The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-21
Passes Phoney Checks;
Is in Hands of Police
From Thursdays Daily.


endeavor to coax money from the un-
suspecting public by their clever use
of pen and ink, but circumstances
point out pretty clearly that man
who says he is William M. Everett of
Luverne, who was arrested here yes
terday for obtaining money on a
check for which he had no backing,
may be numbered among this horde
of grafters. Mr.. Everett was ar.
rested on warrant executed by
Sheriff j. e. Black of Luverne and
sworn to by p. o. Skiberg, president
of the First National bank of the
same city.
According to the story of this man,
he came to Mankato Tuesday and
registered at the Saulpaugh hotel.
He says that he later went out"
with bunch of friends and they in
vited him to check out from the
Saulpaugh and come to the Heinrich
hotel with them. 81 decided to
check out" says Mr.. Everett, land
paid my bill and went with the
bunch. Tuesday night we decided to
have little fun and as ! did not
want to be short of cash | induced
Mr.. Zimmerman, proprietor of the
Heinrich, to give me $40 on my 81
o. u" The next morning | gave him
sight draft for $40 made payable
to myself and drawn on the First Ma
tional bank of Rock Rapids, Ia,
where I own restaurant. Evident
ly, the clerk did not think that the
draft was good and called up Rock
Rapids, got in communication with
Mr. Parks, cashier of the bank there,
and he refused payment on my draft.
Then the next thing that hap
pened, I was arrested by Officer Sim.
monds. by the order of Sheriff Black
of Luverne, and locked up. think
that it is all a mistake of some kind
and that they have me confused with
some one else. | do not know what
they want of me in Luverne, and |
do not see why they refused pay
ment on the draft i'm Rock Rapids
My home is in Luverne, and my
mother lives there, but | am engaged
in the restaurant business in Rock
Rapids, Ia. My sister conducts the
restaurant there"
When Mr.. Everett asked for the
money on his 81 o U" he said that
he was looking for location to en-
gage in the motion picture show
business, and he later said that he
was in town to celebrate his birth
day. Yesterday morning he went to
the National Citizens bank with a
draft for $50, made payable to him.
self and drawn on Armour and Co.
in Omaha. He was refused money
on his paper and tore the draft in
two. 1t was later picked up by one
of the bank officials and the sigma
ture on it was identified as the same
one on the draft which he asked to
have cashed at the Hotel Heinrich.
This draft was given after he had
gotten the $40, and Mr. Zimmerman
refused to cash it but held it to see
il it were good.
Troy Zimmerman, who took the
draft, says that he does not know
what gave him the idea, but that he
had "hunch" that the draft was
worthless, and called up the Rock
Rapids bank to find out. He was in
formed that Everett had no funds
there but that there were number
of bad checks and drafts which had
been signed by Everett. Cashier Parks
asked Mr. Zimmerman to try and
hold Everett here, until he could get
in communication with the National
Bank of Luverne, where one of the
bad drafts had come from. The
cashier also knew that Everett claim
ed Luverne as his home According
ly, President p. O. Skiberg was noti-
fled, and he said that he had given
Everett $40 on a bogus check, and
readily consented to make a charge
against him, so that it would not be
necessary to get out eXtradition pa
pers to have the offender arrested.
He notified Sheriff Black and then
came with the sheriff to Mankato to
identify the man. Neither the sheriff
or Mr.. Black know of any relations
of Everett's in Luverne. He gave out
the story there that he intended
buying out moving picture show.
Everett was found yesterday after
noon by Troy Zimmerman and Of
ficer George Simmonds in North
Front street saloon, and when ar
rested put up bold front, and started
the wrong party" gag. This did not
go down however, and he was lock-
ed up.
A letter was found on Mr.. Everett
which gives the impression that it
was written by some official of a
reformatory in Canon City, Colo. 1t
is addressed to William McMillin,
Rock Rapids, Ia, in care of William
M. Everett It's contents would lead
one to believe that the addressee was
out on parole, and that his conduct
had not been very good since being
released. 1t is suspected by the Of
ficers that McMillin and Everett are
one and the same, although the pris-
Oner denies this stoutly. He says
that McMillin was in the reforma.
tory, and that he was released on
parole, but that he was now at work
and doing well. He says that Nc
Millin is a partner with him in the
restaurant business.
Everett also tried to obtain money
at the National Bank of Commerce, |
but was refused. He asked if he
could cash sight draft on a Mason |
City, Ia, bank. Some of Everett's |
friends who are travelling men, came
to the police station last evening to |
see him and bore out the prisoners |
story that he had a restaurant in
Rock Rapids. President Skiberg of !
he Luverne bank says that he never /
saw Everett until he came in and |
cashed the $40 check. So far, Ever
EFT owes the Hotel Heinrich $13, $40