The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-28
MANKATo FREE PRESS

said that hers husband had come
home drunk and beaten and mall
treated her hrutally and that then
she and her mother had run out of
the house. He followed and they
ran back and locked the irate hus.
band out
Picked Up an Axe.
Mrs. Hamilton said that he had
then picked up an axe and smashed
in the back door, but when he sue
ceeded in getting in, both she and
her mother had fled to a neighbours
Mrs. Hamilton told me that her hus-
band had struck her in the face sew
eral times and then got her down
on the floor and choked her. Her
appearance bore out her story, for
her cheeks were badly bruised and
scratched, and her neck was swoI-
len and bleeding where fingers had
pressed into the skin
Il went to Mrs. Hamilton's home
and found the back door broken in.
but the husband had departed. |
looked all day and finally found him
this morning at work in the Omaha
freight yards. A freight just pulled
in and his fellow workers wanted
him to stay and help them for
about half an ohur
Did Not Show Up.
II did not arrest him at once, as
he told me that his help was needed
and that he would go with me peace
ably as soon as the freight was taken
care Of. He then went to work
among the cars and when the half
hour was up, Hamilton was nowhere
to be seen. | expect to locate him
this afternoon. | telephoned the
county attorney OF Nicollet county
and he advised me to swear out
warrant for Hamilton at once. I
have done so and will serve it at
the earliest opportunity"
With the closing games of the
Mankato Y. NJ. C. A. City league Sat
urday evening on the Y. M. c. A.
floor the board of managers were
unanimous in the opinion that q splen-
did series of games had been played
and not until the last eight days had
1t been possible to decide which
league team was the strongest.
The hearty cooperation of mana
gers in making schedule, drawing up
rules and regulations to govern their
respective teams in an organization,
the personal interest manifested has
made it possible to expect and re-
ceive the loyal support accorded them
by Mankato public.
The schedule opened December IA,
1912. with double head game on
Y. NJ. G. a. floor Y M. G. A. playing
Mankato Commercial College. Man
kato High school playing Mankato
normal school. Each team has played
each other two games and the games
have been alternated on the different
gym floors, the Y. NJ. C. A., the state
normal and high school
Board of Managers.
The board of managers have been
the following gentlemen: Mankato
normal school, Mr.. NJ. &C. Nichols;
Mankato high school, Mr.. Vernon
Cooper; Mankato commercial college, T.
Mr.. Geo. c. Hutehison; Company H. ;
Of National Guard, Mr.. r. c. Erwin;
Mankato Y. Nj. C. A., Mr.. w. A. San
born. aq !
Mr.. A. l.. StoYell physical director !
of Y. NJ. c. A. was director of the
Clarence Taylor has officiated as ,
referee with success, and has shown |
himself a fearless and capable young
man
Saturday evenings games were fill !
led with thrilling plays and splendid
craftsmanship. The first game between
Mankato Commercial college and
Mankato normal school resulted in a
victory for the former, final score SO
to 20. Those playing normal team
were Schweichard I. g.; Valesh l. e.;
Wachler, c.; Thayer r. f.; Brazier l. |
t.; Hayes and Cummings subs. For
the Commercial college, Schourds, l.
:; Jack +. f. Schweppe, C; Hulett, l.
3; kremer T.. 6.
The Second Game.
The second game between Y. NJ. c.
A. and Mankato high school resulted
N a victory for the latter, final score
i6 to "a, those playing on Y. NJ. G.
A. team were o. Thayer, !. f; c.
Burmeister r. f.; f. Burmeister, c.;
Roy Ash, l. e; c. Monsoon, r. G. For
he high school, f. Wise, +. g; X. /
ioerr, |. 6; Tuberg, C; d. Johnson,
:. f; e. Kimble, !. f; Williams and
4edberg, subs.
The high school won the champion.
ship, losing only one game. The
Commercial college is second and the
Y. M. C. A. and normal are tied for
bird.