The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14

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term will convene in Mankato on
Tuesday next at ten o'clock in the
morning with Judge A. r.. Pfau
presiding.,l; @sss
Grand and Petit Jurors. f,lr
The following are the grand and
petit jurors:
E GRAND, JURoRs.-4A. c., Stevenson,
Medo; Joe Meyers. lie Ray; H. NJ.
Green, Butternnt 4 valley; August
Deike, City; Nliehaef Fitzsinimons,
Lyra, S. M Grover, Sterling, David
! L. JunesS Butternut Valley; Charles
Will, Medo; III. Hance,> City, John
! Eaton Garden City; A. Mitchell,
South Bend; Edward B, Coggershall,
!, Decoria; Jacob Hoy City, T. c.
Nicholson, City; VIM. G. Harris. judi
SON.; Guy Moore, Madison Lake;
George b. Preston. Mcpherson; Au-
gust Cent? Cefesco; C. M. Masters,
City; Frank Otterstein, Shelby; F..
J. Lorehtz, City; R. r. Nenbert, City;
Frank White, Afnboy Us q
| PETIT NJUROHS.-A.4 'E. Quimby,
City;S3 w! Mace, Mcpherson; Owen
Williams, Lake Crystal; VIM. Cooling,
Ceresco; John Markston, Butternut
Valley; Matthias Lang, Mankato town.
ship;sJ. H. .Dumbeck. Beauford; Alex
McGregor, Mapleton township, J. F.
. Morrow, Beaufort; William Wander
see, Limel w. Tipler. Amboy; Fred
Hunter, DecOria; James Weir, Lyra;
A. FL Rempferd, Shelby; J.. W. John
son, City; Martin Osten,: Bhtternut
Valley; Al. Brush. Shelby; Joseph
Hanipl, City; Charles Brown, Eagle
Lake; Charles Ulrich. Rapidah; g.
NJ. Yeager, South Bend: A. NJ. Quinn,
ST. Clair; Paul GRANDSON, Decoria;
! John Moeri, jamestown; Alfred
Adams, Mede; A. T. Heidel, City;
c. G. Bruske, Good Thunder; W. M.
Carey, Danville; w. Eberhart, Rapi-
dan; Phil M. Landmark, City; Siyert
Olson, City; J Fred Lowell, Vernon
Center; David J. Williams, Lincoln.
The grand jury will convene on
Wednesday at IL "a. M. land the
| petit jurors will be on hand at
/ b, m, November II. II
A number of cases will be brought
to the attention of the grand jury.
| 1t is possible that this body will be
called Upon to Investigate the mys-
terious murder that was committed
in this city some weeks ago. 1t is
| limited that certain evidence is in
the hands of the authorities that may
lead to an Indictment charging par
j ties with the murder of the stranger
whose dead body was found in the
! Omaha; yards. j.
+, Beware of Perkins. Warning
along this line has been received in
Mankato and in other cities in the
northwest. This fellow Perkins is
now operating in Iowa, and Percy
W. Hail., secretary of the Iowa Bank
ers' association, has sent, out warn
ing notices against him, some of
which have reached Mankato. He
is doing the banks wherever he hits
a town by system of bogus note
work that is new to some of the
banks.
The swindler claims to be B. F.
Perkins of the B. F. Perkins Com
bination Fenee company of Kansas
City. There is no such firm in Kan.
sas City, but it doesn't matter so
far as Perkins is concerned. He
makes the banker and the people
he deals with believe there is. Per!
kins has already worked several
,owa towns. He goes into a town
somebody else the county right for
putting Zip "a certain kind of cement
fence =
This fellow Perkins ffgures out
on paper OF coarseAto a day just
how long 1t will be before the vic
tim will be q millionaire. "After
yon have sold 1000 fences" Perkins
tells em, you won't have to do
anything but go to Europe and tip
the WAITER" He even furnishes a
list of millionaires now living in
Europe who made their money put
ting up the cement fences. Some
times the man has not got the cash
and offers a note. This doesn't
make any difference. Perkins would
rather have the note than the cash
becatise he can raise the note. =
Perkins has raised several notes
from $50 to $3.50 and got away with
it. They say Perkins is an awfuHy
nice looking chap. One of the bank
ers who cashed note that Perkins
: had juggled with says of him:
{ ''He is "a nice looking fellow, an
interesting .talker and he lives and
dresses well.'' "ast
/ j. J4.;is..s -- i'a at
I The state game and fish commits.
sion at it's monthly meeting yester.
day afternoon retired seventeen of
the game wardens in its employ and
reduced the salaries of forty-One
others -
!, The taking away of it's receipts
and the failure of the last legisla-
ture to make up the difference in
fixing its annual appropriation was
given as the reasons. The retire.
5ment of the seventeen game wardens
s and the reduction of salaries in the
casei@ of thes others will effect a
monthly saving ef1$1,700. Il @s9.'i
! The beard says this monthly saw.
ing must sbeincreased to $4,000 and at
Its next regular meeting more game
7 wardens may have to walk the plank.
Those separated from the pay roll
were F. H. Mallory, Albert Lea, $50;
j. %. Elmquist, ST. Paul. SIS; w. H.
{ Behlke, Waseca. $50: " d. Smith,
iSpring Valley, $50; F. E. Wade, Fair.
mont, $50; j. H. Ness, Window, SIS;
A. c. Schmahl, Redwood Falls, $50;
Frank Wiles, Marietta, $50; w. G.
Keefe, OrtonFille, $25; Peter Hernes.
Brownsville, $50; Michael Sa3o, St
Joseph, $50; Gus Roirden, Niswa, $25;
Henry Choss, Ely, $780,, James Bur.
ton, Wheaton, $50; c.. w, Spellman,