The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-18
GEORGE K|MBLE, MUSIC
MAN IS AMONG MISSING
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Much concern is felt by his fam
lily over the mysterious disappear
ance of George Kimble, proprietor o.
the Kimball music store, 1872 South
Front street.
Mr. Kimble left here week ago
today for Belle PLANE, where he ex-
pected to transact some business.
He purchased a ticket for that city
and boarded the train on the Omaha
road which leaves here at 1885 a. m.
He did not leave the train at Belle
PLANE and paid a cash fare to Con-
ductor Weber for the twin cities. 1t
is not known whether Mr.. Kimble
left the train at st. Paul or Min
neapolis. However, no trace of him
has been obtained since his arrival
in the twin cities.
Man of Nervous Disposition.
Mr. Kimble is a man of nervous
disposition, and for the past year
had not been we'll He has been
subject of fits of the blues and des-
pondency, and at other times was
very cheerful His business here is
in excellent standing and he did
not appear to be unusually desponCr
ent on the morning he left Mankato
He talked over with Mrs. Kimble
the business he intended to trans
act in Belle PLANE before he left
and as far as his wife knows there
was nothing worrying him at the
| time.
! Pleasant Family Relations.
Mrs. Kimble stated to The Free
Press that his family relations have
always been of the best and in the
twenty-five years since she has been
married has never known him to
neglect his family in any way or to
! leave home without letting them all
know as soon as he arrived at his
destination. Mr.. Kimble was not a
drinking man and has never had any
! trouble whatever in Mankato.
Mrs. Kimble says that she fears
| that he has been overcome by ner-
vousness and is confined in some
hospital or else has been lost some
where after a nervous breakdown.
He may be the victim of foul play.
t The family resides at 407 Hickory
street and consists of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kimble and several sons and daugD-
ters. They have lived here several
years.
Mr.. Kimble is a member of the
Elks lodge and is a man who has
always attended strictly to business.
Efforts will be made to trace him.
I l.. A. Tjoswold is in charge of the
| Kimball store. Last Tuesday he
conferred with Chief of Police Dona-
hue relative to Mr.. Kimble's disap-
pearance. An effort to locate the
man was unavailing. When Mr.. Kim
BILE left here a week ago he did not
take with him his overcoat or valise.
Albert Lea, Mimi, October 14.-Dr.
Freeman, victim of the famous "tar
and feather" case of Chenille, Mimi,
will again have the matter aired in
court. His attorneys, Latham, Pid-
geon e Larson, have served papers
on Walter Knutson, Ole Hanson, Will
Swenson and George Baily, all prom
inent citizens of Chenille, asking
100000 each for damages to his bus
mess and personal injury.
This is the case where eleven OF
the most prominent men of Chenille
were tried last February on indict-
ments found by the grand jury charg-
ing them with assault and battery
and with instigating a riot. The
jury brought in verdict of mot
guilty"
Painted With Tar.
The assault on Freeman occurred
on the night of April 10, 1911. Just
as he was leaving his drug store he
was attacked by a crowd of masked
men. He was knocked down and the
contents of kettle of roofing paint
and tar was poured over his body
and head. He was then covered with
feathers and pelted with decomposed
eggs. The paint ran into his eyes
and for many days he lay in the city
and county hospital where it was
4 thought he would lose the sight OF
both eyes.
4 1t is said the family relations of
the doctor had become somewhat
strained and had excited the indigna-
ton of citizens to a great extent.
1 H. H. Dunn and H. G. Carlson were
attorneys for the eleven Chenille
citizens while assistant States At.
torney James assisted County At
torney N. e. Peterson for the state
Sheriff Anton Osten returned last
night from Saltwater where he had
: been with H. G.. Brewer, the chicken
and ginseng thief. Brewer express
ed himself as being pleased with a
stay in the states prison. He was
elated over the prospect of having
! his goitre cured. He told the sher.
iff that he was going to obey the
rules at the prison, brace up and be
man and get out of prison as soon
as he could.
!, Sheriff Osten saw Frank Smith
Butch" Epson and Henry Ballinger
at the prison. All are employed in
the shoe department. Smith gave
the sheriff a pleasant smile.
i Some weeks ago the report reach
eG Mankato that Smith had commit
ted suicide, and before doing so con
fessed to a fellow prisoner that he
alone killed Ollie Ledbetter and thai
;. Mrs Ledbetter knew nothing of the
! crime The suicide report proved
i to- be unfounded and the other part
of the story was as far from the
n truth as could be.