The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-28
MONEY STOLEN
Mrs. Sylvester Abbott Loses
Her Roll.
Edward Caswell Held on Suspicion, But
Denies any Knowledgeof
the Affair.

Mrs. Sylvester Abbott complained to
the police Monday that someone
had stolen roll of money which she kept
in bureau drawer at her home on
Hubbell avenue, in West Mankato.
She said that she had three $40 bills
and $40 in silver, and that she looked
at the money this morning and it was
all right. Mrs. Abbott suspected her
husbands cousin of the theft This
cousin lis Edward Caswell, who has
been living with the Abbotts for a
month past and who boarded with them
during the winter.
Mrs, Abbott said that at about noon
Caswen went into the house. .and after
he had gone she looked into the bureau
drawer and made the discovery that
her money was gone. She had not OBJ
served anyone else in the house, and
her suspicious therefore rested upon
Caswell The latter was found shortly
afterwards near the Omaha round
house, and was taken to the city hall by
Officer Bienapf On being searched, he
was found to have $11.55 in silver in
one of his pockets. Caswell stoutly
denied the charge and said that he
know nothing about Mrs. Abbott's
money. He had gone to his room to
change his clothing. He accounted for
the money found in his possession by
saving that he had borrowed $l3 from
Will Lewis, of Madison Lake.
Caswell was born in Mankato, and
was in the city all of last winter. After
leaving Abbott's house this noon. he
went to a barn. Officer Olmstead
made search of the house and barn
this afternoon, to try to find the stolen
money.
Late Monday afternoon, Mrs. Abbott
signed complaint charging Caswen
with grand larceny in the second de-
gree. She states that Caswell COM
pleted his dinner before the rest of the
family and went up stairs. He mad to
go through his own room in order to
reach hers and she heard him go
through, as her room was oyer the din
ing room. She says that he knew that
she had money there.
Caswell claims to have been about to
take a job as engineer at The Saulpaugh.
The parlor cars and coaches in trains
Nos. and A on the Omaha road have
been newly equipped with broad vesti-
bules and parlor cars provided with
buffet equipment, so that hereafter
lunches and other refreshments can be
secured on the trains. All of the cars
in these trains are just out of the shops.
The first train will leave Minneapolis
and st. Paul for Council Bluffs on April
Oath The Omaha road has been giving
good deal of attention to it's equip
! ment on this line this spring.
Vogelpohl & SPENCER have i'll their
barber shop table made for them by
Mic Harris, of John Klein & Co s fac
tory. The top of the table contains
6, 400 pieces of wood, inlaid to represent
the American and Cuban flags, with
the inscription, Remember the Maine"
Maple, white maple, blue colored ma
pie, cedar and black walnut were used
in the work. 1t is handsome piece of
| work
The funeral of the late Winthrop G..
Sayoropoo oocurrod from tho roSidapca
of Judge Severance Friday, and
the attendance was large. Rev. Geo.
H. Davis conducted the services. The
floral tributes were many and beauti-
full The pail bearers were w. B.
Davies, Geo. Slade, L. c. Wiser and R.
E. Brown
H. S. Sackett and wife, of st. Peter,
dined at The Saulpaugh.