The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
Sister Under Arrest
Orders Of the Court

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. Mathilda Goettlicher went on
the witness stand in the municipal
court this morning and without any
hesitation testified that she aided her
son Oscar to evade the officers OF the
law. The boy some months ago was
convicted of petit larceny and parol-
ed, having been put at work on a
farm in Medic. He broke his parole,
and managed to keep out of sight of
the sheriff and police all winter and
captured by Deputy Sheriff Ed. Ario.
Mrs. Goettlicher's testimony was
practically the same as that given
by the daughter, Miss Anna Goett-
licher, yesterday, and she admitted
having aided her son to elude 'the
officers of the law after his escape
from the Poeska farm in Medo town
ship. She said that she had spent a
couple of days at a farm near Mr..
Poeska's while doing some work, and
keeping watch of her son, because
she claimed to have heard that the
boy was being whipped unnecessarily
New Clothes For Boy.
Judge Comstock said, in justice to
Mr. Poeska, that this gentleman
had bought the boy an entirely new
outfit of clothing when he took him
to his farm, and that when the boy
escaped once he had travelled two
miles in the snow to locate him, and
at this time, being somewhat angered,
had slapped Oscar in the face. The
Judge said that after careful investi-
CATION, this was the only time that
he had learned OF Mr. Poeskas pun
ishing the boy.
! Miss Anna Goettlicher also testi-
fed that she had gone to Mr.. Poeskas
farm in company with man by the
name of Stephan John, and that she
had seen marks on her brothers face
where he had been struck, so it was
| claimed. .r
Girl Placed Under Arrest.
Miss Goettlicher was placed under
arrest on the charge in aiding to in
terfere with the process of the law,
when she admitted having helped her
/ brother to escape. She was released
however on condition that she does
not leave Mankato, and will appear in
| court again on June ! for further
orders from the court. Judge Com
stock said that had Miss Goettlicher
been boy he would not have hest
tated to sentence her to the
reformatory because on the charge
of contempt of the process of law,
but in view of the fact that she was
the only one on whom her mother
icould depend for support leniency in
her case was justifiable.
Lectured Mother and Sister.
In closing the case, the court
brought out the fact that young
Goettlcher's sentence to the Redwing
training school had been brought
about simply because of the inter
ference of his mother and sister. II
was the opinion of the court that ii
his sister and his mother had remain
! ed away from the farm to which the
boy was sent, that Oscar would have
learned to behave himself and would
not have tried to run away. The
court alleged that Mr.. Poeska is a
thoroughly reliable man who was
doing his best to bring about a change
, for the better in his charge, and that
he was not brutal as had been
charged. Mrs. Poeska also. seems
an exemplary lady, and has had a
great deal of experience in handling
children. So was for several years
, school teacher. Thus it seems that
, Oscars dissatisfaction on the farm
was do to the influence OF his mother
and sister. Furthermore, the judge
thought, that if Immediately after his
escape from the farm, the court had
, been notified of this fact, and that
a the runaway brought before him, the
hoy might have been given another
chance, but the fact that his sister
and mother had caused so much trou
BILE for the officers and the court in
u aiding Oscar to keep away from jus
, tic, left no room for further leniency
, The Judge sentenced the boy to the
!, Redwing training school.
1t developed that Young .Goettlich
/, er's real nome is Leckel, as his moth
, er was married twice, the last time
6 to John Leckel in Germany, who is
now dead. The family came to this
country in 1905.