The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-18
building and then run into the
bushes south of the house.
Had Seen No One.

building and then run into the
bushes south of the house.
| Had Seen No One.
! During all this time Kelly said
that he had seen no one around the
place, but he knew Mrs. Dolson was
not upstairs. After a very minute
system of cross questioning by
! Thomas Hughes, attorney for the de-
PENDANT, it developed that this had
all been arranged by Mrs. Dolson in
their meeting on Front street earlier
in the evening. Kelly said that she
told him he would be downstairs,
when the fire was set and he was
very confident that she would keep
her word to the letter.
After the fire had been started
Kelly struck out for home, following
the Milwaukee tracks for several
blocks and then coming south to
Second street, crossed the Van
Brunt slough at Pleasant street and
then went down Rock street to his
home. He did not know what time
this was and was too drunk to know
what happened when he went in the
house. He said he thought that his
folks were in bed and that his moth
er had spoken to him, but he did
not know what she had said. Kelly
baked several times during the
questioning and it was only by
means of lot of persuasion from
Judge Comstock that he could be
induced to talk again.
. Hard to Get His Story.
| Attorney Hughes examined him
lint ho 30 not
a story from him that would hold
water in all respects. He seemed
to be rather doubtful about some
of the details and would give con-
f1icting accounts of some of his
movements. He had been in sew
eral saloons before he met John,
but had not drank anything except
what Mrs. Dolson gave him, Near
the end of his examination he said
he had been in the home of a
friend named Bill Jones, who lived
back of G. w. Monks barn on Hick-
DRY street. This was probably about
seven-thirty or eight o'clock in the
evening. According to. his story
Kelly drank over two quarts of
! brandy and some whiskey that night,
so it is not remarkable that he got
some of the details mixed. Kelly"s
mother was present at the hearing
! and was extremely moved by the
court proceedings. She is an old
lady nearly seventy years old, but
has all the faith in the world in her
i"Hughie." whom she maintains has
been led astray by Mrs. Dolson. She
says that she moved to Mankato
from Faribault three years ago to
get her son away from the bad com.
pany he had been going with there
and not long after they arrived here
I Mrs. Dolson got so much influence
, over him that he drank worse than
ever. She is very indignant about
the account of the weak condition
of Hughes mind caused from a
beating he got in his boyhood. ].
Moved For Dismissal.
After this examination there were
/ were no more witnesses sworn and
Attorney Hughes moved that his eli
ent, Mrs. Otis Dolson be released.
He claimed that Kelly's evidence
was not reliable and that s. it was
given in the most foolish and dis
jointed manner that he had ever
experienced. He maintained that
Kelly's story did not hold water and
| that his evidence against Mrs. Dol
! son could not be relied upon. He
did not, however, assign any mo-
; tive to Kelly's persistence in impli-
! eating Mrs. Dolson.
I Judge Comstock denied the motion
on the ground that he disagreed
with Attorney Hughes on the re-
liability of Kelly's evidence He
said that if the court was not &C.
quainted with Kelly they could not
perhaps attach so much Importance
. to his testimony, but in time past the
! experience the court with Kelly
was that he had always told the truth
as far as the fundamental facts
, were concerned Mrs. Dolson was
to be bound over to the November
grand jury. She will remain in the
custody of the sheriff. Kelly is also
I to be held until that time In the
meantime more investigations will
be made and it is hoped that Kelly's
accomplish, if indeed there was one,
will be found
The arrest of the promoter of the
proposed vaudeville circuit to in
SiuoC "lhOhd, ~ SlOuu, OIlllWdJ0T,
Rochester, Mankato and Eau Claire,
! brought an enterprise just launched
! in Winona to sudden termination
last night, says The Winona hide
pendent. The plan was to bring the
vaudeville and motion picture enter
tainment to this city on every night
when the theatre was not otherwise
occupied. Thursday night began the
venture and last night, according to
Manager o. F. Burlingame, witnessed
the close
| w. S. Pickett, who was in the city
several weeks ago to launch the
proposition in which Manager Burlin-
game became interested, was arrested
in st. Paul charged with using the
mails in scheme to defraud. His
arrest was brought in a novel way.
Postal Inspector George w. Drake
recognized the man after his arrest
on a minor charge at Saltwater. The
two passed on the street and the Of
fetal recalled that Pickett was the
man alleged to be wanted at Missis-
sippi and in New York. Pickett has
been remanded to Jail at st. Paul to
await the outcome of his prelimin-
airy hearing next Wednesday.
A stall fed, round faced man in
black, who claimed to be priest of
the Greek church, fresh from op-