The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-29
POLICE IN A HOT FOOT
after JOHN M'ClUSkY
Continued From Page One.

she told the officer that her hus-
band had not been home that night.
Later in the night Officer Romack
saw the man in the Northwestern
yards and chased him several blocks
without success. Later McCluSky
| was seen by Officer Lundberg on
the other side of town in the
Great Western yards but again he
evaded arrest. At three o'clock
this morning he was in the lobby of
the Stahl house, but left before the
! clerk knew that he was being pur.
sued. And now, it is very difficult
| to say where he is, but it is thought
4 by the police that he boarded an
early morning freight and left the
city. A warrant will be sworn out
| by Mr. Zimmerman for his arrest
| to locate him. He is about five
| feet and half in height, of slight
! build, has dark red hair and heavy
/ black eyebrows. When he left town
he wore blue serge suit, gray
sweater coat and black derby
/, hat.
| His First Appearance.
Shortly after McClusky came to
f! town he and his wife rented a
room in the Union block He seem
ed to have plenty of money and
said he had just been married. He
spent his money altogether too
| freely at the boozoriums and a few
days later threatened his wife with
a revolver The landlady succeed
ed in outwitting them and getting
hold of the shooting iron which she
turned over to the police. The next
morning McClusky and his wife
called at the police station and he
was given back his gun with a
warning not to carry it.
Charged With a Hold-Up.
On the night of October 16 Nc.
Clusky and several confederates are
said to have held up Christ How
land on the milwaukee, tracks near
the Union depot. They took a
suit of underclothes which Christ
had just bought and three or four
dollars in cash. Hovland works on
a farm owned by Ed. Zimmerman.
The highwaymen had knocked their
man senseless and left him lying
directly in the way of an incoming
Milwaukee train. He was dragged
off the track by travelling man
only minute before the train ar
! rived. 1t was supposed at the time
that he was drunk but next day he
bore conclusive evidence of hav-
, ing had rather desperate encoun.
ter. ..t'
While yet in the employ of the
Heinrich McClusky is charged with
having gone through the pockets of
the porters' clothes while the own
ers were in bed. He did not find
anything but a pipe, smoking to-
bacco and a package of cigarets,
but he made off with these, so it
! is claimed.
Another Suspicious Circumstance.
1t is strongly suspected that Nc
| Clusky took watch and 81 last
night from an engineer on the Mil
/ waukee road, who was sleeping in
a room over Gus Peterson's saloon
on North Front street. During the
evening McClusky was in the Kais-
erhoff saloon talking to a fireman
on the Milwaukee road. Previously
the fireman, whose name is Late
Davidson, and the engineer he was
with, P. j. Burns, came in the sa-
loon and asked for a room. They
were directed to go to Gus Peter
sons saloon next door, where they
engaged room. Mr.. Burns went
Immediately to bed but left the
door open to let the fireman in
when he came to bed. This was
about 1890 and after engaging the
room the fireman went back down
stairs to the Kaiserhoff where he
met McClusky. He told McClusky
that he and the engineer had found
a room and that the engineer was
in bed. When the fireman went
UP to go to bed he found the door
locked, or thought it was and did
not wake his partner, but went
out and engaged another room over
the Rex cigar store. This morning
when he arose, the engineer, Mr..
Burns, found his watch and 81 in
money missing.
Laundry Package Found.
This morning the package of
laundry which was stolen from
Henry Western, the porter at the
Heinrich, was found by Fred Ma
howald, who owns the place where
Mr.. and Mrs. McClusky have been
roonning under the back porch 1t
was brought to the roIinn head-
quarters by Officer Simmonds and
identified by Mr.. Western.
Mrs. McClusky is broken hearted
over her husbands wild ways and
was almost in Mysteries today.
When McClusky first came to Man.
kato he had plenty of money but
when he had spent it all, and it
did not take long, he had to go to
work. He claims to be plumber
but has been unsuccessful in land
ing a job in that line His wife
has been attending the business
college. but for nearly a week she
has been working at the Ideal res.
taurant. She stated that her hus-
band did not come home last night.
! From Wednesdays Daily.
| kiugherz-Heinzman Wedding.
Miss Gertrude Klugherz and Mr..
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