The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13
YOUNG WOMAN IS SHOT;
farm HAND IN CUSTODY
From Fridays Daily.

day night about ten O'Clock shoot
ing ARRAY was pulled off at the
Wiese farm, about eight miles south
of town, in which Miss Hulda Wiese
was the victim and Harris Wallii,
young man residing near Comfrey,
did the shooting.
According to the story cleaned
from a harvest hand who gives his
name as John Ryan, and who WAS
on the scene at the time, ii appears
that he in the company of young
Wallin had spent the afternoon in
Springfield and started for Comfrey
in a livery rig from that town in
the evening Arriving at the Wiese
farm, Wallin jumped out of the rig
and engaged in conversation with
Miss Wiese. Just what the trend
of the conversation was, Ryan is I'M
able to state, for he claims to have
been some distance away, but dur
ing the time that young Wallin was
at the house Ryan heard the dis
charge of a shotgun and he rushed
TO the scene and discovered that
Miss Wiese had been shot, for she
was lying across the threshold Of
the door. According to Ryan's story.
the shot was fred by young Wal
lin, after which he threw the gun
alongside the road.
Ryan Gave the Alarm.
Following the shooting Ryan has
tened to a nearby farm house and
gave the alarm of the shooting af
fray, but experienced some difficulty
in gaining admittance in order that
medical help might be called by tele
phone. AS soon as he was notified
DR.. Shrader drove out to the Wiese
home in his automobile, A hasty
examination revealed the fact that
Miss Wiese received the full charge
of the shell in, the region of the
kneecaps of both legs, and in order
10 receive the best of care for such
serious wounds she was placed in
the auto and brought to ST. Johns
hospital, at which institution she is
now confined.
WalIin in Custody.
The following morning Marshal
Jack Foster drove over to Comfrey
accompanied by w. NJ Andersen in
the latter's auto, for the purpose of
taking young Wallin into custody,
which was accomplished after
rather strenuous search about the
town, the young man finally being
located in corn field at the out
skirts of the town. He was brought
TO Springfield and placed in the
lookup pending a hearing.
Wallin was arraigned before JUS
tice Ray Tuesday evening charged
with assault in the second degree.
The case was continued until Wed
nesday morning to enable the de-
PENDANT to procure counsel. On Tues
day morning he waived examination
and was bound over to the district
court which convenes i'm December
and his bail bond fixed at $1,000. He
was allowed an opportunity to Sc
cure bail, in default of which he
will be committed to the county
Jail.
Minneapolis, September 6.-Iden-
LITIGATION as stolen property of dia-
mond engagement ring, a gold brace
let and a gold brooch worn by a
Minneapolis girl, whose wedding had
been set for September "a, is said
by the police to have led yesterday
10 the arrest of the girls fiance on
a charge of robbery, his confession
of wholesale burglaries and the
breaking of an engagement The po-
lice have the ring, the brooch and
the bracelet.
The boy, for he is only nineteen,
under arrest and who is said by
Captain Nicholas Smith of the North
side police station to have confessed
TO wholesale series of burglaries,
is Joseph Bushway, the same boy
who on April 9 shot Charles W..
Thompson, 1000 Penn avenue north,
formerly of Garden City, whom he
said he mistook for burglar The
Thompson shooting was in the Ken
wood district where Patrolman AL
Johnson, hearing these thieves were
10 enter a grocery store, had en-
listed Bushways services as an aid
and had hidden, waiting for the
burglars. Thompson, coming from
his home, was mistaken for burg
lar and was shot. He was seriously
injured, but has partially recovered.
Bushway Is Arrested.
Bushway was arrested by Patrol
man Jack Kaufman, who had been
sent from the North Side police sta.
ton on motorcycle when neigh.
bors reported a burglar was in the
Dupont avenue residence Bushway
was taken to the North Side police
station and questioned He denied
he had attempted to rob the house.
Finally Bushway told the police.
men he had been living at 315
Twenty-sixth avenue north.
When he was arrested Bushway
said he lived at 315 Twenty-sixth
avenue north. Detectives went to
the house and found Mrs. Olive
Hustad and her daughter, Hazel,
eighteen years old The girl was
wearing a gold bracelet, gold watch
and ring.
Where did you get the jewelry?"
asked Detective T. p. Gleason.
Joe gave it to me-" said the
girl. HE and / were to be married
September "a The detectives ex.
amined the jewelry and recognized
it as stolen from residences in Min
neapolis and described in circulars
issued by the police. The detectives
went to Bushway's room and found
pair of opera glasses which they
say they also recognized as stolen
articles
Left Girl in Tears.
Leaving the girl in tears, the de-
tectiyes went back to the station.
When Bushway was told that the
jewelry had been identified as stol-
en-, he broke down and confessed