The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-11
SHE PLEADS GUILTY.
Elizabeth Pfeiffer Is the First
Prisoner to Be Arraigned.
From Thursdays Daily.

The grand jury came IN at 3:43 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon and returned one in
dictment and then retired. Soon after
wards, Elizabeth Pfeffer was arraigned
charge of forgery in the second degree.
She said, in reply to a question by the
court, that she had no attorney and did
not want one She said her true name
was Elizabeth Pfeiffer She entered a
plea of guilty, and was remanded to
Jail to await her sentence. She broke
down and wept in the court room after
entering her plea. She had been anx
ious to have her arraignment as soon as
possible and was ready to plead before
the indictment was read. She has fleshed
up some since her Incarceration and is
a rather nice appearing girl. She has of
late assisted in the house work at the
Jail and has proved good worker, neat
and Industrious. Today Judge Cray had
talk with her, to ascertain her past
history.
The crime for which Miss Pfeiffer was
indicted was the passing of check on
the National Bank of Commerce, forged
by her companion, c. H. Wilson, who is
now in the Sioux Falls jail awaiting trial
for forgery, and who is wanted in sew
June with him to visit relatives of the
latter and they claimed to be married.
Lust before leaving, the girl passed two
forged checks at local banks, one for
$75 and the other for $5S. 1t was sever
al weeks afterwards that she was APP
pretended and brought back to the city
She claimed that Wilson had forced her
by threats to pass the checks, but there
is some question about this, as the pair
were mixed up in forgeries elsewhere.
This morning, when court convened,
the grand jury returned three more in
dictments and then retired.
Yesterday afternoon, A. w. Petrich of
Vernon Center was excused from serving
on the grand jury on the ground that he
is postmaster of his village.
The peremptory call of the calendar
was had. In the case of H. A. King,
respt., Michael Russell, applt., judg-
ment was granted on the pleadings, af-
firming the judgment of the court be-
low.
The case of Mary Kleiman vs.. Henry
Kleiman was stricken from the calendar
In the case of the appeal of Emma
Sheeran, administrators of the estate of
Frank Sheeran, deceased, from the order
of the probate court admitting the will
of Mary Sheeran, deceased, to probate,
motion to dismiss the appeal was
made, and was denied.
The case of Sophia Anderson as adj
ministratriX VS.. Gustaf Widell was add
ed to the calendar
Three arrangements were had when
NouiC NohNVlSu rlliiS ttlnOOi
Michael Kelly was indicted for grand
larceny in the second degree When
asked by the court whether he had any
money OF friends to procure an attorney,
he replied that he had ''blown in his
wages for whisky" and that he had no
friends. but drunken friends and that
they deserted him as soon as he was
locked up. The court appointed j. w.
Schmitt to defend him. The Indictment
charges that on Oct. 18th last he stole
gold watch and chain and number of |
other articles from Ray f. Salisbury, in
Shelby.
Joseph McCann was arraigned on an
indictment charging him with grand lar
ceny in the second degree. committed
Aug. Sth, in the theft of horse shoers'
tools and nails from Thomas H. Foley.
Walter a. Plymat was appointed as his
attorney.
Ole w. Horton was arraigned upon an
indictment charging him with forgery in
the second degree, committed Aug Bird,
1902, in passing upon H. p. Jensen
note for $40 to which the name of his
mother, Mary 0. Horton, had been forged
as surety. A. r. Pau Jr was appoint
ed his attorney.
The three prisoners were allowed un-
til 8 a. m. tomorrow to plead
The roll of the petit jury was called
showed all present except Fred Clements,
George Wiedermann and j. r. Beatty.
Joseph Rausch Jr. was excused on ac-
count of the illness of his wife
The first case for trial was that of
Louis Ludwick Larson by John Z. Lar
son, his guardian ad Item, VS. Macbeth
& Gardner. 1t was stated that it was
in process of settlement and it was
passed over.
The trial of the case of August Holl-
michel VS.. the Mankato Lime and Stone
Co. and Fowler & Pay went to trial
with a jury The plaintiff seeks to re-
cover $4,000 damages for injuries al
legged to have been received. His attor-
ney is jaw Henry Long, while Pau &