The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-19

his blood should be split on the
streets for the enforcement Of Law
and for the women and children OF
the city.
Roasted the Papers.
Mayor Meyer said that he had
found out one thing from the dis
eussion, and that was that people
could not believe what the papers
said. According to the statements
in the papers. one might get the
idea that the present administration
was rotten one.
Rev. Mr.. Arthur said that they, as
ministers, had never criticised the
administration; on the contrary, they
had on one occasion adopted reso
luton thanking the present admin
istration for the stand that it had
taken in regard to law enforcement
in this city. The ministers had nc
personal feeling in the matter.
Mayor Meyer said that he had
simply spoken as the matter had
looked in the paper.
Chief kiugherz Speaks.
Mayor Meyer called on Chief Klug
herr and told him that statement
had been made that there had been
number of complaints made against
Mr. Hagen's place and subsequently
withdrawn, and asked him to state
how Mr. Hagen had lived up to the
law as compared with the other:
saloonkeepers, since Mr.. Klugher2
had become chief of police.
Mr.. Klugherz replied that as faI
as Mr.. Hagen was concerned he had
received but one letter of complaint
unsigned, and purporting to have
been written by mother whose son
had secured liquor there one Satur
day night. He had gone to Mr.
Hagen and had warned him that il
he violated any of the liquor laws
he would be prosecuted. Not an
other complaint had been received
until now. 1t was difficult with the
small police force to watch all oil
the saloons closely Mr.. Hagen runs
as good place as any Of the other
saloons in town. AS to the case un'
der which he was recently prose
cuted, he had said that he had
thought that he had a right to sell
to the person, as the posting had
wit ha
had asked him personally to sell hel
son some liquor. Mr. Klugherz fur
Their said that when he took the Of
fee that he now holds there were
forty-three slot machines in the city,
not all in saloons, either, and that
three days later there was not one
He had served eleven and a halt
years on the police force, before
becoming deputy sheriff, and he
could say that the saloons were not
running nearly as good then as
now. He knew nothing in regard
to the Klages case.
Rev. Kelsey on Hagen Cases.
Rev. Mr.. Keesey said that it had
been published in the papers that
the county attorney had moved that
the rest of the cases against Hagen
be dismissed, when he was con
victed, and from that it had been
thought that there had been other
complaints. 1t was fact that boys
under age have been hanging out
in front of his saloon every night
including last Saturday night. Flies
don't hang around vinegar barrel
for nothing observed the preacher
Mr.. Schaub explained what was
meant by the other cases against
Hagen, and said that on October II
three minors went into his saloon
together and each purchased liquor
and he was indicted for each sell
ing, although there was really only
one case. The two other indict
ments were dismissed when he was
convicted on one.
Rev. Arthur: is it not fact
that it has been rumored that his
place was not being we'll conducted
and that this was what caused the
county attorney to turn his atten
ton to him."
Mr.. Schaub: ''ln former years
yes, but not lately. Mr.. Arthur is
partly correct"
Called the kindergarten.
Rev. Arthur: 1T has come from
reliable authority that he has been
running a place that has been called
the Kindergarten and that the
mayor formerly had a lot of trou
BILE with it,"
Mayor Meyer: ''That is so, but
that was some time ago."
Mayor Meyer called upon Officer
e. V. Waters to tell what he knew
of the way the saloons conduct
themselves, and Mr. Waters said
that he had watched the saloons
closely and had seen none of them
open on Sundays. The curtains and
blinds were up. The police make
the alleys. They had never seen
minors in any of the saloons, buy.
ing liquor. They had watched the
enforcement of the cfgaret law close.
ly. The chief of police and he had
stopped not less than a hundred
boys on the street in this work.
This statement was greeted with
cries of Good"
commissioners Ger1ach and Iaocly