The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
PRISONERS HELD
The United States Authorities
Get After Them.
The Card Sharpers Arrested at St
Peter May Be Brought to Man
kat0 Tomorrow.

Sheriff John Mcmillan of st. Peter
was in the city Friday on business. He
states that the three men arrested
there on the charge of obtaining
money from passenger on the Omaha
road by me- ans of poker game as was
mentioned by The Free Press Wednes-
day, are still being held as prisoners.
The United States authorities are af-
ter them and It is expected that they
will be brought to Mankato Satur-.
cay and arraigned before Court Com
missioner Eberhart on the charge of
using ''phony' money. They had in
their possession when arrested eighteen
or nineteen So bills made by FASTING
two advertising slips together. These
slips were somewhat similar to So
bill on one side and contained an adj
yertisement on the other. -
The men under arrest are G.. S.
Harris of st. Paul, better known as
"Sam'' Harris, w. B. German, whose
home is at 515 ST. Peter street, St.
Paul, and Joe Klein, who lives with
German. The men do not deny doing
up the passenger, but say that they
only got $12 from him.
German had a large and fine 40
calibre Colts revolver when arrested.
The Mankato police have heard OF
him. He came originally from Fort
Dodge, Iowa, and is gambler by
profession.
Harris was one of the bunch Of nine
alleged pickpockets and "con' men
who were rounded up in this city
during the first day or two of the Elks
carnival, and who were pm autographed
in group. Sheriff Mcmillan recog-
nized his picture at once.
The three parties. who are consider
ed to be very smooth people in their
line, were coming to Mankato when
arrested. All three are smooth faced,
and are from twenty three to twenty,
seven years old.
Sheriff Mcmillan communicated
| with the police officials of st. Paul,
and the identity of the prisoners wal
,, confrned. Harris brother learned Of
his arrest in this way and was in st.
Peter Thursday. He conducts pawr
shop in st. Paul. Germans wife il
also in st. Peter.
The three men were greatly pleased
when they heard that their victim die
not intend to return to prosecute
them, but are now much broken al
over the fact that the United States
government is after them.
The men were arrested by Police
men Block, assisted by A J. Buchanan
and Frank G. Johnson, deputy
sheriff FROM Minneapolis. The passen
GER who was feeced on the south
bound Omaha passenger train Tuesda.
might, claims to have lost $7O Ell,
reported his loss to Conductor Hart
who telegraphed to the Mankato off
GERS, asking that the parties be ar
rested. The young men got off at Eas
Spring Lake, however, when the trail
stopped for. water. and got as far a
the ST. Peter station. Gus Stempel
the night operator. had been INFORMED
of the robbery, and telephoned Mr.
Block who found the fellows at tn
station and placed them under arrest
They had $50 in money besides tn
bogus money in their possession
Each man had deck of cards.
Mrs. German. when shown tn
"phony" money, said that she ha'
pasted the bills and given them to tn
children to play with. That tn
money had been used for gamblin.
purposes is indicated by letter from
a brother of one of the trio, from
North Dakota, asking him to send on
some of the So bills, as the gam
would work here