The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-01

appears to be very dark evidence
against one who has been prominent
in business and church circles, and
who has been holding positions of au-
thority and responsibility in this COM
munity.
1t appears that j. B. Ogle, who is
secretary of the Commercial club,
United States Court Commissioner,
and at the head of a prosperous col
lection agency and engaged in paying
real estate and insurance business, land
doing.a little law practice on the side,
left the city last Thursday, without
previous notice. His whereabouts are
now unknown, and the only word re-
ceived from him by anyone, SO far as
has been heard, was brief note to
his wife Saturday. 1t was without
date line or address, and was received
by W. t. Bradley to be handed to Mrs.
Ogle, and contained strong and heart
less words, about as follows:
''Can stand the grind no longer.
Shall look up new location, and when
| get settled, if you wish, you can
come and live with me, if you are
willing to take things as you find
them"
This had no signature, but was in
Mr.. Ogle's well known handwriting.
He drove out of the city, and is sup
posed to have sold the team and to
have gone to Chicago, where it is
thought that he now is.
On Thursday, Miss Mary Winch
also left the city. She came to Man
kato from Winnebago City Feb. 5th
last, and has been employed in Mr..
Ogle's office as stenographer or copy
ist ever since that time She is a
buxom, healthy appearing, neatly
dressed young woman, who at
tracted the attention of all
visitors to the office. This
young lady was brought up in the
family of Mr.. Eygabroad, Sr., at Win
nebago City, and the latter left her $500
to be paid to her upon her reaching
her twentieth year. This event
occurred March 9th, and she i'm
mediately drew the money from Geo.
Eygabroad, who had it on deposit for
her. She had taught term of school,
and had $50 of her savings on deposit
in the Mankato Savings bank, and
this she also drew out last week. She
boarded with Ell. W. Wilcox. Width
er she went, or for what purpose, is
not definitely known, but surmises
are sometimes correct, especially if
backed up by corroboratory evidence.
The ten cent bus man took her to the
Omaha depot to catch the 1:22 p. m.
train.
1t appears that Mr.. Ogle and Miss
Winch have been infatuated with
each other for a year past, and this
fact has been the only dark shadow
that has crossed an otherwise happy
home covering period of some dozen
years of pleasant married life. Mrs.
Ogle reasoned with her husband on
the subject, but apparently to no
avail. Mr.. Ogle did not neglect his
home until recently, when he came
home late, having been driving out
with the girl, it is supposed.
Mrs. Ogle was seen in regard to the
matter this afternoon, by a FREE
PRESS reporter. She was found busily
engaged removing her husbands law
books and other effects from his office
in the FREE PRESS building. She
was almost broken hearted, but gave
substantially the following account:
81 think my husband is in Chicago
with that girl, though 1 have no de-
finite information. Our home has
always been a happy one, and Mr..
Ogle was model husband until yery
lately. | have tried to separate him