The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-22

Friday,
pose of aiding him in his financial
transactions.
Mrs. Hawley roasted the newspapers
because they had painted her in the
colors they had.
The accused have no attorney.
Hawley this afternoon wired friends
for financial assistance.
Late this afternoon both Mr. and
Mrs. Hawley were arraigned before
was preferred by W. G. p. Smith Of
the Ideal restaurant. This charge
is an attempt to defraud by means
of check
Will Not Deny Anything.
While in conversation with a
Free Press reporter, Hawley said:
"Im not going to deny anything"
said Hawley, 81 know what they've
got on me here and that it is no use
for me to deny it. ! had to talk to
Mr. Hildebrand for half an hour before
he would give me that money on
the SIS check, and then / had to
tell him all my family history. If
i had not bought the diamond for
the girl, or if they had not tele.
graphed to Shreveport and Texarkana
would have had the money there
by the time the checks had arrived
there after going through the Chicago
and Kansas City clearing houses. This
SIS check and the IS one is all they
really have on me. | do not owe
any hotel bill; | do deny that.
registered at the Saulpaugh and after
engaging the room at Mrs. Craig's
telephoned to the clerk that | would
not be there and for him to check
me out"
When asked about the girl to whom
he was engaged, he said that he was
sorry now that he had done as he
had. 81 did not buy the ring with the
intention of getting money on it. |
merely wanted to get friendly enough
with some one to get them to say
my checks were good. She was
crazy to marry me, and even turned
in her time at the telephone office
She wanted to go to Minneapolis
with me in a couple of days and get
married. | needed to have someone
to sign draft with me in order to
get myself and my wife to Minnea-
polls where I have friends and rela-
tives who would readily make good
the amount that | got away with as
soon as they saw how necessary it
was. | merely let matters take their
course and played the part
Gave the Name of Hedden.
hi ~, IL nh
here in Mankato. She did not recog.
niZe me, but I knew her and she was
the only one in town that I did
know. / let her guess at my name,
intending to claim the first one she
mentioned as my own, but she would
not guess. told her that my name
was Herbert Hedden, the same |
used on the S. check and the one
with which | paid for the diamond.
MY folks used to live in Mankato
My father was the first station agent
the Milwaukee had in this town A
couple of years ago | travelled through
here and west as far as Watertown
/ have quite number of friends at
Tracy For the past years | have
been working for the Interstate Auto
pSopJC vi AhuuSlC, 1uu., d1u ulONc
car for them through Louisiana, nor.
them Texas and Arkansas. l came
from Kansas City here. / am very
we'll acquainted at TeXarkana and
used to own some property there.
think that if one of my checks
were sent to TeXarkana or to Shreve-
port that the banks would honor it,
j came to Mankato with the express
purpose of finding a job, after hav-
ing lost my job with the Interstate
people. | went to all the garages
in town to get a job as salesman.
then tried to get a job on the
railroad as brakeman, but to no
avail.
His Wife was Sick.
My wife was not well and | had
to get money soon. / tried the
checks first, and then / happened to
meet the girl, and when / stopped
her it was merely for the purpose
of chatting few moments with her,
as she was the only one l knew here
She seemed to be very anxious to
have me around after / had made
myself acquainted, and then when |
saw how anxious she was / saw the
possibility Of using her in some way
for indentification.
Well, about the trunks, there is
nothing in them that would be of
any use to anyone but myself. I
would willingly show the contents of
them to anyone if / had the keys.
but my wife has every one of them.
"The letter which | showed to the
young lady from my friend in Tex.
arkana stating that the money would
be deposited to my account by Nov
ember 8 was genuine. ! know the
hand writing it almost exactly like
mine, but it was the real stuff"
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+ GOVERNOR EBERHART u.s. +
+ SUES PROCLAMATION. +
+ In conformity with the pro- +