. f n EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919 , 15 iTTf CHARGES SURPR SE TO PR SOWER'S WIFE peclares She Knew Nothing of Alleged Forgeries of Relative of Ex-Governor Packer i MAN AWAITS EXTRADITION i. Tinih Mrs. Tlnil her A. Packer, wife of the nllcsed "kins of check forgers," Buys thcnctor knew her husband wns n for cer. She snld today nt their home, ftimnc stteet. WNsnhlekon, that she nl vnjs believed him to he n prosperous lumber broker, with his only offices in their bouse. "I can't believe thnt Mr. Packer is wanted in almost every state in the Vnion for foiRery," she exclaimed. "I auicvcr knew any of his financial affairs. I alwajs believed the trips which took Mm away fiom home Tor so long a time were for business rmsonn '' Packer n nnaicned before Jfacis trate Mecleaiy in Cential Station and held without bail tn nunit renuisition from Richmond. Yn. Many of the 'hniRcs nijninst him were acknowledced 1)V Packer ciurinK n cross-examination. The polite sn.v he admitted linssint; checks in Huston. Pa., Cumberland, Md.. Auburn, .. ., and rittsiHirgli. Mis. Packer, before her marriage, r.t the age of fifteen, was Miss Fern llrill, dauRhter of a prominent cigar manu facturer of Pi I tf.hu rgli. She declared todav she knew nothing of her hus band's an est until she retd of it in the newspnpcis. Abandoned Wlillo III "Mr. Packer left me eight months ngo when T wns at the point of death, suffering from pneumonia and influ enza." Mrs. Packer said. "He told jne that urgent business called him nwny. Since then I lmc not seen him. J did not even know ho wns in this citv until I lesid of his nircst. "Sffmc of the newspapers sav I knew of his troubles and piomiscd him finan cial aid when 1 saw him in Cnptniu Soulier's office yisteidnj," she contin ued. "Thnt is not so. The conver sation between Mr. Parker and myself wns on the s-ubject of obtaining counsel and another mutter I do not wish to make public. "'As to the automobile he wns to purchnsc for myself and the two boj -I knew nothing about it. I did not know he owned n machine until T saw them bring the coupe intb the City Hall courtyard yesterdnj. "I have no futuie plans for myself and children. I am astounded and crushed. I never had leason to be lieve Mr. Packer w as not successful in business. T came from a prosperous Koine and have alwajs been used to comforts and some luxuries. If- Mr. Paekeivnecded money he was not com pelled to forge checVs to get it. Theie would have been other ways." Had Photos of ox-Governor In the living room of the Packer home were many pictures of 'William risher Packer, Governor of Pennsyl vania from 1S5S to 1S02; his home and scenes of his various public appear ances. When Mrs. Packer wns asked if the report were true that her hus band wns a relative of the former Gov ernor, ns he tlalms, she said: "Governor Packer was the uncle of Mr. Packer's father. 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TALE OF ONE-MAN MUTINY TOLD BYMATEOF ZIRKEL Veteran "Sea "Dog" Spins Yarn Brought to Mind by Recent Tragedy on Board the Ill-Fatcil Ship Onato ROB JEW EW SHOP CHESTNUT S I. ifl PRISONERS VANISH IN AIR; PATROLMEN STILL DAZED "A ono-mnn mutiny, outside of mar ried life, Is n lic'it- rnto thine." ob sencd the third nuitp ns lie Kept n iov iiiK eje on n rniRo hoist hum Hie bridge of flip Zirkcl. the Aineilcnii liner which brought in the four sunlvois of tlio Onnto, who hnvo since been ac quitted of cIiiukcs of nintinj and mm ilcr on the high sens. "Hut nil this tnlk latelv innKes mo think of the gicntest little tiuttim I ever saw, small but thoiough, mid with out n dull moment Tills wns n nne ninn nffnir, that is, if ou want to te fer to Greek Hen collectively. 'Hen had been ilnltig frtr. Up stood quiet for a while until he wns sure the mntp and flip old man and tlip chief en gineer wore watching him from the biidge, mid then lie Hexes n muscle or tto and pulls the stanchion nut, Hen made n lump for tho foiecastlp nnd ionics iJgbt out wvth two of the worst lookiuc foreign guts joii ever saw. I The Untile Is On . " 'If jou shoot, 1 make n little sliocij, 'too.' lie ells- up nt the ofliccis. nnd , Hops down in Imul; of the foiwmd naicn I "lie was the biggest -built mail 1 cm i 1 "Well, the mate and the engineer ...... 1 Tn i,nu tlin rnilliilirni rill I In. '. . .t i .- saw. illc wns tlie carpenter on tiie ,,roiip,. ,lptr ii tlie mate gets ltalborf. '. tramp oil wliicli l.niade two , n,mi ,.nrnrr nf tlie bildne nnd the euglmer behind n dead light on the mniii deck. So the action stinted, nnd in Cllnedlimt MRS. JOHN FIIKEMAN LINCOTT I'resldcnt of tho I'iucll.is county (Kla.) rlia)trr of the War Mothris nf America, who is championing (ho cause nf ilnughbojH serving court-martial sentences in go em inent prisons. Mrs. Lincott lias ashed that a presidential pardon bo granted to them. She bad four sons in tlie war, otic of whom was hilled in action associated." The I'neker family, how ever, denies any lclatiuusliip to the prisoner. - WIipii nsitcti wane sue knew nlinut the minting pi ess. I'neker liad installed In the houic, Mrs. Packer remmked: "Mr. Packer took much pilde in Ids lineage. 1 wns nlwnjs under -tlie im- pression tlmt tlie macluneij was for the purpose of printing the genealogy of the family. 1 neer saw it put to any use." TO RESTRICT PASSPORTS Senate Passes Bill Similar to One Passed by House Washington, Oct. L'2. (15 A P.I A bill extending waitime rcstiictions on passports for one jenr so as to eclude fiom the countrj ladiiais and other undesirable aliens wns passed tod.ij bj the Kennte without a rei nrd vote nnd sent to conference, a similar bill Inning been pnssed previously by the House. I I, t,,a T.lvnrnnnl In Pntmttllitinnli I i in inns. Ills father lind been some I sort of a shipbuilder on one of thoie i little islands off tlie coast of Oncie i nnd Iten knew enough about the busi ness to jack up the whistle um time and build a new ship under her. Thnt wns the only thing in the wa of le pahs the llalboa needed, nnwn " Hen Had Much Pride "Well, the whole tiouble, this mu tiny, ns jou might cull it, all i nine about tlitough Hill's piide in his de In vo development, which mil have somehow cioinped his head nnd made him kind of muscle-bomid about the foicpenk, He didn't know too nun li Kngiish-iind what he did nil lefetied to himself. "He wunled nil of us to know how stioug he was, nnd he didn't hand the publicitj wmk over to nnjbodj else, either. He would get n iiowd- to gether nnd winp u ing iiround the blunt end of mi eight-Inch wiie mill and then dine it Into n bnniil. Me would toss bags of sand around leal pln.vful thai the test of us would only thing of Mi ting on "1'iettv soon he got mi he would hump up his back nnd mil his tenihle looking shouldeis mound and scowl whenever lie passed the chief mate. I guess that was because the mate wouldn't ever come to anj of his stiength shows. "After about a week of lien's bud acting tlie mate begun to pack a gnu mound with him. and pnttv mmmi lie inteuiipts Hi n in the middle nf u scowl and asks him if he is tuikoo or tiaiu ing for mi actor. "As Hen ouh smiled mid gnashed his teeth in leph the mate pulls his gun and has old Saudow put in imns with his hands locked aiound one of the foic castle stum liions. "Vow this wns hist the Mill of stuff nlinut n Imlf linnr the In idee nnd fore- lastle weie light well chipped up. Hut no insiinlties. "After n lull in the gun -play i nine Hen's voice, sounding soit of amazed : " 'Ale vou no scaled of me, mute? he veils fiom the foiecnstle. "And the mater who wns n ptcttv wise humble as mates go, hit on the light line to pull. '" 'I just am. Hen.' he shouts back. 'I'm plain cuckoo ever since ou came .iboaul this paiket.' "You should have seen Hen when he heaid that He blushed and bloke out I in a foolish giin nnd then he got up 'nnd tluew down his guns mid cnitiidge- hilt He staited alt, talking as last as he i oiild " " 'You know what n bad fella I am, I eh Thieves Smash Plato Class Window at Eleventh St. and Carry Off Display roivn ami Cox, of Second and Ciiristian Streets Station, Bag Brace of Rabbits, Only to Lose Them Again NOISE OF CRASH UNHEARD Thieves bioke the glass nf the show window of Hollander, '& ricishmnn, ieweleis. nt Hleventh and Chestnut stieets, nbnut 1:110 o'llock this morn ing and can led off everj thing' on dis plnj on the Chestnut stieet sine of the stoie The value of the loot was isti inated b meinbeis of the In in nt RliiOO Although the plnte glass wns shat teied the lobbcis bad niipaienth dls- loveteil some wnv to sinnsh windows .,.,!.. l,..l. .. l)n1lnn. ...... Mn1. .it..... .i'i--i ii ii . .is , .in. i-iiiiiii hi-, iiin'in said he passed the comer at 1:2," n i lurk and found nothing winng. Twenlv minutes lati i he iigaiti passed the i oi m I and found the show window looted I lie window inhlieil enntiiineil n nuinbei li w i In The nunc pi ci mils gem- dis lilnvid dining tlie dav me locked in n - ife dm ing the night On the Hlexenth stieet side the show window was left uiidistuibed. It 1011 tains nicklates and other oinninents. Mimbeis of the leweliv turn who le li bed the stoic iiftn the milium snid Hut In the loot ol tin tbhvcs weie siMial pea 1 1 oiiinmeiils, mesh hags of I siilil and silvei and gold Masonii i nib Inns l'vamiiintion of the window showed .in i IT i u t had In en made to tut the glass with n diamond befoie it was sin is.lu , Allium of vntiis a pair of pntioli shing hares kidded pair ot pniioinipii. Pattnlnuiu Hrown nnd Seigennt Cox, of Second nnd Christian stieets station, were snunteilng along South stieet to- wnrd Third. ' Suddeply, diiectly in their path, nc- cording to tlie pntiolmen, a black labblt nppenred. sitting on its haunches. "It's winking nt me'" cried Hrown Up rushed the blnih labblt, but the I black rabbit skiited just out of leach Hrown grabbed a basket from a ( produce stand nearbv mid stuck to his self-imnoscd tnsk. Hut the black rnli- i bit eluded him. He did get it eventnalh . under the I basket. At lenst, ni cording to the polite i Hut when Hiowu lifted his basket the rabbit was gone. Ihsappcmed, van I Ished! The two dumbfounded officeis sti oiled ' nloug. At Oiianna. unoidiiig tn Hie police, lo and behold ' a white rabbit was seen to be silting on its haunches i diiectlv in their path the basket. So the police said, but when thcN lifted the basket the white labblt was not there The two cops took off their inps, scrntihed theli heads, said: "It do bent the old Ilmiv "' wnv wondering. Thev nie vv Mulcting .vet Aned Man Wedged Between Cars Chnrhs Ilngler, eighty-two icats old, 1KU Katt Mndbnn strei t, Is in the Hpiscopnl Hospital with contiislons nnd utilises of the bend nnd back and a possible fractured skull ns the result nf mi accident today nt Kensington mill Allegheny avenues. He became wedged between two passing mis, wns upset nnd lolled between the cms, though not nituall.v run over. HOW ABOUT nnd continued on their TEA AT ? Palette , fA"-JV"S"M nnaivntiooin .HOA.lOtti KWIT YUR KICKIN- Tliis tin I'm ununa cct '" slioutrd II I . i rt .. ... i .. .ii ii. M.i 1 f tings ni.,1 other mtlcles of ' l!'u" ."B ' ,. ",' m'( l" ", ' fi fi 4iiiii.il ..ii.iiiiT. n iiiiiii . ini-n.i .tun rj. hotfooted after the sunning white W rabbit, who used Ins oi hci feet even , Fi innie siicccssfulh than the black one. r Hut in the end. the pet spiling patiol- y men cnWglit even the white rabbit under a mate.' vein stiong. lieeg nitisiics oh vet, i bad at ting.' "And the mate, who wasn't a bad soil in spite of being ihief and a wise bud at that, innie down off the budge mil i .line mi tn Hen and said that he noticed when- some one cmclesslv broke ,- llrlllnrnnv i-i rn-riim a 'stanchion up fin waul and would Hen PROBE NEWBERRY ELECTION see if he i oilld llg up n tempoimj In an" "I'loin then on Hen was the happiest tin- packet. He kept up tin ' man on stiength shows, and almost even even ing nu on I1 see ii i in midships snowing tin- mate how he uiuld bend a spike He inst had to be adiniud, thnt was all " Rob Bank of $5000 Toll do, .. Oct. JL'. 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