The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Cutting Affair Has An Airing In
City Police Court
From Thursdays Daily.

Robert K. Doyle appeared in NUM-
cipal court this morning for trial,
charged with assault in the third
degree, for using knife on Jimmie
Ireland, as related in yesterdays i
Free Press. He continued his plea
of not guilty, as he gave it in yes
terday's arraignment, and S. B. Will /
son appeared as his attorney County /
Attorney J. w. Schmitt represented
the state. George and Frank Murray I
were called as witnesses, and told |
the story substantially the same as
it was in yesterdays Free Press.
These were the two steeplejacks who |
have been working here, and who saw |
the fight in the box car, and on the |
tracks where the cutting was done.
The trend of their story was that
Doyle did the cutting with practically
no provocation, and they state that
he had been eating with them and
drinking with them, but that they
had not seen him pay anything for
what he got as the rest did. The
fight in the box car was started, ac-
cording to their story, by a man who
went by the name of Campbell yes
terday, and was among the Migrants
who were ordered out of town.
Saw End of Fracas.
J. l.. Rogers, who conducts the
eating house at the depot, testified
that he had seen the end of the af-
fair at the Union depot when Ex-
pressman Henry Blatzheim forced
Doyle to give up the knife, and stopped
the fighting. He said that at first,
two or three others after him, and
that they followed him through both
mems and ladies' waiting rooms.
One of them, he said had something
i'm his hand, and Mr.. Rogers thought
that the man was going to throw it.
He grabbed the fellows hand and
the object dropped. He does not
know what the object was, it might
have been a stone or brickbat.
After this he said that one of the
men went towards Doyle with a
stake from baggage truck, and then
luc dhdll was ny DlbIH
helm.
Doyle Tells His Story.
When called upon to testify in
his own behalf, Doyle told a straight
forward story He said that he had
been invited to eat and drink with
the bunch of hoboes, and that he had
given a bottle of whisky. When
it started to rain, the bunch went
into a nearby box car where the
fight started. Campbell, the man who
was ordered out of town yesterday,
seemed to have been at the bot
tom of it, and was rather quarrel
some. When it came time to buy
more booze, Doyle says he gave
fifty cents. Then he said that he
saw Campbell winking at some of
the others, and he took the roll of
bills, $40 in all, from his watch peck
ct, and put them inside his under
clothing.
Eye Was BIackened.
He does not know whether the
crowd saw him do this or not, but
Immediately he was beset upon, and
his nose was smashed, his eye was
blackened, and he was thrown out of
the car After washing his bloody
face he walked up the track and
found five of the men who had been
in the car sitting on the track. Camp
bell spoke to me-" said he, land
wanted to shake hands, but as
held out my hand, | suspected that
he meant mischief, and jerked my
hand away. Then the little fellow,
Ireland, stepped up, and came to-
wards me Win a stick in his hand
Some one hit me in the back with
rock, and / struck out with the
knife. After cutting this man, the
rest of them still followed me throw
ing sticks and stones, and | ran to
the depot Here the affair was stop
ped by the man with the gun"
After listening to all the testi-
mony, Judge Comstock found Doyle
guilty and fined him SIS, which he
paid. Doyle was ordered to quit
Mankato, but before going gave up
the knife that had caused all the
trouble.
: Mrs Josephine Bardell Pulver re-
turned last night from Waseca,
where she was given a hearing on
a charge of contempt of court. In
the complaint it was alleged that
Mrs. Pulver had taken her child
against the order of the court
The county attorney OF Waseca
stated to The Free Press yesterday
afternoon that Mrs. Pulver had been
fined S25 or ten days in the county
Jail, but the fine was suspended un-
til next Wednesday when Mrs. Pull
yer is to appear with the child.
[ When interviewed today Mrs Bar
dell told her side of the story, which
is as follows: 81 worked in Waseca
last summer and in August broke my
arm. | left my little girl, Margaret,
with Mrs. Bertha Laudert, until
was able to take her with me again.
1 agreed to pay board for her, and
did so until January. l came back
to Mankato in August and have been
here since then.
"On June 5 | wrote to Mrs. Lau-
dert for the child and she said that
Margaret did not have clothing fit to
wear. | went to Waseca and Mrs.
Laudert wouldn't let the child go
until | had paid her the board money
since January. In day or two |