The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-28
PLEADED GUILTY.
Louis Nimmerfrau Goes to the
ReformatOry. I"
The United States Court in Session but
Forty.five Minutes and Then
AdjOurns.

The April term of the the Unlteo
States court convened in this city al
ten o'clock Wednesday forenoon Juoge
Lochren presiding, and Clerks Lang
and Spencer Assistant District Attor'
news Purdy and Dickey, Deputy Mar
shall T. J. Sheehan, and other court OF
ficials being present. An unusually
large number of attorneys were on
hand, as many of them desired 10 DC
admitted to practice in the Unlteo
States district court under the new
bankruptcy law.
The following is the list OF per
sons summoned to serve as petit Jurors
LIE. Spears, Northield; Mark N,
Tisdale, Slayton; William Revler'
Northfeld; Henry B, Betzhold, New
Ulm; Frank Stopped, Rochester; Z. II
Roberts, Granite Falls; Charles "a.
Baldwin, Granville; Otto L. Peterson,
Wegdahl; J. D. Wilson, Northhelld
Henry Neumann. New Ulm; II. }. Vol
mer, Northfeld; Lee w. Dohm, St.
L.
Center; Sabian E. harrington, Preston
Jerome D. Brighthill, Preston; }. Z.
.Juenmann, st. Paul; George Mann,
Preston; Houison Thompson, st. Paul;
j. H. Downey, st Paul; 0. l.. Day,
Hutchinson; j. H. Doty, Courtland;s y.
B. Lacke, Zumbrota; G. NJ. Button,
Bluffton; L. G. Harmon, Orinoco;
George F. Schmitt, Jordan; Peter Froe-
berg: Willmar; Freeman E. Krech, At
kin: G.. A. Anderson, Lambertoni John
H. Call, Balaton; Lon f. Fuller, Month
q, cello; David Powell, Luverne; II. N.
Bell. Redwood Falls; James Sparks.
. Rochester; K. T. Thompson, Houston;
Frank Ford, Preston; D. w. Robinson
80 Money Creek; Michael McMahon, Green
Isle; Lewis Kruppenbacher, Preston;iP
!. Casey; Atkin; F. w. Penser, New Olm.
The civil calendar had three cases.
The first was that of VIM. A Lynch VS.
Samuel Mather and others. w. 4.
Young for the defendants, stated that
u the case had been settled and dismissed.
The second was the case of John "!
Butler and others against j. G. Ives
and others, and this was also reported
as having been settled and dismissed.
g. When the case of John Watson VS.. P.
S. Pickett was called, one of the attor7
neys asked that the hearing might be
set for Minneapolis on May 2nd, and
this was granted. sry
The following attorneys were ad.
mitted to practice before the court: w.
E. Young. A. r. Pau, Jr., Harry Pad
dock; S. B. Wilson, w. n. Plymat, q.
L. Benedict, G. o. Daley, B. G. Taylor
and W. A. Funk, of Mankato; G. j..
Laurisch, of Mapleton; Albert Stein
house, of New Ulm; Ed c. Farmer of
Madelia; Ed. H. Huebner, of Winthrop;
John Mckenzie and J. G. Forbes, OF
Lake Benton; J. E. Axtel, OF Eagle
Lake; M. E. Foley, of Fulda. Geo. w.
Wilson, of Worthington; Louis F. Lam
mers, of Heron Lake; and Andrew j.
Daley, of Luverne.
Mr.. hammers asked that the bail
bond given by Louis Nimmerfrau be re-
instated, and the defendant had sur
rendered himself. When Nimmerfrau
had disappeared, the bond had been des
clared forfeited at the November term.
Mr.. hammers appeared for one of the
bondsmen, Anton Winkler. 1t was de-
cided to take the matter up after MINI
merfrau had been disposed of. -,
Nimmerfrau was arraigned on an in
dictment found against him at the No
vember term, charging him with hay
ing raised So silver certificate to $40
by means of pastors. The crime is al
legged to have been committed at Dun
dee June 4th last, and John johnson
was the man said to have been victim
lied Geo. w. Wilson appeared as Mr..
Nimmerfrau's attorney and was al
lowed until two O'Clock this afternoon.
to plead.
The roll of the jury was called, and
nearly all answered to their names. =
Assistant District Attorney Purdy
states that the proceedings against L.
Redding cashier of the State Bank of
Lambertou, who was before United
States G mmissioner Spencer at st
Paul during the winter charged with
having failed to put a two cent revenue
stamp on a cashiers check, have been
dropped, as the authorities were con-
WINGED that Mr. Redding did not in
tentionally omit the stamp. The pro-
ceedings were dropped at the direction
of the United States attorney general at
Washington to whom the matter had
been submitted.
A recess was taken at 1920 m. un;
til goo p. N.
When court convened this afternoon
Nimmerfrau pleaded guilty to the first
count in the Indictment that charg-
ing him with passing counterfeit bill!
The second count, charging him with
having such a bill in his possession, was
then annulled, on motion of Mr. Purdy.
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