The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-08
He Had One Team Bought, All Except
Paying for It.
Left the City With Some Unpaid Bills,
bnt Is Appreciated.
Is Now Lodged in Jail, Awaiting Fur.
Their Investigation.
From Saturdays Daily.

IlOlh
A stranger giving the name of George
Slower and claiming to come from Clin-
ton, Mo-, arrived in the city early Mon
day morning At least, he appeared at
Geo. NJ. Phillips livery barn at 4:3O a.
m. of that day and announced that he
was a horse buyer and wanted to buy
Mr.. Phillips cream colored team. He was
at the barn more or less during the week.
and bargained with Mr.. Phillips for the
purchase of the team for $500. He said
that he had purchased two other horses
about three miles from the city. He did
not make any payment, as he said that
his check had not yet come.
Slower hired several persons to 90
with him to Clinton and promised them
work after they got there. He gave it
out that he had livery barn at Clinton.
He tried to borrow a small amount from
one of these men.
Thursday afternoon Slower hired a
team from Mr.. Phillips to ride around
with a friend for short time. He also
borrowed an overcoat from Walter
Peterson, bookkeeper for 0. w. Schmidt.
Mr. Phillips became suspicious and sent
one of his men after the team. Slower
did not have the Sl5O for the hire of the
security.
Slower left the city that evening, ow
ING a board bill of 50 at his boarding
place on Walnut street. He went to a
house in South Bend and remained over
night there with female companion.
Then he started to walk to Lake Crystal,
without paying his bill. He told his COM
panion that he would send a hack for
her, but it never came.
Yesterday Sheriff Williams and John
Stevens went to Lake Crystal and after
much searching the former found Slower
locked in a railway tool house some dis
lance from the village. Some one had
bolted the door from the outside and
there was no way for him TO get out.
The sheriff returned with his prisoner
on the afternoon train, at 4:45 p. m.
Slower was lodged in the county Jail.
Slower claims that he was drunk, and
did not intend to beat anyone out of a
bill
Slower is a rather short man, about
forty five years of age, and has red
dish mustache. The police remember
seeing him in the city during the Elks
carnival last summer. He is thought
to have a friend who came TO the city
at the came time, and the police would
like to know who that man is. Slower
is known to have had money while he
was in the city although without any at
times. He was in the city on the night
of the attempted silk robbery at Burg's
dry goods store, and the police are Civ
ing this some attention. When search
ed by the sheriff, Slower had no money,
but he had sixteen keys that would open
almost any lock. He also had de-
post book on the Exchange bank of
Adair, Iowa, showing one deposit of Sc,
made on April 18th last.
Yesterday Slower went to a farmer in
Judson, named Spendigo, and began nego-
tiations for the purchase of team,
but the farmer told him that he had no
horses to sell and directed him to Doll
Wigley's place. Slower did not GO there,
but his tracks in the mud were found
near there, and in that way he was
tracked to the old tool house where he
was found.
A warrant was gotten out this fore
noon charging Slower with. cohabiting
with one Hulda Cyphers in South Bend
township on April 30th. This will de-
tain him until his case can be looked in
to more thoroughly.
Slower was taken before the court this
afternoon and pleaded guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to pay fine
of $40 and costs or 60 to Jail for thrifty
five days. He went to Jail, but said that
he would oat fha money