The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-15
Andrew Haakenson and Levi N.Y.
stedt Will Be Arraigned Mon
day Morning.
The Grand Jury Has Returned In
dictment for Killing of Un-
known Man.
Haakenson's Father Employs an At
torney and Will Defend His
Son to the Last.

Andrew Haakenson and Levi Nystedt
have been indicted for murder in the first
degree The indictments have been re-
turned and the men will be arraigned in
the district court Monday morning.
Andrew Haakenson. one OF the Prospect
Park thugs. will make legal fight Tor
his liberty when he is brought into court
to answer to the charge of murder. Haak-
enson's father announced yesterday, when
he visited his boy in his cell at the cen
trail police station. that he had employed
an attorney and would do everything in
his power to free the boy and remove the
disgrace from the family.
B. Even Haakenson and his son Rudolph
of Osseo, Wis. father and brother or the
prisoner visited young Haakenson yester
day and when the boy saw them ne sno"eo
considerable feeling. He did not breaA
down, however.
, IT cannot believe that my boy is guilty
of all the crimes charged against him,
said the elder Haakenson, with tears IN his
eyes. when he was at home he was q
good boy. He was obedient and knew
nothing of crime or of the evil side OF
life. He has been away from home for
three years and 1 believe he has been led
into this by his partner. He has kind
heart and why should he commit such
brutal deeds as are charged against him.?
The Father Wept.
When the time arrived for the elder
Haakenson and his son to leave the sta
-tion. they broke down and wept. The
newspaper accounts Of his arrest and
crimes was the first intina ton the father
had of his boys ,misdeeds
Florence Haakenson. believed to have
been associated with the prisoner through
the period Of his alleged crimes, says she
has $500 which she will spend In defend
ing HaakensOn in court.
80 The HaakenSOn woman told Superln-
tendent Of Police E. F. Waite yesterday
that she would advise young Haakenson
to plead guilty. She was asked if she
would give him that advice If she were
allowed to see him at once. She replied
IN the affirmativ and was shown to the
cell
Have you signed any papers?" she
asked
Il have" replied Haakenson;
We'll. don't you sign any more, be
downstairs before she could advise the
prisoner what to- do.
~ee >>'' Formerly Employed Here. >~- /
Young Haakenson was employed as a
delivery man by the! Paris Murton com
pany about a year ago and kept his horse
II, a barn in the rear of the residence OF
Fred Coffin, eX-captain of police. Yes
terday afternoon, members Of the COffir
family called at the central police station
and identified Haakenson. At the tins
of his employment as above mentioned
he went by the name of Andrew Free
man The police have not yet been able
to learn why the young man should have
been known by an assumed name at tina
time.
Futher 'sweating' of Haakenson am
Nystedt by superintendent of Police 3.
Waite convinces him that the two mel
have been guilty of more crimes than the
have yet confessed. Admissions alreaa
made connect them with a robbery nea
the Tenth avenue bridge which was com
mitted several months ago. AS there hav
been two or three such crimes comnitte
in that vicinity the police are not certat
as to which one the prisoners refer.
1t will be remembered that the descrip
tions of the men who committed severe
highway robberies earlier in the summer
said that one man was tall and light com
plexioned. while the other was short an
: dark. These descriptions answer to thos
of Haakenson and Nystedt. Another no
ticeabe fact is that not single case c
highway robbery has been reported sine
Nov. g. when Haakenson and Nystedt ar
believed to have led Earnest Colvin
Prospect Park and robbed him.