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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
GRAMS EVADES The LAW
Wife Murderer Strangles Himself to
Death This Morning.
Fastens a Twisted Sheet Around His
Neck and Chokes.
Planned the Deed as Carefully as He
Did the Murder.
No Inquest Will Be Hold and the Sad
Case Is Ended.
From Mondays Daily.

LAOHA h1OAN~t = D
Emil Grams, the s~elf-confessed muir
derer of his wife, has taken the law IN
to his w hands and has saved the
county the expense of a trial. He was
found dead in his cell in the county Jail
this morning, having Strangled himself
to death with a sheet.
When Grams was first placed in the
Jail. he was given Il cell N the second
floor. removed from any other prisoner,
and the first two nights Pat Masterson,
another prisoner, was set to keep a
watch upon him. MasterSon's time eN-
pired. and there was no other trusty
prisoner that could be called upon to do
this work, and Grams was taken to the
first floor. where he spent Saturday
night and Sunday, mingling with the
other prisoners during the exercise hours.
He seemed to be more cheerful each day
and Sheriff Williams had no thought that
he still contemplated suicide.
Grams attorneys talked hopefully to
him Saturday forenoon and afternoon,
and he seemed to them to be cheerful.
Yesterday he smoked with the other
prisoners and passed out cigars among
them. and enjoyed the religious ser
vices held by the ladies of the Baptist
church in the afternoon.
Sheriff Williams went through the cor
ridor around the cell room between ten
and eleven o'clock last night, and no
ticed that Grams was in bed and appar-
emily asleep. The man occupied the sec
ond cell on the left, and all of the
other prisoners slept in the cells on the
right. The cells, of course, were all
locked.
1t was 4 little after six o'clock this
morning when Sheriff Williams went
around the corridor that skirts the cells.
He went first to Grams cell, to see that
he was all right, and a CHASTITY sight
met his vision. Grams sat upon his
bunk with his back to the grating and
with a twisted sheet around his neck
and fastened to the bars above. Reach
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02

spoon. for fear that he would harm
himself if he had a knife, but yesterday
he asked to be allowed to eat at the table
with the other prisoners. The sheriff
did not grant his request, but said that
he might do so later.
None of Grams relatives came to see
him after his Incarceration in Jail. He
asked the sheriff to let none see him eX-
cept his relatives and his attorneys, and
for that reason everyone else was ex.
cluded from seeing him. He wanted a
pipe, and his nephew sent the one that
Grams wife had given him, and that he
had smoked but once, and that he had re-
Gently hung under their marriage certi-
fcate when he draped it. The sheriff
had not vet given him this, fearing that
it might rifle him up.
1t is evident that when Grams planned
to kill his wife he planned to kill him
self also, and that this purpose had
never left him. as he seized almost the
first opportunity that he had to carry
it out. When he returned from shooting
his wife to bid his relatives goodbye and
to give instructions about the care of the
little girls, he was ~pursuaded not to
shoot himself in the presence of his chill
dren. He was watched the first two
nights in jail. and Sunday night was the
first night that he was sure that he
was not being watched.
When Grams hung Grape upon the
frame of his marriage certificate two
weeks ago, he pinned a bow of crepe to
the front of his army cap and one to
his wife's bonnet and hung them on the
frame. This would indicate that the
planned the death of both.
Yesterday Grams asked the sheriff to
telephone to his nephew who rents the
farm to be sure and not let the little
Girls 90 away. This is the same request
that he made Thursday morning of his
in person.
i. ]. Russell of LeRay called at the
iail Saturday to see Grams, who was a
near neighbor to him. Mr.. Russell stat
ed that Grams was as kind hearted a
man as he ever saw when he was sober.
Others do not agree with this.
Sheriff Williams found three bottles
of diluted alcohol in Grams house last
1t was strong stuff and a little
it would be enough to effect a man
who drank it.
Pfau & Pfau, the attorneys whom
Gram had retained to defend him, a
not talked over what line OF defense
TO adopt, but they would have probably
have taken the ground that their client
was drunk on the morning of the muir
der. or had been drinking, and thai he
was temporarily insane when he com,
mitted the murder. They had not hoped
to do more than to SECURE Il life SEN
for Grams. His trial would have
the county several thousand dol
lars. besides taking some of the heritage
from his children.
Max Grams, the oldest son, was In the
city this afternoon. Emil Grams Jr. went
to GAINESVILLE to arrange for the funeral,
the time for which has not yet been set.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02

ing his hand through the bars, the
sheriff felt of Grams hand and found it
warm. He then hastily entered the cell
room and threw the bar that locks the
cell doors, and took the sheet from
Grams neck.
Summoning the assistance of the pris-
oners in the other cells, the sheriff work
ed over Grams, whose body was still
warm, but to no effect. A physician
was summoned, and on his arrival said
half an hour when discovered by the
sheriff.
Grams must have committed the deed
early this morning, between four and
five o'clock. The sheet used was one of
those supplied the prisoners with their
bedding. Grams had twisted it tightly,
and in order to make a moose that would
hold, he had torn the binding from one
end of a blanket and wound this tight
ly around the twisted sheet. The result
was a rope an inch through and strong
enough to hold the weight of two men
1t was not Grams intention to put
much weight upon the rope, however.
The cell was not high enough for him
to swing off of his feet, so he adopted
the mode of strangling himself to death
in a sitting posture.
To make sure that he should not in
voluntarily make a noise and thus cause
an interruption and the failure of his
plans. Grams tied a handkerchief over
his mouth and around his head, to stife
any groaning that he might do after los
ing consciousness. He then made his
bed, clothed himself except his shoes,
which he placed on the bunk beside him,
so that his feet would make no noise in
the death agony, and seated himself OF
the bunk with his back to the bars. He
had tied the sheet rope securely two or
three feet above his head and had adj
justed it so that the moose would be
high enough so that he could strange
himself without having to slide down.
He was found in this posture, with his
hands clasped in his lap. His face was
not discolored.
None of the prisoners heard any
noise. Hugh Herndon, the United States
prisoner, was awake an hour before the
sheriff entered, but he states that every
thing was quiet during that time.
Coroner Kennedy was summoned and
arrived soon afterwards. He concluded
that no inquest was necessary, and the
remains were turned over to John Klein
& Co. and taken to their undertaking
rooms. Sheriff Williams telephoned to
Emil Grams Jr., the nephew who brought
Grams to Eagle Lake, and he said that
he was preparing to eome to the city
anyway and would take charge of the re.
mains.
Yesterday Grams asked and received
from the sheriff some clean underwear
and he bathed and put on clean clothing
the same as he had done the morning oil
the murder, when he intended to shoot
himself. He talked quite a while
with the sheriff last evening, and seemed
to be cheerful. He said that his wife's
three children by her former husband
were the cause of the whole trouble, and
that his wife did not have to work fol
anybody else when she had a good home
of her own.
Grams was given his meals by himself
and allowed to have nothing but a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
CONTRACT SIGNED.
Mayor and Recorder Attach Their
Signatures to 1t.
Erc2I Saturdays daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The street lighting contract between
the city and the Mankato Gas and Elec-
trio Light company was signed late last
night by Mayor Taylor and City Recor.
der Hodapp, after the city attorney had
spent a good deal of time upon it. 1t is
believed to be in shape so that it is salts
factory to all parties.
1t is now too late to %enjoin the city
from entering into the contract even
if anybody wished to do So, which is
doubtful. Several parties were seeking
to have the contract brought before the
council again before it should be signed
in the hope that it might yet be defeat
ed. These individuals are a little late.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
w. c. T. U. OFFICERS.

The election of officers by the State
Woman's Christian Temperance union in
session at Winona resulted: President
Mrs. Bessie Laythe Scovell, Minneapo'
lis; vice president, Mrs. Kate Kercher
Minneapolis; corresponding secretary
Mrs. Ella +. Hendrix Minneapolis; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Belle NJ. Welch
Minneapolis; treasurer, Mrs. Della R
Mandigo, st. Paul. Mrs. Mary Plymat
of Mankato was elected an alternate to
the national convention to be held in
Cincinnati, Nov. Is to Is.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
FOOT A

The schedule for Minnesota's foot ball
team is as follows: Sept. 80, Manchester
college; Oct. 3, Grinnell college; Oct. 10,
Iowa Agricultural college; Oct. II, Iowa
State university; Oct. "a, Beloit college;
Oct. 81, Michigan; Nov. Z, Lawrence uni
versity; Nov. IA, Illinois; Nov. FL, open;
Nov. 26, Wisconsin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02

The offer of free tuition made by the
Wisconsin Business University has been
extended to Sept. 30th, owing to an err
ror in other advertising matter. If you
desire a practical business education and
a position, if you excel, send for cata-
logue containing full information and
nearly 1000 portraits of graduates whom
we have assisted in securing positions.
Address, Wisconsin Business University,
La Crosse, Wis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
ADDING TO THEIR STOCK.
From Mondays Daily.

Phillips & Stevens have a fine new
Berlin coach, which they have added to
their already extensive stock of modern
conveyances. They also have a new pail
bearers rig, and have had rubber tires
put on their three hacks. They are On
templating other improvements in their
barn, and believe in keeping to the front.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
ROBBED A DEPOT SAFE.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The safe in the Minneapolis & st.
Louis depot at Green Isle, Mimi, was
broken open and 500 belonging to the
United States Express company was
taken.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
The Profit to Porto Rico.

1t is well, perhaps, that the enemies
of expansion do not criticize the
American administration of Porto
Rico, for they would find small com.
fort in what can be found in that is
land today, as evidence of the benef-
icent of enlightened government
which has taken the place of Spanish
rule there.
A writer in the New York Sun re-
Gently contrasted present conditions
with those which prevailed five years
ago, at the beginning of American oc-
cupation. Then Porto Rico had no
public school facilities. Now it has
an American system of education.
with 100 schools, as many teachers,
nearly 60 900 pupils, and forty schoo'
buildings equipped with modern fur
niture. Then little attention was
paid to the protection of the public
health. Today there is well managed
health board, and sanitary reforms
have been inaugurated which have
resulted in cutting down the number
of deaths more than 1000 in single
year. Today there are asylums and
public charities where were none five
years ago. Then Porto Rico was un-
der the absolute dominion of Spain:
now it has civil government of it,
own, and levies and spends its own
revenues. Then there was no surplus
revenue; now there is 81 500, 600 in the
treasury and the annual expenses,
amounting to g, SOC, 900, are met out
of the revenues. Then Porto Rico
had no modern criminal laws; now it
has an American penal code with
well-equipped courts for the admins
tration of Justice. The miles of good
roads have nearly doubled within the
past five years, and other internal
improvements have been made.
These are only few of the good
things which have come to Porto
Rico as the result of American rule.
But America has been benefited
also. In 1898 the trade of the United
States with Porto Rico was valued at
50, 7S6.l74. In 1902 it was valued at
So. .OOJ, 900. 1t would be difficult for
anybody to prove, in the fact of these
facts, that American occupation has
been bad for Porto Rico or the gov
ernment of the United States.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
PARTITION NOTICE.

Ellen p. White. James ToohIg and Mary
W Toohig, his wife. OF Montpelier In the
State Of Indiana: Michael White and Cathar-
Inc White his wife and . imothy Falvey and
katharine ". Falvey. OF the city of Indianap-
oils and state of Indiana; Daniel White and
Emma White. his wife. Of Kansas C;tv. State
OF Missouri, are hereby notified that Julia f.
White has filed against them In the Common
Pleas Court of Logan county. Ohio WHERE the
same Is pending n petition praying that dow
er be assigned To the said Ellen II. White In,
and that partition Iemadr between the plain
tin and the said Michael White. Catharine
w. FaIvey. Mary W. Toohig and Daniel
White. share and share alike of the real estate
of which the late Paul White died seized, to-
wit: Situate In the county of Logan and
State Of Ohio, and city of Bellefontaine be-
ing part of section 81 town 4. range IL, NJ r.
>. beginning at n post southwest corner to
Michael kelley's lot; thence with the west
line Of kelley's lot north degree % poles
to stake; thence north sS5f west i5-lOO po'es
TO post; theme south degree W. % poles tn
"A post In the center of street: thence with
said street south ssh east i5-l00 poles 10 the
place OF beginning. containing one acre of
la ID. more or less. and that unless they plead
TO said petition on or before Saturday, the 5th
day of September. dover will be assigned
th-rein and decree for partition as pray ed
for will be taken and entered In their alb
sence- WEST a WEST
July 81, 1e0S-6w Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
Free Turn Pike Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that a petition has
been presented to the County Commissioners
OF Logan county. Ohio. praying for the laying
out, constructing. Strengthening. altering and
improving by grading. graveling or macdam-
izing. culverting and draining the following
line of road. to-wit:
Beginning at a point In the West Liberty.
Zanesfield and Rushsylvania pike at south
west corner of John Prater's land In Sec No.
=. :. r IL. Liberty township, Logan coun-
", Ohio; thence In an easterly direction with
the road known as the Wade rad. crossing
said Section No. p. and Section No. - to the
termination OF said Wade road In the Pick
reiltown road In Monroe township.
Notice Is also given that viewers have been
appointed on said proposed free pike who to-
gether with the County Surveyor. will meet
at the place of beginning as noted In said
petition at 10 O'Clock m of the s5th day of
August 1903, and notice Is also given that any
person wishing to claim compensation or
damage on account OF the Construction OF
said proposed free pike must file n written
claim for said compensation or damage with
said viewers at or before the time said sur
yyey passes the land affected All applications
for damage will be barred unless so fled as
required by Section 4ss3 X :.
FRANK F. MILLIGAN.
Auditor OF Logan County, Ohio.
August 4. 1903.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
General Summary for The Week
Ending Monday. August 3.l9O3.

General rains fell on July 29 and
on August 2nd. The rainfall was
light in central counties. Warm
weather prevailed during the first
and last of the week, but Friday and
Saturday were so unusually cool that
the week has been below the normal.
The figures following the Corn and
Wheat Region stations show the
amount of precipitation in inches and
hundredths for the week ending at
a. IN. August 3rd: B-llefontaine,0 @. 90:
Bucyrus, 2.46: Canal Dover. .O.57: Can
ton, O.s7: Chillicothe, Q. so: Cincinnati,
0.56: Circleville, o 3s: Cleveland, O.90:
Columbus, ,0.I2: Dayton, 0.57: Defiance,
0sl:; Findlay, l.56 Granville, 020:
Greenville, l.50: Norwalk, l.22: Park
ersburg, 09i: Pomeroy, 0.so; Summer
set, 2.09: Wauseon, 1.69.
The drought was affecting most
crops seriously in central and south
ern districts, and in few places the
rainfall has not been sufficient to
improve conditions to any extent.
In few northeastern counties, how
ever, it Is too wet.
Conditions have been favorable for
harvesting and threshing. The wheat
yields are especially disappointing in
the south. Flowing has been begun for
the next wheat crop. Oats are prom
ising only fair crop: there is some
rust in the north. Barley is very
poor. Buckwheat is starting well.
Most of the hay has been secured
in good condition: the yield is espe-
cially good in eastern counties, many
correspondents reporting much above
the average and some the largest for
Years. Pastures are poor in the
southwest, but fairly good elsewhere. e.
Reports on the clover seed prospects
are variable, but generally poor to
flair. Some fields of corn are max
ing a good growti:, but on the whole
the prospect is not at all promising.
Potatoes have been affected by the
drought in the southwest and by too
much rain on low ground in the south
least: the prospect is only fair. Gar
Iden crops are poor to fair.
| Apples have developed well where
there has been sufficient rainfall and
the outlook is improving: the drought
has caused some dropping. Peaches
are doing fairly we'll in the north.
Plums, blackberries and grapes are
plentiful, though there is considera.
BILE complaint of grape rot.
j. WARREN SMITH,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
Columbus O., Aug. 4
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
Natural Wonders.

"Why is river the greatest freak
of nature?"
Didn't know it was. Why is it?"
"a river has head, but no feet.
It's mouth is where its feet ought to
be-
"Pretty good. A mountain Is some
what freakish, also. We have all
seen the foot of a mountain, but we
never heard of a mountains head"
"That's so. Still, it must have a
head, for it has ears
HAS ears? How's that?"
Certainly. Did you never see a
mountaineering City Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
Special G. A. r. Train via Chicago
& Northwestern R'y

Leaves Chicago 1890 p. NJ, Angus
to IA, Chicago to Los Angeles and
San Francisco, account G. AR. Core
spondingly low rates from other
points. Three trains a day daily
from Chicago to the Coast through
without change. Daily and person
ally conducted tourist car excursions.
Special G. A. r. train leaves Chicago
1890 p. NJ. August 11th. Write for
itinerary, illustrated folder and full
particulars. A. +. Cleveland, 234
Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio. -
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
Special G. A. r. Train via
CHICAGO & Northwestern R'y

Leaves Chicago 1890 P. NJ, August
11th, for San Francisco: 5000 for the
round trip, Chicago to Los Angeles
and San Francisco. Correspondingly
low rates from other points. Three
trains daily through to the coast
without change. Daily and PERSONAL
ly conducted tourist car excursions.
Write for itinerary, illustrated folder
and full particulars. A. F. Cleveland
2S4 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
5R-7
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
No Such Man.

Manager-Strange, there haven't
been an answer to my adverl isment
for clerk.
Proprietor-Now wonder. You made
a mess of that 'ad.' The idea of ad-
vertising for a man of average in
telligencer Everybody who isn't
hopelessly below it feels he's far
above it."-Philsd sdelphia Ledger.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11

T. V. Powderly, formerly Grand
Master Workman of the Knights of
Labor, who was removed from office
by President Roosevelt, in discussing
the position assumed by the President
toward the labor union said:
"The President did perfectly right.
There was nothing else for him to do.
No labor union can set itself above
the laws of the United Stats When
| was at the head of the Knights OF
Labor I preached that doctrine.
There we're $50 600 men who believed
it then and most of them are alive
now and believe it STILL"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
True POliteneSS.

"Pardon me-" said the first stran-
ger; ''but may l ask what lake that
is?"
Certainly, sir" replied stranger
No2.
swell, what lake is it," queried the
party of the first prelude.
II don't know" answered he of the
finis.-Chicago News.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
$50 90 to Colorado and Return.

Via Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Chicago to Denver, Colorado, Colora-
do Springs and Pueblo, daily through
out the Summer. Correspondirgly
low rates from all points East. Only
one night to Denver from Chicago
and the Central States. Two fast
trains daily. Tourist sleeping cars
to Denver daily. A. F. Cleveland,
234 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
55-St
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
An Unfortunate Citizen.

"Yes, SIR" said the Billville his
torian, she wuz the most onluckiest
feller that ever drawed the breth o.
life?"
what happened to him?"
''Clumb pine tree when he seen
the sheriff comm to levy on him, an
"a harricane come along an blowed
the tree down and landed him in the
only vacant seat in the sheriff's bug
gy,"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11

''Can 1 interest you in this marvel
Gus new invention, the cold-air
stove?" asks the affable agent.
''It is guaranteed to reduce the
temperature in the hottest house,
and will"
''Never mind, young man. I'm us
ing the furnace 1 had put in last
winter. All need to do is to start
fire in it and the house gets SO cold
it freezes the f1ies."-Judge.