The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-14
CHASED A GYPSY BAND
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Chief of Police Donahue, Officer
Andrew Lundberg, Sheriff Osten,
Deputy Sheriff Ario and George ].
Grabowenski, had quite a chase in
an automobile yesterday afternoon,
when they pursued what was be-
lieved to be gypsies. Complaint was
made that some gypsies camped
near the farm of ]. A. He'll on the
st. Peter road, and that Henry Hen
line, who drives milk for Mr.. He'll,
was robbed of $130 and that four
quart bottles, of milk were taken
Henline stated that one OF the
women offered to tell his fortune,
and he placed $1.35 in her hand.
She wrapped a red handkerchief
about the hand, and withdrew the
money, returning only five cents. He
telephoned to the police when he
came home, and Chief Donahue and
Officer Lundberg went in pursuit
with Mr.. Donahue's horse.
However, it was discovered that
it was impossible to catch the gyp-
sizes, with horse, and Chief of Pc
lice Donahue then telephoned to Sher-
if Osten, who came out in his au-
tomobile.
The party caught up with the gyp-
sizes one-half mile on this side of
Kasota. Chief of Police Donahue
then compelled them to return what
had been stolen, and let them go
at that. The gypsies said they came
from Brazil. In all there were about
seven wagons filled with the dark
skinned people
st. Paul, June 6.-State Public
Examiner Fritz in a supplementary
report to the governor today says
the state board of medical eXaml-
ners, severely criticised for appro-
priating reciprocity" and midwife
fees for the past six years, has re-
ceived $1S,152.05 in fees, of which
Mr.. Fritz holds $6,402.G5 is due the
state. Mr. Fritz says the board,
since October, 1910, has been hold
ing practical examinations, and this
money should go to the state.
The governor has asked Attorney
General Smith to go further into
the matter, so that proper action
may be taken.
OF the $1S,152O5 collected by the
board $11,75O has been from regular
examinations, which the board is al
lowed to keep. On 1O1 reciprocity"
licenses, however, the board has col
lected $1,000. Mr.. Fritz says $780,
has been collected in midwife fees.
From Fridays Daily.
Harry Chittenden, who recently
pleaded not guilty in district court
to the charge of burglary in the third
degree. this morning, asked to be
allowed to plead guilty to grand lar
ceny in the second degree, when
the court granted and he so pleaded:
County Attorney Schmitt then moved
that the charge of burglary In the
third degree be dismissed, which the
court did.
The case in the matter of the petit
ton of Arthur j. equity and others
for public ditch in the Conunty OF
Blue Earth, State of Minnesota, des-
ignated and numbered as County
Ditch No. 81, in reappeal of Anna
Gilchrist went to the jury this after
noon.
Fred A. Jones of Morristown. a
cheesemaker, committed suicide Sun
day by hanging himself to the
rafter of the attic at his home. Mr..
Jones had been in a respondent
mood for some time past and it is
thought that his mind bad been
affected. Sunday he disappeared
and a search was made, which ended
Monday noon, when his lifeless
body was found hanging to the
rafters of the attic in his home. He
was a man of ffty-six years OF
age and leaves a wife and son.
An unmailed letter addressed to
his son, Arthur Jones, at Newport,
Mimi, was found in his pocket. The
letter stated that he could not stand
the stories which had been clrculat-
ed about him, and asked forgiveness
for the rash act.
Owatonna. June THE wife and
mother of George Miller, proml'
nent farmer living about two and
half miles northwest of Meridian sta
ton, were in the city Wednesday OF
this week making inquiries as to Mr..
Miller's whereabouts. He left nome
Monday afternoon, to make an or
binary trip to town, and has not Deen
heard from since His family are I'M
certain as to whether he meant to
go to Owatonna or to Waseca, as he
did not say, but they think he
started for Owatonna, as there had
been something said of procuring
some paint at one of the Owatonna
drug stores. There is nothing what
ever to account for his disappear
ance, and his family are greatly mys-
titled as well as worried.
From Thursdays Daily.
Several experts have been work
ing for the past twenty-four hours
in the back room OF safe store
on Jackson street, st. Paul, endeaV-
oring to open safe belonging 10 the
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