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

lgranting Mrs. Kerns a divorce Oh
the ground of desertion, and giving
/ her the custody and care of The
children and 1928 alimony.
| Granted the Divorce.
/ This afternoon the demurrer of the
defendant to the complaint in the
$4,000 personal injury suit of Antor
Bierl VS.. the Omaha Railway com
pany was argued, Arthur Schaub ap
pearing for the plaintiff and Pfar
& Laurisch for the defendant.
Lawrence Sorenson will appear
before Judge Pau Monday at 10 a
m, when his reformatory sentence
| for stealing clothing may be en-
forced, as he is said to have broker
his parole. Rev. James Parsons, in
whose control he was placed, has
left written report Of the case.
William Louie was tried in the
municipal court yesterday afternoon
on the charge of assault in the THIRD
degree, Hans Anderson being the
complaining witness. Arthur Schaut
was the compliments lawyer and
Mr.. Louie enlisted the services OF
Walter A. Plymat. The substance OF
the quarrel between the two men
/ was as follows. Louie and Ander
son were engaged in sinking a vel
/ for a Mrs. Berry in Mapleton and
! it seems that Mrs. Berrys son had
/ just collected a bill from Louie
Louie made pretty strenuous kick
about paying the bill, and as the
son, II. NJ. Berry, was paying for the
well, Mr.. Louie attempted to get even
with him by saying that the well was
deeper than it really was in order
to make up for the money Mr.. Berry
had collected. His partner, Hans
| Anderson, would not agree to over
charging for the well and is said to
have called Louie a bad name. II
seems that Anderson then took hold
OF the bib of Louie's overalls and
held him. Louie ordered him to let
go and Anderson refused. Louie
then proceeded to give his partner a
very thorough beating with the re
| suit that Anderson swOre out a war
rant for his arrest charging him
with assault in the third degree
Louie pleaded not guilty to the
charge A jury was impaneled and
! the evidence heard.
| Two boys who saw the fight, and
Fl. NJ. Berry of Mapleton appearing
as witnesses. The overalls were
produced and were to-, where An
derson had held on. The fight hap
pened last Saturday and that even
ing and the next day Anderson was
in Mankato and succeeded in get
, ting so drunk that he in some way
got some additional scratches on his
| face besides the ones Louie had
given him. He was arrested Sun.
day night for drunkenness and paid
a fine and was released the next
morning. The complainant at first
| condition as evidence of his bloody
combat with Louie, but it was
proven that he received only one
! cut, on the head, in his encounter
After hearing the evidence the jury
went out and after a deliberation
| of two hours and fifteen minutes
| the foreman, l.. c. Diamond, pre-
sented verdict Of guilty. Judge
Comstock ordered Louie to pay a
fine of SIS and costs, which in all
amounted to $4S.29, with the alter.
native of thirty day sentence on
the hill. Louie paid the fine and
was dismissed.
A forgery has just come to light
in Minneapolis that has great
deal of local interest. 1t will be
recalled that Samuel Blaisdell, a
well-to-do Medo farmer, engaged the
services of a Mrs, Edna FELTON, at
Minneapolis, through an employ.
ment agency, as housekeeper, a
year or so ago, and took her to
Medo. After she had been there Il
week she took wallet containing
$500 in cash from the pocket of
Blaisdell's coat during his absence
and went to Mapleton, where she
began to spend the money freely,
buying shoes, hat, etc. She was
arrested, pleaded guilty, and re.
ceived suspended sentence, and
was placed in charge of Rev. James
Parsons, superintendent of the Home
For the Friendless, Minneapolis.
She Broke Parole.
| 1t appears that she was placed
/, out in another city, but broke the
terms of her parole, and had to be
taken back. Rev. Parsons was out
$26, and sent the bill to the proper
officials of this county, and it was
allowed by the county board, and
County Auditor Weaver forwarded
him check for the amount This
check came back in due course, Ell
dorsed by one G. X. Ellis, and was
paid last August 2. by the st. Clail
State bank, upon which it had been
] drawn.
Never Received the Money.
Rev. Parsons never received the
money, and enquired several times
about it, and was told that he had
been sent check for it. He made
an investigation recently and as a
result County Auditor Weaver to.
day received letter from the First
National bank of Minneapolis, where
the check was eashed, saying that
rit had learned that the endorse.
ment was a forgery, and that the
lamount had been recovered from
/ the endorsers, who want the check