The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-07
Two Indictments Returned
BY Grand Jury.
OTTERsEECk Is ARRAIGNED
Attorney C. j. Laurisch Appointed To
Defend Him: Perempt0ry Call
of the Calendar.
From Wednesdays Daily.

from wednesday >
The grand jury made its first report
at shortly after three O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon, returning two indictments,
and then retiring to continue its labors.
The Jury is not expected to get through
today. for the reason that another ease
aas been called to its attention. 1t is
rumored that it is investigating the case
of ga couple who are alleged to nave
been living together for over year in
adultery in Mankato township, and who
have little child.
One araignment was had yesterday
afternoon. at 3:l5 o'clock, when Frank
Ottersbeck was brought in to answer to
the charge of grand larceny in the first
degree, in having Incorporated $l,lOO
of the funds of the Vernon Center State
bank. He stated that he had no funds.
The only money that he had was So
that he had earned as second cook in a
railroad camp. and he had sent SD of
this to redeem Il ring, but the ring had
not been returned, so he was out that
sum. The court appointed c. j. Laurisch
to defend him, and was given until
ten o'clock this forenoon to plead.
At the peremptory call of the calen-
dar yesterday afternoon, several cases
We're disposed of, as follows:
Patrick Ellis VS.. Nora Ellis, continued
by consent.
F. H. Barnes VS.. d. E. Carpenter, dis
missed on motion of plaintiff.
Cooper & Day VS.. d. E. Carpenter, dis
missed.
John & Thurston VS.. Deforest f. Car
penter and Minnie Carpenter, by consent
of the parties dismissed as to Mr.. Car
penter, and Judgment ordered for the
plaintiff against Mrs. Carpenter.
Minnie Carpenter VS.. First National
bank of Lake Crystal and others, F. H.
Barnes motion for judgment on the
pleadings denied, and case dismissed by
consent without costs.
The f. n. Manning & Co. rs. Mrs.
James Kelly, motion for continuance.
Chamberlain & Bender VS.. Burgess &
Lukyn. continued by consent.
j. c.. Thro VS.. Thomas Randall,
stricken from calendar.
Frank w. Sanger as administrator in
the matter of the estate of Max A.
Sanger. deceased, VS.. the Milwaukee rail
way company and others, stricken from
the calendar.
Henrietta Schlegel VS.. Theodore
Schmidt and Mary Schmidt, continued
by consent
The first case ON the civil calendar,
that of Macbeth & Gardner VS.. H. K.
kurth, went to trial with a Jury at two
o'clock this afternoon. 1t will be fol-
lowed by No. 2, William H. Sands VS..
Marcella Clark.
I'm the case of James B. Swing as
trustee, etc, VS.. Henry Zimmerman ST.,
a motion to strike from the calendar
was argued at ten o'clock this fore
noon.
The motion for continuance in the
case of Peter Mans and others VS.. Rob
ert Burgess & Lukyn will be heard Fri
day at 2 p. m.
Ottersbeck Pleads Guilty.
Ottersbeck this forenoon entered q
plea of guilty to an Indictment charging
him with selling mortgaged personal
property before the debt was fully paid
and without written consent of the
mortgagee to sell the same. He was re-
manded back to jail.
The grand jury at ten o'clock brought
in two more indictments and retired
again. 1t is expected to bring in an
other report tomorrow morning.
The roll of the petit jury was called
at two o'clock this afternoon and all
were present except John Kraus of Yer
non Center. o. f. Jackson of Madison
Lake and Alex LatOurell of Danvile
were excused from serving on account of
their age, the former being sixty one
and the latter seventy-one. Henry
Schwartz of Vernon Center applied \for
an excuse because his wife is not strong.
but consented to serve on being assured
that he would be excused if it became