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\LLOYD NELSON GRANTS INTERVIEW BEFORE LEAVING JAILLloyd Nelson, former cashier of the First National Bank of Milroy, was ‘.arraigned before John W. Keam, United States Commissioner, immediately after he arrived in Indianapolis Monday afternoon in the custody of a deputy United States Marshal. Following arraignment. Nelsonwas bound over to the federal grand jury which will meet February 11, according to the district attorney, Albert Ward.On default of $5,000 bond, Nelson was placed in the Marion county jail. He was charged in a federal affidavit with embezzlement of funds from a national bank. His shortage has been placed at $22,100, although the specific charge on which his arrest was made by federal authorities accused Nelson with 'embezzeling $400. He was given over to S. T. Hickman, deputy marshal, by local ' authoritiessome twenty-four hours after Nelson had surrendered himself to Russell Titsworth, Rush county prosecutor, Sunday morning.Shortly before Nelson left with the federal agent, he granted an interview to a Daily Republican reporter, which definitely spiked many rumors of a scandal • nature which had surrounded the bank cashier’s disappearance.Mr. Nelson talke'd freely and forcefully. It was necessary to ask but few questions as the former bank cashier ; seemed to know exactly what w^s expected from an interview of this nature. ~V“I have been acquainted with ahy number of newspaper men,” he said, “and I .realize that it is your business to Sprint everything that is news and your job is to get it. What I tell you,, you may dr'may not understand now but some day you may. .«I will not attempt to explain, as there are any number of emotions and extenuating circumstanced that Would enter into such an act which you might not understand at all. I do .want to say that. since I' left, much of my time has been spent on my knees seeking God’s forgiveness.”Here he brightened perceptly and his eyes seemed to take on a new fire.“j really believe He has forgiven me,” Mr. Nelson continued. “It gives me a strength to go on with what I have resolved to do. ^“My first Impulse, like many ariother, was to go out someplace and blow.' out ray brains. This would havp been far easier than what I have gone through with to date. When a saner moment came I dealized that itwould only be another hardshipand blow to my family. I. havethree of the sweetest youngstersany man could wish. And my wife is devoted.“When t left Miljoy I went immediately to Cleveland, Ohio, driving iny automobile as far as Richmond ^and taking a train from there. I wanted a chance totalk with, my wife. To make a clean confession of everything to her and to seek, if possible, her forgiveness.(Mrs. Nelson did go to Cleveland and talked with her husband.) . s -“My. wife has forgiven me,? Mr. Nelson continued, “She has been virgin gold all through this trouble of the last two weeks. The report, I understand, Has gone out that I left with another woman. This is not true and was farthest from my thoughts. I love my wife.”Tu»n to Pam Six ■.
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Rushville Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana, US
Tue, Jan 22, 1929
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