The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-03
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Fr~,o Mondays Dali"
Jim Ryan wore false teeth. So
did the man whose dead body was
found buried beneath brush and
| limbs of willow trees near the Min
nesota river few days ago.
| Circumstances now seem to in
dictate that James Ryan was the
man who was found murdered. DR..
, c. A. A. Joshlyn has added strong
link to the chain of identification.
The doctor says that the pipe and
the clothes found ON the dead man
are exactly like the ones worn by
a man with whom he became ac-
quainted about the fourth or fifth of
August The description of the man
tallies very well with the man DR..
Joshlyn met, and the doctor says
that his acquaintance gave the name
of Jim Ryan. .....
Dr. Joshlyn says that during the
first week Of last August he was
fishing in the Minnesota river not
far from the Main street bridge. and
a man came down the bank and ask
! ed how the luck was. He claimed
to be some fisherman" himself, and
the doctor cut off about fourteen feet
from the end of his line, and the
man then bought some minnows
from boys who were fishing not far
away. He then caught five or six
fish, and the doctor was rather
unsuccessful.
Escams Better Acquainted.
The two men became a little bet
ter acquainted, and Ryan went home
with his new found friend and stayed
all night He told DR.. Joshlyn that
he was from oklahoma, and had
come from Worthington here. He
! was just travelling round, so he said,
and working here and there. He
stayed with DIR. Joshlyn the next day,
and during this time be showed a
new briar pipe which he had bought
here. 1t looked exactly like the one
found On the dead man. DR.. JOShlyn
gave the man a brush to clean his
false teeth, but the doctor says he
: is not sure whether or not the man
had full set of teeth, Or 'uppers''
only. The next day after this, Ryan
bought ticket to Mapleton where
he said he was going to help on a
paving job. He said that he was
unmarried, and was forty-eight years
old A man name Jim Ryan was en-
ployed on the paving job at Maple
ton.
During the Mankato fair, Ryan was
in town again, and met the doctor
! at the fair grounds. He said he had
about $50 with him, and was getting
along fine. Since that time, DR..
Joshlyn has not seen the man.
Firth "Bunked" With Ryan.
] After reading the complete de-
scription of the clothing which was
worn by the man whose dead body
was found near the Omaha tracks
in the south part of the city several
! days ago, Louie Firth, employed by
/, Glenn Deremer on his farm in Dan
vile, was positive that James Ryan
and the murdered man were one.
! Firth and Ryan "bunked' together
during the time Ryan was employed
by Deremer Firth is still employed
| on the farm. Yesterday he read in
The Free Press description of the
clothing which the dead man wore
and be was convinced that his for
mcr "nal" had been foully dealt with.
i Firth stated that the description
of the clothing tailed almost exactly
with that worn by Ryan the last
(, time he saw him, which was on
September II, the day Ryan came
to Mankato to attend the fair. So
far as Firth could remember Ryan':s
outer trousers were khaki instead of
a heavy WOODEN material His socks
were brown in color with grey heels
and toes His pipe was a corncob
4 with amber stem instead of a briar
I Carried Large Sum.
Mr.. Firth was of the opinion that