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

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does not remember how long, trav-
cling man found him and pulled him
J off the track A few minutes later
"a Milwaukee switch engine passed
over the track where he had fallen,
Only by the narrowest margin did
he escape being ground to pieces
under the wheels of the locomotive.
A little later Officer Hovig four.l
the man lying along the track and
thought he was drunk. He helped
him to his feet and told him he had
better go home. Being dazed and
only half conscious, young Rowland
did not realize what had happened
and who the officer was. He man.
aged to stumble along and finally
reached his home. He was in bed
all day Sunday and when he APP
peared at the Free Press this morn
ing had beautiful pair of black
eyes, his nose was swollen to twice
it's natural size, large bump show
ed on the back of his head and he
was so stiff and sore he could hardly
walk.
Claims He Recognized One.
Mr.. Rowland says that he recog-
nized one Of his desperate assault
ants, the one who struck the first
blow on the back of his head. When
the fellow struck him he turned and
dealt the yeggman smashing
blow between the eyes and knocked
him down and it was at this time
he recognized the man. After this
he does not remember just what
happen. Mr.. Rowland says that he
went to the man he suspected yes
terday and told him that if he would
give him back his hard earned cash
and the underclothes and tell who
the other sandba ggers were, he would
not have him arrested. The man, &C
cording to Mr.. Hovland's story,
promised to get the money for him.
According to other information the
suspect denied having anything at
all to do with the hold-up.
| Some months ago Hovland alleges
that he was held UP by a brakeman
on the Omaha road. He says that
afterward he found the fellow and
gave him the best drubbing he ever
had in his life.
! Richmond, Va, November ia
new trial was today refused Floyd
Allen and his son, Claude Swanson
Allen, by the supreme court of Vir-
gina. The men are condemned to
die in the electric chair next Friday
for the murder of officials of the
Carroll county court at Hillsville,
March Ia.
Floyd Allen was convicted May II
lin
monwealth Attorney William f. Eos,
ter.
His son, tried on the charge of kill
ing Judge Thornton l.. Massie, was
convicted and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary. A second
trial on an indictment for the kill
ing of Attorney Foster resulted in a
conviction for murder in the first
! degree, July 81.
1t is believed that Governor Mann
will not interfere with the execution
of the sentence imposed by the
courts. The appeal to the supreme
court for new trials, decided adj
versely today, had been pending for
some time, but Virginia officials have
proceeded with arrangements for
the execution of the men, believing
that no clemency would be shown.
! The Hillsville court house shoot
ing in March, when the Allen clan
resented the conviction of Floyd Al
len on a minor charge by killing
five persons in the court room, is
still holding attention in Virginia
because of the trial of Sidna Allen,
the clan leader, now under way at
Wytheville.
West Chicago, H., November 49,
A football game by eleven girls
styled the Vassar champions, though
none of them ever saw Vassar, and
mans team, advertised to be play
ed here today, was stopped just be-
fore the ball was kicked off, by the
mayor and a delegation of minis
tiers.
! The grandstands were packed when
the "Vassar'' team trotted on the
field. Then the ministerial delega-
ton appeared and it was all over
The spectators took up a collection
for the "Vassar champions" The
man with the gate receipts was not
to be found
| Mrs. P. J. Hawley received a let.
ter from her parents near TeXar-
kama, Texas, this morning, stating
that if she was in trouble she had
better come home. They did not
seem to understand that she was in
Jail and under 500 bond. She will
write them another letter immedi
ately stating fully their circumstances
here. Hawley intends to telephone to
his uncle in La Crosse this after
noon and try to enlist help from thai
quarter.
4 Los Angeles, CAL, November
| 19.-Three persons were killed
and about twenty injured in
i fire at the St. George hotel which
started about midnight. The fire
started on the second floor and
was drawn up through the eIe-
vator shaft. 1t spread so rapidly
that those on the fifth and sixth
floors who did not receive warm
I ing in time were compelled to
jump from the windows.
: Ottumwa, la, November 49,
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railway company's train
Southwest Limited between Kan
sas City and Chicago, was held
up at midnight by two bandits
between Ottumwa and Mystic.
The men boarded the train at
Mystic and after robhino tho