The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06
MAN WHO FELL SHORT
TELLS ALL TO SLEUTH
From Mondays Daily.

zing that within few hours he was
to be confronted with officials from
Minnesota. who could positively iden
tify him, Charles A. Long" the
West Point citizen arrested as II
w. Parker, the absconding bank of
fetal. of Winnebago, Mimi, yester
day made full and complete con
fession of his crime. He Informed
detectives that he would willingly
return to Winnebago and make good
his shortage of $4,000 which he de
clares was incurred in his efforts
to assist friends who could not meet
their responsibilities.
Second Wife Will Return.
His young actress wife, whom he
married this year in Atlanta, has
declared that she will remain faith.
full to the prisoner and even will
return with him to Winnebago.
Sheriff Freer of Blue Earth, Mimi,
and County Attorney H. l.. Bulls of
Faribault county, are now on their
way to Georgia, and will arrive in
Atlanta either today or tomorrow.
The fugitive bankers second wife
was sitting in his cell when the
confession was made to detectives.
She broke into tears when Parker
admitted bigamy, and was escorted
from the jail
Parker is outwardly relieved by
his confession. He left for Winnie
bago yesterday afternoon.
Why He EmbezzIed.
In his confession, Parker declares
he embezzled to cover bad notes of
friends who could not meet their
obligations, and who faced disaster
because of heavy Indebtedness. He
says he did not obtain any of the
funds for personal use and that his
shortage will not exceed $4,000 or
$4,000 s. .-.
For the first since the arrest,
Parker's wife made a statement for
publication. Over the long distance
telephone she declared that although
the prisoner had admitted bigamy,
she could hardly believe his confess
sion and that she would not be con-
WINGED he had another wife and
family until she had gone to Min
nesota and seen them.
Wife Makes Statement.
''If necessary j will return with
him. I intend to do so. He is my
husband. AS H. W. Parker, he
might have had another wife, but
as, Charles A. Long, he is my hus-
band. He told me but little of his
past career, and he was such a sue
cessful husband in the present that
] was never concerned about his
past history"
30 After they had established abso.
lutte Identification Friday morning de-
tectives felt confident that it was
question of only short time until
the prisoner would confess. Satur-
day morning they went early to the
jail and after a short talk with
Parker, informed him that the Min
nesota sheriff was on his way to
Georgia.
Parker Makes Confession.
1t had it's calculated effect The
prisoner with an air of surrender
told them to prepare for his con-
fession. While it was transcribed
by an ordinary in the presence of.
his wife and the detectives he made
complete acknowledgment of his
crime, and at the CONFESSIONS end,
remarked that he felt greater relief
than at any time since he had fled
from Winnebago.
Parker says that his confession
was not made earlier because of
the wife and the children he desert
ed in Winnebago. He said that
many times before the arrest he
had decided to return to Winnebago
and face trial for his crime, but was
held back by the family he had de-
serted. He is now determined to a
reconciliation with his first wife,
friends hn
he married in Georgia are endeavor-
home in New York. However, she
is determined in her decision to
remain with the prisoner.
Prisoner in Quandary. ]
This decision of his second wife
has placed the fugitive banker in a
quandary. He says he does not
want to leave the young actress,
yet he wants to return to his family
in Winnebago However, he will
prevail upon his Georgia wife to re-
turn to New York.
In his confession. Parker says that
his intentions had been to amass
enough money in West Point to re-
store the amount he had embezzled
from the Winnebago bank and then
to return. He declared he was we'll
upon the road to wealth.
After persistent refusal to talk of
her past career, the prisoners ac-
tress wife yesterday told the ro-
nance which eliminated in her mar
riage to the fugitive banker She
knew nothing of his crime, she said,
and had accepted him as New York
broker. Parker also managed a
stock brokerage business in West
Point)
She was playing at Atlanta with
a comic opera troupe, she said, when
she became acquainted with Parker.
He represented himself as a man of
wealth looking for theatrical VEN
tnre. After courtship of only al
few days, Parker and the actress
were married in the office of a JUS
tice of the peace. He became in
terested in theatrical deal in
Westpoint, and established residence
in that city and built the Grand
theatre. He rapidly forged ahead in
other commercial enterprises, and
while his young wife was becoming
a dominant society leader, he was
enjoying an amazingly successful
business career.
Wife's Parents a Mystery.
Since her husbands arrest Mrs. |
Long will NOT reveal tho addrose 90 |