The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-07
GROCERY SHOP VISITED
AND MONEY IS STOLEN

ing, and the contents of the cash
register, or as much of the contents
as the robbers did not overlook,
were taken. Entrance was made by
tearing aside cloth mosquito bar
at one of the rear windows and
raising the sash, which does not ap-
pear to have been locked.
About S. was taken from the cash
register, half of which was dues in
the Degree of Honor lodge No. ~,
left there by Josephine Johnson and
Mrs. Rosequist to be handed to Mrs.
Kleinschmidt. These ladies' insur-
ance receipt books were also stolen.
Three keys to the cash register
were stolen. The robbers overlook
ed S. gold piece in a rear COM
partment of the register that they
did not notice.
Officer Pollei Makes Arrest.
| Officer POllei went through the
alley about three o'clock this morn
ing and everything was all right
then, seemingly. He stood near the
Stahl House and looked back and
saw two men coming out of a gate
| in a board fence back of Charles
| Guth's saloon. He retraced his steps
and saw some trade checks for five
cents up to a dollar on Sivert o.
sons store scattered through the
alley. He arrested and looked up
one of the men that he saw, Dud,
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to be implicated in the robbery, Mr..
Pollei then called up Mr.. Olson and
had him come to the store, about 4
a. M, and the fact of it's having
been robbed was discovered. No
goods seemed to have been touched.
Finch says that his companion
was Carl Colleen, and that both
were drunk and had nothing to do
with the robbery. They were in the
| neighborhood to get drink at the
City Hotel pump. Finch says that
he saw no one else around.
When the officer started to walk
toward the couple, Colleen took tc
his heels, which looked suspicious
to the officer, and efforts were made
today to find Colleen, and Finch was
held in custody.
Chief Donahue investigates.
Chief Donahue made an investiga-
ton this morning and found two
parties who saw two men run out
of the alley at five minutes after
three o'clock. Mrs. Turner lives in
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Wideman's store, and was not feel
ing we'll and was awake. She and
her son-in-law both saw two men
run out of the alley. One crossed
Mulberry street, and then each
walked to Second on opposite sides
of the street. Then they Joined each
other and went up Second street.
One was rather tall man and the
other considerably shorter. The
short man wore a hat and dark
suit. The police are trying to f"'
| this couple. 1t was few moments
later that Officer Pollei found Fin'H
and Colleen, who do not answer to
the description given by Mrs. Tur-
ner and her son-in-law.
Officers Are Investigating.
Chief Donahue and Deputy Sheriff
Ed. Ario went out into the country
this afternoon, expecting to make
an arrest. The officers believe that
Colleen and young man named
Larson were the ones seen running
out of the alley. They believe that
Finch knows more of the robbery
than he has admitted, and thew be-
lieve that they are on the point of
clearing up several deals.
Larson was an inmate of the
training school at Redwing.
Finch Coughs Up"
This afternoon Finch stated to The
Free Press that Colleen and Larson
asked him to watch the front of the
building while they went into the
store from the rear. He re-
NAMED at the place designated
until the policeman came along.
He heard Colleen and Larson pick
ing at something in the store
Finch denied that he had been
connected with any other affair in
town.
| During the latter part of last week
a tramp called at the home of Peder
Christensen, who resides on his
farm four miles north of the city in
Nicollet county. The fellow offered
to sell pail of butter for 25 cents.
When questioned as to how he came
to have the butter the tramp re-
piled that he had bought it at the
creamery and now had no use for it.
The butter was very soft.
While it was an unusual affair
nothing further was thought of it
until Mrs. Christensen read in the
Free Press the account of pail of
butter having been stolen from the
cellar of Thomas Jefferson, who lives
about three miles miles -,~-.h If the
city. A telephone message was sent
to Chief DOnahue of the affair." The
tramp was heavily built fellow and
not bad looking. He carried a gun
answering the descrintior of the gun
stolen from Pat Henrietta of North
Mankato.
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