The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

number are suspected, who are all
Of the tramp order and now may be
hundreds of miles away. The jury
verdict was murder by parties I'M
known"
The hearing of Louis Brown,
charged with robbery in the first
degree in robbing three Bulgarian
railway laborers near Lake Crystal
the morning of July 81. was begun
| in the municipal court this fore
noon, County Attorney Schmitt APP
pearing for the state and David ].
Severance for the defendant.
The three men who were beaten
and robbed, Thomas James, Gligor
Tales and Girls Bet, took the stand
and identified Brown as one of the
five men who held them up and rob-
bed them. They did not say that
he did the pounding, but said that
he went through the pockets of two
of them. The state rested here.
The defense said that it would
| like tome to procure witnesses, and
| the hearing was adjourned until
! Monday at 2 p. m. Paul James act
ed as interpreter during the pro-
ceedings He is a brother of Thorn
| as James.
Stanbery, the coaldealer at Ma
son City, Iowa, by whom Brown
hoped to prove an alibi, did not
come, but telegraphed a description
1>f ho To-,
him July 81, and it somewhat tai
! lies with Brown.
Row on the Street.
| Hugh Kelly was arrested last
evening by Officer Bienapfi on COM
plant that he had been engaged in
fight with Ote Dolson on the cor
ner of Second and Cherry streets.
This morning he pleaded guilty to
the charge of drunkenness and was
sentenced to pay fine of $40 and
costs or to serve ten days in the
county Jail. He was committed,
the fine not being forthcoming. The
court decided to investigate Mr..
Dolsons part in the matter before
any further steps are taken. 1t is
said that Kelly is an employee of
Dolson and called Dolson hard
names. Kelly was struck on the
face and blood flowed freely from
the cut. The row attracted a large
crowd
/ From Thursdays Daily.
| An old soldier, named w. II. Bar
ker, whose home is near Speck's
Ferry, near Dubuque, Iowa, arrived
in the city yesterday on foot, from
| Mount Vernon, S. D., on his way
home. In West Mankato he was
taken with severe cramps of the
stomach, and lady gave him some
assistance and notified the police,
who brought him to the city hall
and gave him cot DR.. Roy An
drews, county physician, was called
and had the man removed to ST.
Josephs hospital, where he was
given treatment, and was reported
better today.
Served in Ohio Company.
| Barker told The Free Press re-
porter that he served three years
and eighteen days in Company H,
| ing the Civil war, and he now draws
pension of 500 month, but has
a family of ten children, several of
whom are still dependent upon him
for support, and for this reason he
has been very careful to spend no
more money than he needed to.
| Some three months ago, learning
that his sister at Mount Vernon was
very sick, he went there to see her,
but she was dead and buried by the
time he arrived. He then started
to walk home, and figures that he
has gone 600 miles on foot. He
struck Mankato weary and footsore
Lived on Meal Day.
| He said that of late he has not
had over a meal day, as he would
not ask for assistance, and what he
got was generally from old soldiers
| He did not want to go to the hos
pital, but thought that he would be
| all right and was anxious to push
on. He said that from this point he
| planned on going home by water in
| a skiff.
Barker is a fine specimen of man.
hood, over six feet tall, and although
his hair is turning gray he says that
he and his sons work at cutting tim
Der for lumber firm. He was an
object of sympathy and admiration
at the police station, as he had an
honest appearance.
John R. Schmd, a Springfield
business man, was in the city last
night and while waiting for his
train for home went into w. G. P.
Smiths restaurant to get a lunch,
and left his grip there while he
went out for short time. When
he came back, the grip was gone.
He reported the matter to the po-
lice, and then took the 1915 a. m.
train for home.
Later, the police found Len Axtell
with the grip in his possession and
locked him up. Axtell was still be-
ing held this afternoon. He claims
that he does not know how he came
by the grip.
From Thursdays Daily.
Division Superintendent Perkins of
the Milwaukee road was in the city
yesterday, and Mayor Charles T.
Taylor had conversation with him