The Mankato free press., 1912-12-13

themselves and a beyy OF small
girls came along the street and
wished to join the fun. The young
men were not willing to have them
present and accordingly chased them
away The girls seemed disposed
to contest the right of the boys
to tell them where to stay and the
boys chased them into the home of
one of the young ladies. The door
was locked on the pursuers, but
uudaunted they made their way up
through the cellar way, knocking
over some fruit that had been placed
there. The owner of the house was
not home at the time but when
the damage was learned of strong
complaint was filed. The judge dis
missed the boys after the lecture
with instructions to report to him
Oh the first Monday in January.
Charles Smith, who wishes it dis
tinctly understood that he is the
duly appointed state humane officer
for this city, appointed by the Min
nesota Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty and the State Bureau for
Child and Animal Protection, report.
ed this morning that he had been
forced to have a horse shot which
was found lying on the sidewalk
crossing on the corner of Second
and Rock streets about ten o'clock
last night.
The horse was either suffering
from some disease or else was starv-
ing to death and had been left there
| by the owner when it could go no
| further. The owner of the horse
could not be found There was no
| harness or halter on the animal
Mr. Smith tried to get a veterinar-
ian to look at the horse but the
doctor was out of town on a call.
The humane officer then called up
the headquarters of the humane So
ciety in Minneapolis and received
authority to put the animal out of
it's misery. Several witnesses were
present Mr.. Smith is very anxious
! to have the owner of the horse ap-
pear and identify his property.
Mr.. Smith also reported that night
before last he took four horses from
a pasture in the north part of the
city The animals had no shelter
or food and it was showing heavily.
He put the horses in livery sta
! BILE and the owner who lives in
South Bend came in yesterday claim
ed his property and paid the costs
of taking care of them. He made
| no excuse for having left his horses
out in the cold, but paid for TAX
! ing care of them without a MUIR
mur.
Sleepy Eye, December Papers
have been served on the Sleepy Eye
! Telephone company by Attorney A
A. Eberhart of Minneapolis, demand.
ing the payment of $500 for the
death of the late Charles ]. Hutch.
ins. The complaint is signed by the
widow, Mrs. Ella Hutchins, who has
been named as the Administrative
of the estate of her deceased hus-
band. The officers of the company,
lC. p. Cutting, president, and Will
| liam Brust secretary, were served
| with the papers.
The case grew out of the death
of Mr. lIutchins on October 20, 1911,
when he took hold of a telephone
! wire that was charged with electri-
city He was at the time at work
with a crew of linemen who were
strinSing telephone wires for the To-
cal company. The fatal accident oc-
Cured in the alley between the
Steinke. Seidl lumber yard and the
| SchrOpfer barn. Deceased was IN
charge of reel of wire, while a
number of men were pulling wire
over the wires of the city electric
| plant The telephone wire became
charged with the deadly fluid, after
F.! being in contact with the city wire
aud Mr.. IIutchins took hold of it
with fatal results. Complainant
charges criminal negligence in not
providing safety for the workmen
and demands judgment in the sum
of $500 for the death of the de-
ceased. This sum is the full amount
| that can be assessed under the state
! law for the death of any person
| killed hy criminal NEGLIGENCE