The Washington times., 1915-12-02
MALLORY TALE HOAX,
SAYS |MPERSONAT0R
Arrested in Newark, Through
Girls Clue, Admits Phone
Call Fake.

BALTIMORE. Dec. ,-Detect'ves in
Newark. y. T.. according to a dispatch
from thin city. have been questioning z
william Rixon. who confessed soon
after his ,rres' earlier In the day that
he pretended ne was Dwight r. NAL
lory In tslephon!ng Friday night to
Charles J. Symingtcn. Of Short Hills
y. J.. and william q. HOFFMAN. OF Bal
timcre An effort Is being made to
learn the reason fo~ Rixons act, and
to dA'H inire the truth o' his assertion
tha. I've SER tive calls a. the hehcst OF a
stranger. wh' offered him slN to do II.
A second srrest rnnY he made. but
the pol - Nrr !nr,iI"t I" believe that
RiJon sCt I'd "lDla. IL sid n" thought
the "srsmSer" vas us!"t, MIN to per
petraie tote and sa% 10 hIrm W it.
Another th""'v tAn detectives are in
vestiRa ting l. fhr' some owe who had a
knowledge o. Mailory'3 anairg put RiX-
on up to impersonatins the missing
man. They are unable TO account for
the apparent famili3 rity with the bust
ness OF the T. II. Sym'rgtnn company
evidenced in tn" telephone conversation
OF the supposed Mallory.
Also Known As Whelan.
No charge has been made Yet against
Rixon and Captain OF Detectives Con.
nell says he has not vet decided what
charge can he brought.
Rixon Is also known as Whel Ian
The police say he confessed he hal
served time in the Elmira reforma
tory. the Union county tail, in New
Jersey. and on Blackwells Island. eacf
time for stealing. He said he went to
Newark three weeks ago from Troy
N. Y. and has been living with his
wife and two children.
The curiosity OF a girl. aroused when
she heard man In the telephone
booth Of the Holland House dining
room ask for q st. Paul number FRI
arrest OF Rixon. The girl was sitting
at a table near the booth and suppos-
ed the stranger was talking to st
Paul. MINI. She remarked to her es-
oort on the long distance or the call
She noticed the man when he LETT
the booth and was able Tuesday 10
furnish a good description to the po-
lice. Detectives Brex and DAILY i'm
mediately recognized the person lie
scribed as Rixon and the ST. Paul
number as that Of Mr.. Hoffman.
Arrested At Hotel.
They arrested Rixon at the CONT
mental Hotel. where Thomas Hughes
and Hugh Lennox Bond Sd. friends
OF Mallory. who went to Newark, n. j.
to take up the search. have been stay
Ing. Rixon had told walters at the
Holland House. and repeated his story
to Detective Brex. Mrs. Hughes and
Bond that ne had seen man OF Nal
lory's appearance at the hotel Friday
night and had given him 25 cents
with which to telephone. He had been
dining at the hotel with his wife and
children. He insisted. when ques
toned after his arrest. that this was
true and declared he SIN believed the
stranger was Mallory.
When 1rst seen by the detectives
Rixon said he was an Investigator 70.
the New York Telephone COMPANY
The telephone company officials, how
ever. did not recall any one named
Rixon or any one answering his de-
scription in the company's employ
RiXon also said he did amateur de-
tective work at times and offered t.
help hnd Mallory.
Friends OF Mr. Mallory who have
been searching for him since his dis
appearance. nearly fortnight ago
believe now that he was drowned and
that all that can be done Is to hope
that his body may soon be recovered
To that end all craft plying the bay
especially those passing the neighbor.
hood Of Pooles Island. where Mr.. Nal.
lory's empty boat was found. are urg
l..