Evening star., 1912-09-10
NOLAN CASE E'OT Off SEEK AID 1f COURTS
Arragnment rJf Alleged 49, District Health Official, o,
ouc'or PoStponeo. Milk Prosecutions
Nt'ltC'S ~ FACE COURT FEDERAL HELP EXPECTED
Dali "a Sooo declared to Be Ag uua Be Asked
1oii''u' to Act in States.
msVlckEK GIRL NOW TEST RESULT AWAITED
Regrets That She With Uphdng of Decision Nv cor,, =
Man Appointed scretarv r. To- Apneals wou,d 1r,.
Arraignment rJf Alleged Ab-
ductor Postponed.
NEGLECT'S TO FACE COURT
Bail Of $1,000 Declared to Be
Forfeited.
Mev1CKER GIRL NOW PENrrENT
Regrets That She Ran AwAv With
Man Appointed Secreta nv to Le-
cation at Panr ma.

Nh" YORK, Septe mher 1o-Harry f..
Nolan of Washingto- a. IL G rec.nt,v an
pointed secretary to tSe I-nitad States
legation at Pana ma. failed to appear in
police court tofay to plead to a charge
or anouctins sLxteen-year-oid Marion Nc
wicker OF y ewport News. Va His cash
p"' VI Fi' 90 was ordered forfeited. and
Two oete'f dives were dispatched to arrest
him.
Ai'e r declaring the 81 900 bail forfeited
Tue court fixed bail at $3.50 for Nolan
".hen arrested and paroled the McVicker
girl in the custody of the Florence Crit
tenton Mission. The arraignment was
| then declared postponed until September
1 IL.
/ Nolan was arrested last night on COM
plant of agents of the Old Dominion
| Steamship Company that the McVicker
girl, whose father is reputed to be a pros
porous innkeeper at Glasgow. Scotland.
had disappeared from the steamer JEFF
| ferson shortly after its arrival here Fri
| day. The McVicker girl had been in
| trusted by her brother to the care Of a
stewardess on the vessel, with instruc-
tions to remain aboard until Saturday.
when she was to have sailed for Scotland
on ticket purchased by her father.
The McVicker Girls Story.
The couple were located at fashion
able Broadway hotel. where they had
registered as III. +. Nolan and wife The
| girl broke down and told the detectives
1 that she had met Nolan aboard the yes
| sci. and at his suggestion that she get a
| position in New York lad changed her
| NINA about going back to Scotland and
/ had gone with him. Nolan had nothing
| 10 say TO the detectives and was released
on $1,000 cash bail for appearance in
| court today
At the opening of the Tombs court to-
day Sumner, Gerard, who had furnished
| the cash bail. appeared for Nolan and
| asked for postponement OF the ar
| raignment for two weeks and a continual
| ton of the $1,000 bail. The court allowed
a postponement OF. one week. but before
| flxlng the amount of bail ordered the as
| sistant district attorney to prepare a
| formal complaint While the complaint
was being drafted Gerard left the court
room, taking with him Nolan who had
been waiting in the corridor outside
Bail Declared Forfeited.
Ten minutes later the assistant district
attorney appeared with the complaint.
| and search was made for Nolan and
! Gerard. Not finding either. the court
ordered the cash bail forfeited and fixed
the amount of bond for Nolan's appear
ance September IL at $500
An hour after NoIan's bail had been
declared forfeited the two detectives came
| back and told Magistrate Murphy that
they had found Nolan In Gerard's Office
We'll. where is he?" demanded the
court.
why, Mr. Gerard said that the case
had been put over week and the same
bail continued" one of the detectives re-
piled.
Get out and arrest Nolan on sight"
| ordered the magistrate. land bring him
before me this afternoon
McVicker Girl Is Penitent.
During the proceedings the Mcvicker
girl wept copiously and became hysterical
when told that her brother William Nc
Wicker of Newport News. would be re-
quested to appear here in the proceedings.
She told the probation officer that she had
repented and wanted to go back home
She said that she had been married
secretly in Newport News last August to
James Foster, watchman at Newport
News garage, and had repented of that
also
Appointed Secretary of Legation.
Harry L. Nolan has not qualified for
service as secretary of legation at Pan
anna, although his appointment was
confirmed by the Senate August - last.
Nolan was born in Chicago and ap-
pointed from Illinois. He passed the
examinations necessary to appointment. |
and was under orders to report at the |
State Department for instructions prior |
to his departure for his post of duty. |
He failed to do SO. however, and did |
not communicate with the department.
His status is somewhat peculiar. AL |
though regularly appointed and con-
firmed he has never qualified. Nor has
he taken the required oath of Office.
Neither has he received his commission.
Consequently he is not on the pay roll
of the government.
1t is said at the State Department.
that no action will be taken in Nolans
case until an investigation has been
made 1t was pointed out that the
identity of the young man under ar
rest has not yet been fully estab-
lished nor have the charges against
him been sustained.
Nolan until the 1st of this month.
lived in Washington for short time
at 2138 California street. 1t was said
at the California street address that
Nolan asserted that he was In Wash
ington awaiting the confirmation by
the Senate of his appointment as secre
tary of the legation at Panama.
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