The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-05-06
MANAGE FATALLY SHOT
St. Clair Man Killed by Suppose Burg.
lar in Duluth Saloon.
Was Protecting Customer of Place
Where He Tended Bar.
From Fridays Daily.


jerome E. Manage, who was born and
raised at st. Clair, was fatally shot at
Duluth Tuesday night. He left st. Clair
two years ago. He is twenty eight years
of age, and was married one month ago.
His parents live at st. Clair, and he has
two aunts in this city, Mrs, Angeline
Dodson and Miss Josephine Manage.
After being shot, he was taken to st.
Many's Hospital, where he died this
morning. The remains will be brought
to st. Clair for burial.
Manage was a bartender for Ernest
Gustafson, at Col West Superior street.
The shooting occurred Tuesday night at
1920 o'clock in the Northland saloon.
According to bystanders, Frank White,
believed to be a professional burglar,
and who had been drinking, was attempt
ing to persuade one of the customers to
take drink with him. The man re-.
fused, but White persistently kept at
him until finally Manage who was be-
hind the bar, interfered.
"Leave him alone" said the bartender,
'or I'll put you out. He doesn't have
to drink unless he wants to-"
care you protecting him?" angrily re-
torted White. ''Do you think that you
could protect him?"
81 guess that 1 can protect him and
myself too," said Manage. "You had
better get out of here and stay out if
you can't act decently."
White jumped up, faced Manage and
then muttering threats, turned towards
the door and went out. Ten minutes lat
er White came back and looked in the
side door which was open. Suddenly he
flashed a revolver and fired, the bullet
striking Manage a glancing blow on the
side of the jaw.
The bartender, who thought he was
using blank cartridges to brighten him,
came around the bar and started for his
assailant who ran across the street to
the viaduct.
As Manage closed with him, White
turned and fired again, the bullet strik-
ing his left arm. Another shot fol-
lowed which penetrated his abdomen
just below the heart.
Manage fell to the sidewalk and Pa
trolman John Roberg, who had heard the
first shot, rushed up to White as he
started to club the Frustrated man with
the gun. White turned on the police
man and attempted to pull the trigger,
but the latter knocked the gun from his
hand and pinioned his arms.
To escape the Infatuated crowd which
was rapidly gathering, Roberg placed
his prisoner in the patrol box and call
ed the wagon
While White was being removed to the
station bystanders called a physician
and Manage was taken to his room at
the Leland hotel on West Superior
street, where his wife was. His wounds
were hurriedly dressed and the ambu-
lance took him to the st. Mary's hos
pital.
Manage stated to the police that he
had never seen his assailant before, and
during the earlier trouble had not laid
hands on him.
M. L. Weston, Whites partner, was
arrested at Superior late that night
on suspicion of being implicated with
White in the robbery of the City gun
store Sunday night, the revolver used in
the shooting being one of those stolen.
Manages bride spent the night at
her husbands bedside.
White was on Wednesday bound over
to the graund jury without bail.