South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-17

trH4ts man. - brAu5 uelQ ID " ar
rem. Ohio on a charge OF carrying
concea-d weapons and officers are
refusing 10 turn him over 10 South
Bend officials for prosecution on
charges OF violating the Mann act
or 10 Youngstown. o.. officials for
The theft II morphine from a doc
tors office. Freda Seifert. local girl
with whom he left this city. leaving
behind his wife and infant babe.
is facing charges in youngstown as
suspicious character. conviction
upon which carries a fine OF 500
and costs and a sentence OF SIX
months IN the Ohio woman's pris-
on
The girl. confined % her cell IN
the Youngstown jail. has made a
complete confession to officers In
which she charges young Clarke
With wholesale robberies and tells
OF their activities since the time
they left the city. She told police
officers. in the course Of her con-
fcSsiOn. that she had cashed a
forged check for s24. drawn upon
a. r. Erskine. president OF the
Studebaker corp. for whom Clark
once had worked. The statement.
in detail follows:
Clark and I left South Bend on
June 7, at 10 p m. going 10 Chi
cago, where we stayed one night at
the Michigan hotel moving the next
day to a rOOming house I'm 42d 81.
Clark left me one night after sup
per and told me ne was going ont
20 do a Job He came back about
10 o'clock and told me he was in
an Office working at the safe, when
ne heard a door open. and he
glanced into a mirror and saw a
Waterman with a gun in his hand.
He said he turned and fired and the
Waterman fired at the same time.
He was wounded in the wrist. and
the man crumpled and fell TO the
floor He said he did not know
whether the man was dead or not.
He then climbed down a fire escape.
and ran down alleys. He nearly bled
10 death. ne said. and stopped at a
drug store where he got some
bandages and sale. on the way
home he discovered that he had lost
the liberty bonds he had taken from
the safe. He took a taxi home, and
was raving like mad man.
Went To Gary.
The following day I got news
papers and when there was no &C
count Of the shooting in II, I asked
him about it and he told me he had
framed a fish story: that he had
=, ge LII
an attempt to get into an office. He
had a gun when he started away
from the room, but did not have one
when he got back. He said he had
thrown IL away while running down
an alley. He decided that Chicago
was too big and wanted 70 work in
a smaller city, so we went to Gary
Ind. next He tried to get into an
Office and was caught and locked in
the room by the Waterman. while
ne went for police. While the
Waterman was gone he hid his gun
and keys in the office. and when po-
lice came and searched him and
found nothing they decided he did
not look like thief, tOk his name
and address and let him go. saying
they would see him next morning.
He came home and said il was high
time that we get out Of town. He
said he had looked some other Of
fees over and had seen a gun and
some silverware. which he would
get and take 70 Chicago and sell, and
go some other place.
"He had no money TO leave on.
so he wrote a check and forged the
name Of A. r. Erskine. president Of
the Studebaker corporation at South
Bend He said he used to work
there and had often pracuced Mr.
Erskine's signature. He gave me
the check. which was for $24. and
told me TO so out and get il cashed
Ny story was that I had bought two
shares Of preferred stock i'm Stude-
baker at S1O3 which Mr.. Erskine
had personally sold for me. and had
paid me most of the money from the
sale. this check representing the re-
mainder I knew he was I'm trouble
and ] was willing to try TO help him.
tried but it was Sunday and people
did not have much money in their
cash registers. I came back and
told him ] could not get it cashed
80 said he would try his luck We
went out together and went 20 the
corner drug store 1--WE were well
known there as we used 10 stop IN
and get refreshments whenever we
We're passing) and he asked If they
would cash his 'wife's' check. After
a long conversation they agreed to
cash 1t. if f would endorse il. which
did. 7 do not remember what name
we used there.
Girl Played Part.
"Aaer we got the money he got
,he sun and siiverware and we left
for Chicago. where he sold the gun
fov $40 He got some polish and
cleaned up the sllverware. We then
wen, 20 Milwaukee, where he gave
the s.lverware 20 a jeweler whe
promised 90 sell il for him. one
night he came home and told me
o. pack everything and take a taxi
to the stotioa and wait for him. as
he was going 10 pull a big job in
a jewelry store. I got TO the sta
tiOn between 3 and O'Clock, and
waited until when he came and
told me he had decided not to try
u alone
He told ne I was to go 10 the
jeweiry store with him and dicker
for a wrist watch. and when we
We're alone In the store ne would
knock the cierk in the head, ano
carry him into a back room. and /
was 90 take OF my hat and so behind
Tie counter and hand out the stun
10 him. When the time came he
got cold feet, and after had talked
nearly an hour I left me store. We