New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-19
sc Happy eYPsIE s
Chief Klauss Attacked BY Two
Men when Looking For O.
Woman who. Stole $40.
Bandits Were Ordered Out Of
Town.

present age Was 1Oug0t IN NOW O4M
Wednesday noon on Minnesota street
when Chief Klause assisted BY Stanis'
laus sperl attempted to arrest gypsy
woman who was accused Of stealing
90 Of Eberhard Hermann OF this
place.
The nomadic troup was on its way
from South Dakota to Chicago and
consisted of four men, four women
and about twenty-five children.
The men drove slowly southwark
along Minnesota street while the
women visited the business houses for
the purpose of begging and fortune
telling. and when favorable oppor.
tunity presented itself, to do little
pickpocket work as a side line.
1t was in this manner thai the said
$40 disappeared and the authorities
were notified. Chief Klause stopped
the wagontrain on Minnesota street
between First and Second South
streets and waited for the women to
return. Upon the arrival of these the
chief made the arrests for searching
them on the grounds of the accusa-
ton. The chivalrous spirit of the
men was highly incensed at this indig-
nifty and they proceeded to resist in
the manner that seemed proper to
them, namely, by striking the chief
down with a powerful fist Like q
good soldier the chief was on his feet
in jiffy and the gypsy "got his.
With the help OF Mr.. Sperl the gypsy
gentlemen were soon out of commits
sion. But the war dance was not
complete until the women returned.
New Ulm never saw, or rather heard,
the equal of the row that followed and
the Sioux Indian war whoops of '62
: we're melodius lullabies compared
with the whining and bowling of the
women and children.
The whole troup was taken to the
county Jail and after the $40 were
returned tho party received an invita-
ton to relieve the town of their
presence. They were duly escorted by
the city police force to the city limits,
and there were left to the romantic
fate of the gypsies. One OF the band,
who had been "put to Sleep during
the scrimmage was still under the in
fluence of Chief Klause's "Somno-
form'' at their exit, at least, he
appeared to be. The gypsies extract
ed the promise from the police that, in
case the sleeping gentleman did not
recover from his injuries, the city
should afford him decent burial.
Up to this date no information has
been received, neither by wireless nor
otherwise, relating to the death of the
hero and in all probability the
Nomands are just as happy as before
excepting the sore-headed ones, and
are wandering on, spirited by the
charms of 'sEsmerelda's" joyous
! melodies.
q It seems that this same band of
gypsies has been molesting other
towns west of here which may be seen
by the following clipped from the
Redwood Falls Gazette:
s'There was another band OF gypsies
in Redwood Falls last Monday and
upon their arrival in the city they
were promptly notified by Chief Far
lee to quit the town. They didn't
seem to be in much of a hurry to COM
ply with the order, but he stayed by
them and they finally left town with
out creating any trouble. Not so at
Morgan, according to the Messenger
of yesterday which says, in part"
Another one of those interesting
tribes of gypsies were seen upon our |
streets Tuesday morning. They were
ordered out of town by Officer Drex-
Ter and did not make any effort to
move. Later the officer made a
second request and was then assaulted
by one of the men of the tribe who
used abusive language and also
struck at him, and the latter took an
axe from his wagon and would have
made an attempt on Mr.. Drexler's
life had it not been for two OF his clan
holding his arms. During this time
the officer had leveled a six-shooter at
the gypsy realizing, that he was
dealing with a dangerous character, ,
and the part, four wagons, ''chuck
full", at the point of the gun, began
to make their getaway. It is sad :
predica ment that this fair land of
ours has had to put up and deal with {
,hese rowing bands II