The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-13

to the jury that he had never
heard of this before, and blamed
the two girls that the state had
called as witnesses. The county
attorney, for the purpose of max
desire, seeks conviction in this
case, where the speaker would
blush to undertake n prosecution.
The deceased was not mere
boy, as the state intimates, but he
was twenty-three years old, and
that was old enough to be old in
iniquity. Hack was not a good,
law-abding citizen. He had no re-
gard for the rights of citizens, and
was on the very incipiency of be-
coming an outlaw The police knew
his record. Haack himself said he
did not know the woman that he
had attacked on the street.
1t is hardly likely that a woman
so attacked would care to come be-
fore the public to give her testi-
mony 1t was heinous assault
according to an eyewitness 1t is
bad enough that there are persons
who creep about the streets, mo-
Testing women and girls. We can
stand burglary, but we should by
all means sustain the efforts of the
police to enforce the laws that
would make the street safe for our
families 1t is a question of law
and order now. Why should he
be made to suffer-the police officer
seeking to enforce the law, or the
fellow who sinks along the streets,
placing his hand on the pure bos-
ON of ladies, throwing his arm
around them, following them, swear.
ing at them, violating the safety
and security that should surround
them on the streets.
Law and order means that the
purity of our homes and the safety
of our families are to be main
tanned If conduct Of such a man
as Hubert Hack is to be approved
of, whose home and family will be
the next invaded. Such man de-
serves punishment, and the quicker
he is eliminated from circulation,
among the people the better it will
be for society 1t is an outrage
that an officer should be brought
to the bar of justice in case like
this. ~r
The Police Officers Duty.
1t was the police officers duty
to get the man who had commit
ted wrong. 1t is the duty of
other officers to issue the warrant
and conduct the prosecution other
wise Q Mr.. Pollei was acting with
in his rights in arresting Hack
without warrant If Hack com
mitted felony, the officers duty
was to arrest the man on sight
Taking indecent liberties is fel
Ony, punishable by Imprisonment in
saltwater The attorney read the
law to show. what constitutes tax,
ing indecent liberties with women
of good character-and it is to be
presumed that all are innocent un,
til proved to be otherwise. Katie
Ieyen was not the woman that
Hack attacked His conduct with
her showed his desire to have his
arms around women. The one who
he attacked by throwing his arms
cording to his own statement and
unknown to the two ladies who
complained This woman did not
at all resemble Miss Zeyen in APP,
pearance. Hack was taking indie
cent liberties with the unknown
lady. What security is there for a
woman unless the laws to punish
this are not upheld. If Hack had
been as good as the two women
who complained of him. he would
have been alive today Women are
often blamed for things, but women
are the best friends that men can
have. These women saw another
woman being attacked and they
were astonished, and it was not
strange that one remarked, What
do you know about that" Hack
although stranger to these sisters
began to swear at them. Is this
the conduct of a man who knows
no wrong? The girl said Hes a
dirty brute" Wasn't he? She
ought to have said, 'The dirty
pup HACKS conduct was pure
cussedness. What man would have
used language toward women as
Hack used toward these women
Hack was great, big, strong
strapping man, and followed them
abusing them, telling one that she
ought to have her face pushed into
, a billboard, accompanying it with
another oath.
| Mr.. Ellsworth began to laugh
and Mr. Wilson turned battery up
on him, saying that this was a sad
case, and did not call for the sneers
and laughter of the state.
Told Trouble to Policeman.
OF course. Hack had committed
a felony. The elder of the sisters
, thirtyeight years old, married, and
with a family-a law-abiding WON
! Advent up to the officer and laid
! her troubles before him-as every
woman should do who has similar
experiences. She did not know
Pollei but his policeman's uniform
showed him to be reputable man
and was an invitation for her to
repose her confidence in him. She
told Pollei Of HACKS conduct, and
it was not for him to say that he
could do nothing as she did not
have warrant for HACKS arrest
Are we to protect the girls attend
ing the state normal school, the
Lutheran Seminary, the Mother
House? If SO, Pollei's promptness
is to be commended and approved
of He did not falter a moment
but went down through the dark
alley, trailing the man who had
committed felony Mrs. Leidoff
had charged Hack with committing
n Felony and it was poIlpi'S dJty