow, well
| connected, and temporarily out of funds
/ She was humiliated, she said. to give
a chattel mortgage on her home, but
| had decided =. 80 so, although she
needed the money only for a short
time. Not Orgy did Mr.. Holmes ad-
vance ber $500. but ne declined to accept
a mortgage. With this money the three
( set off for St Louis.
Boyle. who may have been somewhat
of an incumbrance, crossed the river
and became a plumber in East st.
Louis. The Parkers inserted an adver-
tisement in the st. Louis papers for a
hOusemaid with good references. There
were, Of course. many replies. Turning
away all the applicants. Mrs. Parker
made copies of the recommendations
and inserted in them list Of her own
accomplishments. She could teach
music. She spoke French. German, and
Italian as well as English, and could
read Spanish, Portuguese, and Nor
wegian. Whether she could do all this
or not is not known. But the writer.
when standing beside her at the
piano. learned concluslvely that she
understood colloquial German and
French.
THAT is well DONE" he said in Ger
man.
"Oh. no. Only little well done,
was the answer in French.
Housemaid
Makes Rich Haul.
surely, a housemaid with such abili-
ties did not have &c look long for work.
. AS Clara Stratton'' she entered the
nome OF II. Chouteau Dyer, In st. Louis.
There also she stayed FIVE days. Ac-
cording TO the Dyers she then left with
jewels valued at 5000.
/ The Parkers We're separated in ST
: Louis "a January. 1905. Under the name