The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-20

did get the names mixed up in the
| first part of the story and when he
saw that this mistate was going
down" he let it go thus giving a
false lead to the queFioning. He adj
mitted coming to town with Pat
Lyons and getting beastly drunk.
l"Pat remained right in the sa-
loon all the afterno0&-' he said. He
Ibid not wake I'D ill after dark.
Then he hitched up ind drove away
without me- leaving my well digger
] here. looked for him for some
time after he had bne and finally
found Fred Meyer alH asked to ride
home with him. herman Boelke
took the machine ont
When asked what was The subject
of their conversati,n ON the way
home, Schram did pot seem to re-
member very well, but finally said
that they talked alput Mr.. Meyers
mother who had been visiting him
for. some time. SIZE had Just left
for a visit with OTHER relatives, and
Schram made the statement that
Mr. Meyer said lie was very glad
she was gone.
Invited to the Home of Meyers.
Fred drove into Pat Lyons yard
and let me out" continued Schram.
"This was about ten o'clock or 1890
Fred wanted me to go home with
him, but refused as it WIS too
fsr~to Gene back iilr the morning
| did not want to stay at Pats as
Is was Z asleep and .{ aid not want az to
had some trouble getting the oil to
run out of the can and this took
me quite a while, although | do not
think it took me over half an hour.
Then l went to the barn and got
my horse and hitched him to my
buggy. | drove straight to Herman
Boelke's place and | did not go
anywhere else" Here the sheriff
asked him how it was that it took
him from 1920 until two in the
morning to drive the half mile to
Boelke's. He denied that it had
taken him that long. Il was no.
where else," he repeated again and
again, but was not able to tell how
it happened that Mr. Boelke knew,
positively, that it was two o'clock
when he drove into the yard. Schram
almost lost his nerve here and all
he could say was 81 was nowhere
else; | was nowhere else" Before
this time he had been as stold and
solemn as a wooden Indian but as
the sheriff neared the time of the
disappearance of Mr.. Meyer and led
up to the facts of the case by mi
mute questioning, Schram became
quite excited. He failed to "come
across" however, with anything def
mite, and his audience left him in
peace.
Visited the Meyer Farm.
The scouting party then drove out
to the Meyer farm, about four and
one-half miles east of the village of
Lewisville. The village is in Wat
onWan county, but the farm is across
the line in Blue Earth county. Sher-
if Osten thinks that if there has
been foul play that it is quite prob.
able that it was committed in Blue
Earth county on or near the Meyer
farm. When the party arrived at
the home of the missing man, III. T.
Meyer, his brother, entered the
house first to wake Mrs. Meyer. This
was about one o'clock this morning.
1t has been said by several people
who know the Meyer brothers that
they look very much alike. When
Mr.. Meyer woke his sister-in-law,
she rose up in bed with a startled,
but joyous cry of Erred, where have
you been?" She could hardly con-
t,N 3lxo J.
it was not her husband.
She was told that the sheriff was
downstairs and wished to speak with
her and when she came down she
had herself we'll under control, and
answered the sheriff's questions
calmly and unfalteringly. Her story
of the eventful night tailed well
with the one her brother-in-law had
told, but she added some important
details.
Heard the Dog Bark.
81 went to bed about ten O'Clock
and was awakened about midnight
by the barking of the dog. I went
out on the porch and heard voices
and a wagon. | could not hear what
was said, nor distinguish whose
voice it was, but I thought it was
my husbands and went to bed
thinking that he would soon come
in the house. The dog was on the
porch then and that is the last
saw of the animal. He was a medi
um-sized yellow dog, partly shepherd
He follows his master everywhere
when he goes on foot, but never
when he goes with the team. l did
not hear him bark after midnight
Later | heard wagon come into the
yard and expected my husband to
come in and get the lantern, but he
did not. I think this was about
one o'clock, but | am not sure
guess it was about two when l got
up to see why my husband did not
come in and found the team in the
barn. No, We never had any trouble
to speak of and lived quite happily
l do not know that he had any enc
| mics. We rent this farm, but we
have bought one now and will move
on it in the spring.. He was not
hard pressed for money, and we are
quite comfortably situated. He was
not man to worry much even when
he did have troubles. He never had
| fits or spells of any kind. About the
only illness he ever had was an at
tack of rheumatism last winter but
this did not last long. He never
had any heart trouble. l do not
think he had much money with him
but we have money in the house"