The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-08-16

The st. James team with Harry
McCollom of Mankato in the box de-
feated the st. Peter team yester-
day at st. James by a score of 2
to | in twelve inning game replete
with sensational features. McCollom
pitched the better game, being found
for but four hits in the game while
Bartos was found for six, two of them
coming in the last inning winning the
game for st. James.
The Mankato Colts, an aggregation
of players who recently shut out
Springfield on their home grounds, will
play st. Peter at st. Peter Sunday.
1t is hoped that McCollom will be able
to pitch for Mankato then.
A large crowd of enthusiasts are
Peter Sunday.
A dispatch wired to the Chicago
Record Herald and copied in the Wan
kegan, H., Gazette, and letter writ
ten to the chief of police at Wauke-
gan by The Mapleton Enterprise sue
ceeded in establishing the location of
Henry Dencker, a brother of Oscar
Dencker, the man who was killed on
the railway at this place two weeks
ago. His brother writes that the last
he heard from Oscar was four years
ago when he was working for the
nlo of
kato. He wrote him several times
after that but never heard from him
again until informed of his death at
Mapleton. He says Oscar Dencker
was born in Denmark, Sept. Is, 1871,
and came to America eight years ago,
accepting employment in the foundry
at Waukegan. His parents still re-
side in Denmark and they too had not
heard from their son in several years.
Mr.. Dencker speaks very highly of
his brother and the shock of his death
in such manner was indeed great
i'm view of the fact that he had just
been through the affliction of losing
his wife. Mr.. Dencker feels very
thankful to the Ward brothers for
their kindness and wrote them a per-
sonal letter of thanks.
A new theory as to the cause OF the
mans death is presented in the state
ment of some boys who were going
out to the Gilmore farm the morning
of the accident. They claim to have
seen two hoboes leaving the track
and travelling eastward just after the
train passed. The supposition being
that they had waylaid this man and
left him on the track so that their
crime might be covered up. This is
mere conjecture and it is not likely
that it amounts to very much.
st. Peter, Aug. 9.-Caught by a
rush of water while at work in a
sewer twenty feet under ground, Ger
hard Zerwas was swept about thirty
yards along the tunnel and all but
drowned yesterday afternoon. He owes
his life to the fact that when he was
dashed against a wall OF the main
sewer his hand struck the rung OF a
stationary iron ladder, and, clinging to
it. he managed to Chamber up a man
hole to safety.
When Zerwas met with his singular
mishap he was digging tunnel to
connect the main sewer with, a branch
drain on Grace street. The latter was
a "blind" trench, having no outlet.
and several thousand gallons of water
had been allowed to accumulate in It,
Zerwas intended to work until he was
within a few inches of the end of the
trench. but he underestimate the
pressure of the water, and while he
still was two feet distant it crushed
the barrier of earth.
AS the natural dam collapsed Ter
was was carried off his feet by the
flood, and, choking and sputtering, was
swept down the tunnel. His light was
extinguished, leaving him in total
darkness, and in an instant the tun-
mel filed with water. 1t ran so swift
lv he could not swim, but he con-
triyed to clutch the ladder as he en-
tered the main sewer and chung to it
until the water subsidized.