The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-04

Allen at LeSueur on Saturday night
Allen is the name of the stranger
whose mangled remains were foun(
on the railroad track at LeSueur late
Saturday night just after the limited
train on the Omaha road had passed
that station. Efforts to identify thu
man and to run down his murderers
were battling the officers until las
evening when Hal Green, a half-breet
negro boy, son of John Green of LIE
Sueur, was found after having dis
appeared for several days. Greer
stated to the authorities that Man
ley killed Allen by striking him over
,he head with a club and then rob
bed him, after which the slayer
dragged the lifeless man to the
tracks and laid his head on rail
ceal the crime.
ManIey Was Suspected.
Manley was taken into custody
Monday. No charge was lodged
against him, but the officers We're
of the belief that he knew more
about the murder than he was will
ing to tell. He had admitted thai
he had drank alcohol with the
stranger, but beyond that knew
nothing of him or the manner OF his
death. The officers concluded to
keep Marley under lock and key
and await developments. Meanwhile
the boy Green had disappeared and
could not be found, although hunt
for him was instituted.
Green Was Discovered.
Last evening about eight o'clock
young Green was observed skulkins
along the bank of the Minnesota
river considerable distance from
his home His father was notified
and he went in search of the boy.
The mysterious actions of his son
caused the elder Green to make some
inquiries and the boy told his father
Of the killing of Allen and what he
knew of the crime. Mr.. Green took
his son to a lawyer, and after con-
sultation with him, the party pro-
ceeded to the Jail where Green con-
fronted Manley and at once accused
him of having murdered Allen. In
turn Manley accused Green of hav-
ing committed the deed. Green at
first confessed that he assisted Man
ley i'm laying Aliens head Oh the
rail, but afterward denied this. He
denied that he had thing to do
with the killing of Allen.
Green stated that Marley, after
staying Allen, threatened him with
death if he ever revealed to anyone
what he had done. Green told his
father and the officers that he be-
came frightened and ran away. He
remained in the cornfields from Sat
urday night until the time his father
found him last evening; and he had
eaten but little during this time.
What Caused Suspicious.
The disappearance of young Green
had caused the officers to suspect
him of knowing something of the
crime, and this suspicion was
strengthened by remarks that were
let drop from time to time by Man
ley. who had referred to other par
ties having been inthe company of
Allen during Saturday. His descrip-
ton of the parties led to Green.
There is another man suspected of
being implicated in the crime. and
efforts will be made to locate him.
Allen is supposed to have had
$12.95 on his person when he was
murdered.
Identifying the Stranger.
The identification of the dead man
was brought about through re-
mark made by Manley, who told
the officers that the man had been
employed on farm owned by a man
whose first name was Herman. Off
GERS and newspaper men at once
telephoned in every direction, in the
hope of finding the mans employer,
but they were unsuccessful in find
ing any farmer whose first name was
Herman. However. a farmer named
Joseph Wagner learned of the MUIR
der, also the report that the man
had been employed on a farm in
that neighborhood. He came to LIE
Sueur late yesterday afternoon and
after viewing the remains, stated
that the dead man was Charles
Allen, who three years ago had
worked for him seven days and a
half
Allen was a VermOnter by birth
and in his younger days was a tele-
graph operator. He had not been
home since he was twelve years old.
He has two sisters residing in a
suburb of Chicago, one whose hus-
band is an architect and the others
husband is a business man. Two
brothers reside in Vermont and they
are quite well to do.
Allen was about fifty years old.
He came to LeSueur for the purpose
of looking up the man by whom he
had been employed more than three
years ago, SO he told Manley.
Young Green told the officers that
he. Marley and Allen were together
Saturday. They ate lunch and drank
alcohol together near the depot i'm
LeSueur. TN
1t was expected that warrant
would be issued this afternoon
charging Marley with the murder of
Allen. 1t is possible that Green will
be arrested on warrant charging
him with having hand in the crime.
Manley Admits Theft.
When Manley was questioned a
second time in regard to the gun
he had in his possession he admit
ted that 1t was one he had stolen
from the home of Patrick Henrietta
of MankatO. At the time the gun
was stolen checked suit of clothes
was taken also. Manley is now
wearing the coat belonging to that
suit.
Manley has no particular abiding
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