The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-10

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While links in the chain of iden-
LITIGATION point strongly toward Jim
Ryan as the man who was found
dead in the railroad yards in this
city on the afternoon of September
%, Sheriff Osten is not entirely sat
isfled that the victim of deadly as.
sault was Ryan, although he is not
prepared to say that Ryan was not
the name of the man. The sheriff
desires to make the Identification
complete. With this end in view he
has caused to be circulated several
hundred postal cards, which contain
the above description If James
Ryan, who was employed on the
Deremer farm during the latter part
of August and up to September Il,
is still in the land of the living he
should come forward and make
known the. fact so that the author
tiles can govern themselves accord
ingly -
Among other things said by Ry-
an TO parties by whom he was EN-
ployed, was he had brother in st.
Paul who was engaged in the sa-
loon business. Yesterday afternoon
Sheriff Osten went to ST. Paul and
had a conversation with T. P. Ryan,
operating a saloon at SIS Temper
ance street He denied all knowl.
edge of Jim Ryan and said that the
dead man was not his relative. He
has two brothers and they are mem
bers of the fire department in ST.
Paul. They have nephew by the
name of Ryan, but he does not an
swer the description of the dead
man. T. P. Ryan is the only sa.
loon keeper of that name in st.
Paul.
nydn NOT mere August 70.
The fact has been established that
Ryan was not in Mankato nor was
he on the carnival grounds in West
Mankato on the night: OF Saturday,
August %. Ryan was at that time
in the employ of Glenn Deremer,
the Danville farmer Mr. Deremer
states that during the time Ryan
was in his employ he did not come
10 Mankato until September IL, Ma
nleton day at the Mankato fair.
There are those who believe that the
murdered man was on the carnival
grounds on the night of August 90
and that he was assaulted on either
that night or the Following night.
The claim is made that the man in
question was in possession of roll
Of money. Also that he had been
under the influence of liquor for q
couple of days. He is said to have
been in the company Of two men
who have since left the city-and
only recently.
There are others who hold to the
opinion that Joe Livingstone, the
man who was found battered up in
the Kasota railroad yards, was as
saulted on the same night that the
stranger was murdered and that the
same parties committed both deeds
Their deductions are that Livingstone
and the murdered man were pals
and that Livingstone managed to gel
away from his assailants. These
conclusions can hardly be founded or
facts. Livingstone told the authors
ties at Kasota that he was assaulted
when riding in a boxcar and thrown
out while the rain was in motion
He did not know who his assailants
were. To those who talked with
him. Livingstone made no mention Of
a pal" or anyone having assaulted
anyone who had been with him.
Had Appearance of Hobo.
Livingstone was assaulted on the
night of August %. He was intoxi
Gated when found in the Kasota rail
ROAD yards on the Following after
n25n. He had the annearance of {
hobo. He wore well-worn blue
suit of clothes, dark blue shirt Will
collar attached. a soft black hat. HI
was dark complexioned and his eye
were peculiar. His mustache wa.
black and he was dark >eomplexioned
He claimed to have a brothe
living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. TIL,
Livingstone in that city. when inter
viewed, denied relationship. Joe Liy
ingstone committed suicide at tn
ST. Peter hospital, where he ha
been taken for treatment.
Chief of Police Klugherz has re
ceived no reply to the letter whic
he wrote to Roy Moore at Jefferson
city, Mo. The letter addressed t
Roy Moore, st. Paul, was returned t,
the chief unopened
Lew Fiero. a sophomore at Han
line university, and also a gradual
of the Mankato high school, is on
of the contestants for a place o
Coach Baird's.. football team thi
year.
Mr.. Fiero was unable to try on
for the team last year. being en-
ployed outside of school hours. Blu
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