The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Rightful Retribution
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succeeded SO far Harrison proceeded
to purchase stock in every firm that
Rollins was connected with and then
forming pools of the stock with that
owned by some of the friends he had
made they would have the necessary
amount to control the actions Of the
business methods of the firms. Gain
ing control Harrison would not de-
clare any dividends and in this man
ner harassed and oppressed Rollins.
Seeing still harsher methods would
have to be used he even went so far
as to use influence to have the banks
call in the loans made Rollins de-
handing further security. Then he
proceeded to bear the market on the
stocks Rollins was interested In caus-
ing them to depreciate In valuation
so that it would be hard to realize
loan to a great extent on them.
Rollins now being driven in
corner, saw the influences working
against him, tried in every manner
to overcome them. Failing in this
he tried to have Harrison called off
by intercession Of friends but Harri-
son was obdurate and would not lis
ten. He demanded restitution of
the funds obtained from his friend
by fraud and public avowal of Rol-
Inns admitting he had defrauded him
and was the cause Of his downfall.
Failing again, Rollins pleaded per-
sonally with Harrison and offered to
turn half interest of the cement
plant over to the heirs of Harrison's
friend. Still Harrison was obdurate.
Rollins saw ruin staring him in
the face and being of low spirits and
downhearted when he arrived home
his wife sought to find out what
caused her husbands low spirits.
After considerable questioning she
ascertained all the facts and deter
mined she would seek this young
man Harrison and learn the reason
of his determination to ruin her hus-
band So the following morning,
after her husband was gone, she
sought out Harrison. Finding him
at the hotel she stated who she was
and what her mission was. Finally,
after considerable persuasion on her
part for the truth of the original
cause of the trouble Harrison related
his friends case and showed her his
dying statement. Realizing her hus-
band was guilty, she promised to
Harrison If he stopped harras-
sing her husband she would see that
he returned the money.
But still Harrison would not listen.
He wanted the public avowal be-
sides the restitution Realizing
what this meant the wife pleaded for
her sake and the children not to de-
mand that which would stain their
lives forever With her pleading
for her and the children and point
ing out to him where they were not
to blame she finally gained the con-
sent of Harrison to stop, providing
her husband would make restitution
of the funds with interest, sign a
confession properly witnessed which
he would not make public and as
soon as he was able to dispose Of his
holdings and leave the city. The wife
accepted these terms and that after
noon accompanied by the husband
the wife appeared at the hotel and
signed the ayowal turned over prop
erty to cover the amount of which
her husband had defrauded IIarri-
sons friend.
The stranger on the train being
one Of the witnesses to the confess
sion, knew of it and its contents and
thought he recognized in me the