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

From Fridays Daily.
Carl KAHN and Walter Larson, who
are wanted on the charge of burglary
in the third degree i'm connection with
the robbery of Sivert Olson'S gro
Gerry store, the morning of July 5, are
i'm custody KAHN was arrested at
Madelia early last evening in hobo
camp by Marshal Bean of that place,
and Larson was arrested later in the
evening by Marshal Neumann at
Lake Crystal after having escaped
from Marshal Bean. They are now
safely lodged in the Blue Earth
county Jail.
Immediately after the robbery and
the disappearance Of the two young
men, Sheriff Osten got out postal
cards with very accurate descrip-
ton of the men and sent them all
over Southern Minnesota. Kalin
has a heart and dagger tattooed on
one hand, which makes it easy to
identify him. The sheriff and depu-
ties have been on the lookout for the
boys all the time, and expected to
land them sooner or later.
kaIin Pulled Knife.
When Marshal Bean visited the
hobo camp last evening at Madelia
he noticed the tattoo mark on Kalin's
hand, and he returned and examined
the postal card description of the
young men wanted in MankatO. He
then became satisfied that they were
in the camp, and he went back and
told KAHN and Larson that they were
under arrest and seized Kalin by
the arm. Kalin at once drew knife
on the marshal, but the latter drew
his gun and forced the young man
into submission. Larson took advan-
tage of the, opportunity to run, and
he hot footed it up the track toward
Lake Crystal,
The marshal locked up Kalin and
telephoned to Marshal Neumann at
Lake Crystal and asked him to be on
the lookout and head off Larson. Mr..
Neumann was "Johnny-on-the-spot,"
and received Larson with open arms
when the latter came along the track
into the village soon after dark.
Sheriff Osten Is Informed.
Sheriff Osten was called up by
both marshals at about the same time
last evening and Informed of the
arrest of the two mon. Deputy Sher-
iff Ed. Ario went to Madelia on No.
8, and brought KAHN back, but was
unable to bring Larson, as Marshal
Neumann has since the postoffice
robbery there yesterday morning
been forbidden to go to the depot
to meet trains and could not deliver
Larson there when the train passed
through Sheriff Osten went to Lake
Crystal on the 80 a. m, train to-
day and returned with Larson on the
noon train.
Kalin refused to talk of the robbery
to Mr.. Ario, but told of the travels
of the couple since leaving Mankato.
He said that they had beaten their
way over the country, on trains, go
ing as far east as New York city,
and also visiting Chicago, Milwau-
Mankato they went to Butterfield, !
and from there to Mason City, Iowa,
Tuesday night they passed through
Mankato and went to Madelia, where /
they remained until Marshal Bean in-i
terrupted their plans.
KAHN was arraigned i'm the police
court this afternoon. He demanded
a. hearing and this was set for a. |
IN. tomorrow. His bond was fixed at
$500
Nothing new has developed in re-
gard to the postoffice robbery at Lake
Crystal but there is some reason to
believe that the men came and went
in an automobile, and that they are
a gang of postoffice and store rob
bers that are operating in this vicin-
ity.
Postmaster Christensen told the
convention yesterday
afternoon that the clock in the build
ing was found to have stopped at
4 % .. ~, aud Il iS hnlievpd that