The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
SEES BRIGHT LIGHTS
Troubles of Wayfarer Who
Tarried in MankatO.
From Mondays Daily.

August White, wayfarer who is af-
tlicted with something similar to brain
storms, was picked up by Officer Barr
near Tinkconrs addition yesterday aft
ernoon and brought to the city hall
| where he attracted the attention of a
crowd OF spectators who gazed upon
him in wonder and amazement. White
| looked like the second edition of Alex
ander Dowie and wore Il bunch of
| whiskers that any Kansas populist
would envy. His hair was long and hung
in rich brown ringlets over his shoulders.
| His dress was not of the best and
ne did not look like "ready money" He
had every appearance of the genus
| tramp.
White stated that he was thirty five
years old and born in Holton, Canada.
| Just across the line from Maine. He
came from Canada the early part of last
winter, having been called to this coun-
| try, he said, by Uncle Sans government,
| Il policeman acting as the medium of
communication, and since that time had
been under the influence of ''a\ great
machine light" which was oppressive
and until he reached Canada land again
that light would act as a barrier to any
success that he might seek to achieve
He could not explain why he was the
victim of the machine light" but de
clared that this government was the
cause of his troubles. He said that the
! light was shedding it's rays over Man
kato and would continue to do so until
after he had left the city. This light
he explained, had Old Sol faded
to a fragile. White talked OF
telescopes and Weather instruments,
but could give no lucid ekplana
ton of the light which oppressed him,
further than to say that it first appeared
to him when he was at Niagara Falls,
and he could not tell why he was sub
jected to its influence.
| White told The Free Press that his
parents were living on Trinidad island
in the caribbean sea, but he had not
| seen them for number of years. He
has kinsfolk living in 'Holton and init
mated that they were weli-to-do. He
had attended school but few months
and had no trade. He could not remem-
Der the time when he possessed any
money and was not quite certain when
he ate the last meal but would not
admit that he was hungry when ques-
toned yesterday afternoon. When invit-
ed to eat he declined politely and with
. some display of dignity. He could not
recall any particular labor that he had
performed, saying that he was unable to
do any heavy work, and when asked if
he would accept job at some light
| work, his reply was that he was trying
to get out of this land as fast as posi-
BILE. On his arrival in st. Paul he would
receive ticket to Canada. On reaching
Canada he would travel to the seashore
and there his journey would end.
| The stranger has travelled extensively
and acknowledged that this was not his
| first visit to Mankato, but Jogging OF
his memory failed to reveal to him when
he was here last He said that he was
once an inmate of the house of deten-
ton at Albany, n. Y, remaining there
| thirty days He did not know why he
was detained there. He was released
through the efforts of the government OF
| Great Britain.
White talked nationally enough on
| many subjects and aside from the ina
chine lights which he said looked like
electric lights, he did not appear to be
| troubled with any other halluclnatlon
He wanted to get out of this country
however, and was surprised that bis
progress toward Canada should have
| been impeded He wanted to know ii
! there was a British consul located IN
Mankato, and on receiving reply in the
| negative, stated that when he arrived in
st. Paul he would look up the repre-
sentative of some foreign nation there.
While having the appearance of one
who has been up against the hardest
side of the world. White was NOT
rough of speech and his talk was devoid
of vulgarity. He used good language
and was gentlemanly in his bearing
Another unfortunate, a derellct on the
sea of life.
White was permitted to take his de-
parture from the city today after an IN
terview with Judge of Probate Hughes
who questioned the man carefully. AS
no formal complaint was filed against
the stranger. and it being apparent that
he was a harmless fellow, no examIna
ton was made as to his sanity. When
Judge Hughes asked White if he was not
tramp, his reply was: well, some
people might call it that" He still had
machine Lights on the brain.
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