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Show HARDSHIPS WHILE HE IS FUGITIVE PROfi JUSTICE -. . ' gone to Nw York and tUjtH Aer. That's th . best hldln placa la tb world. But a man can't work tbero and bid too. and I had to work so I went West. , "I dropped off la Chicago, cut I ra-mainad ra-mainad only a weak. It'waa exciting to walk around the atraeU and pas by policemen po-licemen who you knew were on the' lookout look-out for you. I had uy muatach shared off, and did not (ear capture much. Loses Pocketbook, ' "Then I made a fatal mistake. I went to Minnesota. I won't My what towns I rlsited except that St. Paul was one, but Thad $200 left and 1 lingered around looking look-ing for something to do. I lost my wallet one night on the streets. 1 was afraid to go to the police about H, and there I was 2000 miles from friends, from erery-body, erery-body, penniless and a fugUUe. ', Works as Laborer. "I went to a railroad office and asked for work, but they could not give me any. I was desperate and pleaded for anything. 'We can give you a Job digging said the man to whom I applied. I Jumped at it. That morning I took my place in a trench with a pick and shovel and for three hor- NEW YORK,- July 81. Patersons officials offi-cials were mercifully disposed yesterday toward former Mayor William H. Bel-cner.- wao. returning after months of wandering, pulled the massive brass announcer an-nouncer on the- door-of the county Jail early yesterday and said to the Jail keeper: 4 "You know me. Morrison; I want to come la." ' He will be arraigned on Friday, next, to answer to eix indictments for embes-clement. embes-clement. In the papers the amounts are not declared. ' Sobs In Cell. - - Sobbing In his cell last night. Belcher, according to today's Herald said: "I did" not take ttOOTOOO or anything like that amount. Wherf-f left Paterson, I had exactly 1300. With this 1 went to Minnesota, and In Justice to my wife, I want to say that at no time has she known my whereabouts. It was my intention inten-tion to disappear as It I was dead and go to some foreign country, but I made the fatal mistake of procrastination. "If I had hsd more money, I would have rlble weeks I stayed there. I received 11.25 a day. Then they made m assistant assist-ant foreman, my pay was raised to $2,60 a day and things looked brighter. Seised With Rheumatism.. "I stayed there until last January working all winter In the snow and rain until rheumatism seised me. I managed to aave $150 and with It I went to LoOr don, Canada. I worked at anything I ootid get, but my lame knee was against me and I could not hold any position very long. At one lime I sold newspapers. But I always kept enough money saved so that I could get back East If I wanted to. Decides to Betnm. , "It wasn't until June came that I made up my mind to return. My knee was getting get-ting worse and I could hardly hobble around. I could not pay for proper medical medi-cal treatment and so I made up my mind to com back. "I landed In New York on July 20 and the next day I wrote Prosecutor Emley. I told .him I was ready to surrender and that I would return of my own volition." "Will you plead guilty when . you are arraigned on Friday?" he was asked. "What are the specific charges?" was the reply. "Is It theft, or what Is It?" "Embeszlement and forgery," he was told. "Forgery!" exclaimed Belcher. "I never committed a forgery. That's a lie. I'll not plead guilty to that." "It was said that your confidence In friends was primarily the cause of the trouble," It was suggested. "Friends! ' Friends!" Belcher muttered as to himself. "I haven't friends. I never had any." |