The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-31
Wife TRIES To EARN
LIVING FOR HERSELF
Mrs. W. A. Stoddard Is Entitled to
Measure Of Sympathy, Says
Police Officer
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
81 know the parents OF the wife
OF the man who is in jail at Fari-
bault, and is charged with many
forgeries." said Mankato police
officer today These parents have
lived hefS many jsarsf and they are
very respectable people. do not wish
to give them any more publicity than
is absolutely necessary.
The wife Is trying to locate the
shirt that Stoddard bought at the
Kruse Brothers store with the forged
check. The cap was found when he
was arrested at Faribault. At the
Kruse store, Stoddard obtained a cap
worth s13. so; a shirt at 81 so, and
some little things coming to % cents,
or the value of SIC rs in all, when he
gave his check for $50 and received
change In the amount OF 1913.
believe the wife would like to make
full restitution Of everything.
The wife tells me that he got in
to the same trouble about a year and
a half ago in Wisconsin, where his
parents live. At that time, she says,
he was drunk when he did his
crooked work. hut she says when he
did his stunts around here he was
perfectly sober"
Had sis In Bank.
Faribault News Republican: Sew
eral merchants may be thankful to
the Faribauit police for the capture
of W. A Stoddard December %,
when he tried to make away with a
So so toilet set from Mollison's drug
store after having passed a bad
check.
Stoddard admitted TO Chief Of Po-
lice John Lick, Monday night, that
he had paid for the SIS diamond ring
with a check signed by his own name
on a bank at Madison, s. ID. He also
admitted that he had only about s13
in the Madison bank at the time. and
that the check was for SIS. He has
not given the name of the Minneap-
oils jeweler to the police, but they
expect TO find the man who sold the
ring.
Passed Two Other. Checks.
Stoddard also admitted having
passed two other bogus checks signed
Edward Jacobson" in the same way
he tried to pass one in Faribault.
With one of them he bought q seal
skin, cap. from a Mankato firm, ac-
cordink to his story, and with an
other he purchased a toilet set IN
Minneapolis.
Telephone messages from Mankato
received in Faribault Tuesday morn
ing intimated that there might be
more against Stoddard there than In
Faribatlt. 1t was said that several
of the business houses In that city
have been caught by some bogus
checks. and that at least some Of the
bad paper was signed by the name of
Jacobson" 1t Is probable that a
thorough investigation viii be made
into the recent past OF the Faribault
prisoner. a"@
Wife Wants Ring.
A letter from Mrs. Stoddard in
Mankato, was received Tuesday
morning by Chief Lick. Mrs. Stod-
dard said she was trying to support
herself. and that she would like to
have the Faribault police send her
the diamond ring found on Stoddard,
or sell II and give her the money.
Chief Lick says as long as the ring
has not been paid for he will keep II
until the rightful owner turns up.
He says he, viii keep. all the rest OF
the property Stoddard had with him
too. pending the time when he fnds
out. who really owns the goods.
Stoddard, In his cell, Is reticent
about HIS business transactions, as
wen as those of edward Jacobson :
but after close questioning, Mon
day night, the CHIEF was able to get a
few facts from him.