The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-10
BROKE THE LOCK.
Ed. Graves Escapes From the
City Lock Up.
Four Boys Arrested for Stealing Brass
The Four Alleged Car Thieves
Bound Over.

Officers Morrow and Thilgen arrested
Ed. Graves at shortly before six
O'Clock Monday afternoon on war
rant charging him with assault in tn e
third degree upon Mrs. Otis Dolson
He was found at the residence of his
brother, Dick Graves, ON Poplar
street, and refused to go along quietly,
but was finally locked up at the city
hall. He was somewhat under the in
fuence of liquor.
Graves made his escape from the cell
at little after seven o'clock. Officer
Kelly and Janitor May were sitting
at the front of the city hall, when
May heard a noise and looked back in
to the cell room just in time to see
Graves jump out of the rear window.
| The two men ran back and saw
Graves run to the Milwaukee railroad
track and turn south.
| The heavy paddock that fastened the
cell door shut was broken. 1t is not
thought that Graves could have done
this without assistance from the out
side, and could hardly have done it in
any event without making noise
enough to attract attention. After
getting out of the window he landed
on the shed roof and jumped down to
the ground.
| Officer Daniels came along at this
time and gave chase on a bicycle and
Officer Kelly and Mr.. May on foot.
Mr.. Daniels nearly headed Graves off.
All of the police and the sheriff and
his deputies then took hand in the
search, which was prosecuted with
vigor in all directions.
At about eleven o'clock, Sheriff Ger
Itch and Officer Daniels went to the
residence of Chas Graves in West
Mankato, another brother of Ed. They
were told that Ed. was not there, but
learned in a few moments that he had
seen them coming and run down into
the tall grass in the slough Further
search was made, but no trace of the
! fugitive has yet been found.
| Geo. Craver, AL Dunning, John
Baker and Joshph Matthews, the men
| who were arrested Sunday afternoon
on the charge of having stolen some
merchandise from Chicago Great
Western freight car, had their pre-
liminary hearing before Judge Shiss-
Ter Monday forenoon. G. L. Benedict
appeared as their attorney. The wit
nesses for the state were Agent w. NJ.
Barr, Geo. Williams, Gregor Kunz,
Paul Detloff, o. Miller, VIM. Niebel
and Officer Thilgen. The state made
out a strong case against some of the
parties al least Dunning and Baker
took the stand in their own behalf
and denied all knowledge of the theft
Officer Thilgen and Chief Bruels tes-
titled in rebuttal.
The four defendants were held to
the grand jury in the sum of $500
each, and were committed to Jail, be-
| ing unable to furnish bail
Wenzel and Peter Huettl, Frank
Miller and Chris Wilde, four half
grown boys, were arrested today on the
charge of having stolen quantity of
brass fixtures Saturday night. They
admit their guilt. The stolen arti-
cles consisted partly of the brass fix
lures from saw mill belonging to
Anton Magin, who resides on North
Broad street. The mill was on Chi
cago Great Western Car. Mr..
Magin places the value of the fixtures
at $44. %. He had just purchased the
mill The remainder of the articles
stolen were brass fixtures from the
Chicago Great Western round house.
A few of these fixtures were sold by
the boys to Mr.. johnson, the second
hand man, who informed the police
last night, and the balance is thought
to have been sold to Mr.. Wixon, who
denies it. A search warrant was got
ten out this afternoon.
Kate Hochstein was arrested on the
street at ten o'clock Monday by Off
Ger Morrow, and spent the day in
Jail. The officials do not know what
to do with her.