The Mankato free press., 1913-07-25

Ifiicting stories at frst that Hannah.
himself. stole the articles Friday
night and took them over to
1 the Methodist church basement
where Conway was lying down and
dumped them by his side, asking
him to take them. He later said
that Hannan and he took ladder
from the church basement and that
1 he took the articles from the house
while Hannah watched him from
1.-THE lawn. below. When Conway was
fconfronfed with Hannah in the jail
1 however, he. said that Hannah IlsIl !.
Swas not the man. Footprints left on.
the soft lawn however tally exactly
ilwith the shoes worn by both Con-
1way and Harmon.
To Prevent Frame-Up.
i no prevent them from framing up
any story Conway was lodged in the
!, county jail. and Hannah in the city
Il Jail The two fellows had evidently
4 been in the house the night before
i the robbery. George Hankle had
ibeen looking after the parsonage
1I.during the absence of Rev. McCor-
|mick. On Friday morning, previ-
'ous to the robbery when he reached
the house he discovered that the
\ screens on three windows on the
least side were off and that an up
Iper window looked as if IT had been
lopened. Somewhat surprised at this
Mr. Hankle went to the rear of. the
i house and noticed a spade lying on
the back porch. This was later
1 proved by marks on the windows,
ito have been used III prying them
Jup. Going into the house BY the
4 back entry he saw that the cellar
4 door was open, but could find moth
! ing amiss in the. cellar. Entering
the house through the kitchen, Mr..
i iHankle saw hnmistakeable signs that
somebody had, been recently there.
4 Towels were, scattered about the
| floor. and other marks of disorder
were present He went. through the
house and upstairs and saw other
4 forms OF disorder. However, as far
Jas he could see nothing was taken
4 at this time. Mr.. Hankle also no
ticed the point of ladder. in the
! lawn underneath the windows and
i on examination of the ladder. in the
basement of the church revealed
that it was the ladder used. .''s
'+ Again Called at House.
H Now, thoroughly alarmed, Mr..
Hankle went up town to notify the
police but was unable to find them
at that time. He called at the
house again at noon and was sur
fprisedi to find the front door open
but. the screen door hooked from
the; inside. He went to the rear
/ door but the key to the house which
he had would. not, work, the lock
having been tan1pered with some
! time after he. left the house, in the
forenoon Mr., Hankle then notified
Policeman Connors who gained. an
entrance to the front door by work
ing a wire through the screen and
. lifting up the catch. They found
J. nothing taken so far as they knew
So many, things of. value .having
been untouched that it seemed as
if robbery, coul6 not be the, object
7 of the interlopers. g
:. 50 Found Fresh Tracks. I
Mr.. HankIe called at the house
again in the evening but found moth.
ing wrong. He thought that some
thing wrong would happen during
the night and about $50 O'CLOCK
Saturday morning he went to the
parsonage and his suspicious were
confirmed before he entered the
!, house for there on the lawn were
the tell tale fresh tracks Of the
church ladder, showing that it had
again been brought into use and the
screen on the north, window was
off and the window up. Enterins
the house by the aid of Policeman
Connors' key he found everything in
disorder. A razor which was lying
,, on a shelf in the kitchen was miss
ing. In the dining room the silver
! ware. had been taken and upstairs
a suit of clothes. y
The police. were then NOTED ant
I the arrests made as related above
The fact that Conway had asked fol
: and received his pay from Mr.. Er
ickson the day before it seemed
: likely that he. at least, intended t.
make his get away some time Sat
" urday but did not, figure on such al
: early discovery Of the crime.
4, Rev. Mccormick arrived from
!. Hamline yesterday and identified the
. property stolen by Conway. A goit
watch, which was thought at frs
: to have been taken. was later found
!. in the house, the burglars overlook
ing that as. well as another set %
!. siiverware. ~'' = : s's'' s''' =
The. hearing of Conway was hell
yesterday afternoon in the municipa
lcourt at. Waseca. He plead guilt,
Ito a charge of burglary in the thfrt
[degree and was bound over to til,