The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-19
MUCH TROUBLE.
Caused by an Unknown Man
With a Jag.
Took a Belgrade Farmers Team and
Drove Around With it...a Long and
Useless Search.

There was first class sensation IN
police circles Saturday night, that
caused no end of hustling about, and
all to no purpose, as it turned out.
About six o'clock Saturday evening,
while Officer Morrow was on his way
home to supper he ran across man on
South Front street who appeared to be
very much under the influence of liquors
The officer told him that he would have
to 90 to the city hall with him. The
fellow replied that he was going home
and had team tied near the creamery
and would drive out of the city at once
if the officer would let him go. Mr..
Morrow accompanied the man down
Cherry street and found team hltched
to a lumber wagon. The man said 1t
was his, and the officer kindly assisted
him into the wagon, united the team
for him, and then got into the wagon
himself and drove several blocks up
Front street, getting out near his home
and observing that the man drove on.
Half an hour later, E. A. Farrar, a
farmer who lives in Belgrade, three and
a half miles from this city, showed up
at the city hall and enquired for Officer
Bienapf. He said that he had lief this
team hitched near the creamery and
that it was gone. Someone had told
him that Officer Bienapf had united
the team and driven off with it, and he
wanted to get the team back, as it was
time to go home. Officer Bienapf had
not yet gone on duty, and it was sur
missed that Officer Morrow was the one
referred to. That officer was found and
told what he had DONE He said that
he had seen the man before who had
driven off with the team but did not
was short man and wore light clothes
Mr.. Farrar hired a livery team and
with Officer Daniels drove out into the
country, taking all the roads around
South Bend but without getting any
trace of the missing team. The search
was kept up into the night and again
Sunday, and the country was pretty
thoroughly gone over in the direction
supposed to have been taken by the
man. The roads were searched for a
distance of fifteen or twenty miles.
About noon Sunday the team was
found on Clark street. 1t appears that
the man did not drive outside of the
city limits, but made a circle back after
leaving Front street near the slough.
He applied to Senator Benedict for per-
mission to leave the team in his barn,
Mr.. Benedict told him that there were
barns down town where he could put
1T. The man then drove a few blocks
and unhitched the horses and tied them
to the wagon, where they were found.
The man disappeared. If found, he will
have some livery bills to pay.
The man who found the team Sun
day was L. V. Browning, who lives at
go Locke street. He states that it was
driven in front of his house between
$500 and 1000 p m. He found evidences
OF man having slept in his barn Satur-
day night.
When the man applied to Senator
Benedict for permission to put the team
in his barn, he said that he had driven
from Dakota and was tired. He had
been all over town trying to get the
team into feed barn but all were full.
The man seemed to be intoxicated. He
spoke OF his father being with him, and
said that he wanted to put the team in
out of the weather but didn't care for
himself as he could get along some
way. This was about 500 p. m.