The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-27
FRED MEYER LOCATED
BUYS TICKET TO 'KATO
From Fridays Daily.
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+ ISSiNG-FRED G. MEYER
+ HIS DESCRIPTION.

i Ulm, MIMI, December 10, y
+ 1912, between the hour of I.
= eight and nine o'clock in the I.
4. morning, and from there lost 4.
4 all trace of him. Description, I.
+ forty years old, five feet I.
+ eight or nine inches tall, ITO !.
+ to IFS pounds, stout build, j.
+ wore dark brown mustache, /.
+ complexion medium, black !.
+ hair, blue eyes, walks pigeon +
+ toed. When last seen was at !.
! tired in blue overalIs, brown +
+ sweater and black coat. Also 4.
|! wore black fur overcoat. 1.
+ He also took with him i
e yellow shepherd dog which 1.
+ was still with him at New j.
Z Ulm, Mimi, when seen there. +
IL Please make thorough search +
4. in your town or city for the I.
+ man and if located wire at I.
+ once at my expense. Anton +
+ Osten, sheriff, Blue Earth !.
j. county, Mankato, MINI. J.
+ i. + + /. + + + + I. 1. !. 1! I. J.
This afternoon Sheriff Anton o.
ten received word from Herman
Meyer stating that telegram had
been received by him which con-
tanned the information that, Fred
Meyer had purchased a ticket from
Wanda to Mankato. Herman Mey-
err instructed the sheriff to detan
Fred at this place. Yesterday Her
man Meyer sent a telegram to
cousin in Wanda asking if Fred had
put in an appearance there.
Sheriff Anton Osten was making
Fred Meyer. With this end in
cards containing the above descrip-
ton to be sent broadcast No stone
was to be left unturned to find
Meyer Deputy Sheriff Ed Ario was
lending his efforts in the same di-
rection.
Sheriff Osten spent most of last
night in search for Fred Meyer.
He made a second trip to Lewis
vile, crossed the country to the
home of the missing man, where he
had another Interview with Mrs.
Meyer. She could not account for
the going away of her husband.
She stated that they had had no
quarrel and so far as she knew
there was no reason why he should
have left in such a mysterious
manner. Mrs. Meyer said that Mr..
Meyer may have had something like
SIS on his person when he left so
suddenly and mysteriously.
Interviewed the Neiehbors.
Sheriff Osten traced Meyer for a
distance of fifteen miles. On Sunday
morning about eight O'Clock the
hired man employed on Joe Tighe's
farm, three and one-half miles north
of the Meyer farm, observed man
and dog walking north in the
highway. The hired man went into
the house and spoke to Mr.. Tighe
about what he had seen. The hired
man stated that the man was walk
ing slowly along with his head
bowed and apparently lost in deep
thought.
Mrs. George Cooling saw the man
and his deg pass her home later
in the morning. He was still walk
ing slowly and his head was low.
cred.
L. E. Cooling, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Cooling, was at Ma
della last Tuesday. He overhead a
conversation that was being partici-
pated in by several men. They were
discussing the disappearance of
Meyer 1t seems that these men
were out hunting on the Sunday
previous, and they recalled seeing
a man and dog cutting across the
country toward Lake Crystal. These
men were hunting OH farm own
al Nv IN ioI,
borhood Of farms owned by Charles
Raines. Frank Splinter and George
Johnson. They saw the man and his
dog as they were entering the tim
Der. At the time the Madelia men
thought the stranger was hunting.
They did not know who he was.
Convinced He Is Alive.
Sheriff Osten is convinced that
Meyer is alive, but he is at loss
to explain why he is keeping away
from his family The fact that the
postcard sent by Meyer to his wife
has been traced to the drug store
where it was purchased and the
further fact that the clerk vino sold
the card, was able to give de-
scription of Meyer, is convincing
proof that Meyer was at New Ulm.
The postcard was traced by its
1t was thought that Meyer had
been waylaid and slugged, the pur-
pose being to rob him, but the
clerk at the drug store states that
he did not observe any marks on
Meyer The card is pictorial
Christmas greeting, expressing the
sentiment OF the season. On the
message side, written in German,
were the words: 81 am well at
New Ulm Sunday evening. viii not
be home for month"
Meyer did not wear his overcoat
when in the store; neither did he
have the garment on when in the
postoffice.
The postoffice clerk is of the
opinion that Meyer mailed three
postal cards.
There is one feature of this Mey-
er mystery that Sheriff Osten can
not fathom, and that is why did
The team walk over a plowed field
and make for a haystack Saturday
night. 1t is not at all likely that
Meyer drove his horses to the hay
stack in view of the fact that he
was SO near his own home
The dog that showed up at the
farm of Leo Fernleich, on Belgrade
lill has no connection with tho