The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-10-03
TO THE PINE
Deputy Sheriff A. Him. Routs a
Bunch of Thugs.
They Were About to Hold Him Up and
He Started Their Going With
a Gun.

Deputy Sheriff Adolph HIM of
Nicollet county was the main actor in
thrilling and sensational drama in
two acts which occurred in North Man
kato at about one O'Clock Sunday
morning. An attempt to hold-up the
officer was frustrated and the would
be Williams were put to rout by the
flash of gun and the report of the
discharges of bullets which followed.
Mr.. HIM was over on this side of
the Minnesota river shortly before one
O. clock and was to have. accompanied
his son, who is employed in North
Front street meat market, to their
home The boy, however, went home
some time before, and did not take
the pains to inform his father that he
was going. Mr.. HIM proceeded across
the bridge and nothing unusual occur
red until the Swedish church building
on Belgrade avenue south of the
bridge was reached. Here the deputy
espied a fellow. moving close to the
sidewalk, while two other suspiciously
acting men were standing just behind
the church building. Mr.. Hinz kept
his eye on the trio and when opposite
the nearest man, who was moving
toward him in threatening manner,
called upon the fellow to stop and
throw up his hands. The would-be hold
up artist, however stepped back
ward and turning suddenly ran in the
direction of the timber with his pals
close at his heels Mr.. HIM fired his
revolver at the fleeing men, but did
not succeed in hitting anyone of them
Officer Hinz then FASTENED to his
home block away and procured more
cartridges Meanwhile Officers Daniels,
Bienspf and Kelley, who had heard
the shots, fastened across the river,
consulted with Officer HIM, but were
unable to locate the trio. After they
had returned to the Mankato side of
the river, Officer HIM heard several
shots fred in the direction of A. An
derson's house, further south on Bel
grade avenue. HIM mounted his BIZ
cycle and rode down the line, but he
saw no one. Mr.. Anderson was
aroused by the noise made by the shots,
and few moments afterward heard a
sound resembling some person groan-
ing with pain. However, a search
revealed no one who had been shot.
Deputy Sheriff HIM is of the opinion
that the shooting in the direction of
Mr.. Anderson house was done by the
three men in order to attract his at
tention to that spot, thus clearing the
coast at the bridge in order that they
could gain this side of the river with
out hinderance. Had the officers re-
mained for time at the Main street
entrance of the bridge the men could
have been captured easily.
At the point near the church build
ing where Deputy Him. encountered
the men it is quite dark at night and
an ideal place for hold-up. On Fri
day night John Iverson, a carpenter
who boards in North Mankato, was as
saulted and robbed there. His assail-
ants took $25 from him, leaving with
him black eye. This happened at
nine O'Clock at night. Half an hour
before another North Mankato resident
with over $75 in his pockets passed
that spot, but he was not molested nor
did he notice any strangers about.
Deputy HIM stated that one of the
trio of Sunday morning was tall
man and wore gray SLOUGH hat. His
companions were shorter of stature,
but he could not tell how they were
dressed.