The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-28

had been left an orphan when but three
years of age He had never gone to
school to speak of and did not THINK
that he was doing wrong when he pass
ed the note, having received it from an
other. A penitentiary sentence would
serve to no good purpose, and asked the
court to send his client to the reforma-
tory where he may learn trade.
Mr.. Purdy said that many facts had
come to his knowledge while examin-
ing the states witnesses, showing that
there were many mitigating circum-
stances. Nimmerfrau had never COM
mitted any crime before. He and
companion had started to dance and
he gave his companion the bill to get a
bottle of brandy. The companion got
the bill changed and handed Nimmer-
frau the change. He believed that the
ends of Justice would be met with re-
formatory sentence.
Judge Lochren said that the otfense
was a very serious one, amounting TO
counterfeiting, and could not be over
looked. The defendant might be pun
ished by many years in the state prison.
but he did not think such a
sentence necessary in this case,
as Nimmerfrau was not criminal.
His experience ought to con-
vince him that honesty is the best
policy, and that wealth should be &C
|duired by honest industry rather than
by fraud and crime. Judge 'Lochren
then sentenced Nimmerfrau to serve
eight months in the st. Cloud reforma-
tony and to pay fine of $50.
Mr.. Purdy said that he was willing
that the suit on the bond be dismissed
on the payment of the costs, and the
court granted this.
The following were admitted to prac
stice. in the court: A. E. Clark, OF Man
kato; John Moonan, Frank B. Andrews,
F. L. Farley and E. B. Collester, of
Waseca; Thos. M. Koegan, of Mime
Aseta Lake; Chas. N. Andrews and
sJames NJ Hanley, of Wells.
,ysCpurt adjourned at 2:15 p. M, after
having been in session thirty minutes
in the forenoon and fifteen minutes in
the afternoon. The court officers re-
turned to st. Paul this afternoon.
Louis sNimmerfrau. of Kinbrae,
was. mail carrier between Kimb rae and
Dundee and, as it appears, early in June
last droye from Kimbrae to Dundee
with a man named Herzig, and stopped
in front of saloon run by Louis John
son. Nimmerfrau handed Herzig what
,appeared to be a $40 bill, requesting
him to go inside and purchase a half
pint of whisky and bring back the
change, which Herzig did. Soon after
the men had left, Johnson discovered
that the bill was a So silver certificate
raised to $40 johnson at once went to
F. ID. Lindquist, the banker at Dundee,
and showed him the bill and related
the circumstances. Mr.. Lindquist at
once called to mind a transaction which
.heshad had day or two before, in
which Nimerfrau had paid him some
money in bills. Upon looking over his
currency ON hand he found among
the lot So bill raised to $40 The
work on both bills was very cleverly
executed and would pass very readi-
ly unless closely examined. The coun-
terfeiting was done by'taking from con-
federate bills the proper figures and let
tiers and FASTING them over the bills
raised, and by very ingenious work with
a pen, which could only be discovered
with glass, the pastors were worked to
a good imitation of the real $40 bill.
. Mr.. Lindquist at once hunted up
ZIMMERMAN and charged him with
passing the counterfeits. He remarked
that he had received them from a
travelling man about a month before
and that if the bills were not good he
would make them good. He was at
once placed under arrest and turned
oyer to the United States authorities.
He was released on bond, and skipped
out, but recently surrendered himself.