The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-11
CLARENCE CROOK CHARGED WITH
r1URDER.
He is Arraigned Wednesday and
Pleads Not Guilty--Frank Brodish
Indicted--A Dollar Verdict-BuIOw-
Miller Suit Abandoned--Gran Jury
Report--Petit Jury Excused Until
Tuesday, Because no Cases are
Ready for Trial.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The $4,000 damage suit of William
Holzinger VS.. Oscar Hiner, for alleged
SANDER, went to the jury yesterday
afternoon, and the jury agreed upon a
sealed verdict, which was opened in
court this morning. 1t awards the
plaintiff damages to the extent of one
dollar.
The trial of the suit of August
Bulow VS.. Louis Miller was commenc-
ed yesterday afternoon and continued
through the forenoon. Schmitt q
Wilson and Arthur Schaub appeared
for the plaintiff, and Benedict & Fit
the for the defendant. The plaintiff,
it will be remembered, was arrested
and convicted for selling meat from
diseased steer last year. He had
purchased this and another steer of
Louis Miller, and the latter was a
witness against him in the criminal
prosecution. The present action was
brought by BuloW on the ground that
deceit and fraud were used in the sale
of the steers, as he claimed, and he
asked for S3S, the amount paid for the
steers, 800, the costs in the criminal
prosecution, and $4OO damages. Bu-
low resides in the north part of the
city, and Mr. Miller is a prominent
young farmer living, on the Lake
Washington road, and is son of
Phillip Miller, of this city.
Before the trial commenced, Judge
Severance ruled out the claim for dam
ages and the claim for the costs of the
criminal prosecution, and held that
the only amount involved was the
difference between the amount paid
for the steers and their actual value.
August BuloW was on the stand the
entire forenoon. This afternoon At
torney Schmitt said that on account
of the courts ruling so little was in
volved that it was not worth while to
finish the case, and he moved that
the action be dismissed.
Mr.. Benedict asked the court to in
struct the jury to bring ia verdict
for the defendant.
The court decided to dismiss the
action, the plaintiff having abandoned
it.
Nineteen persons were admitted to
citizenship, the most of them being
from Cottonwood county.
At 3 40 p. m. yesterday the grand
jury returned five indictments, and a
written report. The court compli-
mented the jury on it's efficiency and
discharged it. The following is the
report rendered.:
MANKATO, Mimi, Dec. 8, 1896.
We, the members of the grand jury
who visited the county poor farm
would make the following report and
recommendation: We found the
house clean and neat, warmed by
steam, the beds well supplied with
sheets, quilts, etc. The inmates were
personally interviewed and all were
seemingly well satisfied with their
treatment and fare at the hands Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis, the keepers of
the poor farm. We found nineteen
persons as inmates, of which twelve
were men and seven women, most of
them old and feeble.
(Here follows list of live stock and
farm products.
And as we find all things that we
know of fully accounted for and by the
solicitation of several of the feeble in
mates that the present Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. p. Lewis, the present keeper Of
said poor house and farm, be kept in
their present possessions if they so de-
sire, to which we as jurors cheerfully
recommend.
We also visited the county jail and
found in neat and wholesome cOndi-
tion, as such buildings could be. We
found the prisoners therein had no
complaints to make, either in board
or usage, and speak of the kindness of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel II. Bowen and
jailor.
Also visited the basement of court
house and found it well cared for by
the janitor, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Edwards.
Ii. NJ. POPE,
foreman grand jury.
Dec. 8th, 1896.
Attest:
w. L. RAPPLEY.
No indictments having been fOnnd
against Carl J. Peterson and Louis
orlando, they were discharged and
their bonds exonerated.
When court opened this afternoon
two arrangements were made. Frank
Brodish stood up while an indictment
was read charging him with grand
larceny in the second degree, commit
ted from March 1st to Aug. Goth, 1896,
consisting in the taking of a number
of articles from the Model Clothing
House, and valued at s33. Byron
Hughes appeared as Brodish's at5or-