The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-01
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| He was taken into Mr. Weatherby's
house near by, and physician was
sent for Immediately. The wound was
properly cared for, and Mr.. Flanders
was brought in to the hospital. His
arm is so badly injured that he will
probably have to lose it up to his ell.
bow. 1t was a narrow escape from
death, as the detection of a few in!
ches might have sent the load into
his body.
Dick Mayer, farm hand, was re-
lieved of his hard earned savings at
Faribault, by man, wearing mask
and who carried gun, and was prob
ably assisted by David Cheney, a
rough character, whose home is in
Faribault. There is every evidence that
the plan was arranged between the
two men. Mayer started to 60 down
to the south end of the city and was
accompanied by Cheney. When at the
Great Western depot Cheney made an
excuse to leave Mayer who went on.
v a
cars, a man wearing a handkerchief
over his face appeared and leveled
"a gun at Mayer demanding his money.
Mayer gave him all the change in his
pocket, some five dollars. Then the
man ordered Cheney. to come up and
get the rest. He found a pocket book
containing $40 gold piece and S.
bill The man made a hurried get
away. Cheney was arrested and at
the examination held before Judge
Donohue was bound over to the No
vemher terr- g tn histrict c0u<
At the meeting of the county board
this forenoon, a committee of the en-
tire board was appointed to act with
the city council committee on the
matter of new bridge across the
Minnesota river. The two committees
held conference this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon, the board vot.
ed to appoint Chairman Madigan and
Commissioner Hansen to represent the
county at the conference of charities
and corrections and convention of
county commissioners, to be held at
Fergus Falls Nov. 9 to NJ.
1t was decided to hold the Decem-
Der meeting of the board Dec. 10 at
p p. m.
The hearing on the petition of F. L.
Rodgers and others for a change of
road near Rapidan Mills up the hill
towards Rapidan Station was set for
Thursday, Dec. II, at 2 p. m.
The hearing on the petition of
James Bryson and others for change
of highway on the Cable Mills hill was
set for Thursday, Dec. II at p. m.
The Jones ford bridge was reported
in bad shape. The full board viewed
it and arranged with James Williams
of South Bend to at once get plank
and other lumber and repair it.
A number of bills were allowed.
The board this afternoon had the
hearing on ditch petition No. 20, from
near Eagle Lake. f
Ransom barr, aged ffty-fve, father
of Policeman Barr, sustained broken
bones and other INJURIES, about ten
O'Clock this morning Just as he reach
ed the other side of the Blue Earth
river bridge with load of straw, he
fell off the load and rolled the depth
of the embankment, a distance of ten
IN. f,yo Tho homo Of tho loft
arm above the elbow was broken and
the Joint was dislocated. He was
picked up, removed to his home in
lie Hitler and doctor called. The
old gentleman was considerably bruised
and shaken up. He will be confined to
the house for number of days.
From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. Amelia Schultz of North Man
kato died at six o'clock last evening
of pneumonia, after an illness of a
week or two. She was a widow, fifty
one years of age, and had resided in
North Mankato for twenty-one years.
She is survived by two daughters and
three sons, Mrs. Martha Hoke of
Good Thunder, Miss Elsie, Otto, Albert
and William, who live at home.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at l:30 o'clock and at the
German Lutheran church at 2:3O
o'clock Sunday afternoon, and the in
termeilt will be made at the German
lutheran cemetery
The local police department this
morning received postal card from
I Sheriff Geiger of Faribault asking
THAT they arrest Albert Babe, a Ger.
fman twenty eight years old, who is
wanted for highway robbery. He is
described as five feet, nine inches
tall, weight l60 pounds, brown hair
blue eyes, fair complexion, dark red
mustache, stoop shoulders, smokes
eigaretts, is painter by trade, and
wore dark soft hat and gray
clothes.
! Redwing, Oct 25-Rev j. w. Han
cock, who died in Minneapolis while
on his way from Redwing to Seattle
was one of the first white men to
reach Redwing, and was missionary
iamong the Indians. He was ninety
two years old, and had been iden-