The Mankato free press., 1913-07-25
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Henry mi Mclean, dll !
Brakeman, ], Shot y.
From thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
When he attempted to put three
hoboes off Omaha Time Freight No.
20, east bound, at Stone about, mid
night last night, one of the trio
pulled a gun and shot Brakeman
Henry Mclean in the. left leg In.
fiicting a painful flesh wound. The
man who did the shooting is still
at large. No. 90 was sidetracked at
Stone to let Omaha Passenger No.
8 pass it, and when the passenger
came through, it was stopped, Brake
man Mclean was brought to Man
kato, and DR.. J. w. Andrews was
summoned to care for him. He is
now in st. Joseph's hospital, The
authorities here were notified by a
telegram from Division Superintend-
ent, j. R. WEIGH, the report having
been first wired to him at st, James.
Sheriff Anton osten. Deputy Ed.
Ario, Officer Mic Thilgen and two
newspaper men went to Stone sid.
ing in response to the call, but. were
unsuccessful in catching the desper.
ate hobo.
Ordered Tramps of Train.
According to the. man at, the. sid.
ing station, Mr.. Mclean entered the
car where the buns" were, and
ordered them out. One of them
moved, another pulled, the gun and
fired twice. The first bullet whistled
close to the brakeman's ear, and
the second passed through the calf
of his leg. The size. of the. wound
indicates that a revolver Of about
thirty-eight calibre was used. After
the shots were fired, the man with
the gun beat it, into the high
grass along the right of way, and
it was thought that he went into a
cornfield near. by. 1t was impos-
sible then to tell what path he had
taken for heavy fog had settled.
and the right of way fence could
not be seen from the middle of the
railroad track. One of the men in
the car was held and taken on with
the train, but it has not. been re
ported to what place he was taken.
This morning about six o'clock a
telegram came from the dispatcher
at ST. James saying that two men
had boarded No. 20 as it was pull
ing out of Stone, and that they were
put off at Kasota.
Sheriff Was Notified.
Sheriff Osten was at once notified
and telephoned to the authorities
there to look out for the men. The
best description that has been OBJ
tanned of the man who did the
shooting is that he was man
about twenty-five years old, medium
heighth and build, and wore dark
suit of clothes and black hat All
the farmers in the vicinity have al
so been notified by telephone to
keep on the look out for man OF
this description.
AS it was impossible to trace the
man from the train in the dense
fog, the same party made a second
trip to Stone about 4.o'clock this morn
ing and took the bloodhounds with
them. The place where the man left the
track and plunged into the ditch
through the tall grass was easily 10
Gated with the aid of lantern last
night and the hounds were put on
this trail. The trail through the
wet grass was plainly discernible
for about four yards down the grade
into the ditch, but here it stopped
abruptly, and the hounds would, &c
no farther.
May Have Crouched in Grass.
They turned and came back te
the track, so in all probability the
man crouched in the grass for {
few moments after shooting the
brakeman, and boarded. the trair
again. Conductor A. Peterson ant
Engineer Bartlett were in charge o
the train, and Brakeman johnson
was riding the head end 1t is re
ported that Mr.. Johnson saw tn,
three men in ST.. James yesterda.
and knew the man who had tn,
gun. The train was held at, Ston,
for some time but not long enough
for the sheriff to get there and oh
tain good description of the man
Passenger train No. II and two sec
tions of Freight No! IL, all west
bound, passed Stone after tn,
shooting affair. and it is barely pos
sible, though not very probable, tha
the man boarded one Of thes,
trains. Fifteen hoboes were round
ed up in the Northwestern yard
last night. and one of them an
swers fairly we'll the description o
one of the men who was in tn,
car when the brakeman was shot.