Evening journal., 1914-01-31
BACK TO JAIL
TO SERVE OUT
10 DAY TERM
Robert E. Lee, ETC., Suspicious
Character In Opinion Of
City Judge
COMPLIMENT OFFICER
WHO MADE The ARR EST

Robert K. Lee Haddaway, also
known as John Rudy. "who came
from when he started and was going
where he went, which happened to
be the New Castle County Work
house for ten days, was arraigned in
City Court again this morning and a
report made on him by Special officer
Green who was directed to Investigate
the case by Judge Caurchman yester-
day
This morning Robert L. Lee, etc,
stated that his real name is Robert
E. Lee Haddaway, and that he lives
at Hamilton, Md, near Easton. Mr..
Green told the court that ne ial
seen sOnn W. PerlegOy, OF NO. 1876
West ihlrd street, Nnom the ucfeAd-
ant claimed to know and mr. Per
regoy told him tnat many years ago
he used TO live at hadddwdys faJJaf s
house az Hamilton, Nd Pcrregoy
told the officer hauua way came to niin
several days ago ana borrowed ST..
This did moi keep nIm very long and
he came back Tor more, out II was
not forthcoming. TINS was the first
time Mr.. Pcrresoy mad seen Hsdda-
way for ten years.
Mr. Green tOiu the court tnat he
bad learned that haddaway had rep
resented himself al the y. NJ. c. A.
and other places IN the city as the
man who was recently released from
the Eastern Peuitenuary after serv-
ing a term of ZS years for tine murder
Oi his father. He also told the same
story when arrested yesterday morn
ing at Tenth and Van Buren streets
by Officer zeLiey When searched at
the police station several cards bear
ing poetry and tle words give what
you please were found in the man S
possession as well as several bank
cnecks OF the Wilmington Trust Com
pany He gave several names and
towns where he lived and the officers
were i'm quandry as to who the man
was. Haddaway told Mr.. Green yes
terday that he had Just been releas-
ed from the Baltimore penitentiary
after serving is months for larceny
Ia City Court this morning the man
denied this and said he had been in
the Baltimore Jail and was turned
out with a S4.5O suit of clothes and no
money For this reason he was
broke when be came TO Wilmington.
lie provoked controversy in City
Court this morning when he claimed
Officer Zebley testified yesterday that
he found him wandering about in a
dazed condition at Tenth and Van
Buren streets. The officer testified
he arrested him because he was act
ing suspiciously and could give no
account of himself
Robert pleaded hard for his release
this morning claiming that he was a
trained nurse and had been offered a
position by Mrs. Booth, of the YOlun-
teers OF America in New York City,
and If he was sentenced he would lose
this chance. He told Judge Church
man that he would be a better "boy'
and came from an elegant family and
all he wanted was another chance
He is about 90 years old and only has
one arm.
Judge Churchman stated that he
wanted to commend the officer for
making the arrest as he thought the
man was a suspicious character. The
judge added that he hoped other Off
GERS would follow officer Zebley's
example and arrest all suspicious
characters who come into the city
He lectured Haddaway severely about
wandering about the city streets al
such an hour and warned him to
leave Delaware as soon as released
from the workhouse.