Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-07-25

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Jos. Lauermann, one of the striking
5papermakers at Sartell, was brought to
this city Saturday TO answer to q
charge Of assault and battery in the
second degree on the person Of A. =.
Drydell, guard at the local paper
mill
He was brought before Justice Ran.
dali on the charge Of. assault and bait
terry on the same person on Monday
evening Of last week and was fined s.
and costs, amounting to SIS. The first
complaint was brought by the chief OF
police. s..
Lauermann was brought to this city
Saturday evening and bonds, for his
release were secured as soon as it was
known he was in the city. .
Justice Randall for trial but the state
took change of venue to Justice
Gaduet's court, and his trial was set
for 10 clock this morning.
! C. E. Sanford of Swanville was
brought before Justice Gaudet on q
charge of giving false readings of
butterfat to customers. F. O. John
son, state inspector Of creameries was
complainant in the above action. Ac-
cording to testimony introduced as
was stated in the complaint Mr.. San
born. who operates cream receiving
station at Swanville, had given Gus
toners readings of 26 per cent butter
fat on cream which actually tested
only 1914 per cent butterfat. The
action was taken on three similar
charges, and August S was set as the
date for the hearing.
, Miss Ethel G. Myers, a teacher in a
rural school in Two Rivers, was ar
rested and brought before Justice
Gaudet Tuesday, to answer to charge
of threatening to shoot and do bodily
harm to the person of County Superin-
tendent M. E. Barnes, when he came to
the school for visit. last March. She
had also written letters to the superin-
tendent and to the county attorney, in
which she threatened to shoot them if
they did not do as she asked them.
She peaded guilty to the charge,
stating that she had been refused q
certificate and certain other things
which she had asked for.
The court decided to hold her in the
sum Of $4OO to keep the peace. She
absolutely refused to have anything to
do with any bonds and was left in the
hands of an officer of the law.
Frank Nelson of Culdrum was the
complaining witness in case which
came up for hearing Wednesday, in
which Ed. Lundgren of the same
place was charged with threatening to
kill him. The trouble seems to have
arisen at sawmill located on the
property of Frank Nelson but owned
and operated by man nance Larson.
Nelson, the complainant, charged
Lundgren with using abusive language
in his presence and having made
threats to kill him because he had de-
manded that he leave the premises.
Witnesses were called, pro and con,
but from the statements made by the
witnesses, nothing could be obtained
which would corroborate the testimony
Of the complainant. After much de-
lay the case was dismissed and the de-
PENDANT discharged on account Of lack
of evidence. E. A. King acted as
prosecuting attorney in. the absence
Of County Attorney D. NJ. Cameron,
who was out Of the city at the time.
Mrs. J. w. Jones, who with her
husband was in the city Tuesday on
their way from Michigan to the
northern part Of the state with a
covered wagon, and warrant sworn
out for his arrest on the charge of
appropriating $142 Of her money. She
stated that she had given him the
money for the purpose Of purchasing
a horse, which he did not purchase.
The case was settled and she return
ed to her home in Michigan, Mr.. Jones
continuing on the way to his claim in
the Red Lake reservation country.
The complainant was the third wife
of Mr.. Jones.
P. Lasky, who is charged with SELL
ing intoxicating liquor after closing
hours, was brought before Justice
Gaudet Monday and was released under
800 bonds to appear before the grand
jury at the fall term of court.
THE SCHOOL ELECTION
The annual school election was held
Saturday afternoon and evening from
to 8 O'Clock, for the purpose of
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