The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 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 IIaakenson 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 FOR
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.
Even Iaakenson and his son rudolph.
of Osseo, Wis, father and brother Oh 'he
prisoner visited young Haakenson yester
day and when the boy saw them ne sno"eu
considerable feeling He did not DreaA
down, however.
> II 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
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 I 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 q
The Father Wept.
Ifaakenson and his son to leave the sta
ton. they broke down and wept. The
newspaper accounts Of his arrest and
crimes was the first intimation 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 S300 which she will spend in defend
ing Haakenson in court.
- The Haakenson woman told Superin-
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 affirnlati and was shown to the
cell.
Have you signed any papers?" she
asked.
."I have" replied Haakenson;
-,+ We'll. don't you sign any more, be
icause-" The woman was hurried
downstairs before she could advise the
prisoner what to- do. -,
- ? 49, Formerly Employed Here. u
Young Haakenson was employed as a
delivery man by the Paris Murton com
panS about year ago and. kept his horse
III 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
of his employment as above mentioned
he went by the name OF Andrew Free:
man. The police have not yet been ablt
to learn why the young man should have
been known by an assumed name at tina
time.
Futher 'sweatng' of Haakenson an
Nvstedt by Superintendent of Police E.
Waite convinces him that the two me-
have been guilty of more crimes than the
have yet confessed. Admissions alread
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 committe
in that vicinity the police are not certas
rs 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
sa i'd 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 nc
ticeable fact is that not a single case
highway robbery has been reported sine
Nov. 8. when Haakenson and Nystedt ar
believed to have led Earnest Colvin
Prospect Park and robbed him.