The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-25
Mankat0 Girl Holds Center of
Stage in That Town.
She Makes Another Affidavit,
Charging Serious Things.
Will Be Brought Into the Court
As a vagrant.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Blanche Milton. the Man

From Tuesdays Daily,
Blanche Milton, the Mankato girl, still
holds the center of the stage at La
| Crosse She has returned to that city
and gives it out that she does not in
tend to leave again until she gets good
and ready. She will be brought into
court to answer to the charge of va
grancey. Her attorneys will fight the
charge. The police department will be
defed The Morning Chronicle says
that the fact that the girl will appear
in court, coupled with the declaration
of frankie La Sale that if Miss Mil
ton is prosecuted she will bring charges
| against Chief of Police H. HI. Byrne, in
dicates that the threats will be forced
into action. The developments now APP
pear nearer naturalization.
Yesterday Judge G. c. Prentiss and
Attorney Bleekman were the center of
the arena in conference on the advis
ability of bringing action against Chief
Byrne for contempt of court. The COM
missioner is ready to hear the proceed
ings and the attorney has been advised
to draw up an order to show cause why
the chief should not be held in con-
tempt.
Attorney Bleekman. however, will
take no further action in, the matter UNI
less the hand of the woman is forced by
the police. While Mr.. Bleekman de-
clines to talk about the probable de-
velopments in the case, this may be
said positively.
Miss Milton yesterday issued Sec
ond denial of the document held by the
police which they claim is a confess
sion given freely by the woman, to the
effect that frankie La Selle is the au-
thor of the letter circulated about the
city attacking the police department.
Yesterday the girl issued what was pur
ported to be a statement sworn to be-
| fore notory public in which she makes
the charge against the police that they
forced her bv threats of punishment to
make affidavits to a false statement.
The statement issued yesterday by
Miss Milton follows:
blanche E. Milton, being first duly
swomn, on oath deposes and says:
That, on or about the evening Of the
18th day of August, A. d. 1905, she was
resident of the city of La Crosse,
county of La Crosse and state of Wis
consin.
"That on said evening, while walking
on Main street, in said city, at or about
the hour of six o'clock p. M, deponent
was seized by two men, one in plain
clothes and one dressed in police uni
! form, who were afterwards identified as
members of the police force of the city
of La Crosse, in said county, but who
were at the time unknown to affiant.
"That no warrant for arrest had been
issued for the arrest of said affiant;
that said affiant had committed no
felony or misdemeanor in the presence
| of said officers, who made said arrest;
that said officers violently and illegal
| " assaulted and bruised said affiant,
putting said affiant in fear of serious
| and permanent personal injury.
"That affiant was pushed and carried
bodily, against her will, to the police
lock up in said city and placed in cell
! by said officers, acting, as she verify be-
lieves, under the direct supervision of
H. H. Byrne, chief of police of said city.
"That she was imprisoned in said
lookup and in the county jail of said
county for the period of thirty-six hours,
without any process having been serv-
ed on said affiant, and without any per-
son, except said chief of police or his
representatives.
"That, while so imprisoned, after
having been violently assaulted as afore-
said, and after having been placed in
said cell and denied any attorney and
| all communication with her friends, af-
| faint was threatened by said H. H.
Byrne, chief of police, with imprison-
ment in the state pententiary at Wau-
pun, unless affiant signed certain
statement purporting to be a statement
| to the effect that certain anonymous
letters containing various charges and
allegations against the police depart
ment of said city and particularly
against H. H. Byrne, chief of police,
of said city, and circulated on or about
the 18th day of August, A. d. 1905,
in said city of La Crosse, were instigat7