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

miles overhauled a man whom he
arrested and it is pretty certain
that he is the other fellow wanted.
He had not cent or anything else of
value on his person. Both men APP
pear to be hoboes and were little
concerned at their arrest. The sher-
if from Jackson came and took both
men back to the county seat and
put them in Jail.
The burglars evidently did not
know when they tackled the job
that anyone slept in the depot or
else they expected to work so
quietly as not to wake them Their
prompt capture is very satisfying
to every friend of law and order
From Saturdays Daily.
Justice was prompt in the case of
Carl Kalin, who was arraigned night
before last at Madelia on the charge
of being one of the parties who
burglariZed Sivert Olsons grocery
store early on the morning of July
5. He was brought back to Man
kato yesterday, was arraigned in
the afternoon and asked for a hear
ing. which was set for nine o'clock
this morning. This morning he waiv-
ed examination, and asked Judge
Pfau for permission ITO plead guilty.
at once and receive his sentence.
information Is Filed.
County Attorney Schmitt filed the
necessary information charging
Kalin with burglary in the third de-
gree, and the case came up soon
after ten o'clock. There was some
delay because it was necessary to
appoint an attorney for Kalin, and
Judge Pfau named Miles Porter, who
upon arriving, held short confer
ence with the defendant.
Kalin entered plea of guilty
to the information, which charged
burglary in the third degree.
Mr. Porter said that DIT seemed to
be case where the leniency Of the
court was somewhat called for. The
defendant was married and has
wife and two children to care for,
and his misstep was due to strong
drink as much as anything else.
What he had done in the past had
also arisen largely out of his desire
for drink, and he asked for sus.
pended sentence.
Defendant Made Answers.
The defendant was sworn and an.
swered numerous questions. He gave
his age as twenty-six years, and said
that his parents, Mr. and Mrs Gus
Kalin, former residents of Mankato.
now reside in Chicago. He had been
employed here and there for several
years and was member of the
builders union in Chicago. He had
been arrested three or four years
ago for nOn-support of his family,
and last October for resisting an Of
ficer, both times in Mankato.
KAHN was then asked to tell about
the burglary, and said that he and
Walter Larson and Dudley Finch got
a case of beer the morning of July
4 and drank it before noon and then
spent the afternoon and evening in
saloons until the latter closed, and
then they bought a bottle of whisky
and went and drank some of it.
They went to Sivert Olson'S
store and broke in through back
window and stole little less than
SIS and some trade chips Finch act
ed as Waterman on the outside while
the other two entered the store. The
defendant said he was intoxicated
when he broke into the store.
Given Indeterminate Sentence.
Judge Pau sentenced Kalin to
Saltwater for an indeterminate time,
as provided by the new law, and told
him that he would be there for not
less than one year nor more than
five unless sooner paroled, and that
how long he remained would depend
upon his own conduct, as the state
board of control now fixes the terms
of Imprisonment. Judge Pfan told
Kalin that the latter's life In the
past had not been of much benefit
to him or to society in general from
what he was able to learn. Had this
been the first offense, the court
might have taken it into considera-
ton and possibly have suspended
sentence, but he did not feel justi-
fled in doing so under the circum-
stances.
No trace has yet been gotten of
Walter Larson. Dudley Finch is con-
fined lin the county jail awaiting the
next term of court He would have
been witness against Kalin today
had there been an examination in
the municipal court
Working on The Papers.
Clerk of Court Krost went to work
on the commitment papers in order
to enable Sheriff. Osten to take
Kalin to Saltwater on The 4:45 p.
m. train 1t lis hoped to get him
started on his sentence this evening.
Evening before last he was roaming
about the country. This is an ex
ample of swift punishment that is
refres hing. 1t shows that the courts
do not always lag. If justice could
be melted out with promptness and
unnecessary delay and long drawn
out trials, freed from technicalties
for the defendants to try to save
themselves with, there would be
greater respect for the courts and
less crime committed.
SUSPEMDS NELSON SENTENCE