The Mankato free press., 1921-12-30

corner There was bunch Of fnen
standing around there
A deputy sheriff. met him there
81 remember there was big Buick
coming down toward the school house
car "
Il came to Minneapolis about nine
o'clock. as near ss can remember.
while. ! was alone put the car down
at the Ninth street garage.
Then / was pretty dirty, my pants
was tore and needed a shave, and
to get a shave, my pants was. ripped
| clear dowa to the back. so I looked for
a clothing store. stopped at several
places and incurred when they was
where did get my pants. And went
| to barber shop to get shave, went
! to a restaurant and got my breakfast
and .1.nM went up to the hotel in the New
of Frank Kelly. That was Thursday
Studies Check.
Looked went en- t1p up otoot to the room = then and
/ could get it cashed. So I finally
bank and walk right in and If they
wanted wan s,I to ,s call up Mankato the Man
nature was on it and everything. they
could see. Well. went in three or
four banks and they wouldn't do it.
who was liable to get on the phone. SO
then I thought about this garage man
having the car down there I went
down down and says, have got check
carried the check instead of carrying
the currency and 1 says, Would YOU
secure me for the bank to get this
check cashed? You can hold the car
on the check
We'll. he said he would"
slater then described how he succeed
ed In cashing the check after getting
the Endorsement of the garage man. His
story then continues:
New Russell hotel.
.1 w.,,sS Goes ,ts to Leave Town.
are; And 1 thought. 1 Well. iefas better tn,, no,
suck around the hotel under the name
Of OF. Frank Tank Kelly. So beat it down to
at the depot and there was no train
outgoing out that night to Fair
mount M so l went up to the hotel just
got room. The train left at $50 the
next morning. got the train at 6:2o
the next morning. 1 went to Fairmont.
left my wife there when 1 came up
anu ShS went pack over to Win
neDago. So l got a fellow by the name
OF Ray. Arnold, that drives around there
Ior dinerent fellows. and that lets cars
OUT. 70 take me to Winnebago. and
went 70 Winnebago, and found my wife
and baby at home and stayed there that
night and up until about four o'clock the
next afternoon.
Pays House Rent.
fast Pn,e esdas tns rent fnr Our rent rent was due
gave her the money and sent her over
| to the landlords house to pay the
rent. We had electric lights in the
down to get a meter put in the house.
and then to pay some groceries and
| and left her about S2s."
after the murder with his wife in Win
Saturday. He said he went to the Per-
kins hotel and remained there until he
papers and knew Kelly had been iden-
titled, he said
what did you do with Kelly's gun?'
he was asked. II threw Kelly's gun OF
do You know whereT' A-"Well--."
Q-Was it after you left Anoka?,
A-"oh, yes, a long time this way"
Towns Not Remembered.
Q-"After you left OsseoT Al
don't remember going through a town
Until I hit Minneapolis. didn't know
( was in Minneapolis until got down
town. / was just driving right straight
ahead. don't remember going through
any places"
Q-"You washed some blood or your
coat there?" A-"No, sir, didn't
know. there was any blood on it. I
wore that coat around quite a little,
wore it around Minneapolis here and
down to Fairmont and around. If
there was blood on it I would have
sure got it of, but I didn't see any
thing on it." ..-...l
He said he had gone under the name
of W.. L. McDonough and was married
under that name. He identified the gun
with which he killed Kelly, and which
had been sold in Minneapolis pawnshop.