The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
Those Who Were Open on Sunday Are
Required to Pay Fines.
Oscar Olson, Who Stood Trial, Is
Given Heaviest Sentence.
Roy Howard Given Light Sentence on
His Mothers Plea.
Petit Jury Is Discharged, and Court
Cases TAKEN Up.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
At two o'clock this afternoon Judge
Cray pronounced sentence upon all of the
prisoners at the bar. These included
twelve saloon keepers and one other.
Attorneys spoke for most of the sa'
loonkeeepers. c. L. Benedict asked that
Mr.. Olson stand on the same footing as
the others, and that the costs be stricken
off, as the jury had recommended mercy
He also spoke for Messrs. Veigel and
Mettler.
Arthur Schaub appeared for Messrs.
Lamm, Schmidt, Peterson and Lorentz.
He said that Mr.. Lamm is we'll known
and runs an especially orderly place.
a. r. Pfau Jr. spoke for Mr.. Lease.
saying that his saloon was opened in
his absence against his express orders, as
he always obeyed the law.
A. E. Clark spoke for Mr.. Gleason.
who has partial central of the Tivoli. He
was also out of the city that day. The
men arraigned are not the only ones to
blame. They are more the victims than
the instigators, owing to the system.
Mr.. Clark also spoke for Mr.. Conrad.
Judge Cray said that more than year
ago he had charged the grand jury about
violations of the liquor laws, and this
charge was published in the press and
commented upon generally, so that no
one could be ignorant after that of the
law or the duties of the court. 1t SEEM
ed that violations of the law had con-
tinued since then practically undated.
He had received many letters from
mothers and wives in this city and else
where, saying that they had gone to the
saloonkeepers and implored them not to
sell liquor to their sons and husbands,
but their wishes had been disregarded. 1t
would seem that human sympathy would
lead to their wishes being regarded. As
an illustration, last week a divorce case
was tried before the court where a wife
alleged that for ten years her husband
had been drinking man and drunk
most of the time. For this reason she
desired to assume the responsibility of
providing for the three or four children.
1t has been limited that representa-
lions have been made to the saloonkeep-
ers that they are being prosecuted, and
that certain persons have tried intimida-
ton by threats of personal violence on
officers of the court. Such suggestions
are made by the worst enemies of the
defendants and not by their friends. One
OF two persons might be removed from
this earth, but the wheels of Justice
would move Just the same, and retribu-
ton would be swift. No one is missed
much from the earth, but everything
goes along the same as before.
Judge Cray divided the saloonkeeper
defendants into three classes, those who
had came forward promptly and plead
eG guilty, showing some degree of con-
triton. those who had stood trial, and
those who had held off to see how the
trial would turn out before pleading
guilty.
This is not the only city where the
deliberate violations of the law are lead
ing to an effort to punish them. In one
city Ill indictments were returned. If
one person in this city could upon inves-
tigation find more than 100 persons in
saloons on one Sunday it shows to what
extent the law is being violated.
Judge Cray then sentenced Oscar Olson
to pay fine of 500 and the costs,
$i964
Albert j. Ziezler, Andrew A. Hanson.
Frank j. Lorentz and Philip Lease were
each fined SO.
Albert j. Lamm, VIM. Schmidt, Henry
Veigel, Gustaf W. Peterson, Thos. Glea-
son, VIM. Conrad and Frank j. MettleI
were each fined $S5. In each case there
was an alternative sentence of thirty
days in Jail, but each defendant paid his
fine at once in cash.
On motion of County Attorney Wilson
the indictments against four persons
were dismissed, they not conducting
places which it was thought they were
connected with.
Roy Howard was next sentenced t.
pay fine of 500 or go to jail for ninety
days, for grand larceny in the second de
gree He said that he was twenty-th three
years of age. The court said that he hao
decided to be lenient because Howard.