The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-06

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| to see her, with the expectation o
later perhaps going to Rochester hos
pital for an operation.
Mrs. Durant said that she started
from Danville three weeks ago. bu
| was taken sick on the road and had t.
! remain over. She said that she hat
| enough money to take her to Spring
| field, had she not been taken sick
but that owing to her illness she
had only enough to take her to Albert
Lea.
|, The case was turned over to County
! Commissioner Young.
Oscar and Carl Swanson, two fifteen
year old boys, were arrested late YES
terday afternoon on the charge OF
! creating a disturbance and DESTROYING
property on the fair grounds, on com
plant of George Atchison, president OF
the fair association.
They were arraigned before Judg,
Comstock at once and pleaded not
guilty and their trial was set for
Sept. ii at 9 a. m. They were al
lowed to 90 on their own recogniz,
lance.
Macbeth & Gardner last night ship
ped eleven teams and ten men to the
northwestern part of North Dakoto
627 miles from MankatO, to work with
their threshing out. They expect to
have IA large business threshing out of
the shock. Chris Burmaster is also in
terested with Macbeth & Gardner in
the machine.
Reports of a deplorable accident
which occurred on the Samual Bauers
farm in Tyrone township, lie Sueur
County. last Saturday morning in
which Martin Dunn of Lexington, was
terribly crushed between threshing
engine and the feeder of a separator
are being PUBLISHED. In trying to re-
move the unfortunate man from his
perilous position, water guage was
accidenty opened and the scalding
water poured over his body for a
period of fifteen minutes, simply cook
ing the flesh on the left side and
down the leg to the knee. To add fur
Their horror to the affair, the man fain-
ted and fell over onto the hot boiler
cooking the flesh on the arms until it
cleaved from the bone.
The facts gathered are as follows:
Mr.. Dunn went on the day previous
to the accident to relieve the regular
engineer whose wife was sick, and
with the understanding that, he should
remain but the one day. However, the
engineer did not return that evening
and Mr.. Dunn decided to remain. Sat
urday morning they finished up set
ting, and while the teams were in
the field loading, Mr.. Dunn with the
machine crew was making a reset.
The separator was drawn up to place,
but after uncoupling the engine it
was found necessary to back the
separator few feet. Mr.. Dunn run
the engine back to couple on again,
but on nearing the separator the
clucthes failed to work and being on
"a down grade, the engine could not be
stopped. Mr.. Dunn remained at his
post, however, and when the engine
struck the separator he was pinned
fast between the boiler and the corner
of the feeder. The few men present en-
deavored to release him by trying to
draw him from his position, but he
was pinned in too tightly and in pull
ling, one of the water guages was
opened. The end of the guage was
pressed closely against the flesh.
this caused him to faint and fall over
onto the boiler. Two teams were hitch
ed onto the rear of the separator,
but the engine wheel had run onto the
separator tongue and it could not be
moved By this time Mr.. Dunn had
regained consciousness and superintend-
ed the work. The reverse leer wa
thrown so that the engine would run
backwards, and was under the feeder
of the separator so that to throw it
forward was impossible. However, the
difficulty was overe ne in some man
ner devised Dy Mr.. Dunn, and the en-
engine moved ahead by turning the
fly wheel. On being released he was
taken to the home of Mr.. Bauers. and
Doctors Dodge of lie Sueur, and Me-
Keen of Montgomery, summoned. On
their arrival they found him in the
condition above stated, brushed MAIN
ed and burned.
1t is learned that Mr. Dunn is some
what improved and dispute his injur-
les, hopes are entertained for his re-
covery.
Robert Marshall, the former clerk
at Merchants Hotel in Winnebago, who
rlfled the safe to keep up his "ante"
IN a poker game, was brought before
Judge Quinn at Blue Earth He plead
guilty. and the judge gave him a re-
formatory sentence. This means that
Marshall will spend at least two years
IN the reformatory, when he will be
released on parole if his conduct is
good. If he.> proves unruly, however,
ne will have to stay in durance vile
for five years.
From Saturdays Daily
Mrs. Patrick AIadigan died at mid
night last night at her home, 023