The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
OPTICS ARE DECORATED:
HUNTS KARL IN TROUBLE
From Tuesdays Daily,

From Tuesdays Daily,
Two eyes were blackened, two
watches stolen, several dollars and a
watch fob also taken, and several
men locked in the police station
This is the statement in brief of the
police cleanup last night. Carl Wier
better known as Hunts Karl" the
city dog catcher, showed up at the
police station this morning with a
warrant i'm his pocket and two black
eyes. Wier had a pathetic story OF
being assaulted. He said that he
was standing in the rear of the Mint
saloon between seven and eight
O'Clock last night, when someone
came up from behind and hit him
a crushing blow in the back of his
head and neck. John Hagen, one
Of the proprietors of the Mint sa.
loon, rushed out and parted them
and thinking that all the trouble was
over, returned immediately to his
work tending bar.
Was Hit Once More.
'Wier continued to stand there a
short time waiting for a friend and
the man who first assaulted him re.
turned and hit him again, knocking
Wier unconscious. He had been hit
under both eyes, turning them a
dark purple, and also crt under the
eye, hit in the back of the head,
and it is thought his jaw was brok.
en-. Wier thinks his assaulter held
a closed knife in his hand when the
assault was made. After regaining
consciousness, he went Immediately
to County Attorney J. w. Schmitt
and this morning appeared at the pc.
lice station with a warrant for Ed
ward Stoffelfeld, charging him with
assault in the third degree. Wier
says that the reason why he remain
ed standing in the rear outside of
the saloon after he had been hit
the first time, was because he was
waiting for friend, and when he
was hit again, he turned and caught
his assaulter and held him for a
moment and the man then broke
away. Wier is sixty-six years of
age. Stoffelfeld, it is said, has been
in trouble several times before.
Pleaded Guilty to Assault.
Stoffelfeld was arrested this morn
ing and brought before Judge Com
stock. He pleaded guilty to the charge
of assault in the third degree. He says
that he has lived in Waterloo, Iowa,
and Milwaukee, Wis, and that he
worked at the merry-go-round on
North Front street He claimed he
hit Wier but once. Mr. Hagen of
the Mint saloon was called and he
stated that he saw Stoffelfeld hit him
several times, while Wier was de.
Tending himself with cane. Stoffel-
field claims that he called Wier.
Hunts Karl" and the latter became
enraged and started the trouble.
However Judge Comstock fined him
500 and costs or gave him the alter
native Of spending twenty days in
Jail.
Burglar Got in Work.
A. M. Lorentz, who lives on North
IL,
watch fob and $12 in money, as a
result of the entrance of a burglar
while all were gone from the house.
The watch was a Waltham make,
twenty year hunting case, while the
fob was made of gold. The articles
were missed yesterday afternoon,
and the little boy came to the po-
lice station to notify the authorities.
A search was made and a travelling
man, who was suspected of the theft,
was held and searched, but nothing
found on him, and Mr.. Lorentz was
satisfied that he was not the guilty
person. The back door was unlock.
ed, while Mr.. Lorentz was busy in
the store nearby and the young son
and sister were also out of the
house.
Assaulted and Robbed.
Another man giving his name as
Henry Johnson of Duluth came to
the police station last night, rather
the worse for imbibing too freely
and reported that he had been as
saulted and robbed of his watch. He
said he was working with the extra
gang on the Omaha railroad, and
that he was walking down the Omaha
tracks last evening about six
o'clock, when several of his fellow
workers ran after him, hit him in
the head. and robbed him of his
watch. While telling his story to the
police, he recognized one of the men
on the other side of the street, and
Officer Bienapfi walked across and
nabbed him.
The man arrested gave his name
as John Dorno of Cudahy, Wis, and
said that he also worked on the ex
ira gang. He denied having taken
the watch, and would say but little
Johnson said he had IS in his pocket
but the men did not get that. Just
where the watch is cannot be deter
mined. 1t was a Hamden movement
seventeen jewel, adjusted twenty-five
year gold filled case. Johnson and
Dorno were locked up in the station
last night.
Watch Stolen From Him.
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