The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-20

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protest OF innocence. comes the ii
rec5. accusation Of the rirl aali@f
Maud Rhodes the young lady in
QUESTION, IS afflicted with ST Vitus
danGe ard this affects her Nowers
OF speech aud facia OK 6iressioD y
..8lE with great difficulty 1Ha saus
prompting that she told the follow
ing story to the Free Press: "a man
came to the door and asked me il
my mother was home. ! told him
no. He then wanted to know il
we could give him a chicken or
something for the Christmas dinner
| answered no again. He then
came in the house and sat down
and asked me to sit on his lap. !
refused and he pulled me down and
a struggle followed screamed
and he chOked me, but not so hard
but that ! could make a noise. He
threw me to the floor and attempted
to dlsarrange my clothing and tore
the bottoms off my apron and tore
my skirt loose at the waist |
screamed some more and then he
let me go. ..
She Used the Broom.
81 picked up the broom to defend
myself and he left the house and
went toward Front street, warning
me that he would kill me If I did
not keep still. | then ran over to
Mrs. Hauman's and told her what
had happened. She called up the
police and they brought the man
down here. They had the right
man. ! am sure of it. ! know it,"
Miss Rhodes exhibited to the re-
porter marks on her neck which
she claimed were made by Dixon
when he seized her and attempted
to choke her. These marks were
plainly visible. To Captain Buyer
she exhibited an apron which had
been torn. .. 49, ...s.' -
Captain Buyer says that he will
stick by Dixon until he is proven
guilty, and he will not believe that
he is until he hears it from his
own Inns. But" says the captain,
81 would be just as eager in prose.
cutting him if ! thought for a minute
that he was guilty. But something
tells me that he is not. I will do
all in my ,Dower to defend him. ]
called up Major Cass in Minneapolis
and he was thunderstruck. He said
that he would never believe thu
Dixon had committed the dastardly
and brutal assault until he heard
it from DiXon's own lips"
Dixon Was Arraiened.
Robert Dixon was arraigned in the
municipal court at $3.50 this after
noon on a warrant sworn out by
John Rhodes. the father of the girl,
who is alleged to have been as
saulted. The warrant charged him
with an indecent assault The crime
of which Dixon is charged consti.
tutes felony. and is above the iuris-
diction of the municipal court, there
fore he cannot be tried and SEN
fenced in this court, but Judge Com.
stock told Dixon that ehe could have
his preference of an examination in
the lower court and if there were
no grounds for holding him he would
be freed. But if sufficient evidence
were found TO prove that he really
did commit the crime charged, he
would be bound over to the district
court to be tried there. Dixon chose
to be examined in the municipal
court and said that he was ready for
the ordeal at any time. His examin.
alton was set for Tuesday, Decem.
Der H., at ten O'clock in the fore.
noon. a.. ~ ...-. e.. -.
In case of this kind the munich.
nal court has no jurisdiction to re-
lease the prisoner on bail. If he
wishes to furnish bail he must make
application to the district court. As
yet Dixon has made no move to do
so. - . ~. ......, =. -.
Saltwater, December 14.-With a
long sigh and a wriDkled brow that
indicated mental suffering, Harry W.
Parker entered the state prison at
the noon hour yesterday. He was
taken to the prison by Sheriff G..
n. Freer of Blue Earth county
Mr.. Parker said he had nothing
to say before entering the prison and
the sheriff said he had talked but
little on his way TO prison. Ar
irving in the city on the noon inter.
urban car the sheriff and his prison:
err took lunch at a local restaurant
before going to the prison.
The usual formalities we're observ.
ed such as registering, taking a
uGtii, DcllS Cldu Ill IL SECOND SFdUe
uniform of cadet gray, having his
wavy locks of hair shorn and then
the Bertillon measurement and TAX.
ing the finger prints. Mr.. Parker
will be assigned to work within a
day or two. Deputy Warden Coles
had not selected place for him
yesterday afternoon.
Talked With Chase.
Kelsey F. Chase, state bank ex-
a7niner, and Harry w. Parker, the
absconding Winnebago banker, met
yesterday for the first time on a
train to the twin cities Parker was
on his way to Saltwater where he
is to serve an indeterminate sentence
given him following his plea OF
guilty of grand larceny this week
and Mr.. Chase was returning from
Blue Earth, where he attended the
grand jury hearings in connection
with the Bank of Commerce short
ages. When the two changed cars
at Lake Crystal, Parker, in custody
of Sheriff George Freer, asked Chase