Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-12-06
BANK EMBEzzLER
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
WlNNEB AGo, MIMI, MAN TAKES
OVERDOSE HEADACHE
REMEDY.
BEGs DOCTOR SAVE HIM.
On Returning to consciousness-see.
ond Wife Will Probably Re.
sumo Career on
Stage.

West Point, Ga, Dec. Ill. w. Par.
ker, alias Charles A. Long, absconding
bank cashier of Winnebago, Mimi,
who Saturday confessed to shortage
In his accounts Of $4,000. attempted
to commit suicide in the West Point
Jail. The prisoner swallowed 25 grains
of a drug he secured as a headache
remedy. He finally was revived by
physicians.
After writing q 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 morose He refused to see
any visitors and late in the night
complained of sevsre headaches.
Begs Doctor to Save Him.
A messenger was sent for headache
tablets. A few hours after receiving
the medicine, Parker swallowed the
entire Is grains. One of the turkeys
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.
iession, she was extremely anxious OF
going with him to Winnebago but
upon being shown the folly of such
action was persuaded by West Point
friends to return home.
Wants to Return to First Wke.
Parker intends to take new grip
on life, to return to Minnesota and en-
deavor to make good his shortage and
to become reconciled with his wife and
family.
He told Mayor johnson of West
Point, that he was mayor Of Whine.
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 Fl. w. Parker
and admitted that Long" was an as
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
LAS Charles A. Long he was my
husband, even though he did possess
q wife as H. w. Parker"
Plight Unknown To Wife.
Winnebago.-That her husband is q
bigamist as we'll as an embezzler 10
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 be.
fore their father is 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 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.