The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-21

Lake Crystal at 12:45 o'clock this
when disturbance was |
heard in box car by the train crew |
1t seems that in the box car were
eight or ten tramps and Conway, the
man shot, had come from another car
to join the bunch" He had been
there but few moments when a
punching" match took place, and
later a revolver was fired, shooting
Conway in the stomach. The tramp
with the revolver Immediately after
the shooting jumped from the car
and made his get away and was last
seen entering corn field.
The posse in pursuit are well arm.
ed with rifles and revolvers and
there is little question of running
down the culprit.
Glenn AAyn of the Mankato Auto
company took the sheriff and party to
Lake Crystal.
Mr.. Grabowenski, who accompanied
Sheriff Osten, is former militiaman
and is recognized as a sure shot.
Arrive on Scene.
The sheriff and posse from Man
kato were joined by several men
from Lake Crystal who took part in
the man-hunt All were well armed.
After ascertaining the direction in
which the culprit ran the posse went
in pursuit.
The injured man was brought to
Mankato on the freight on which the
shooting occurred and was taken to
st. Joseph's hospital in Coy's ambu-
lance. The unfortunate man was &C.
companied by DR.. Cullen of Lake
Crystal and was assisted at the hos
pital by Dr. Roy Andrews. The vic
tim of the accident is unconscious
and there is little hope of his recov-
cry, having been shot through the
stomach.
The corn field in which the tramp
is hiding is located near the railroad
stock yards about three-fourths of a
mile west of Lake Crystal.
Has Left Corn Field.
A representative of The Free
Press telephoned at four o'clock that
the man who did the shooting had
been tracked through the corn field,
and had escaped.
Description of Shooter.
The man who did the shooting is
described as follows: Five feet seven
inches tall; wore tan trousers, white
shirt, blue coat and brown hat.
Pals Story of Shooting.
When freight train No. % arrived
in Mankato, Detective Gates Phillips
made a search of the box cars and
found three pals of the man wanted
for the shooting of Conway. He also
held two companions of Conway in
order to get the details of the TRACE.
dy. The three men gave the names
of Sam Hixon, Nashville. Tenn. /;
Thos. M. Watson, Lincoln, Mo-; and
C. w. Robertson, Kansas City.
To Free Press reporter the men
related the story of how Conway
was shot. Conway's home according
to these men is in Webster City,
Iowa. 1--WE all boarded the train at
st. James. Conway came to our car
at Lake Crystal He had two pals
and there were four of us in the car
at the time Conway came to
the inside of the car and commenced
to pull off some boards for kindling
to make fire. Conway pulled a
board off over the shooters head and
he told Conway to look out for he
might hurt somebody. Conway was
acting in an overbearing way. The
shooter and Robertson were laying
down on the floor of the car The
shooter told Conway that he was in
the car first and would not get out
of the way. Conway then stepped
back and threw down all the boards
he had pulled off except one. He
threw up this one board and told
Conway to get up or he would "give
it to him" The shooter told Con.
way to go away, saying don't want
to have any trouble. Conway got
out of the car and tried to close the
car door but could not and Robert
son shut it. Then Conway got one
of his pals-a big fellow and they
came back. Opening the car door
Conway said where is that bad guy
who wanted to fight. The shooter
said Don't bother me, l don't want
to have any trouble with you"
Shot Through the Back.
Conway got into the car when the
shooter was laying down and took
the shooter by the coat collar with
one hand and gave him a slap across
the face with the other. The shooter
then put his hand in his pocket, pull
ed out gun and rolled over on his
elbow, steadying his revolver with
the other. When Conway saw the
gun he turned around, and as he did
this, the shooter fired twice, one TAX
ing effect. Conway got out of the
car and walked about three car
lengths when he fell down, and the
shooter got up with apparently no
feeling whatever and walked west, to
the corn field"
st. Paul Dispatch: The effort
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