The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-06-27

G. A. Patton and wife were among
the passengers to St. Paul and Min
neapolis on the early train on Tues
day Of last week.
The Alphabet" road is reported
by the Mankato Free Press to be a
connecting link between the Gulf
and the Great Lakes.
A. c.. Weiss and wife left Du-
luth on June 18th to spend several
weeks in the Yellowstone National
park and on the Pacific coast.
The safe in the Browns Valley
postoffice was blown open by burg
lars last Thursday night, and be-
tween $50 and S92 in cash stolen.
The burglars drilled hole about
the size of a lead pencil in the top
of the safe, a little at one side of
the center, into which black gun
powder was poured thru a paper
funnel. When the powder was
ignited the explosion blew open the
safe door, tearing the plungers from
their sockets. The contents of the
safe postage stamps, books and
papers, were badly damaged, being
burned or charred by the exploding
powder. Aside from the cash, which
was all silver except one $40 bill,
the robbers carried away one reg
istered letter and one registered
package, held for delivery, but two
registered letters in transit from
Window were found on the floor in
front of the safe next morning, hav-
ing been overlooked. The robbers
took no stamps.
A stao party was given at the K.
Of P. hall last Thursday evening and
it was one Of the most pleasant
fetes ever pulled off by the mem
bers of that popular order. The
members were all summoned to ap-
pear under threat Of "23" being
passed up to them, and on arriving
there they were served with a menu
that was exceedingly inviting. The
card itself was a good one, including
both DR.. and Ed. Peas(e), Lobdell's
bow-wows with catsup, slippery
Smithers soggy sinkers a la mode,
and the like. Sermons were SEIZED
uled by Messrs. Aune, Apitz, Evans,
Pease and Baldwin. The after pro-
gram included a boxing contest
within the Minnesota law, a wrest-
ling bout between two of the best
Grecians in the herd, a spectacular
exhibit, story by Hans Aune and
another by Otto Goetze, and 9
speciality stunt by Frank Hubbard
given for the benefit of Jalbert
Johnson. Divers other stunts made
the evening an unusually pleasant
affair.
The prison doors yawn for Thos
j. Coleman, the Minneapolis detec
/ tive. who has been connected witt
several cases in this portion Of the
state within the past several years
and against whom crooked method:
have been intimated by parties neal
New Ulm upon several occasions
He was charged with extortion re
Gently by VIM. D. Pencille, residing
near Rochester and the trial wa:
held in the district court of Henne
pin county last week. The sentence
was imposed Monday and he received
the limit for his offense, which il
five years. Coleman's attorney asked
for stay of proceedings until yes
terdav. when he made a motion fol
a new trial. The motion was baseC
on the insufficiency Of the evidence
introduced by the state and errors
generally in the law. In case the
motion is denied the case will be
appealed to the supreme court. Cole
man was charged was extorting $500
from a farmer. 1t was charged thai
after he had been employed by the
wife of the complainant, Pencille, t.
secure information that might b.
used by her as evidence in suit fo-
divorce, he entrapped Pencille IN
to a compromising situation anc
then extorted money from him a
the price of silence.