The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-05
Fight On Fast Going
Omaha Freight Train
From Saturdays Daily.

VINO Claims Ce0ar RaplQS, Ia, lot
his home, was found near the Oma-
ha tracks at Kasota late yesterday
afternoon near Thomas Breen's saw
mill with his jaw broken and his
right ear torn almost entirely from
his head. Livingston said that he
had been harvesting near Sanborn,
and had come to Mankato from
there. He boarded a through freight
here sometime Wednesday night, and
claims that in an alteration with
another laborer. he was knocked off
the train while it was in motion.
He does not know whether the man
who hit him broke his jaw with the
terrible punch, or whether it was
broken in the fall. He says he pitched
backwards out of the car door and
that was the last he knew until
some time in the. afternoon. He
does not know the man who struck
him.
Found BY Railroad Man.
He was found yesterday afternoon
lying alongside the track by Con-
ductor Jean Hickock of Mankato,
who has charge of the Omaha switch
train between here and Kasota. Mr..
Hickock notified Agent E. S. Hum
bold, who notified l.. E. Davis, the
town marshal Before any one ar
rived to care for him, Livingston
managed to pull himself to his feet,
and stagger to the stone saw mill,
where he was given a drink of
water He was then taken to the
village hall in Kasota and DR.. G.
F. Merritt of St Peter was sum-
moned He discovered that the
mans lower jaw was fractured on
the right side, and took about TWEEN
ty stitches in the right ear, which
was torn loose from the head, and
was hanging by the cartilage at the
top. He then set the bone and
bound up the injured head. He
found no bones broken in any other
part of the mans body, but there
were of course some severe bruises.
Livingston will be cared for in Ka-
sofa until he is able to travel. The
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done with him. He had but Is
cents in his pocket He admits be-
ing drunk while quarreling with his
travelling mate. He says he has no
relatives living. ,.....
The Minneapolis Journal says the
first train for Faribault over the
completed Dan Patch line will leave
Minneapolis at a. m. Monday, and
thereafter at intervals of two hours,
on a schedule now being arranged
The thirty-nine miles that have been
operated to Mortified will be ex,
tended to fifty-one miles, that being
the distance to Faribault.
General Manager Dow Smith said
today that the Mankato extension,
which will operate over Chicago
Great Western trackage from Fart
bault, which the Dan Patch line has
acquired, will start some time next
spring.
There is about a mile of connec
ton to be built The management
has been concentrating it's construct
i've efforts on the Faribault extern
sion, and will continue to give first
attention through the fall and winter
to the construction work from the
Automobile club to the Electric
short line connection for the Sew
enth street and Third avenue N ter
minal.
Four steam shovels now are a.
work on the grading of the new cut
off, south and west of Brookside.
Curtis Mulwee, travelling harves
hand, who short time ago told tn,
police here that his suit case hat
been stolen, and the next day wa
held up and robbed of $40 in ST
Paul, was heard from once more thi
morning. The suit case which h,
claimed was stolen was found in tn
Northwestern stone quarries north o
the city. Officer Mic Thilgen brough
it to the station and examined it
contents. The suit case had beel
opened, and was found with it's cor
tents scattered about.
1t contained, besides few article
of wearing apparel, several hundre
picture postcards, showing views O
cities and towns all over the Unite
States and Canada. There were also tn
usual comic postcards and quite fey
photographs. Several pictures of Mu
wee were found. There was also
number of letters from several brew
ing companies. Two or three In
struction books in penmanship wer
found and several packages of blan,
cars. 1t appears that Mr.. Mulwe
intended to become an expert per
man, but none of his work wa
found.
After he had been robbed in S.
Paul, his money was not recovere
and he was charged with vagranc
and ordered out of town. His wher,
abouts are not known at present, bu
the. suit case will be held for hin
Deputy State Fire Marshal A. T
Clark, seventy years of age, AZ
Portland avenue, ST. Paul, was struc
and killed early yesterday by a
Omaha train near Carver, while pc
forming his duties as a fire marsha
Mr. Clark was walking along tn
tracks of the Chicago, St. Paul, Mil
neapolis and Omaha road investiga
ing some grain elevators and war,
houses. Being partly deaf, he di