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

= II is said that the three I
= men who are suspected Of !
+ having committed the crime I
= were seen about leSueur early 1
Z Saturday evening. One wore +
+ a blue suit of clothes. He was I
+ quite tall. His companions I
, + were shorter in stature and I
+ wore gray suits. I
r The coroner's inquest is be- I
= ing held this afternoon. It I
+. was limited at noon today that !
+ there was likely to be some I
= new development. II was said +
+ the officers had something up I
+ their sleeves which they did I
+ not care to reveal at present. I
1865 + + + + { + + + + + + +
From Mondays Daily.
Never in it's history has such a
wave of crime swept down the Mimi.
esota valley as at the present time
and the list of dastardly deeds in
cludes, petty thieving, murder, rob-
berry, holdups. and Swallowing by
"yeggmen." The officers are making
every effort to apprehend the per,
petrators of these acts, but SO far
none have been successful, except
those at Nicollet, who captured
Cimes and Hanlon. who were attempt,
ing to rob the postoffice and store
there Saturday night.
Murder was committed at LIE Sueur
Saturday night. The guilty parties
are not yet in the tolls. The officers
are on the alert, but they have no
clew to the murdererS.
Was Beaten to Death. &C..
Beaten to death by his two com
panions for a few dollars he had
earned while working as a harvest
hand in that vicinity during the past
week, an unidentified man was the
victim of a brutal murder under the
coal chutes of the Omaha road at
LIE Sueur shortly before midnight
Saturday.
To conceal the crime, the body
was dragged about thirty feet and
placed on the Omaha tracks, where
the head was severed from the body
when it was hit by the midnight
flyer The body was found by Agent
Price of the Omaha road, short
time after the flyer pulled out. Sher-
iff Pat Keogh Of LIE Sueur county
was notified, and he instituted an
investigation which revealed the
manner in which the crime had been
committed.
Head Crushed BY Timber.
Under the coal chutes was found
a large timber with one end almost
completely covered with blood. 1t
is the theory of the authorities that
the victims skull was crushed by
the timber.
A bench nearby was despatched
with blood, while a trail of blood led
from the chutes to a point on the
track where the mangled body was
discovered.
All efforts to identify the murdered
man have thus far proved fruitless.
A search of the clothing unearthed
no letters or cards of any descrip-
ton. 1t is supposed that the per-
petrators of the crime removed all
trace of Identification.
The coroner was holding an in
quest over the remains today.
Running Down Every CIew.
City and local authorities are run
ming down several clues, but no ar
rests have resulted. They have but
legged murderers.
The two men seen with the slain
harvest hand arrived at LIE Sueur
with him Friday. They were always
seen together and as late as ten
o'clock Saturday night were together
in the vicinity of the depot.
The authorities at LIE Sueur have
a party locked up in Jail there who
is supposed to have stolen a rife
from the home of Pat Henrietta oil
this city. The rifle found in the
strangers possession answers to the
one stolen from the Henrietta home
While the LeSueur authorities have
not connected the stranger up with
the murder committed on Saturday
night, still they are looking into his
record and getting a line on his
whereabouts on Saturday night.
Marshal Tony Burg and a posse
of resolute citizens rounded up a
couple of would-be robbers in Nicol
let village Saturday night. The call
W oil llo do SOulucu dt dUOuJ
night and at least twenty men armed
with shotguns and rifles were soon
on the streets to aid in preventing
the postoffice and general store
from being burglarized. They succeed.
ed in effecting the capture of Andy
Cimes and Tom Hanlen and landing
them in the county Jail at st. Peter.
A third man escaped.
Cimes, Hanlon and a pal whose
name is unknown to the authorities
put in an appearance at Nicollet
about six o'clock Saturday evening
Cfmes made the rounds of the sa
looms there, begging small change
while Hanlon hung around the Chi
cago and Northwestern depot. Their
companion visited the saloon also
He purchased a quantity of whisky
which he carried to Hanlon.
Began Operations at Midnight.
Shortly before twelve o'clock the
trio moved up the principal business