The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
Christian POIchOW is Arraigned
on This Charge, as Fore
Swallowed by the
Free Press.
His Bond for ST. 500 is Numerous
ly Signed-Some Points
i'm His Favor.
G. B. Trowbridge Sentenced to
Two Years and Six Months
At Saltwater.

From Mondays daily.
AS foreshadowed in Saturdays
DAILY FREE PRESS. Christian Pol
chow was arraigned in the district |
court this morning on the charge of |
grand larceny in the first degree. 1t
was charged in the Indictment upon
which he was arraigned that he had
Incorporated $9569S belonging
to the Minneapolis Brewing Co., of
which he was the local agent for two
and half years. He took twenty
four hours in which to plead, and was
released on bond for $1,000, which
was numerOusly signed by his friends,
whose confidence he retains. A. r.
Pau appeared as his attorney.
1t is believed that there is second
Indictment against him, charging him
with grand larceny in the first degree,
in misappropriating $1,000.
Mr.. Pau was seen by FREE PRESS
reporter, but stated that he did not
care to make a statement as to the de-
Tense at this time, as he had not had
time to thoroughly look into the case.
1t is believed by Mr.. Polchow's
friends, and they are many, that if
there is any truth in the charges he
spent the money in building up the
company's trade, until it amounted
to four car leads of beer month. 1t
seems cartain thatsMr. POlchow is no
richer now than he was when he en-
tered the company's employ, and no
more than legitimate has been spent
in the support of his family. 1t seems
to be case of careleSsneSs rather
than intended criminality, in any
event. Had Mr.. Polchow been an
intentional defaulUer he has had every
opportunity to leave The city. In
stead of this, he has remained to face
the music. Mr. Polchow should have
included all the items of expenditure
in his expense account, in which case
the company could have cautioned
him not to be so liberal, which would
have sayed all trouble. His friends
certainly hope that he will be able to
show satisfactory reasons why he
should be discharged
The trial Of Timothy Sullivan, on
the charge of stealing a watch from
Lake Crystal party, will begin tomor-
row morning. The trials Of Graves
and Haggerty will probably follow
G. B. Trowbridge was brought into
court at two O'Clock this afternoon to
receive his sentence for forgery in the
second degree, of which crime he stood
convicted by his own plea. He ans
wered the usual questions as follows:
He is 81 years old, is a house painter
by trade, and has followed the trade
at intervals for 81 or 80 years. To the
question Of whether he had anything
to say why sentence should not be
passed, he said that he had sent the
court private written commune
ton. He had little to say furtht
than was contained in that. He Cal =
ed the courts attention to his age and
said that he was suffering from a dis
ase-lumbago-co contracted while in
the service, which somewhat untitled
him for hard manual labor.
The court said that he had a disa-
greeable duty to perform. 1t was
known to all that it was his custom
to temper his judgements with mercy
and he thought that all judgment
should be so tempered. The law en-
tertained no spirit of revenge nor
was there any demand for such spirit.
1t was hard to pronounce punishment
upon man who has gone out and 10
before US for the past ten years, With
out exhibiting any tendency to crime.
He had read carefully the written pri-
yate plea for mercy which the prison
er had submitted to him, and 1T shows
a sad condition Of things. There was
something in the prisoners course
that had estranged his family from
him to a certain extent. Neither wife
nor children had appeared in the court
: nor had murmered at his fate. There
must have been some neglect unknown
to the court, unless it was that the
prisoner had sherked his duty and de
+ volved upon others the support or hl
: family. The penalty for forgery IL
the second degree is not to exceed tel
t years in the penitentiary. There art
two in 1ictments against the prisoner
! one to which he had pleaded guilty
. aud the OTHER upon which he had moi
been arraigned. He thought that Il
was not the intention of the prosecu
tion to urge the other indictment,ant
was sure of this if the prisoner shoult
show a disposition to reform, as ~
I had stated in his written plea. There
was no reason why ne coule
not stop here aud reform for the re
mainder of his life.
The court then sentanced IroW
, hridpe tn + Wo wears and six months al