The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
United States Prisoner Gets Six
Months in Jail.
Grand Jury Proceeds to Do Business
Without Delay.
Trial Of $4,000 Railway Damage
Suit Begins.
Case of Barber Asphalt Co. VS.. City
Comes Next.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
| The April term of the United State.
court convened in this city at ten O'Clock
this forenoon, with large attendance Of
jurors, witnesses and attorneys Among
| the court officers present were Judge
VIM. Lochren, District Attorney A. j
Smith, Assistant District Attorney J
NJ. Dickey, Marshals VIM. Grimshaw Jr
and T. j. Sheehan, Secret Service Agent
J. w. Lawrence, Clerk Chas. L. Spence,
and Stenograpker Horn.
The court calendar was called as soon
as che court convened.
Two railway cases of the government
against the village of Alden were the
first on the calendar, and the mandates
that have been handed down from the
circuit court of appeals were ordered
entered.
The case of Ernest Hoertschlager VS..
the Western Union Telegraph company
was passed until tomorrow.
The suit of Sebastian Kr0nk VS.. the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
company YVES the first case for trial, and
Ia jury was secured this. forenoon. He
sues to recover $4,000 damages for in
juries sustained in falling off Of 81 hand
car, while working with the steel gang
nsar Wells, last fab.
His attorneys are H. L. & j. w. Schmitt
of this city and Babcock & Schorenberg
of Wells.
The suis of the Barber Asphalt Pew
ing company against the city of Ndanka-
to was passed until this zlnoon. to, all,
low the question as to Hy q bet,,er Il Is q,
court or jury case to 10. sec;defs after the
arri'sa Oh tAe aee1 orneys for siie plain
tiff
LII INC 1o'' satzke bankruptcy case,
the bankrupt moy yaa. fo,.. hove. Ia, flo ON
.amended comslaif IT.
Ahe ease y Eenry s. StenbeEg, trus-
see w. 'ne i1Ss NATIONAL bank Of VIII
An0'' was %. ior trial by jury, but it
was ''''eu 'n"0 the two cases OF STEM
iserg VS.. Paplaw NAV eo oger tho. hoy,.,
lhe tnsoe cas- s. of Mbert c. BaEber VS..
csl'ain i'ai'ie are equity cases and
VIII oe tlleo chambers during, the. va
esssion.
Geo. E. Dye of This c;tv su,d cbsa w
>s4''iu' u inshrop we're admitted to
practice in Ito TTn;ta5 sta+es oo,,,..s an
ni''ioh VI W.. E. Young and j. A. Eek
o'eih' the faCt'er of New Ulm. 4
The grand inv was cal,sd ,ad
WHY ONE of the members were eres-
en'' oap1- s: B. Davis, was appointed
ioA1s ~ he jury was instructed as to
its olties nd ,.,t,,rnoa 70 +.45a. ,n ito
woeR.
Ane pai' les who, have. BEEN bound to
.he grand .fury were directed to appear
III o'ufs az two o'clock CHS, afternoon
Ahe ioN of th- - jury was called,
a'iS- 'ini y two. anss q ses to their names.
lhe court is apt to be- in session into
ne26 week The next case foe trial will
p ~ e " be that of the Barber Asphalt
lcompany against the city.
/ The grand jury returned at two
O'Clock this afternoon with several indict-
n,eIlts, and retired again. It is uncer-
tain whether it will conclude it's work
today.
Frank Madden, the young man who
has been IN the county Jail all winter,
was brought before the court
and arraigned on an indictment
charging him with having had in his
custody and passed upon Lester Russell as
genuine ten dollar treasury note last
Nov. 18th that was bogus. He pleased
guilty and said that he was drunk at
the time and did not know what he did.
District Attorney Smith said that
there was nothing to aggravate the case.
The court said that he took into con-
sideration that Madden was young and
that was his first offence. He sentenced
him to serve six months in the county
jail Madden thanked the court.
Sebastian Krok was examined physic-
ally just before the trial of his damage.
snit today in the office of DIR. Andrews.
Dr.. Bouffleur of Chicago, chief surgeon,
of the Milwaukee Railway company, DIR.
Michaelson of Wells, and Drs. Webstea
and Steele were employed by the RAID
road company to examine the maa;
while Drs. Andrews and Holbrook,. and
DIR. Holm of Wells were engaged by the
defense to make an examinati tom At
torneys of the opposing sides weae also
present. The case is handled for the
plaintiff by Babcock & 'Schnorenberg of
Wells and H. L. & J. w. ScAmitt of
Mankato. The dcfense is conducted by
H. Fl. Field of Chicago and Pau & Pau
of Mankato.
The plea of the plaintiff is that he was
attempting to stop the hand car, when
the brake refused to work; and that one
of the other employees on the hand car,
with view to working the brake him
self, pushed Krok away from the brake,
causing him to fall off the car; that
Krok's body was doubled up under the
car in such way that he suffered an in
jury to the spine, which has. resulted in
his losing to certain extent the use
of his left arm, through paralysis.