The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-05
Outing Had at Point Pleasant
Last Friday Afternoon
From Tuesdays Daily.


held at Madison Lake last Friday at
Point Pleasant, the use of the beau
tiful grounds being given by Colonel
and Mrs. ]. M. Barclay. The dinner
was served on tables set under the
maple trees, and was all that could
be wished for in the way of delica-
cies. Colonel Barclay took the boys
and girls for ride about the lake
in the gasoline launch, making four
trips to accommodate them all. Some
fished, and some stayed ashore and
played and romped under the trees.
For years the colonel has given his
picturesque. grounds to the Sunday
schools for their picnics, and the
schools vjoined in extending him
hearty vote of thanks for his open
hearted generosity. N'
The sugar cane is showing fine this
year, and the weather has been just
right to produce rich, sweet cane.
Some of it is ready for cutting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Kostells, who
are agents for a new rheumatism
remedy, are giving Eagle Lake and
vicinity fine exhibitions of sleight
of hand, balancing and slack wire
stunts, and have so far been re-
ceived by full houses. They also
give interesting lectures ON the
causes of diseases.
Threshing is in full sway now, and
the hum of the machines can be
heard early and late. The elevators
are open far into the night, so as
to accommodate the threshers who
work late and live far from town.
1t is reported that Lewis Stems
of st. Paul is to engage in the butch
ering business in Eagle Lake. He
has already rented house to live
in. He will open nice shop very
soon, it is expected, and will handle
poultry, veal, etc.
Eagle Lakes old and we'll known
barber, Mr.. Keats, has sold his shop
here to John Pickle, who starts in
the business this week. Mr.. Keats
will move to Pine City this week,
where he has purchased new shop.
A daughter was born last night to
Rev. and Mrs. Davidson.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Joseph G. Brown, fourteen year old
boy, resident of Albert Lea, will be
brought before United States Com
missioner Benjamin Taylor this even
ing or tomorrow morning on charge
of robbing a mail sack, which was
on the station platform at Albert Lea
on August %. The boy, so it is said,
has confessed to taking the pouch
which contained $500 in currency.
Brown was arrested Sunday by In
spector Steadman and G. H. Drake
and said he would take them to where
the pouch was hidden.
Wanted to BE dead Tough"
The theft was committed last
Thursday at Albert Lea, but the
facts did not leak out until yester-
| day. 1t was through a desire of
young Brown to be dead tough"
| that he was suspected of being the
thief, and his subsequent confession,
| as is reported. ..
| According to the story told by
Brown, he stole the package of money
which was in mail pouch lying on
a truck which was standing on the
platform at the Rock Island depot
in Albert Lea. He says he extract.
ed $40 from the roll and hid $500
| under a tin can between the Rock
Island round house and River street
He took the authorities to the place
where he says the money was hid
den,. but it was not there. The tin
can was there, but no money. A
couple of Greeks who claimed to have
seen Brown hide the money, were
taken into custody, suspected of hav
! ing taken it, but were later released
The money was in a mail pouch
| together with a number of letters
which Brown rifed, according to his
! own story. From one of these letters
| he. extracted money order, This
money order aided in his undoing
Boarded Freight Train.
After taking the so from the
package of money in Albert Lea
Brown says that he bought revol
yer, belt and cartridges and then
boarded Rock Island freight train
on which he went as far as st. Paul
freight headed for Superior, and
when out on the road he pulled his
gun on one of the brakemen, who haC
ordered him off of the train. At the
next station he was arrested ane
when searched the police found the
postoffice money order in one of his
pockets. The police notified the pos
tai authorities and Postoffice Inspec
tors g. H. Drake and A. NJ. Stead
man were called into the case. /
was to these officers that Brown
confessed the Albert Lea theft. Jo'
Brown gives his age as fourteen
years. The package of money whicl
was stolen was addressed to tn
New York Savings bank, but tn
name of the sender was not on tn
package.
Brown says that he was on hi
|-way from Missouri to his home il
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