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Show ill WITH BIG ROLL TAKEN IH 6Y POLICE Miuncsotai) With Jag Is Placed in Cify JaiJ fo Sober UP- Bccauao ha was too drunk to take caro of blmhclf .and insisted on showing tho lolterors on Commercial street a. roll of bills amounting to ?oS3.20, "William Howell, How-ell, who came (o thlr. city sonic tlmo aco from Red Wing. Minn., was arrester by Sergeant Bcekstcad nnd Patrolman Du-vander Du-vander In front of tho Lincoln house on East First South streot Friday night nnd takon to tho police- ,Uitlon, whoro he wo relieved "of tho care of bis money and placed in a coll to sober up. Sergeant Beckstoari nnd Patrolman Du-vandor Du-vandor noticed t.hroo suspicious looking characters following Howo from place to pla.ee earlier in the. evonintr, but supposed that tho man was buying drinks for them and paid no attention until ho stopped in front of the Lincoln house. Tho police po-lice then ?aw thnt ho was too drunk to properly cr.ro for himself and that ho also Insisted on showing tho men his "bank roll." Howell was then taken to the police station nnd his inonoy placed In the safo until ho wan sober enough to care for himself. Howell said that ho had settled a small Interest In an cstatn he had owned In Red Wing. Minn., nnd had ro-colvcd ro-colvcd besides tho money a quitclaim deed from Ills relative at that placo. which ho was to slcm and return. Ho producer! a letter from his brother at Red "Wing anil alho the quitclaim deed |