The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
Claims He Was Held Up; He
Had But Fifty Cents.
THIS MADE AsSAlLANTS MAD
So They Gave Him Shove; Fell Eight
Feet; He Laid in Deep Pit
During Night.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
With a number of bad bruises, his
hip hurt and almost frozen stiff with
found lying at the bottom of a pit
in the Conghlan & Co. stone quar-
ries, between Franklin and Lime Sts-.
early this morning, his cries for
help having attracted the workmen
as they were about to start in their
days labor. Reaching Suess. the
workmen found him suffering from
the cold and the shock of fall.
They cared for him as best they
could, and ii the meantime one of
their number telephoned to the po-
lice station for assistance. Officer
Andengaard was detailed to the
scene and he brought Suess TO the
Emmanuel hospital in a hack. DR..
j. w Andrews was called and he
dressed the wounds and attended
him, but an examination as to the
nature of his injuries was not made
until this afternoon. Mr.. Suess COM
planned that he suffered a great deal
of pain in his left leg and hip.
Says He Was HeId-Up.
When Mr. Suess was seen at the
hospital by Free Press reporter to-
day. he said he was pushed over a
stone cliff into the stone pit. which
was some eight feet deep. by three
men, who attempted to hold him up.
He lay in the muddy pit all night.
not being able to sleep on account
of the cold and not able to rise Oh
accoun. of the leg and injuries from
the fall.
Il was going home from town." he
said, about seven O'Clock and when
came near the stone quarries OH
this side of the fair grounds, saw
three men, lined up in three differ
ent places.
When they saw me coming.
heard one of them whistle, as though
he were signaling to the other two.
Then they began to close in on me
and they corralled me just about
on the brink of the stone cliff. Up
TO this time they said nothing. but
knew they were up TO some mis-
chief. When they got me near the
cliff, one of them accosted me and
asked if | had any money. | told
them I had 80 cents, but that
wouldn't do them much good.
Pushed Him Over the Cliff.
Then they got behind me and
pushed me over the cliff and ran.
was carrying an old coat and a
sack of eggs. which were all brok-
en-. | did not get much of a chance
to see what they looked like. but
they, from what ! did see, appeared
to me as matured men. clean shayen-
One of them wore a gray hat and
the other two wore black hats.
They were all fairly big men, about
five feet, eight inches tall. They
talked good English.
when | fell over the cliff tried
to attract the attention OF any per-
sons who might pass at that time.
but as no one came, | gave the
idea up and lay there all night long.
i was not able 10 move and was
almost frozen when morning came.
Then I shouted to the workmen
who came, and found me-.
Mr.. Suess is a bachelor living with
Bill Luke near the city limits on the
ST. Peter road. He had not had
work all winter but had been prom
ised employment with the Widell
company where he had been former
ly employed as laborer and was
engaged TO begin next Monday. He
will be unable to work now for some
time. and the accident will fall as
quite a burden TO Mr.. Suess.
Examined His Injuries.
DR.. !. w. Andrews made an ex-
animation of the injuries OF Mr.
Suess this afternoon and found that
he had suffered a fracture within
the capsule of the hip. His leg was
not broken.
The police doubt Suess' story that
he was the victim of hold-up men.
as they think he was under the
influence of liquor. The cliff from
which he fell, or was showed, is
leo feet away from the road. ana
the police are of the opinion that
he wandered off the road and fell
over the cliff accidentally.
Suess is middIe-aged man and
has lived in Mankato a number OF
years. He is common laborer.
r. II. Coughlan. owner OF the
quarry where Suess was found this
morning. this afternoon expressed
his regret that the man should
have sustained injuries on his prop.
erty. Il can hardly believe the man
was held up" said Mr.. Coughlan,
"and why he should have been near
the opening of the quarry, which Is
some distance from the street, is