The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-20
From Thursdays Daily.

Yesterday was the best day at the
Garden City fair in every way. The
crowd was large, and included a
goodly number from Mankato The
weather was perfect, and everybody
had good time and got his moneys
worth.
Gates Phillips Sycamore jim won
the horse race in three straight heats,
time, l:l7A, l:l9A, l:l5h. Guth
brothers Mario came in second in
each heat, and John Stevens Baby S.
was third each time.
The ball game was won by Lake
Crystal, four to nothing. Walter
Plymat of this city was umpire. The
game was enjoyed by all.
The balloon ascension did not take
place. as the balloon is said to have
been biirned the day or evening be-
fore.
During the three days of the fair,
seventy five tickets were sold at the
union depot in this city for Garden
City, At least as many more people
went by carriage or automobile.
w. S. Hammond gave the address,
in the afternoon, and was listened to
with a great deal of interest
Madelia, Sept. PA special cleo
tion was held her yesterday to vote
upon the proposition of issuing bonds
to the state in the sum of $4,000, the
proceeds to be used in paying the out
standing and floating indebtedness of
this village. The proposition carried
by a vote of 43 to Z.
The little girl from Truman who
has been receiving treatment at a
local hospital ever since she was ac-
cidentally shot by her sister the other
day, was able to return to her homo
today. The bullet was not removed,
as it lodged behind the shoulder, but
it is not expected to give any trouble.
Minneapolis, Sept. l2.-''Every coun-
try bank should have a night watch
man, and sooner or later we'll catch
some of the 'yeggmen.' One man
could watch two places, the bank and
the postoffice. 1t is one or the other
that the 'yeggmen' attack" This sug-
gestion was made by F. E. Holton,
secretary of the protective committee
of the Minnesota Bankers association,
when he had received telephone news
of the blowing of the safe of the
Security State bank at Hitterdal, Clay
county, early today.
The 'yeggmen" ''blow" into town,
and then blow the bank or postoffice
safe. The town authorities are either
not aware that mischief is going on,
or are too frightened to start pursuit
until the burglars have separated and
gotten away. The Waterman plan is
believed to be an effective means for
prevention of bank robbery in the
small towns. The season lasts about
two months, or from the time the
nights begin to grow long until snow
falls.
In the Hitterdal case, the safe was
not inclOsed in a vault. The door was
easily blown off and the burglars got
what money there was. The bank car
ried burglar insurance.
Blue Earth, Mimi, Sept. 1.-THE
hearing of Anton Hepp, farm laborer
aged about forty-two years, on the
charge of shooting at one Jacobs Tues
day evening Sept. 10, was held before
Judge Sprout, and he was bound over
to the next term of court.
Jacobs and the supposed wife OF
Hepp were both working for farmer
by the name of Adolph Eberlein, re-
siding northeast of Blue Earth. This
excited the jealousy of Hepp, who was
working on a neighbours farm, and he
telephoned to Mrs. Hepp that there
were two letters there for her from
her mother and she had better come
for them. She went in the company
of Jacobs. Hepp tried to persuade her
to talk privately with him, but she
refused to do so. He then, it is charg-
ed, went to wagon, procured a shot
gun and fred it at Jacobs. Both ia
cobs and the woman escaped in the
darkness.
Sheriff Freer was at once notlhed
and Hepp was Immediately arrested
and taken to the county Jail.