The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-01
Charge Of vagrancy Holds
Good With That Court.
Asked That She Be Given Easy
Work at the Jail.
She Takes Her Sentence With
a Pleasant Smile.

From Fridays Daily.
Hostilities in the case of the state of
Wisconsin versus Blanche Milton on a
charge of vagrancy and including La
Sale VS.. Byrn as side issue, was
closed yesterday by Judge Brindley
who found the young woman guilty as
charged, infiicting a sentence of thirty
lays in the county Jail, says The La
Crosse Chronicle. The statute provides
for no fine, the maximum sentence be-
ing ninety days in the county jail
The case as argued yesterday brought
cut no startling disclosures as to the
writer of the anonymous letter of a
week ago as was expected This phase
Of the suit remained in the background,
he charge against Miss Milton being
lrgued from this standpoint alone.
At the opening of court, Attorney A.
Z. Bleekman Jr., counsel fI. the de-
PENDANT, moved for the discharge of
he prisoner on the ground that she had
been taken from the custody of Court
Commissioner Guy C. Prentiss without
ue process at law which arraigned on
mother charge and also without being
delivered from the custody of the court.
District Attorney Otto Bosshard con-
ended that a verbal discharge was suf
icient, that she no longer was in the
custody of the court after the decision
lad been pronounced.
Judge Brindley overruled the motion
If the defense, upholding the district
attorney in his objection.
Chief of Police Byrne, frankie La
sale, Blanche Milton and Desk Ser
,eant j. B. Weber of the Central sta
ion were recalled to the witness stand.
Upon hearing the remainder of the
sentence, Judge Bendley pronounc
ID the prisoner departing in the
custody of Sheriff Hougen, smiling and
,sking that she be given easy work at
he Jail
With the sentence pronounced and al
eady begun new developments are
waited. Attorney Bleekman is unde-
ided whether to appeal or bring suit
or the release of the prisoner on writ
If habeas corpus before Commissioner
Prentiss. Action may be taken today.
If habeas corpus is resulted to and
he prisoner discharged it is likely that
he case will be brought before Judge
'ruit for final decision.
Attorney Cameron L. Baldwin, no.
airy before whom the confession of
Hiss Milton was sworn to, gave out the
GLOWING statement yesterday to show
hat duress was not used:
II was sitting just outside the sta
ion talking with number of loiterers
Who CHANGED to be about, when the
hief returned from supper.
'The chief went insirde the station
md was gone but short time when he
'eturned and beckoned me inside with
he remark I've got case for you, if
'Ou want it, In the station he ex-
blamed that he had prisoner who de-
'ided to make confession and that
'e desired it sworn before notary.
"We went into the woman's cell af
er | had seucred supply OF paper, and
he girl proceeded without any urging
tell her story. She admitted writ
ng the letters under frankie La Salle's
lictation, attacking the police depart
nent, and told of sending through the
nails fifty-three of these epistles. Ask
ID as to who she had sent them to she
bought while and named a number
If prominent business men.
After 1 had prepared her statement
read it over to her and asked her if
here were any changes or corrections.
She said No. and then signed the
statement. Afterwards the chief ask
ID her if she would run the statement
off on typewriter. She agreed and
lid it. Both the handwriting and type
written statements were signed by her
| and sworn to before me, the later be-
ing made an official record the follow
ing morning. This is the true story of
the manner in which the confession was
secured"