The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-04-09

. did not Know that. He was simply
weiNine along the street. when ,he
police. he, SAD. eiabbed him aud
threw him into q cell and he did not
Know. Why. lie. said be and his wife
Hailed from Kansas city. lie sail lie
vas an actor, bit had some to Man.
knto 10 Witt frie1de. He was asked
whether he setor was here before and
he said no was not He was asked
hnv he came 70 llfyr friends here and
he said his frien Is lived rot far frnfn
a.inRato, over In Il sueur county.
May Have Another Name.
+, There were parars in the mans
po.. CT that tended to indicate that.
his ii.me, or eae OF ais names. was
, ifnl Andrews. The police are work
''ins on the case ani believe that .hey
hava made a good catch. The chief
has ..,verai articles. said 10 have been
TAX, from Williams pockets. that
cpreer to be os n suspicious nature.
One lis a long pair of tweezers. which
can he thrust into a key-hole, and
; with them the key. stuck In at the
other side, can be turned into such
q position that Il can nc showed out.
A long point at the other end of the
tweeaers cnn be used 10 shove ont
|, the key. Then another key can be
thrust into the lock on the side where
the one stands who wishes TO get the
door, open. Tue articles also include
huDch Of Keys, quite q number OF
tham looking like skeleton keys. and
also considerable collection OF trunk
keys. a.l
Says husband is lnsane.
A representative OF TIE Free Press.
today interviewed the wife eethe man
who was arrested and who gave the
name of Williams. She was at a room
that she and Williams rented upstairs
AZ the Commercial hotel.
"My husband has gone hopelessly
insane and that Is all TINT there Is
IN IT," she said. "TIe was always an
honest man, when nc was himself. IL
was about three weeks ago that he be
gan 10 lose his mind. lie has had n
way OF picking up things since that
time. lie had taken things OF no
/, vallie At al to himself. | have been
trying TO get him TO ST. Paul, where
he has an uncle. have also notified
his relatives there Of his condition.
"we are both actors. my husband
and /. We have been going from
place to place. doing vaudeville work.
Ny husband was n very talented man.
hut ! am sorry To say, he recently
broke down on the stage and forgot
his part altogether. The strain of the
misfortune has been terrible to me. I
have been expecting TO hear at almost
any, time from his relatives at st.
Paul. but have not heard from them
vet.
/. u Williams Not Real Name.
AS Williams Is the name that he
gave al the police station. ! will go by
that name while here. That is not
our real name. do not wish TO give
I, that. out as II would injure orr repu-
tation. We have been acting for quite
a while. My. husband has been on the
stnge for many years and has quite
a reputation among theatrical folks.
lie at one time was n newspaper man,
being editor Of a paper in small
Minnesota town. lie is thlrty-eiglft
years old. We were married eight
years ago. We have no children. We
!, had little boy, but lost him.
Il do not know what TO attribute
the. condition of my husbands mind.
|, believe sometimes that It may be
the result of an accident that he had
about a year ago. while performing at
Stronghnrst. Iowa. He was struck In
the head by o piece of scenery. We
thought little of IL al the time. Per
haps the injury has developed into
something very serious. Then, again.
{. It may be that he has broken down
from smoking cigarets. Moreover, Il
might be dope, but / have never had
any evidence OF his having used dope.
I have mover been able to End any OF
II about him or his. effects. but Ishave
been told of his taking Il. /.
Wants Him Sent TO ST. Peter.
Il suppose the only thing 10 do now
Is to have him sent TO ST. Peter. |
wonld prefer sanitarium. IL that
could be. managed. ! have been told
that bad things are done. TO patients
In insane asylums. ..
II would like 10 make some explain
alton about the pair of tweezers and
/. the skeleton keys found ON him. He
, did not have those things for any
wrong purpose. explained all that
10 the chief of police. The tweezers
The used TO az this little typewriter.
He used the tweezers to handle the
wires and springs. AS to the skeleton
i keys. anybody who has travelled much
and had to stop at small hotels knows
: that II often happens that hotel peo-
/ pie lose their keys. We have often
had difficulty just because the hotel
people themselves did not have the
| keys with which to open their own
doors. That IL why we have all or
( these skeleton keys. They come in
very handy 10 open doors. when the
/ regular keys have been lost.
MY husband Is a good Episcppalian
and so am i. There are many Episco-
palians on the stage. I am sure that
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