The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-23
Sager-Anderson Marriage 70
ells Be- Aired IN Court. i
WHAT GIRLS PAPA CLAIMS
Fairmont Couple Will Learn That the
Matrimonial Craft Encounters
Many Rough Waves.

La Crosse, Feb. l9.-In search of evi-
denee which may be used against Frank
and Edward Sager on a charge of alb
duction and another of perjury, j. W.
Anderson, Fairmont, Mimi, made the
trip to the city Saturday. Little evidence
that may be used against the alleged
abductors of his daughter was found.
In conversing with the county officials
on the marriage of his daughter in Wi
mona after several trials and failure in
La Crosse, Anderson told an entirely
different story than the elder Sager. He
characterized the asserted love affair
and elopment as plot on the part of
the Sager family to secure his money.
The ruse failed to work, the prosecution
of Sagers and Anderson and his indiet.
ment by the grand jury showing the
feeling of the father of the girlish bride
against them.
"Sager is the poundmaster and scav-
enger for the city of Fairmont,'i said
Anderson, in telling his story to. Clerk
of the Court Wright. ut has been re-
ported that the girl was stolen from my
home during the night but the reverse is
true. r4st.h,.
"She was taken away from school by
Sager, father and son and brought to La
Crosse to, wed the young boy Failure
here resulted in the trip to Winona
where the marriage was performed
without a single hitch although my
daughter is only sixteen years of age
"The cases against the Sagers at Fair
mont, after indictment by the grand
jury, still are pending and will be heard
at the next term of court. When the
trial is finished and punishment melted
out to the lawbreakers, they will, be
brought to Winona to answer to charges
of perjury. l will prefer the charges
against them and see that the trial is
rushed to completion. Complete, re-
venge or nothing will be mine, for Il am
determined to make the two parties to
the abduction suffer for the crime. ed.
eff there is chance to prosecute the
two in La Crosse for any crime, I will
do SO. From my investigation l think
this chance is remote possibility, and
will take no steps in La Crosse. L have,
been over the ground carefully and find
nothing criminal in the actions here.
The county clerk refused a license and
the county judge the special dispense
ton so that Sagers were let out of, an
Other criminal scrape." ~ a.,
Mr.. Anderson was in Winona and
secured sufficient evidence against Frank,
and Edward Sager to bind them over
to the grand jury. The father and son
swore that the Anderson girl was eigh-
Teen years of age. Attempt to secure a
marriage license from County Clerk
Rawlinson failed for the father did not
know the age of the girl and made a
mistake before giving the correct an
swer. This was enough and the license
was refused.
At Winona no difficulty was encoun-
tered, the father and son planning ruse
on the journey to the train. (
During the stay in this city, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Sager with Edward Sager,
father of the young husband, were quar-
tered at the Hotel Law. The wedding
trip of the couple was spent here in rid
ing on the street cars and the like. The
bride never had seen street car in her
life before and she was given the oppor-
tunity to indulge in this sport to her
hearts content.
The claim made by Anderson is that
the Sagers attempted to secure his mon
ey by; having Frank Sager marry his
daughter. Anderson is wealthy farm
er while the resources of the Sager
family are not unusually large.