The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06
MANKATO FREE PRESS
mrs. ". H. PARKER TOLD
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came in the demeanor of the leading
citizen of Winnebago 1t was not
noticed at first. Some of his friends
are just recalling this gradual
change. His son says that his
father has been a changed man for
two years
The crash came in April of this
year. One day late in that month
the bank examiners took charge of
affairs at the institution. That same
afternoon Harry Parker left, plead
ing the excuse that he was going
to the cities to look after his can
didacy for the office of grand master
of the Odd Fellows From that after
noon he had not been heard from
until last week, when the news OF
his capture at West Point, Georgia,
was made public. When found, he
was different Parker. He had as.
sumed the name of Long" He had
entered the theatrical business. He
was married to an actress.
The wife he married in Georgia
says that she will remain true to
him. She will remain true to the
Harry Parker that is. The wife in
Winnebago viii remain true only to
the Harry Parker that was.
JekyIi and Hyde Case.
at is as if a new man had come
| into the person of Harry w. Parker
1t is like the coming of a Mr.. Hyde
into the person of Dr. Jekyll," said
one who knew him. "He was one OF
our foremost citizens, loved and re
spected The things that he has
| confessed seem foreign to his very
nature, at least to the nature that
we of Winnebago knew"
| The sheriff and county attorney OF
Faribault county are now on their
way north with their prisoner. He
will be taken to Blue Earth ant
there arraigned OH the formal charge
| of embezzlement 1t is said that his
second wife will accompany him tt
Minnesota. The people of Winneba
go hope that she can be persuaded
not to come. '. ta
The oldest son, Dean, will go tt
Blue Earth to see his father 1t is
possible that the mother and Other
children may see him. His friends
will go to him and ask an explana
ton They want to know of his
wanderings. Principally they wan
to know what he spent the money
for and the reasons for his down
! fall @ ab1
Mrs. Parker is taking in sewing
and is doing baking for some of the
neighbors in order to keep her little
family together. The sympathy O.
the entire town is with her. During
the thirteen years that she has livet
in Winnebago she has endeared her
self to the hearts of it's citizens.
Once Telegraph Operator
Harry Parker came to Winnebagt
from Burlington, Iowa, March, 1899
He was formerly telegraph opera
tor. He first entered the milling
business with his father For ont
year he was in the employ of ;
grain company, which some of hi:
4 neighbors declare was nothing more
than a bucket shop" He became
cashier of the Bank of Commerce il
1903 when that institution was open
ed. 1t is said that Parker's expert
ness at the telegraph key is one o
the things that led to his identit.
in West Point. On the night of cleo
IlOn tUe peOple VI west IoliI Wei
as anxious to receive the news a.
those of any other town. The re
ceiving operator could not take thu
messages as rapidly as they wer'
being sent at the other end, so Park
err sat in and received the news will
alacrity. In the published descrir
ton of Parker that was sent out b.
Sheriff Freer mention was made tina
} he was a telegraph operator. Thi
i together with other clews led tt
Parker's arrest.
The three children are Helen
nineteen years old; Dean, seventeen
years old, and Donald, thirteen year
old.