The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-20
BOYS;
STORY OF EscAPADEs

come. 10 light DIT OWdIOuud th1ouSAA
the confessions made by two twelve
year-olds, youngest students at the
academy. These lads told
the story of their deviltry to Presi-
dent Milo B. Price of Pillsbury.
Mayor Hammel and Chief of Police
Mallinger. This hair-lifting tale coy
cred their exploits during the past
eight days. Both youngsters, frankly
confessed to being omniYerousl read
ers of dime novels Of the iurid
type. The two lads have been at the
academy less than month, but
week before last began to make
trouble, skipping out on mysterious
ETC., while oolmates
began to miss personal property,
says The aOwatonna Journal. Chron-
icle. At about the same time, on
Sunday, October 8, two houses. In
the fourth ward, were entered and
robbed; and cow belonging to. "a
resident of that neighberhood was
found badly shot up with twenty
two caliber bullets. 1t, was not UNI
til a week later, however, that these
happenings and the two, youthful
desperadoes were connected. ,,-...
Stolen Articles Traced to, Boys.
On Saturday the theft of articles
belonging to other boys in Kelly
hall was definitely traced to these
lads, and they were ordered not to
leave the campus, pending tnvestiga.
ton. They took the first opportu-
nifty, however, at lunchtime, to make
their escape by means of fire es-
cape, carrying with them blankets
and other articles to fortify them
selves against an outdoor experience.
Taking up the story as told in. the
confession, they went east on the
Havana road, slept in grove that
night; caught, killed and ate a cou-
pie of chickens the next morning,
stopped at several farm houses, evi-
IDENTIFY scouting to find one where
the family was away, and finally To-
Gated what they were looking for at
the Won Ruben farm, the family be-
ing away to church. They cut their
way through a screen door, ran
sacked the house and found lock-
ed bureau drawer This they forced
by means of a fiat iron, and abb
stracted the contents, consisting of
about 1920. They then went onto
the Splittstoesser place. Mr.. Splits
toesser, upon recognizing them as
Pillsbury boys, telephoned DR.. Price.
who had meantime been making
every effort to locate them. He ask
ed that they be held. while he moth
fled the Claremont marshal 10 go ous
and get them. Before that official
got there they had given Mr.. Splits
toesser the slip, but they were finally
located at the bunker farm land
taken to Claremont, where the mar.
shall kept them all night at his
home. 1&i -
Questioned About Robbery.
The Claremont marshal questioned
them about the Won Ruben robbery.
and was met with such clever de-
malls that he was convinced of their
innocence and so positively stated
to Chief Mallinger when he arrived
in Claremont the. next morning.
However, it did not take the. Owa-
tonna officer long, after he had the
boys separated, to get confessions
from both of them. They were then
taken to Owatonna and further ins
terrogated by Mayor Hammel and
DR.. Price. 49,
1t was then that they confessed
fully to robbing the houses of Jacob
Olejniczak and Con Borowicz, on .Oc-
tober 8, to both of which they
gained entrance by chiseling out eel
lar windows. From Olejniczak's they
stole $40 and a watch chain andsat
Borowicz's they got about thirty
seven cents and watch and spill
ed some ink on a rug, besides do
ing some other minor damage. The
cow "got hers" the same day while
they were enjoying themselves in the
woods. They shot her four times
with a twenty-five rife, to see her
jump. ss
Parents Are Notified.
The parents of the lads. who 1--we
in st. Paul and Minneapolis respect,
lively, were notified, and came down
Monday. evening. They settled up all
damage, excepting ass to the COW,
which case awaits the. final. outcome
of the bovine's injuries. She is rathc
er sick just now. Then the parents
of the youthful desperadoes took
them home. 81.
One Of the boys confessed to- har.
ing been a member of. gang OF
young thieves in the cities,t prierg to-
coming to Owatonpa. The boys are.
too young to be. sent to the reforms.
school, and the only hope for Them
is wise parental handling.
Minneapolis. October 1S,--Georga
E. Vincent was today formally in-
augurated president of the Univer.
sity of Minnesota. Addresses were
given by President Harry Pratt Jnd.
son of the University of ChicagQ;s
President Albert Ross Hill of the
University of Missouri; President,
John Huston of Finley college, city
of New York, and President Charles