The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-06
Believes the Officer Resorted to
Underhanded Method.
Some Warm Correspondence
Sent Executive Officer.
Concerns Deer Which was In
tended for SibIey Park.

Aid. George Atkinson OF this city has
handed Game Warden Fullerton about
the warmest roast that the executive
officer of the state game and fish com
mission ever has received. If all re-
ports are true, and the correspondence
which follows, indicates that they are,
the game warden deserved the 'grilling"
he received and then some.
A few weeks ago, AID Atchison made
the suggestion to the council that an
other deer be secured for Sibley.. park.
The aldermen thought well of this and
instructed Mr.. Atchison to make the
purchase of buck. After considerable
investigation, the fifth ward alderman
got on track of a young deer which was
in possession of IA farmer living near
Pine City. This farmer agreed to dis
pose of the animal for $l5 He inform
ed Aid. Atchison that permission to re-
move the animal must be secured from
the state game warden, otherwise the
alderman would get himself into trou-
BILE. 1t seems that the deer was one
that the farmers children had caught
and had taken the pains to feed and
care for.
Not wishing to violate the state law
nor to run afoul of the great and only
Sam Fullerton, Aid. Atchison asked
Senator Eberhart to write that official
with the view to obtaining permission
to remove the deer from the Pine City
farm to Sibley park, Mankato. Fuller
tons reply to Senator Eberhart's letter
is as follows:
Hon. A. O. Eberhart, Mankato, Mimi,
My Dear Senator: Yours of the 18th
to hand and contents noted. Now,
there are two requirements in regard
to the shipping of this deer. If the park
board of Mankato, or if you have not
such thing there, if the council or the
proper parties who have charge of your
park system would make an application
the name of this party who owns this
deer at Pine City, we will then take
| the matter up. You know, senator, we
don't allow any deer to be held in cap
! tivity and that is one reason why we
have established this rule. No one in
Pine City has right to have deer in
captivity.
Please have Mr.. Atchison furnish us
the name of the party who has the
deer in possession there and also have
the park authorities at Mankato make
the request. Your very truly,
SAM. f. FULLERTON,
Executive Agent
On the receipt of the above letter
Aid. Atchison made haste to comply
with it's requirements. Nothing more
was heard from Fullerton. This morn
ing, however, Mr. Atchison received
the following communication from the
man who had had the deer in his posses
sion:
Pine City, Mimi, Sept. 30, 1905
Mr.. Geo. Atchison, Dear Sir: As you
got me into trouble by corresponding
with that game warden in st. Paul and
| not only lost the subject of our cor
respondence, but had plenty of other
expenses with it, | think you ought to
stand part of the expenses. OF course
don't think you put up this job on
me and that is the reason [ make this
statement. Please reply and tell me
just what happened between you and
Fullerton and remit as much cash as
you think would be fair, for | am not
able to stand it alone, as you can find
out by making inquiry.
1t worked pretty slick for the ST
Paul party, did it not? Your truly
j. A. Holler.
When Aid. Atchison read the letter
from Mr.. Holler, he naturally was warm
in the vicinity of the collar, and he
forthwith penned the following lines to
Sam Fullerton:
AIankato, Mimi, Oct. 8, 1905 Sam
Fullerton, Esq, State Game and Fish
Commissioner, st. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Sir: | must say that you have
very unfair way of doing business and
the manner of your handling the deer
matter at Pine City is open to crit
cism. You must be rather hard up to
make record. This poor man that you
jumped onto, the information having
obtained through me and which was
given in business way and in my COM
plying with the law as you suggested,
/ think is the most contemplate thing
that | have ever heard of. The poor
man has been put to IA lot of expense,
as his letter to me today indicates,
which he wants me to pay part of and
which | think | am in duty bound to
do, as it was through me he got into
this trouble He made no attempt to
keep it secret from anyone that he had
this deer in his possession, as he told