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

his light went out and that he could
not see and stumbled over the lum-
Der pile and fell off the balcony does
not seem tenable.
The dead body of the stranger
was found on the track about IL:
at night.
Manley and the Check Suit.
Relative to Pat Manley, The LIE
Sueur News says: Patrick HEM
rietta of North Mankato was in
town Wednesday looking after rife
stolen from his place. The man held
here for murder admitted the theft
and had the rife in his possession.
A peculiar part of the occurrence is
the fact that the prisoner here was
in jail at Mankato for ten days,
wearing the clothes Of Mr.. Hennr-
eta after he reported the theft of
his clothes and rife to the Man.
kato police, and after the man held
here had been committed to jail in
Mankato."
Story Of the Crime.
This is the story told by The LIE
Sueur News:
When freight train No. II was
ready to clear from the Omaha sta
ton here at 12:40 O'Clock Sunday
morning last, one of the brakemen
discovered the body of a, dead man
alongside of the track. The matter
was at once reported and the train
crew carried the body of the man to
the depot, using grain door as a
litter. The coroner, G. E. Burnett,
of LIE Sueur Center, was at once
notified An examination of the
body by Max Distel and others,
convinced them that murder had
been committed and the sheriff, Pat
rick Keogh, was also notified. When
the officials arrived search Of
the dead mans clothing gave up
nothing by which he could be iden-
titled.
Small Hand Mirror.
A small hand mirror was found in
his pocket. This had on it the
name of Frantz & Bard. Inquiry Of
them resulted in the Identification
of the body of the man, by Mr..
of business on Friday and had then
bought one of the little mirrors of
MIN. Again he was in the place on
Saturday, and told Mr.. Bard that he
left lie Sueur Friday but when he
got to Merriam Junction that he
discovered the loss of a five dollar
bill, his pocket knife and the mir
TOR. Upon returning here to search
for them he found the money but
not the other articles. He then pur-
chased another mirror. Mr.. Bard
says he looked to be a man of
about forty-eight or fifty years of
age and was quiet, peaceable
man, always alone.
Result Of Inquest.
The inquest did not result in Civ
ing any Information that would lead
TO his identity, nor to the identity
of his murderer. That he was MUIR
dered is almost certain. A bench
upon which he was lying early in
the evening, was found clotted with
blood. A number of wounds were
found on the face and head of the
victim, and tracks showing that he
was dragged to the track and placed
with his head on the rail were cas-
lily observable. He was a man
weighing about $50 to 100 pounds,
FIVE feet eight inches high, smooth
face, gray hair, dark brown coat
with blue overalls and a blue shirt.
He is known to have at least three
bills of unknown denominations on
his person on Saturday afternoon,
but when the body was found not a
cent was discovered upon it, On
the forehead, about an inch above
the eyes and between them, was
found a mole about the size of
lead pencil.
Several Marks on Back.
His back also showed several
marks, apparently where assesses
had formed at some time, that might
lead to his Identification, if his
friends should happen to hear of his
death A letter was found near the
body, on stone abutment of the
coal shed, written from Ottumwa,
Iowa, by lady, to her son, begging
him to return home. 1t is doubtful
that it referred to this man, but the
authorities are investigating it. The
inquest, held Monday afternoon, was
conducted by Coroner Burnett, and
the county attorney. Evidence was
convincing, so far as the crime of
murder was concerned, but nothing
developed leading to the identified
ton of the murderers, though a