The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-17
HE SAW THINGS

AO00M A/sDOACO upon
the Lager When IL Was Red
and Had Foam Upon IT'S Tor.
He Discovered that IL Biteth
and StInxeth as Of Old.
Thomas Hogan was brought in
before Justice Bleser Monday
charged with assault. The story
of his troubles is about as fol.
lows Hogan was one of the in.
Vulnerable army of travellers
who have taken advantage of the
free transportation to the har.
vest fields. With companion
named Lewis he had hired out to
Andrew Polletzke, who lives on
what is known as the Frank
Zimmerman farm. The Gwo had
worked on the farm aday or two.
when Saturday they came to
town and secured small keg OF
beer which they took to the farm.
On Sunday while Polletzke was
away at church, the two farm
hands, particularly Hogan, form.
ed close attachment to the
"poney' of beer-nothing could
seperate them-and by the time
the proprietor of the farm re.
turned to his estate, the hobo
blood and the beer had gotten
thoroughly mixed up in Hogan's
interior works, and he commenc-
ed to imagine that the farm and
the adjoining prairie for several
miles belonged to him. When
dinner was announced and the
family had commenced to par.
take of the mid day meal, the
new farm hand suddenly jumped
up, seized the Polletzke boy by
the arm, grabbed a carving knife
from the table and swinging it
in the air, with words that are
too warm to put in cold
print without cracking the
bottles, demanded the portion OF
wages that was coming to him
for his two davs work. The bov
managed to get away and with
the rest of the family sought the
open. Polletzke by this time
would have been glad to have an
nulled his labor contract with
Mr.. Hogan, but did not have the
small change TO make payment.
and this he attempted to explain.
Lewis, the other man offered to
give Mr.. Hogan 50 to pacify him.
But Hogan wouldn't be pacified.
In his veins the rich red blood
OF Irish kings was freely flow.
ing, and all that he needed
,Was sufficient flow of harmless
lager beer to make him realize
the reputation he had to sustain.
With a whoop la he threw the
carving knife quivering into the
kitchen floor and rushing out Of
the door, seized home made
ball-club with which the children
had been playing, and before his
partner Lewis had time to side
step, struck him on the back OF
the neck Il low that felled him
to the earth. Over the PROSTATE
form OF his companion in labor
Hogan made proclamation that
It was the intention Of his Royal
Bryan Barough to
clean out the ranch. By this
time, however, the senior and
Junior Polletzke had made a de-
termined onslaught. on the war
ike Hogan and had succeeded
10 getting him to the ground,
where they held him until Lewis
had recovered from his knock.
out blow, when the fellow was
bound and the sheriff sent for.
Justice Bleser thought that Mr..
undue excitment should
be counter balanced by a period
of meditation, and he conse-
luently handed him over to Sher-
it Murray for a term OF 80 days
rest and retirement from the
busy scenes Of active life. Ho-
gan, even in his trouble, may
consider himself fortunate
man. Had the blow which he
struck Lewis landed an inch
higher, or on any part of the
head, it would have caused Ger.
tain death, and instead ofassault,
ne would have been held for
nnr1or