The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-15
ANOTHER ARREST.
j. e. Layne Is Locked up on the
Charge of Numbering Harry
Walraven.
A Great Deal of CirCumStantIal
Evidence Against the
Prisoner.
Layne, Interviewed by a Free
Press Reporter, Denies
the Charge.

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rested Tuesday night at 9 O'Clock at
The Saulpaugh corner, by SherlH
Glynn and Chief Yates, on the charge
of murder in the first degree in killing
Harry NJ. Walraven. He was soon
afterwards lodged in the county jail.
When informed Of the charge he
laughed, but when the Jail was reached
he was quite nervous, land sweat rolled
from.his face. This is the man re-
ferred to in Mondays FREE PRESS,
when the statement was made that
the officers were hot on the trail of
another man.
The officers and detectives believe
that Layne is the man who killed
Walraven, and they have accumulated
a great deal of circumstantial evil
dence against him. He was first sus-
pected the Sunday morning after the
murder, but White was arrested on
certain suspicious and held to attract
attention from the movements OF the
detectives, who were at work on the
clues against Layne all the time that
White was in Jail.
Two detectives have been employed
on the case and aided the city and
county officers very materially. De-
tective Aimes worked openly, while
Detective Wood did some excellent
secret work, even sleeping with Layne
a few nights ago at the City Hotel.
Mr.. Wood played the role of a peanut
vender and his cheap outfit has been
upon the street corners for several
days, consisting of rooster and two
small dry goods boxes. He appeared
to berpoverty stricken and was thus
enabled to do some effective service.
One of the police officers who did not
know him very nearly arrested him
one day for occupying the street with
out license. This detective tried to
buy Layne's revolver and used other
means of gaining information. He
left the city this morning but Mr..
Aimes is still here.
Layne's history since he came to
the city is one of deception. A. ii.
SchwartZenbach met him at Worth
ington about three months ago and
became acquainted with him. Layne
had the contract for putting in some
cutters at WorthingtOn, and also at
Sibley and Heron Lake. He got his
stone from Fowler & Pay, of this city,
and still owes them Sal. He pretend
ed that he was prosperous contract
or. He came to this city Aug. 4th
and met Mr.. SchwartZenbach and in
formed him that he was out of money
but that Fowler & Pay owed him
some and that when the banks open
ed he would be all right. Mr.. s. then
agreed to board him until he got his
money. Mr.. SIS. house is at 21O Main
street, and is in the same block with
Walraven's house, being located at
the south end of the alley. After
boarding Layne for two weeks, Mr.. s.
became tired as the banks did not
open and told his boarder to go else
where.
Two weeks ago Saturday last Mr.
and Mrs. Schwartzenbach left the
city and locked up their house
Layne is said to have brok-
en- into the house and stayed there
all the time the family was away, Oc.
cupying his former room, and one
night he and another man slept there
A month ago, Layne asked Mr.. S.
whether he had a revolver, and was
answered in the affirmative, but that
it was broken. He replied that he
would have it repaired, land he wanted
to shoot birds across the river with it
The day that Mr.. S. left, Laynt
came and borrowed the revolver
stating the same reason as previously
and adding that he would be lonesome
until Mr.. S. returned, as he knew
no one else here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schwartzenbach re
turned Monday night and found thai
the house had been broken into ant
one room occupied, but could fine
that nothing was gone. Under tn
bed in Layne's room Mrs. S. found al
empty revolver cartridge The re
volver was 80 calibre bulldog, self
cooking revolver, and the broken por
tion did not effect it's usefulness. Mr.
S. had never fired it off and gave thu
dozen or fifteen cartridges that hi
had to Layne. The latter was goins
across the river to shoot with a man
named VIM. Conway, also a stone
mason, who came to the city a weel
after Layne did, and boards at Com
mercial House. Conway stated to Mr..
S. that he had intended to go acros
the river to shoot birds, but did no
90. The bullet extracted from tn,
body of Harry Walraven was of 3S cal
ibre.
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