The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-11-24

Minneapolis, November 16.-Wil-
| fred Stuart Sheldon-Dickason, said
to be the scion of an English noble
family, whose social ambitions have
carried him into the homes of the
best families of Minneapolis for the
last nine months, is locked up in
the Minneapolis police station,
charged with the theft of diamond
and jewelry valued at $2,950 from
Mrs. Olga Won w. Haskell, well
known in st. Paul and Minneapolis
society.
Arrested with him on suspicion of
knowing something Of the disappear
ance of the jewels is George Has
kell son of Mrs. Haskell and of w.
E. Haskell, now of Washington, D.
c., formerly owner of The Boston
Herald and still earlier owner of
The Minneapolis Times and at one
time with his father of The Min.
neapolis Journal.
Caused Stir in Society.
The arrests have caused a great
! stir among society people of Min
neapolis. Only recently they were
members of the society which enact
ed 1.-THE Talk of the Town" at the
Shubert Theatre. Both are we'll ed
ucated, having attended European
schools, Dickson in both England
and on the continent, and Haskell
on the continent.
Dickson is graduate from Ok
ford university. He was left for
tune of $4,000 by his grandfather,
a Sheldon, and with this he went
into the silk business, working be-
i tween London and Paris. The busi-
ness prospered, but young Sheldon
Dickson not satisfied with the
steady increase of his affairs, went
into the stock market in London.
County Attorney James Robertson
issued q complaint against Dickson
yesterday afternoon on information
given by Mrs. Haskell her son, Ed
win Dudley Haskell, fourteen years
old, Mrs. Arabella Weeks, a com
panion of Mrs. Haskell, and a maid,
Meta Schulka.
Prisoner Put in a Denial.
Dickson strenuously denies knowl-
edge of the diamonds or jewelry.
For five weeks he has been the
guest of the Haskell family at their
home, ITO Third avenue south, and
remained there until few days ago.
! The Jewels were missed ten days
ago and quiet search instituted.
Mrs. Haskell employed private
/ agency The arrest was suggested
by Norman w. King, the head of
| the detective agency, who took the
case personally in hand.
| Yesterday morning Detective Mel
vim Passolt went to Dickason'S room
in the Martin hotel, 202 Seventh
street north, and placed Dickson
under arrest while he was yet in
bed.
Mrs. Haskell has lost those same
, Jewels before" said Dickson. "She
| had her son arrested and kept in
! Jail for two days on suspicion and
| then sent him to California. Two
| months later Mrs. Haskell found her
| Jewels where she had put them for
safe keeping. l suppose she has
done the same thing this time, and
; they will ultimately be recovered by
! her. | positively have no knowledge
of the jewels"
Has Retained Counsel.
| Last night he explained that he
had retained counsel and hoped to
be freed by preliminary examina-
ton. He said all that he had was
open to be searched by the authori-
, ties.
According to the detectives.
Dickson occupied room on the
second floor of the Haskell home
Z Ten days ago, Mrs. Haskell says,
! she returned home from reception,
and going to her room on the sec
f, ond floor, removed her jewelry and
placed the various articles in an old
glove which she put under the mat
tress of her bed instead of in a
Jewel box in her boudoir.