The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-16

The bonds bear seven per cent interest
and were issued years ago. Recently
the village has refused to pay interest,
claiming that the bonds were illegally
/ issued
When the jury had been selected in
the case of the Dowagiac Mfg Co. VS..
Watson 81 Chase, it was dismissed on
motion Of the defendants for want of
! jurisdiction.
| The trial of the suit of John Coulter,
! adm. of the estate of Frederic Hicks,
deceased, vs. the Omaha road was then
taken up and occupied the day, Hicks
was the teamster who was killed at a
crossing in Ottowa year ago.
Jerry Sullivan, the man who is ac-
cused of having passed three counter
felt silver dollars at Albert Lea week
or so ago, was bro ught to Mankato
last night from st. Paul, by q. S.
deputy marshal, and was lodged in
the county Jail. When arrested he had
a ounterfeit dollar in his pocket.
His case is being looked into by the
grand jury. aE'
! Sullivan states that his home is in
Connecticut. He says that he and
others were drinking at Albert Lea,
/ buying beer in certain saloon and
taking it out to where they were
gathere d together. He says that he
was so drunk that he does not know
what he did that night, but he is GER
tain that he had no money to begin
/, with. so had no counterfeit dollars to
j pass He had been working on the
railroad grading all summer, but was
not paid until two days after he was
arrested. He. has retained W. l. Com
stock as his attorney. His principal
witness is man named Riley, who
was with him on the night in ques-
! ton.
From Wednesdays Daily.
The federal grand jury presented
! its report to Judge Lochren at seven
O'Clock last evening and was dis
charged. Federal grand juries are al
ways expeditions in the transaction
of their business, and this one was no
exception. Three cases were looked
| into and three indictments returned
| Two of the indictments were against
Miss Martha Smith, the young woman
who is accused of having raised a
postal order from 25 cents to 500, %,
and when arraigned she took until
:45 O'Clock this afternoon to plead.
| Frank Wick, of Pipestone. was in
dicted on the charge. of selling liquor
to the Indians. The principal witness
! was Dave Stricer, full blooded Sioux
! Indian from Yankton agency in South
Dakota. Wick was arragined and
pleaded guilty He was sentenced to
| imprisonment for sixty days in the
Blue Earth county Jail and to pay
fine of 500. - 80
J. No indictment was found against
Jerry Sullivan, the man who was ac-
cused of passing counterfeit dollars at
Albert Lea, and he was discharged.
The trial of the suit of L. T. Easton
against the town of Alden, to recover
the value of $40, 600 Southern Mime
sofa railway bonds and 81, 400 interest,
was proceeded with last evening, an
evening session being held for the
! purpose A jury was dispensed with
and the case was tried before Judge
Lochren.
The trial of the suit of John Coulter,
administrator of the estate of Fred
erick Hicks, deceased. against the
i Omaha road was commenced yesterday
afternoon and was proceeded with
again this morning. Hicks was killed
on railway crossing in Ottawa year
ago and the administrator sues for
SIS, 900 damages c. R. Davis, of st.
| Peter, appears for the plaintiff, and
Pierce Butler, of st. Paul, for the de-
PENDANT
Hicks was teamster, less than
thirty years of age, and left wife
and one child. He was temperate and
Industrious The passenger train went
through the village without stopping,
at about 8 80 p. IN. 1t was twenty
minutes late and was going about
forty miles an hour, and it is claimed
that the whistle was not blown for the
crossing. The view of the track was
INSTRUCTED to point near the cross
ing. The railroad claims that Hicks
death was due to his own negligence
in not taking the proper precautions
! to see whether train was coming.
This afternoon Miss Smith, or
Schmidt, as it is more properly spelled.
came into court and entered plea of
guilty to an indictment charging
her with forgery of money order.
Judge F. S. Brown, of Tracy, who
with A. r. Pau Sr. was employed by