The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-22
MANKATO FREE PRESS

Gated at Kansas City some two
weeks ago by NJ. E. Grammar, the
sheriff, who wired the police to locI
him up. He refused to return t6
Lyon county without requisition pa
,pers.
James H. Hall, the county attor
,ney, Immediately prepared the requi
Governor Eberhart for approval and
his signature. The governor signed
them and appointed Mr.. Grammar as
agent to so to Missouri and bring
back Murray. Mr.. Grammar left Sun
day night with the papers and pre-
scented them to Governor Hadley Of
Missouri the following Tuesday. After
looking them over the governor and
his private secretary both pronounced
them the best and most complete
set of requisition papers that had
come into their hands during the
time Governor Hadley has been in
office. The governor Immediately
honored the requisition and Mr.
Grammar returned with his prisoner
Burglars raided the village Of Lyle
near Austin, one night this week.
They entered the offices of the Crane
Lumber company and the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul and Chicago
Great Western depots and a restau-
rant. In all they cleaned up sos and
left no clue.
At the Crane Lumber company
they found the safe unlocked, but the
money was in a steel drawer which
had to be pried out. 1t contained
$40 of which $40 belonged to Mr..
Norris who runs the yard.
AT the restaurant, the thieves en-
tered through window, knocking
over a gasoline stove and secured
$25. The proprietor discovered the
loss when he opened up in the morn
ing at seven O'Clock but for some
reason or other he failed to report
it to the marshall until about two
hours later.
The Chicago Great Western dona-
ted $3.50 toward the cause. That the
robbery was committed after four
o'clock was evidenced by the fact
that Gill Ferris, the village night
Waterman who sells tickets at the
depot for the four o'clock northbound
train, noticed nothing wrong at that
hour.
At the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul depot, the thieves must have
met with disappointment in the fact
that the road only left $1.50 for them
in a drawer and an electric flashlight
lying near at hand. The depot at
aches also failed to report their loss
until $50, thus giving the bandits
a start of at least two hours ahead
of their tpursuers. .scr -..
Eight charges preferred by the
state against M. Davis, the manager
of the railroad wreckase sale, South
Front street, were reduced to form
this afternoon, after conference be-
tween County Attorney Schmitt and
Mr.. Davis. The latter pleaded guilty
to the following: ~
For dealing in unwh0lesOme food
products; fined $50 and costs.
Selling adulterated pineapple fla
vor, colored with coal tar dye; fined
$25 and costs.
Offering for sale extract of van
lila, Improperly labeled, two counts,
SIS and costs each. er.a. II.
Mr.. Davis paid the sum Of $110.15
into the city treasury.
Inspector Little of the dairy and
food department, confiscated a large
quantity of extracts and turned 1t
over to the state. -
Ed Hefferman, former station
agent of the Northwestern at Meri
den. recently secured verdict OF
$500 in a suit for $4,000 against the
railway company and +. W. Whittle'
sey, on an allegation of conspiracy
to prevent his securing employment
as a telegraph operator. The com
plant alleged that Whittlesey. in
spired by a personal grudge, secured
Hefferman's discharge from his pc
sition as operator at GAINESVILLE, and
that the railway company had pre-
vented his securing another position
by it's notification to surety compa
MES which prevented his securing d
surety bond.
Mr.. Whittlesey was agent for the
Northwestern company in this city
for number of months and is now
engaged in the land business.
Faribault, Mimi, November 10
The grand jury, now in session here
returned five indictments against E
B. Ford, editor of the Referendum
for criminal libel.
Ford attacked several county and
city officials in his paper. He has
been convicted several times on sim
1.r ri, o,,I 1,Ar. ffy,r
lin the county Jail.
The grand jury also investigated
the alleged combine of coal dealers
but no indictments were returned.