The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
New York, November S.-Nincent
Astor today confirmed the announce
ment that he is engaged to marry
Miss Helen Huntington. The we'd
ding, it is understood will take place
next spring. The young people have
known each other since childhood,
From Fridays Daily.
Mystery surrounds the dead body
Of man which was found three miles
north Of Albert Lea in q. desolatc
marshy spot about half a mile from
the Rock Island railroad tracks.
The body was discovered by sec
ton men who went into the slough
and timber to locate mink traps.
The man lay on the ground with
ltbirty-two caliber revolver, evident
| ly recently purchased, beside him,
and one cartridge had been used.
Chief of Police Notified.
| The section men notified Chief of
Police Sullivan of Albert Lea of the
! fact of finding the body and Coro-
: er Won Berg, and undertaken and
i representative of the Free Press
Immediately went to the scene. They
found that the man was well dress
| ed, wearing a blue serge coat and
cap, grey striped trousers, Walk
over shoes. and union suit of UNI
derwear. His hair was red and his
face round and smooth shaven. His
teeth showed evidence of good care
and had silver and gold filings.
Body BADLY Decomposed.
The body is badly decomposed and
probably had lain some time. A
lcareful examination of the body was
made to see If there was a bullet
wound, but nothing of the kind, was
found.
NO money or papers of any kind
were found on his person and no
means of Identification have as yet
been found? The tags on his cloth
ing were very dirty and will be
washed to see if the firm names can
labels will furnish a ciew to his iden-
tity.
i Briar Pipe in Pocket.
A straight briar pipe was found
in one pocket and there were two
matches in the watch pocket of his
trousers.
4 A peculiar thing about the man
was that a red bandana handkerchief
was found in one of his coat pockets,
and it looked as if it had been stuff
ed in there.
The gun with one discharged cart
ridge would indicate suicide, but the
fact that he had no money nor pa
pers of Identification might indicate
that he had been robbed.
Waltham, MIMI, November THE
State bank safe here was blown by
robbers early this morning. In all
1895 i'm ca3h was stolen and
$4,000 in notes. The bandits eS
; capped in an automobile.
Walthab is small town in the
: northwestern corner of Mower Coun
lily. IT probably has less than 81,
inhabitants. As it always has been q
!. peaceable and quite hamlet no mar
shall has been employed. The tow
! was asleep at two o'clock this morn
! ing when the "yeggs" invaded thu
place. The bank was entered By
the aid of skeleton key, SO il
Is UE1lCfGu. uC lOCh udu nv DCpL
: tempered with to all outward ap
tpearanceS.
+, Worked Very Rapidly.
After the burglars had entered tht
;, bank they lost no time in tearing
away the brick walls that surround
ed the safe Then they applied ;
quantity of nitroglycerine to the door
J The strong box was blown, ant
r 1886 in cash and $4,000 in notes
I. secured The yeggs climbed int
, their auto and escaped No clew wa'
! left behind.
The burglary was not discoVeret
until this morning when Cashier J.
F. Chapman was about to enter thu
= bank He was surprised to find thu
9 door open Upon entering the build
ing he discovered that yeggs hat
? been there during the night.
: Early Morning Visit.
ABOUT two o'clock this morning
people living in the vicinity of thu
q oank heard a noise as of someone
| unloading freight at the depot. j
9 was thought that an extra freigh
had pulled into the station, and thu
! sleepy inhabitants of Waltham rolled
O over and enjoyed another nap.
: AS soon as the robbery was dis
covered parties in vehicles startet
out and rode for miles in every di
rection i'll the hope of finding thu
n notes which the bank officials be
/ lieved would be scattered along thu
n roadside by the yeggs, as these notes
a are of no value to anyone excep
O the bank. However. no trace of thu
= securities was found.
The explosion did not do any dam
age to the building.
Yeggmen blew the safe Of the Lam
) berton postoffice early this morning
j took $125 in cash and escaped II
an auto. The front of the building
t. was blown out by the explosion, ant
q the noise was heard by several pee
Pile in the neighborhOod, but no on
made an investigation as to its cause
1t is thought that the WORK wa
done by two men who drove int
y Lamberton in an automobile abou
n two o'clock yesterday afternoon, an
If who spent considerable time aroun
d George Nigg's blacksmith shop Bars
$ chisels and files belonging to MI
. Nigg were found in the pOstoffic
building this morning about six o'clOc
!, when the postoffice was visited b
i employees A money order bool
- which had been taken. was found i
q the alley about a block from tn
building.
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