The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-20
Found That Nothing Was
Amiss With the Man
tom LONG IS ALL RIGHT
Old Time RaiIroader Cashed
Paper For Another Man;
Nothing Wrong

Late this afternoon, Chief of Police
Ario decided that there was no rea.
son for holding Long, and the latter
was released. f
1t has been ascertained that M. A
Young, commonly known as shorty
really did identify Long at the bank
just as Long said.
Having received reports of several
attempts to cash checks at local
saloons. by a stranger, the police last
evening soon found the man in ques
ton and took him over to the station
The man gave the name Of Sam
Long. In his pockets were found
three checks, all written with a lead
pencil and all on Madelia banks The
checks were all in favor of j. w
/ Peters and were dated July IL. Two
were drawn on the First National
signature, Carl o. Anderson, and the
other for Sc with the signature, w
F. Wild. The other was on the
Madelia State bank and was for $3.50
and signed with the name, Adolph
Munter. All three were indorsed with
the name, j. w. Peters.
Claims to Have Received Checks.
Long said he had received these
checks, as well as two others, from
another man, who arranged to pay
him for getting them cashed. He
said the two others had been passed
by him at the National Bank oil
Commerce. He said that at the
National Bank of Commerce he had
been identified by Shorty" Young
a Northwestern railroad conductor.
Acting on this information, the
police visited the bank this morning
and the two checks were found there
These were likewise in favor of j. w
Peters and were drawn on the State
Bank of Madelia. One was for $3.50
signed with the name, Adam An
drews, and the other was for Sc
signed with the name of Gilbert Daw-
son. Both were Endorsed with the
name of T. w. Peters and had the
additional Endorsement of the name
Sam Long.
-, Lives in Minneapolis.
Long said this morning that he was
a resident of Minneapolis, where hi
had a wife and three children, ant
that he was thirty nine years old
He said he was in the business o.
repairing threshing machines, an(
kthat it was on such jobs that he hap.
pened to be at Madelia lately. HI
said that it was. at Madelia that hi
met this man who gave him the
checks. He became acquainted will
him on Wednesday. Long said the
other man was we'll dressed, ant
[,appeared to be well acquainted at the
hotel at Madelia. He took him for {
commercial traveller.
Came To Town Together.
He said the two came together yes
| terday afternoon on the same trair
from Madelia to Mankato. Here Long
got off, but the other man said hi
wanted to go on but would like tt
have his checks cashed at once. Ions
said he took all Of the checks anG
handed the man $21 in cash, The
latter being very anxious to get {
little ready money. Long said he
/ supposed the checks were good. :
Long said he was identified in the
bank by Shorty" Young. whom HI
had known for years, the two beins
railroad employees together. Long
said he did switching for the North
western for five years.
Could Keep the Money.
+ Long said he understood Peters tt
| tell him that he could keep whatevel
the checks amounted to over ant
above the $21 cash that he handel
| to Peters, At the same time, he was
not sure, he said, that Peters did moi
| merely mean that Long should keel
the money unti1Nh saw him again a
Madelia.
| The police obtained Information
| from Madelia by telephone that there
was a J. w. Peters who frequently
visited that town, a respectable ant
reliable seller of stock food, whose
check dealings were all sound and
good. If these. checks were really the
checks Of that man, they were good
| Another question for the police tc
determine was how these checks
Fcarno into the ncceseion of ,onp