The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-10-31
is STILL AT LARGE.
Young LoifeImacher Not Yet
Located.
August LoffeImacher, Charged With
Assault in the First Degree, Puts
Up $4,000 Bonds.

young Iudu WHO esChpou iIOlu Inc
custody of Sheriff Mcmillan at St.
Peter Thursday morning, was ar
raigned before Justice Miller of that
place Ia the evening in complaint
charging him with assault on the first
degree upon John Mans, with intent
to destroy property. Owing to the
absence of County attorney Davis. the
case was continued until Monday at
10 a. M, and the defendant was re-
leased on s., 0e0 bonds, furnished by
his brother John Loffelmacher. At
torneys Albert Pfaender of New Ulm
and Young & Lossow of this city
have been retail ned by the defendant,
who evidently intends TO put up a
strong fight.
The charge against August Loffel-
macher is similar TO the one that his
son was arrested on. IL is said that
the old father agreed with the sheriff
that his son was guilty, although the
son denied it. 1t is now thought that
this statement was made in view or
the expected escape OF the son.
Sheriff Mcmillan would probably
not have turned the young man over
to his father or allowed him his free
dom had it not been for the fact that
he was under heavy bonds to appear
in the United States courG next month,
his father having furnished the bond.
August Loffelmacher has put up $50
to pay the expenses of the search ter
his son. Half an hour after the young
mans escape, number Of men were
out searching the town for him, on
foot with teams and on bicycles. No
trace of him has yet been found.
Young Loffelmacher is shrewd for
one of his years and has travelled over
the country extensively. The officers
may have some difficulty in locating
him.
The following is from the st. Peter
Herald's account of the matter:
The escape was made yesterday
morning from the Konsbuck hotel.
Sheriff Mcmillan brought his prisoner
down from New Ulm on the morning
train. The boys father accompanied
him The party had breakfast at the
hotel. After finishing his meal, Sheriff
Mcmillan put the boy in charge of his
father, while he went down street to |
arrange for q preliminary hearing. |
Mr.. Loffelmacher said that the boy |
wanted to go out and purchase some
clothes, and to enable him to make
his purchase the father gave him $40.
When the sheriff returned, he found
to his surprise that father and son had
not returned, as they had promised.
1t soon became clear that young
Loffelmacher had taken advantage of
his opportunity to escape and was fast
making tracks.
The young man, when last seen,
was going in the direction of the
river A little later in the day he was
seen in the bottoms northeast of this
city, and headed in the direction of
Ottawa The officers are hot on his
LTali, anu his SdpbuAO 10 ioOhOo LIZ oO |
any moment.
The young man who endeavored to
escape from the clutches of the law,
was arrested Wednesday afternoon, on
evidence that is most damaging. I'm
mediately upon the arrival of Mr.. Nc
LILLIAN upon the scene of the attempt
to blow up the threshing outfit, he
proceeded to make thorough investi-
CATION of the premises Of Mr.. Loffel-
macher. His efforts were rewarded
and it is said that he found piece
of pipe, corresponding to the one
found in the threshing engine. In ad-
Sition. he discovered quantity of
dynamite and explosive caps. With
this strong evidence in his possession,
Sheriff Mcmillan caused the arrest of
the young man.
The fiends who placed the engine of
destruction, evidently laid their plans
we'll Had they not been little care
less in replacing the cover which
closes the manhole. thereby causing
the leak. they would have succeeded,
and a terrible catsstrophy would have
resulted.
The person or presons engaged in
the heinous affair had almost emptied
he boiler and placed the pipe con-
tanning the deadly explosive directly
ever the fire, with the clear intention
Of causing an explosion without the
use of fuse. This plan, successfully
carried out, would have thrown sus-
pioion off their tracks, since 1t would
have laid the cause of the catastrophy
to boiler explosion.
The pipe was Immediately taken
TO New Ulm. The quantity Of dyna-
mite was from seven to ten pounds.
From what can be learned in st.
Peter today old man Loffelmacher was
not In deal to allow his son to escape
from Sheriff Mcmillan. AS matter
Of fact the old gentleman is as anxious
or bis SON g return az are the au-
thorities and this morning, prior to his
departure for home, he offered re-
ward of 800 for the young mans ap-
prehension. He not only made this
offer, but left with Sheriff Mcmillan
written statement t. the effect that
he would pay that sum in case of the
boys capture.
The old man admitted to Sheriff
Mcmillan that the boy was guilty OF
a. or;,oo cborood and danied that he