Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-11
F0RTNFR EXPECTS
 WIFE 10 AID HIM Alleged Forger Objects to Jail Regulations, Saying
 He Will Be Free.
ARRIVES IN ST. LOUIS
Millionaire Handlam Remains tIooi From SOn.in.L .LaN-Hi> Former
 >tenographer is Arrested.

St. Louis. Aug. 1o,-Confidcnt that his wife will aid him. despite the efforts of her family to ds>uade her. Marion Dwight Fortncr. brought back from Paris a pSisoner to answer charge of forging an endorsement to a S12.Uoo cheek. arrived In NJ. Louis on Big Four train at l :4:i D. m. Monday. From he Union station he was taken to the office os ChirT of ! Police treecy. where his custodian. De tective MeMuIlen, formally surrendered him.
 At the jail Former objected to taking the regulation bath. saying he would he q prisoner only short time before giving bond. His traN"iiny clothes were fui- gated and after being scrubbed and rHh- bed down Fortn"r Was paced in cell :1 where he imIali"ntIy waited for friends Who h" said. would bail him out
 CLOSELY GUARDED ON SHIP.
 Asked if il were tru6 that Police Ss.r- scant McNulleu. his custodian. would mt let him go on the steamer deck for fear he would commit suicide or jump into th,, ocean. he smiled and saii that il WIS true although il seemed ridiculous ,a him, H. declined to say whether or not he had beard from his wife. the daughter "t Millionaire A. II. llandau. When asked if she would aid him in his trial. he said:
 Why, certainly: that would he nothin. but human nature. l don't know. tharg!r. what she plans h q" for me.
 While discussing the HfreS; nf Mis- HiIdegarle Hallen, his former Strno=4ai,a- CT he declared she knew nothing aban1 the deeds of trust which. it is said Fort ncr forged, '.They should not have banl- ed her for that - he said. then checked himself.
 Frankly expressing her sorrow for Fort Der. Miss Hild"garde Hallcn to day when interviewed regarding the ease. said she holds no resentment against F"rturr for the trouble in which she was innocently involved through his actions, but will tell what she knows if she is called to testify.
 She said she had not been in communi- cation at any time with FortnerS attor- neys or any member of the lIandlan family
 The only thing l could testify h. she said. would be in connection with the deeds of trust that acknowledged as notary under his instructions. and thcv had no connection with the check af fair
 PlYaT0GRArHER AROTSES HIS IRE.
 tl, ,l..t. ,,In n stood in front of him. walking backward and trying to snap him. Fortncr. wh" had pulled his dlapidated hat over his unshaven face. threw it back and ha1ted at the picture man in front of him. cry ing: ..Ill knock you down.
 A policeman seized him and he conlN'>- ed him self with a smile remarking: "l came pretty near losing my temper that time.''
 Circuit Attorney Jones said a bond of counts would be Sufficcnt. This will make Fortner's total bond in the neigh borhood of S1O,00o Jones will push the ease.
 
 employed by relatives of Fortncr to ell duet the defense. arrived in St. Louis this morning and is stopping at 'h" Planters hotel ile said he "Npete'i I2ortner to be able to explain many of the charges against him.
 Fortncr will he released on bond within the next 24 hours. according to Capt. Tbos D. Iawler of Memphis his att"rneF. LawIcr said tonight at the Planters note where he is stopping. that he cannot he convicted He declined to outline his "e- -n,o but if is underst ood that Fortn"r will charge that the signature "' H. N' Pulley, which Fortncr is charged With having forged, is genuine