The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-17

He said he had taken four hypos
and was doped," said Adams, land
as did not want him to be arrested
again, took him up to our room.
laid him down on q couch, as he
wanted to sleep but a few hours.
When l came up later, he was still
sound asleep. and so having but one
room, rented another room above
on the next floor. | and my wife
went out for a walk, previous to this,
and later returned to our newly-rent-
ed room. We could still hear the
man snoring in the room we had
given up to him.
Heard Man Shore.
"In the morning, about three
o'clock heard him snoring then, but
later in the morning when l came
down, l found he was dead. did
not like TO have my wife held in
Omaha any longer, as we intended to
leave, and so / thought a ticket for
her to st. Paul, and then bought
one for myself to Council Bluffs, in
tending to see that she got safely
off and then return to Omaha, to
notify the police"
When asked why he did not notify
the police in the first place, he said
that he did not want to remain in
Omaha. Adams is a full-faced man.
about five feet, six inches tall,
weighing about 145 pounds. He
wore a soft hat and a plain dark
suit. The woman was about five
feet, four inches tall, had dark red
hair, brown eyes, and weighed
about 1876 pounds. She wore blue
tailor-made suit and had a round
black straw hat. This was part of
the description telegraphed to the
police here However,, the descrip-
tion stated that the man had chest
nut hair, and this is what mislead
the police here for a while, and very
nearly allowed the couple to escape
The police at Sioux City, Iowa, had
looked for the couple and gone
through the train, but the couple
had slipped by, and the police and
credit for being able to spot the
couple, even with some misleading
description.
Bought Tickets as He Went Along.
When Adams was asked why he
bought ticket to Shakopee, he said
he bought his tickets as he went
along, but his baggage check showed
that the trunk and ticket had been
bought through to st. Paul. Adams
was asked if his true name was not
Castle, but this he denied.
The woman demurred in speaking
about the incidnt She said that she
was Adams wife. Her story about
the incident tailed closely with that
told by Adams. She said that Stimp-
son talked very nationally when her
husband led him in the room about
five o'clock in the evening, and he
wanted to lie down for few hours
Frank Murphy, plain clothes
man Of the Omaha police force, ar
rived in the city today and left on
the noon train for Omaha with the
couple i'm custody. Adams had stat
ed that he would gladly return to
Omaha without requisition papers,
and that everything would be
Strengthened out when he reached
the Nebraska city. He admitted
that he made mistake in not mott
flying the police in the first place,
when he saw that Simpson was
dead. u-.
Doubted Adams Story.
This morning, Murphy stated that
the trunk, which the couple took
with them, was not more than a few
feet from the dead man, and that
Adams knew the man was dead when
he left. This Adams admitted. The
laundry mark 81. F. G." was found
on the dead mans clothing. Murphy
also stated that he doubted the char
acter of the couple and did not
think Adams was in any way con-
nected with a national weekly pub
LEGATION. He said that Adams had
told him that he was with Golfers
Weekly. When Simpson was found
dead, wet towel saturated with de-
natured alcohol, is said to have
been found on his face.
Although Adams was willing to re-
turn without requisition papers, these
documents were secured through the
governors of Nebraska and Minnesota,
this being a form of procedure in
Nebraska to secure compensation by
the detectives on the work.
Adams told practically the same
story to Detective Murphy that he
did to the Free Press reporter. The
man was found at COS North Eight.
zenith street, Omaha Detective Muir.
ply thought that the purchasing of
tickets several times along the route
by Adams, was merely ruse to
throw the authorities off their trail.
He doubts Adams story very much
Denies Published Statements.
Just before his departure for Oma.
ha, Adams was shown a clipping
from a st. Paul paper which said
that Simpson had evidently been rob
bed and his papers torn into bits.
He never owned dollar in the
world" replied Adams land even
helped him get some decent clothes
That is how the mars u. F. G.