The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-28
VERY SERIOUS CHARGE
From Mondays Daily.

"
twenty-one, was arrested Saturday
night and brought TO Kasota today,
whore he was arraigned before JUS
tice F. l.. Warrant on a charge of
attempted rape on the person OF
Mrs. Bessie Davis, wife of A. c..
Davis, a farmer living three miles
northeast of Kasota.
According to the story related by
Mrs. Davis, very fine lady of
about thirty years of age, Vernon,
who is employed on the farm, hung
around the house after ten o'clock
Friday morning until after dinner.
when he made the attempt alleged.
Mrs. Davis ran from the house to a
nclShborS across the road and gave
an alarm.
Mr.. Davis was at lie Sueur Cen
ter having been summoned there as
witness in case that was being
tried in the district court, which is
In session there. He did not return
home until Saturday evening and it
was at that time Mrs. Davis in
formed him of the attempted as
sault. Meantime Vernon had re-
manned at the house The husband
at once took steps to have him ar
rested.
1t is said that Vernon admits the
charge. He is now i'll Jail at lie
Sueur Center and it is expected that
he will make application to plead
guilty and then receive his sentence.
REPORTS from Kasota are to the eff
feet that Vernon had always borne
good reputation.
Ernest HvsloD, who lives with his
WE over the paper box factory at
90 south Front street, told a thriller
TO Police Officer George. Simmonds,
about eleven o'clock Saturday night,
IN which he poses as a hero. in find
inng out valuable information re-
garding an alleged plan to rob the
End saloon. Mr. Hyslop relates the
following story: 81 was in the
Stockholm saloon about eleven O'Clock
Saturday night and went back to
the wine room. | heard some one
talking and a voice said Wen get
the End saloon BEEF -norning.' AS
the voices came fem the next room,
a card room, ] got up On a table and
looked over the transom to see what
was doing. | saw two men standing
over an open Satchel which was plac-
ed on the table. 1t was an ordinary
black leather travelling bag In it
were two blued steel revolvers and
some burglars tools, at least l saw
number of drills. One of the men
picked up revolver and said, This
Son-of-a-sun has never been shot, but
guess it'll shoot Then they started
to close the grip and l got down. AS
1t was closing up time they left the
saloon and the last | saw of them
they were standing OH the corner of
Front and Plum streets. | do not
know the men, never saw them
before.
Tall and Short Men. |
"One was tall man, wore a black
overcoat and hat. The other was
short and wore cap and no over
coat. / went to the police station and
put the officers wise and went home"
Chief OF Police ]. w. Donahue is
inclined to doubt the story. Hyslop
was very careful to bring out that |
the guns in the satchel were blued
steel and that they were new, having
never been used. Mr.. Hyslop is not |
sure about the burglars tools. He |
saw some drills, but in breaking a
safe nowadays 'tapsters" do not use
1rills. They have a much easier
and more effective means of putting
around the edge of the
door and then striking it with
hammer
Police Make investigation.
OFFICER Simmonds, after listening
20 Hyslop's story, walked north on
Front street until he met Patrolman
ochrodt, to whom he related what
Hyslop had told him. Schrodt said
hat he had met couple of men,
,ne of whom answered the descrip-
ion of the tallest of the two sup
posed "yeggs," but paid no particular
attention to him further than to OBJ
serve his hat, which was like those
cowboys wear. An effort was made
o find the men, but nothing more
vas seen of them 1t is suspected
hat they went to the Northwestern
abroad yards, as the tracks of two
men led in that direction, one of
hem going to one part of the yard
md the other branching off to the
lorth. However, there was no rob.
)ery at the End saloon