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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-10-07

him for the rest Of his life he would
deed her a home. This was agreed
to, and he purchased the house and ten
acres on the shore of Madison Lake,
in most beautiful spot, with splen-
did view over the lake. Mrs. Crook
keeper for him, but he was not happy
At first he got along well with her
husband, but both drank heavily, and
when under the influence of liquor
both were surly and inclined to quar-
rel with each other They had frequent
scenes, and the outcome was that three
and a half years ago Crook left and
went to Wisconsin, where one of his
sons was living, and did not return
or write to his wife. During his alb
sence, matters went along fairly
smoothly, except that Hall became
more and more slave 20 the demon
whisky. He frequently came home in
toXicated, and at such times made
trouble for Mrs. Crook and family.
Mrs. Crook has two married sons, Cliff.
ford, who lives on a farm near Elysian
and Seth, who lives two miles south
west of the Hall place. She also has
two daughters, Alma, twenty years
old, and Pearl, eight years old, both
living at home. Hall took a decided
dislike to the daughter, Alma, and she
to him, and life was made miserable
hoe
deal the past year, holding positions
For thirteen months she was North
western telephone operator at Madison
Lake, and has many friends who speak
highly of her.
Slow to Carry Out Agreement.
Mrs. Crook grew FESTIVE when time
went on and Hall did not convey the
place to her, and he gave her con-
tract, and later life lease. Then he
got the lease abrogated, and wanted
to sell out and 90 to Mortified to live
but this was not satisfactory to Mrs
Crook, and in the last days of June
ne decided her the property, but not
until he had placed mortgage OF
SloO against it, which Mrs. Crook felt
he should not have done. Hall had
the parlor and parlor bedroom fol-
his own use, and both are large and
comfortably furnished. The rest of the
family had rooms upstairs.
Shortly after Mrs. Crook received
the deed to the property, her hus
band, who was at Elyisan with his
son, came to live with her again He
cut out drinking and was changed
man, working steadily, keeping from
Dad company, and paying his bills
promptly. He was no longer quarrelsome
In spite of the change, however, the
old hatred that Hall bore for him re
manned, and Halls jealous mind was
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gun down. About this time, Marshal
Neary and party arrived and Mrs.
Crook came from the neighhor's and
found the dead body OF her husband.
She felt OF his face and hands and
found that they were cold and his body
stiff, and she was nearly overcome.
Marshal John Neary had been sum-
moned by telephone. and called upon
James Mape TO accompany him, and
they went in a livery rig driven by
Joseph Mccarthy, the liveryman. When
they reached the house, DR.. Bigeow
was there, and Hall had laid the gun
down and was sitting in chair in the
kitchen. The murderer offered no re-
sistance to the officer, and did not try.
to hide his crime To the officers
question, he remarked, Il shot the
s. of a b and am glad of it.
He was coming toward me and | LET
MIN have it,
Marshal Neary when seen by a Free
Press reporter, said that Hall was UNI
'Si ohc VI lhIuOl. DuU WIS
not what might be called drunk. He
realized all that he did and said. Mar
shall Neary placed him in the livery
rig and took him to the village lookup,
at the fire station, and locked him in
cell. Hall kept saying that he had
not done anything criminal and ought
to be let out, and that if let out he
would not 60 away.
Hall Placed in Jail.
Sheriff Donahue and Coroner Ken
nedy were notified land Deputy Sheriff
klugherz and Coroner Kennedy went
out to Madison Lake in j. H. Mac
beth's automobile. DR.. Bigelow exam
ined the body and found the bullet
wound in the stomach. The bullet
seemed to have taken a downward
course after entering the body. After
concluding his investigation, the cor
oner turned the body over to the un
dertaker, and the remains were brought
early Sunday morning to the undertake
ing rooms of Landkamer Bros. &
Davidson s
Hall was brought to Mankato, ar
irving at ll:30 o'clock Saturday night
and was lodged in the county jaiI
by Deputy Sheriff Klugherz. He slept
well the remainder OF the night, but
was unable to eat any breakfast. He
seemed in nervous state, and his
hands shook like one who is getting
over a spree. He called for water
but could scarcely raise it to his lips
on account of his hand shaking.
The rifle with which the shooting
was done was also brought to the
city, and is in the custody of Sheriff
Donahue. 1t is rather small rifle
with pistol grip and detachable stock
that is adjusted to the grip. 1t fires
but a single shell, and the expoded
shell is still in the weapon.
Trouble of Long Standing.
The trouble leading up to the shoot
ing dates back four or five wears
Halls wife died five years ago in Ne.
braska, and one of her dying requests
was that he find his niece, Mrs. Crook,
who had been in the family before, and
help her if she needed any help. Hall
had lived for many years in Illinois
and farmed, and when living in Ne
braska followed the same occupation
His home was near Diller, jefferson
county, but he lived across the line
in Gage county. Four years ago he
came to Madison Lake, and found his
niece living at Greenland. He told her
that if she would make a home for
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DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
mere is only one way to cure deafness.
ana that is by constitutional remedies.
DEAFNESS is caused by an infiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infiamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
hrely closed, Deafness is the result and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition.. hearing will be DESTROY
ed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh. which is notbinp
but an Unframed condition of the mu,
cOuS surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for
tarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free
+. j.. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
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Daughter Relates Troubles.

Miss Alma Crook, the elder daugh-
ter, related her troubles with Hall,
which had caused her to leave home.
She said: ION one occasion, last
March. Hall threatened to drown and
to ST me and went and got his
gun. i had previously hidden the cart
ridges, fearing trouble, and he demand
ed them, and | truthfully told him
that | did not know where they were,
as / was never able TO remember where
| put them. He said that he could get
some more and started down town
with the gun. Mamma telephoned to
town for them TO be on the lookout
for him, as she feared he meant trou-
bic. Marshal Neary arrested him and
took the gun away from him. Hall
gave the rifle to me once, saying that
it had belonged to his brother. |
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torney and sent for C. l.. Benedict.
He remarked TO Mr.. Donahue yester-
day morning that he was tired of liv
ing and did not care what The outcome
was.
Hall Glad He Did 1t.
Hall told his story freely and with
every evidence of candor. when inter
viewed at the county jail yesterday by
The Free Press reporter. Asked about
the shooting, he said: Il am glad L
did it. / won't lie. / did it to pro-
tect that innocent little woman. He
abused her shamefully and even threw
dishes at her. She is mild and never
has spoken a cross word to him, and
he had full control over her, for some
reason 1 never could understand.
"Crook had no business. He was the
crookedest man / ever saw 1t was
four years ago that [ first became ac-
quainted with him, and | loaned him
$ll5 that winter and took his note
and he refused to pay it ever since.
He gave as a reason for not paying it
that he. had boarded me, but this was
not So
"My wife died five years ago, and
my two children are also dead. 1t was
my wife's wish that | look up my
niece and provide for her if she was
in want. l came north and found her
at Greenland, and l engaged her as
housekeeper, and Crook wanted her to
take the position. | bought the ten
acre place then to give to Ida, my
niece, and she and her husband and
daughters moved upon it. L got along
well enough with Crook for a time
Crook was drinking heavily that Win
ter and 1 told him to stop it, and he
promised to do so, but he kept on
boozing. He spent the winter at my
house, and did not work, and one time
had the delirium tremens. He was con-
stantly irritating me. and / could not
stand him, and he finally went to- live
with son in Wisconsin and STAYED
there until this last summer
Tells of Former Trouble.
II decided the place to Ida in July,
and a week or two later George came,
and his being there made it unpleasant
for me. Ida always used me like a
mother, / will say. But | had a good
deal of trouble with George. One time
ne grabbed the butcher knife and said
that he would cut my quits out, and
L told him to hop to it. He tried 20
get his knife out of his pocket a
couple OF times before he seized the
butcher knife. | handled him on that
occasion, and could do it any time. The
first winter he abused his family, on
one occasion after he had drunk a
bottle of whisky up, and / told him
to shut up and he jumped at me, but
L Overpowered him and told him to
keep still. | said to my niece, He has
always abused you all his life and I
am here to protect YOU When he was
not drunk he was cross ard grabbed
and ugly as sin.
Cause of Halls Anger.
Il was away a week lately. helping
to cut corn, and worked on the rail
way one day. [ would rather be in
HI than sit around and see him man
euvering with his wife. When he came
back last summer he threw his arms
! around her and kissed her and it lust
made me mad. He was always sit
ing near her, or hanging around her.
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H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

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strengthen and toning the digestive sys
tenn, the cause of your trouble is quick
ly removed. 1t is also for Indigestion,
Costiveness, Billousness. Stomach
Ills and Malaria. Fever and Ague.
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the house. and the position
the pao bedroom Halls
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torney and sent for C. l.. Benedict.
He remarked to Mr.. Donahue yester
day morning that he was tired of liv-
ing and did not care what the outcome
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
Municipal Affairs
MANY PROTEST AGAINST
ENLARGING SOUTH PARK
More Than Two Thousand Names
Signed to Petitions Pre-
Sented to Committee

Protestants against the proposition
to condemn the strip of land on the
north side of South Park and add it
to the park presented 10 sections Of
a petition to the public welfare COM
mittee yesterday that proceedings be
abandoned. There are 1928 signatures
on the petition and the signers pur-
port to own 277, $50 feet of the frontage
in the proposed assessment district.
The district embraces 100000 feet of
frontage and if the representations are
true the protest is a majority.
The welfare committee continued the
matter for two weeks and sent the
petition to the city engineer to be
checked In all previous petitions of
this kind there has been a large per-
centage of loss and there is a possl-
billty that the petition presented yes
terday will not show a majority of
actual property owners. But the petit
TONERS still have thirty sections of
the petition in circulation and they
will file them as amendments If the pc
tition presented yesterday is not a ma
jority.
The committee agreed that If the
protest shows a majority it will rec
ommend to the council that proceedings
for the proposed Improvement be
abandoned, and If it does not the petit
TONERS will have an opportunity to
be heard.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
COURT MAY VIEW HAIR
PULLED OUT IN FIGHT
Women Have Battle When One
Ignores Warnings and
Walks on Lawn

Tufts of hair which are alleged to
have been torn from the scalp of Mrs.
Nellie BATHS probably will be intro
duced in evidence at the preliminary
hearing Of Mrs. Laura Mullen of Ar
cadia, who is charged with battery by
Mrs. BATHS. Whether 1t is q rat or
real hair remains to be seen.
1t appears that Mrs. BATHS lives in
the rear of Mrs. Mullen's residence and
that she has been accustomed to cross
the front yard to reach the street in
stead of using an alley. Mrs. Mullen
declares that she has repeatedly told
Mrs. BATHS not to cross her lawn.
Thursday Mrs. BATHS crossed the lawn
as usual and a hair-pulling match en-
sued.
Mrs. BATHS declares that Mrs. Mullen
pulled out a large portion of her hair
in the fight and that she knocked her
down and stepped on her. Mrs. Mullen
says that Mrs BATHS started the Tight
by hitting her over the head with a
wash basket she was carrying and that
she only defended herself.
Mrs. Mullen was arrested and ar
raigned yesterday in Justice Pierce's
court Her preliminary hearing was
set for April q. She was released on
500 bond.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
READY TO CONTRACT FOR
COLLECTION OF RUBBISH
Board of Public Works Plans
Short Term Arrangement

Hastily drawn specifications for the
collection of non-cOmbustible rubbish
were approved by the board of public
works yesterday and the board will
ask the council for authority to ad-
vertise for bids under the specifications.
These call for a contract of only two
months duration, by which time it is
expected the city attorney will be
ready to report on more comprehensive
specifications submitted to him by the
board February a.
The two months contract is neces-
STATED by the refusal of the council
to permit the board to make any more
month to month contracts under the
emergency clause of the charter, as
has been done since last December.
The rubbish is now being hauled
by the Vernon Live Stock association
on the month to month contract, the
association furnishing ten teams and
wagons at 81 a day each. Inspector
Humphreys believes that it will cost
more to advertise for bids, but the
mandate of the council must be
obeyed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
FORMER ATTORNEY IS
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Asks Court for Immediate Sen
tenCe to Disappoint Di-
vorce Seeking Wife

Waving his right for three days
grace before being sentenced, William
Wright, formerly a Nebraska attorney
of considerable prominence for liquor
interests in that state, found guilty
Thursday of passing a check with no
funds in the bank, yesterday asked
that he be sentenced as soon as pos
sible. Judge Davis yesterday at noon
sentenced him to spend eighteen
months in San Quentin.
According to Wright's statement to
his attorneys, his arrest followed in
formation given by his wife, who re-
Gently commenced a divorce action
against him. He alleges that she would
have been highly gratified to be pres
ent at the time his sentence was pro-
nounced, which was to have been next
Monday so he took time by the fore
lock and stole a march on his wife, he
says, in order that she might miss the
spectacle of seeing him sent to the
pen"
Wright, as a lawyer in Nebraska for
several large liquor firms, Is said to
have served them so well that when
he left the state they presented him
with an automobile as an emblem of
appreciation. He claims to be suffer
ing from Bright's disease and asked
the court for light sentence because
he feared he would never leave the
penitentiary alive
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
PERSONAL DAMAGES SUIT
is WON BY P. E. COMPANY
Agreement Reached in Action
Brought by H. P. Hoffman

Following verdict for the defendant
in the Sal 900 damage suit of II. +.
Hoffman against the Pacific Electric
Railway company for injuries the
plaintiff alleged he received by being
struck by a car at Bairdstown in 1913,
the second suit of Hoffman against the
company for $4,000 for the death OF
his wife was also decided in favor OF
the defendant yesterday
The trial of the first suit for personal
injuries was finished in Judge Moss
court Thursday night, when the jury
decided the plaintiff was to blame in
the accident.
The attorneys for both sides met in
court yesterday and an agreement was
reached that the plaintiff would not
ask a trial of the second suit provided
the company would pay the costs or
the trial and Hoffman would pay the
jury's fees. On this understanding the
second suit was submitted to Judge
Moss with the same evidence found in
the first suit, and he formally decided
In favor of the defendant, ending the
proceedings and saving the court an
other long suit, which it is claimed
would have ended similarly to the
first one
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
WIDOW WILLING TO TAKE
COMPROMISE JUDGMENT

A petition was filed in the probate
court yesterday by Mrs. Matilda B.
Morley, widow of Francis A. Morley
on behalf of her daughter Ruth, aged
4, asking the acceptance of compro-
mise with Joseph w. owen and Eldie
p. Wood over the Judgment awarded
the petitioner in Judge BordwelPs court
several months ago for the killing of
her husband by an automobile.
Morley was killed June l, 1909, by
taxicab owned by owen and Wood and
the court awarded the widow and minor
child damages to the amount Of $4,000.
Not having sufficient cash, it is
claimed, to pay the amount of the
judgment, the defendants want to turn
over a piece of property in the city to
the plaintiffs in lieu of cash. 1t is said
that the plaintiffs are able to raise a
mortgage of $3.50 on the property, and
by this method they will secure cash
for their present needs.
The petitioner is asking the court to
agree to the proposition.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
MANS MISTAKE CAUSES
HIS TRIAL FOR BlGAMY

Although he thought he was obeying
the law by waiting over a year after
he was divorced before marrying
again, Andrew E. Miller will be tried
for bigamy in the criminal court before
Judge Davis. The trial was set yester-
day for April 28.
Miller married Lettie c. Miller, and
February 5, 1909, he secured an inter
locutory decree of divorce from his
wife, He waited one year and two
days before marrying May c.. Miller,
and then a charge of bigamy was
placed against him
When an attempt was made to free
him yesterday on the ground that he
had not violated the marriage laws 1t
was shown that he had not gone
through the formality of having a final
decree of divorce issued, and under
this violation Of the law he will be
prosecuted for bigamy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
News of the Courts
HUSBAND GIVES NAGGING
AS CAUSE FOR DIVORCE
Thomas Morehouse Admits He
Was Delinquent in Grammar
and Etiquette

Violation of the laws OF etiquette by
using toothpick in company, failing
to rise in the presence of women in his
home and sitting with one leg thrown
comfortably over the other when COM
pany was present were few of the
subjects on which his wife was con-
tinually nagging him. according to
Thomas Morehouse yesterday in his
action for divorce from Emma i. More
house on the grounds of desertion be-
fore Judge Houser of the divorce court.
The defendant is a wealthy owner OF
orange groves i'm Riverside county and
the plaintiff states she is worth $250,000
In her own right. He denies that there
is any community property In her
answer, Mrs Morehouse alleges there
Is $4,000 of community property, and
she asks half of it. They were married
in Riverside June 90, 1905, and the
plaintiff charges his wife with deser-
tion a year later
The contention of the defense is that
the plaintiff deserted the defendant
first when her property interests were
in bad condition and later when she
was i'll and required his attention to
admits that he may have been spoken
to regarding his personal appearance
because he went around in greasy auto
mobile clothes when he was able TO
have the best clothing to be secured.
The case was threshed out all day in
court, the plaintiff being on the stand
most of the time. He made a very
strenuous witness and several times the
attorneys for the defense asked the
court to stop him from answering.
Morehouse talked back at Seward ST.
mons, attorney for his wife, and dur
ing one discussion informed the at
torney the true meaning of the word
Catalogue" for which Simons graVely
thanked him.
Il had only been married six weeks
to Mrs Morehouse," said the witness,
when she said that if 1 didn't pay
more attention to my grammar she
would leave me. | went downtown and
bought a grammar and commenced to
study II so that / might please her. but
il did no good. She nagged at me just
the same She wanted to know when
| was going to learn to use the pro
noun them and the adjective those
in their proper places. She was al
ways complaining that / Inundated
her so much with my appearance and
grammar.
"On one occasion / was working in
the garden, and the horse of nelgh-
Dor, Mrs. Morris, became excited and
ran out and quieted it down and looked
after it, When l came back my wife
suggested that l should go and call on
her"
Following testimony which showed
that Morehouse had left his wife OF
his own accord, Attorney Simons made
a motion to dismiss the suit on the
ground that there has been no evidence
showing desertion by the defendant
or that the plaintiff had given suf-
fcient cause why he left Mrs. More
house.
The case was continued to next
Wednesday for argument.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
EXPERT DISPUTES PROMOTER

e. H. Fosdick. analytical and con-
sulting chemist, was called as an ex-
pert witness yesterday at the pre-
iiminary hearing of Paul e. Oswald
on a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses in Justice Summer
fields court According to his testi-
mony a process which, it is alleged,
Oswald represented to Mary S. Nc
Lain that he could produce three and
a half barrels of denatured alcohol
from one barrel of crude oil, is an i'm
The hearing was continued
until 9 o'clock April /. Mrs. McLain
bought $50 worth of stock.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF

a suit over two notes for $500 each
in payment for oil paintings was de-
cided by Judge Wilbur for the plaintlff
yesterday in an action by w. j. Chans-
lor against Helen Borden and others.
The plaintiff alleged that the de-
PENDANTS, among them Gail Borden,
contracted to purchase the paintings
for $500 each and gave notes for the
amount, payment being later refused.
The defendants endeavored to have the
case continued because Gail Borden.
one of the defendants, was in the east
and unable to attend the trial. This
was refused and judgment was rem
dered against the defendants.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
|. A. |. COMPANY ORDERED
TO REPAIR PAVING AT ONCE
Board Also Insists Work Must
Conform to Law

Repairs to the paving on its tracks
on Figueroa street, between Sixth and
Second, must be made by the Los An
gees Interurban Railway company ac-
cording to law, and not the way
the company wants to do it. This
ultimatum was issued yesterday by the
board of public works. Furthermore,
the work must be done as soon as
possible.
The railway company notified the
board that it had been delayed be-
cause of the difficulty of getting
crushed rock for the pavement, but
that work had begun and would be
pushed to speedy completion.
The Los Angeles Railway company
was notified to repair the paving on its
right of way on First street, between
Broadway and Main street.