The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-12-05
BANK EHbEzz[ER a:
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
wiNNkDAco,. MIMI, MAN TAKES
OVERDOSE HEADACHE
REMEDY.
BEGs DOCTOR SAVE HIM.
On Returning tc o.a:i.usness--Sec.
end Wife viii Probably Re.
sumo Career on
Stage.
BIGs DOCTOR SAVE HIM.

bank cashier of Winnebago, NJ -
who Saturday confessed to a shol q
in his accounts of $4,000 atten,r' d
to commit suicide in the West Point
Jail. The prisoner swallowed Is g. Is
Of drug he secured as a hend, he
remedy. He finally was revived by
physicians.
After writing a confession OF his
guilt, In which he admitted marrying
Miss Florence Bauer of Cleveland de-
spite the fact that he has a wife and
three children in Winnebago, Parker
became moruse. He refused to see
any visitors and late in the night
complained Of severe headaches.
eeQs Doctor to Save Him.
A messenger was sent for headache
tablets. A few hours after receiving
the medicine, Parker swallowed the
entire 25 grains. One of the turnkevs
discovered Parker's condition and sum.
moned physicians, who succeeded in
reviving the banker When he became
conscious, Parker begged the doctors
to save his life.
It was said that his second wife
would not accompany her husband to
Minnesota, but that she will return to
her home in Cleveland and probably
resume her stage career !
After the absconding bankers con-
fession, she was extremely anxious Of
going with him to Winnebago butt
upon being shown the folly Of SUCH
action was persuaded by West Point
friends to return home.
Wants to Return to First Wife.
Parker intends to take a new grip
pm life, to return to Minnesota and en-!
deavor to make good his shortage and!
10 become reconciled with his wife and
family.
He told Mayor Johnson Of West
Point, that he was mayor Of Winnie
bago, Mimi. for two years, that he
was clerk and treasurer of the city
at the time of his crime and that he
was vice grand noble of the state lodge
Of Odd Fellows. He said he would
have been elected grand noble.
Actress Wife 10 Loyal.
The undying loyalty Of the prison.
er's actress wife is perhaps the most
dramatic feature of the thrilling case,
Even though her husband has con,
fessed himself to be H. w. Parker
and admitted that Long" was an as7
sumed name. she insists upon being
called Mrs. Long," When reporters,
talked with her over the long distance
phone, they addressed her as Mrs.
Parker.
Mrs. Long," she instantly correct
ed. 80
"As Charles A. Long he was my
husband. even though he did possess
a wife as H. w. Parker"
Plight Unknown To wife.
Winnebago.-Thath her husband is q
bigamist as we'll as an embezzler is
as yet unknown to Mrs. H. w. Parker,
wife of the Winnebago man who was
arrested In West Point, Ca, for alb.
sconding $4,000 from the Winnebago
Bank of Commerce.
Although Parker's three children
know their father married another
woman IN Georgia they will not tell
their mother nor allow friends to the
family to tell her. They hope to keep
the fact from her until the day bel
fore their father 10 brought home to-
answer to the charges against him. ,
Sentiment in Winnebago appears to
be strong against the former banker
and church worker Many were In.
clined to excuse him when the bank
examiners found a shortage Of $4,000
in his accounts, because this was
known to be due, in part, to the mans
generosity in helping friends out of
difficulties. However, when It was
reported here that Parker had deliber-
ately deserted his wife and children
and had married again, expressions of
sympathy were turned to words of
condemnation and people here now
hope he will be punished. :
Parker's family ranked high in
church and social circles and was re-
puted to be wealthy.