The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-30
CASE TAKES I.
new ANGLE; HIS COIN,

ULsN ssssuIIJ sItUs OUss
Fairmont, May ga new ele-
ment was introduced into the Vir-
gems case On z Ftffday pnwhenp ftratE;
Hultgren, ihfatherI Of lrMfss vfrgehsI
retained JaanBftPaimefnidas ther Mt0rl
ney and 1Hledp " lh1fiiie3 FAD iashh4te
court asking ithatalvffgehsStsbe del
clared inH5nipetente fsndla that smfs
virgens ID apb6ihtedl ssaardlAk sleAf
I their mutual financial interests.
The petition dfetites' ttffati tifgets
has property t6sthe vaiuehbf sie.oOd
as follows ifeinan Virgsnss 1851
16O acre farm, Hnfntdmbsfed si2 900
Cash in the hands of his. ss'O !
BROTHER 'iferniah 7 vifgens. 1850
Proceeds of grain sold since
Virgen's arrest. ........ SIt. 500
Other personsfa PROPERTY. .y.irgen4 .sss
acGmpetent and Is At-liess
Total .erated in ihe. .c.ounts1e i0Bo
1t further statesr' tiiatln vlfgensr SIS
mentally Tfncotnpetent andsfsnat pres,
ent incareefated VII the icbtfhtyd jail
on charge, ofa hitifuef yinq the fifst
degree anaF that ippfsnextrefnelsi aim
probable that ihte wifi BE- sadhitted Go
bail; that, this Sbsolutslya nstessafy
that someone be appoiHtsdl as giiaf,
dian of his estate and that Florence
A. virgens,o hiS slsifs.toRpss, At and
proper PERSON to Be- 'apbofhtedi isuch
guardian 4 be to stop the sale Of
Auction. SAFE sf6ppsd. public
The imfdediate aeffectt or the sptat
cation willonbe s4tSp Me sAleA6f
virgen's pers6R&f pfopefty at public
auction that hhase BEEN adv eftisef to
take placed on Tuesday. May 27s AIS
soon as the 'propeP papefs Efepssfy,
ed they will be- Teearded with, Regis
ter of Deeds Bode and no transfer
of either real or personal property
can then be legally effected.
- Judge Goetz has fixed the. time
for the hearing on the petition for
June. 10 att his office. In the court
house. at which time and place
Evirgens and all parties interested
will appear and be heard as to why
the petition should or, should not be
/ granted.
Refused Wife. Money. 4,
/ Attorney Palmer and Mr.. Hultgren
visited Vjrgens at the county jail
and asked that he. consent to. the
appointment of hrs wife, as guardian.
This was refused by vffgens as he
stated that he did not think, his
wife a suitable person to be entrust.
ed with the considerable financial in.
terests involved, He, was told OF
Mrs Virgins, urgent present need
! for money ana asked to turn, over to
her a proper amount for present
emergencies. He said that he would
do this if Mrs. Virgens. would come
to the Jail and talk it over with
him. This she refuses; to do.
Proceedings Will Have Bearinu.
These proceedings will have an
important, bearing on the case
against Virgens on the murder
charge as it will raise the question
of his sanity. Should. it be shown
t'that he is mentally incompetent to
the extent of actual insanity he
could be committed to- the state hos,
pital for the criminallyg insane and
in that case there would be, no trial
on the charge of killing Steen Many
believe Virgens to belinsane.
This action has been taken by
Mrs. Virgens solely, to, protect the
rights of herself and children. She
has. one child and will soon become
| the mother of another AS cendi
tions now, exist Virgens could dissi
pate all of his property in his de
Tense, leaving his wife, and children
destitute. 'tst
Body of Finlander.
In July. 1912 the dead body OF
a Finlander was found near the North
| western railroad track. about three
miles north of Triumph. The man
was a transient. travelling eastward
from Montana, and had stopped al
Triumph, where he had worked, for
| two weeks in the cement works. He
had spent the previous evening ip
Triumph and about, midnight had
started to go to the home. of a farm
er to whom he had hired out. The
next morning his lifeIess body, was
found near the track, He had, re
ceived a heavy blow. in the head
but it was supposed that while in
toxicated he laid down to; sleep with
his head on the. railroad; track, and
he had been struck in the head BY
the locomotive: and instantly killed
As stated in our, last issue in thu
well on the Virgens place was found
last Sunday long sock, with a. five
pound rock in the teee 20 ~ e
A suspicion has arisen that this
| Finlander raay have been killed by
the dangerous, looking bludgeor
found in the, we'll on the: virgens
i premises, 2ta't. 49, aes
| Coroner Brodt, and County. Attor
,ney Dean went to Triumph this Aaorn
| ing. and it, is rifmoredi that lfhs
corpse of the Finlander was: to ssbe
exhumed. and more careful investi
cation made as to the nature of the