The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-11-11

he Hlu nOInlng TO say.
From thursdays Daily.
Mrs. II. Nj. Barnett of Wildwood in
hart today, formally charges Henry Os-
| from, sheriff of Washington county, and
John C.. Netheway, county attorney Of
Washington county, with dereliction in
duty in prosecuting the case of the,
state against Horace Z. Anderson Of
Chicago, says The st. Paul Dispatch.
She asks for a conference with the
governor so that she may place her
case before him in detail. Horace T..
Anderson was placed under arrest at
Mankato July 26 last and is now nm
der $1,000 bonds to appear at the next
session of the court. He was arrested
on warrant charging him with Grim
inal assault on maid in the employ
of Mrs. Barnett. af-R&
Charge Is Specific.
The letter contains an appeal to the
| governor to investigate the case and
the action of the county officials in
| pushing the charges against Mr.. An
derson. She says that she was or
dered out of the office of the county
attorney and that as an official of the
dence which she has tried to place be-
fore him. She asks that these officials
be removed from office if her charges
are substantiated 80
Judge John C. Nethaway, county at.
tOrney of Washington county. waxed
indignant when Mrs. Barnett's letter
to Governor Eberhart, regarding the
Anderson case, in which she demands
an investigation of the county actor
ncy and the sheriff of Washington
county, with view of removing both
officials, was read to him this morning
over the long distance telephone. ar9
Wants to Be Prosecutor.
That woman wants to prosecute this
case HERSELF he declared "She wants
to be the county attorney, but I'll
show her who is running this office.
Her charges arc absurd
The trouble with Mrs. Barnett is
that she doesn't want me to summon
certain witnesses before the grand jury
| have given her my word of honor
that | will summon all the witnesses
she asks me to, but there are also
certain witnesses [ want to summon
against whom she has objections.
AS to the charge of my telling her
to leave my office. l don't deny that.
She told me that l was trying to sell
the girl out, and that had no intem-
ton of prosecuting the case That
made me mad, and | told her where
the door was.
las for the investigation she wants
the governor to make, L hope the gov
ernor does as she asks. / would well
come an investigations"
Sheriff Oscar Ostromi OF Washington
county left sick bed this morning to
discuss the charges of Mrs. Barnett
| over the long-distance telephone with
The Dispatch. The sheriff listened to
the long letter of Mrs. Barnett, and
then made an emphatic denial of the
charges against him.
Has Done His Duty.
II have done my duty in the case"
he said with an effort, 'and my hands
are clean. / have never tried to. in
fiuence Mrs. Barnett to settle the case
| outside of court, and, in fact, l think
| have only spoken to her once about
it, and that was soon after the arrest
of Anderson. | made the arrest myself
a Monl-afn opH tool An n To
| municipal court. 1t had no jurisdiction
in the case, and Associate Justice
Brown fixed the bail at $1,000 Ander-
sons relatives furnished the bail. and
that let me out of the case OF course,
when the grand jury meets. I'll see
that Anderson appears before them,
and, if he tries to get away, I'll get
him."
1t has been largely through the UNI
firing efforts of Mrs. Barnett, that
criminal proceedings against Anderson
have been pressed The girl in the case
gave an account of Anderson's alleged
| treatment of her which satisfied Mrs.
Barnett that she had been grievously
.wronged, and git was as the resultant
Mrs. Barnett's interest in the case
that a warrant was sworn out against
| Anderson, and he was placed under ar
| rest at Mankato Oh July 26, last. lie
| was arraigned before Municipal Judge
| Gillian at Saltwater later, and released
on $1,000 bail for the action of the
Washington county grand jury which
| meets at Saltwater on November %.
Anderson lives in Chicago. He is thirty
| four years old, and unmarried The
assault complained of is alleged 10
have occurred near Wildwood last sum
mer.'
| From Thursdays Daily. 'cs
| Mrs Caroline Bartlett Cranes criti-
| cisns OF the Union school furnished u,
| topic for discussion at the regular
| monthly meeting of the board of edit