The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-29
TWO ARE KILLED BY
MANIAC AT HAMt[
From Saturdays Daily.
Deputy Kills Suspect.

From Saturdays Daily.
Deputy Kills Suspect.
At 2;15 o'clock this morning, Hen
ry Poker, twenty-six years old, sup
posed to be the man who last night
shot Matthew and Leonard Lenzen
at their home near Hamel, was in
stantly killed by Deputy Sheriff John
VAIL, as he emerged from barn
where he had been surrounded near
the scene of the shooting. The
Minneapolis Journal says that al
most hundred farmers under com
mand of Sheriff Otto Langum and
half dozen deputies had been scour-
the. shooting. Polker's body will be
brought here to the morgue.
Matthew Lenzen, aged Is, and
Leonard Lenzen, Jr., aged 10, last
night were taken to st. Mary's hos
pital in Minneapolis as the result
of mysterious shooting at their
home near Hamel, fifteen miles from
that city, Matthew, the eldest, may
die
Act Of Mailman.
Authorities can give no reason for
the shooting except that it was the
act of mad man.
The shooting occurred at 9:15
O'Clock last night, while the mother,
the two injured sons and several
of the other children We're sitting
F., in the kitchen Of their home one
and one-haH miles south of Hamel.
Shoots Through Window.
Without warning the assailant,
who had ridden his horse to the
window, fired upon the group, five
| of his seven shots taking effect.
Mathew the Oldest, was struck four
times, once above the temple, once
| in the breast and through each ell
bow. The younger brother was shot
| in the thigh.
Immediately this supposed mad
man rode away and shortly after
ward several girls who were pass
ling along the road were shot at,
but none were injured.
A riderless horse was found
shortly afterward by DR.. A. Aubin,
who lives near the Lenzen home
and who rushed the injured youths
to- the hospital.
mo reason can be assigned for
1.-THE shooting" said DR.. Aubin, "as
the Lenzens have no enemies of
whom they know. Matthew may be
fable to pull through provided COM
lphcations do not arise"
A driving snow storm, which be-
gan to fall near Hamel shortly af-
tier eleven o'clock last. night, made
the posses work difficult
| In the case of Gerhard Zerwas VS..
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway the plaintiff was unable to
prove his case and tile defendant
moved that the. matter be taken
! away from the jury. The motion
was granted and District Judge
Pau rendered a verdict in favor of
the defendant. The plaintiff in this
case demanded to be reimbursed for
the killing of q team of horses some
| time ago on the railroad tracks.
| He could not prove that the rail-
road company had been negligent In
any way, and were not, TO blame for
| the, death of the team. Attorney
| c., o. Daley appeared for the plain
tiff and Nelson j. Wilcox for the
defendant. After hearing this case
| the jury was discharged until Mon
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock when
County Attorney J. w. Schmitt will
probably move for trial in the Moon
case.
Lawrence SorenSOn who broke his
parole by leaving the state and was
arrested a few days ago in illinois
was given a hearing this morning in
the district court. He admitted hav-
ing broke his parole hut did not
seem to be able to explain his rea.
sons for so doing. After breaking
his parole he appeared in the police
station in Aurora, Illinois aud told
the officers what he had done. The
chief of police of that place wired
Rev. Parsons of minneapolis who
had SorensOn in charge and he was
taken into custody. His charge in
the first place was grand larceny
in the second degree, for stealing
a suit of clothes. In the district
court this morning Sorenson was
remanded back to the custody Of
Rev. James Parsons superintendent
Of the home for the friendless in
Minneapolis.
george Goldberg, business man OF
ST. Peter was arrested this morning
on the complaint of Miss Dolly
Davis, also of St. Peter, charging
him with SANDER Attorney Stone,
of st. Peter appeared in his behalf.
He was arranged before Judge
Plymat in the municipal court and
pleaded not guilty to the charge
and said that he would fight the
case if it cost him thousand dol
lars. AS his attorney had not had
time to look into the matter the
case was continued until November
20 at 200 p. m. He furnished a
bond OF 500 and was allowed to
return to his home until the date
of the hearing.
No Shortage Of Cars.
From Saturdays Daily.
On Thursday the Fairmont Sen
tinel received a pleasant visit from
Mr.. II. NJ. Drummond, travelling
freight agent for the Omaha railway
system. He stated that his road is
experiencing no shortage of cars in
handling the crop and do not con-
template any. In the matter of the
alleged car shortage in the east for