The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-10
ROUGH HOUSE IN CAFE.
. HUBBY HAYES GOT SORE
Didn't Like the Way Fellow Act
ed Toward Wife
THEN SOMETHING STARTED
Resulted in Call For Police; Several
Arrests Follow: Temperance
of An Old Offender
THEN SOMETHING STARTED
From Wednesdays Daily.

! From Wednesdays Daily.
| What the policemen claim was a
trough house" occurred in the restau
rant in the basement at 22S
South Front street. last night, result
ed in the arrest of the proprietor, L.
c. Cook, and there were several
black eyes promiscuously distributed
among the men who were in the
place when the trouble took place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hayes who re,
side on West Rock street went into
the restaurant about twelve O'Clock
last night to get lunch and an up.
roarious bunch We're having a good
time. Coffee was ordered and later,
Mr. Hayes says, "they got to rushing
the can" 1t is alleged by the police
that Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes were not in
the soberest condition when they en-.
tered the restaurant, but as time
passed worse things happened.
Crowd Was Happy.
The crowd got SO happy that they
began to dance and one of the men
seized Mrs. Hayes in manner that
aroused the anger of her husband,
and he is said to have started some
thing. He pitched into the crowd.
The odds were about four or five to
one against him and his chances
were slim. He says that he put in
several pretty good punches but re-
ceived SO many himself that he was
forced to retreat and call for help
He went up the stairs and began
calling loudly for aid and about this
time Officer Joseph Budde and Cap.
tain +. p. Buyer of the Salvation
ed into the restaurant and the
crowd beat it out of the back
door when they saw the rein
forcements in the blue clothes. Mr..
and Mrs. Hayes, said to have been
much the worse for liquor were es.
corted to the police station and held
until morning They presented
very battered appearance.
Warrant Was Issued.
a warrant was sworn out against
l.. c. Cook, the proprietor of the
restaurant, and he was arraigned in
the municipal court this morning,
charged with allowing quarrelling,
fighting. drinking and general dis
orderly conduct to be carried on in
his place of business. He entered
a plea of not guilty and the case was
continued until two o'clock this
Mrs. Frank Hayes, who was the
cause of the fight, is not an altogeth-
er unknown character in MankatO.
Before her marriage to Frank Hayes
the police knew her as Bessie Ross
She is an old offender and has a
long police court record.
Cook Goes to Jail.
Judge Comstock is certainly to be
on the decision which
he gave this afternoon in the trial
of l.. C. Cook
Cook would not engage an attor-
ney, and stuck to his plea of not
guilty of the charge of allowing
drinking, carousing and fighting to
be carried on in his place of bust
ness, restaurant in the basement
1T 22S South Front street. The court
found Cook guilty and he was sen.
fenced to pay fine of 500 or
serve a term of ninety days in the
county Jail. The judge committed
his sentence to a fine of $25 on
condition that Cook leave the city
n twentyfour hours and stay away
'or year. Cook did not find it
to leave the city and
)iding his time for the next three
months in the bastile on the hill.
What Testimony Showed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hayes and
ieorge WEIGH, who were in the res.
aurant at the time the trouble hap. !
ify and their testimony went to 1
show that Cooks place was tough |
oint' and that quite frequently |
'oWs and carousals were carried on |
here. Cook himself admitted that
le had allowed drinking to be car
led on there and that sometimes a |
iddle or harmonica played for a |
lance. He said that when the boys |
rot loud be "calIed them down"
But" he said, that wasn't loud |
asst night, no, not at all" If some
hing were to happen there that
'1r. Cook would call loud there
would decidedly be something do I
ng." Complaints have come several
lines from the public at large al
egiDg that Cooks place was a
ough one and that it should be dis
Continued. 1t is frequented by a
lass of people that would not be |
flowed to carry on" to their hearts
ontent anywhere else in the city.
o it is claimed
There is no formal charge against
ar. and Mrs. Hayes. They were
ot under arrest at any time. How
yer. the Salvation Army will look
fter the welfare ofr;fhe couple.