The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-10
From Tuesday's Daily.

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Suit for damages In the sum OF
$4,000, on account OF the kidnapping !
of his ten year old son, Reuben
Laurisch, has been instituted by
Frank Laurisch, a farmer OF DAN
vile, Blue Earth county, living
eight miles from Minnesota Lake.
Mr.. Laurisch alleges that on Feb
ruary IL his son was kidnapped at
Minnesota Lake, where he was at
tending school, by Katie McArdle
and William, Brecht. and these two
are the defendants In this action.
Suffered Mental Anguish.
The plaintiff states that he has
spent considerable money and time
In vain endeavors to, locate his son,
whose present whereabouts are en-.
tirely unknown to him., and he also
lays stress on the fact, that he has
suffered great mental anguish over
the affair. ,,e-.....-I -.
. G. J. Laurisch of Mankato, brother
Of the plaintiff, is the attorney bring
ing the suit. .'.... II
The story of the sensational af-
fair referred to was published in
The Free Press at the time. The
sister of the boy is alleged to have
carried him away. No trace of
either the boy or girl has been OBJ
tanned by the father.
Because the cantract that was re-
Gently let TO Thomas Brogan by the
city council for the grading Of North
Fourth street from Elm to Lafayette
includes four blocks of North Fourth
that are wider by far than a street
should be, the city council has de-
termined to postpone consideration
Of the question of narrowing down
that street until fall. It is thought
that when the grading is completed,
1t will be easier to see just what the
property owners and others who are
interested would like to have done in
the way of narrowing up the street.
At present these four blocks are
145 feet wide. II will be remem-
bered that the Omaha railroad used
to have a track running along these
four blocks of Fourth street, and the
street therefore had to make n slight
turn at Elm so as to run along this
track and just TO the west Of it.
After the Omaha removed these
tracks and sold this property to the
city, II made four street blocks of
more than usual width.
5 Last summer the city council had
up for consideration a petition by in
terested property owners for the va
cation of a portion of the street, so
as, to narrow down that thoroughfare
and make it perfectly straight. The
matter was postponed to the first
meeting in April, which was held
yesterday, but It was not. taken up
then, on account of the grading. II
has been set for the, first meeting OF
thesi council in September.
Il -, e. a.,
George Lang. deputy, N sheriff, late
yesterday afternoon seized an ungal:
liant young man on Front street,
who,s after picking up a handkerchief
that had been dropped by a young
lady on the Main street crossing, did
not return II TO her. The lady had
not noticed either the dropping or
the picking up of the handkerchief,
but a by-stander called to her and
she came over to the group that
gathered around the deputy and his
prisoner. The handkerchief was
opened and was found to contain
three cents. so that the spoil would
not havea been large even IL the
finder had Kept II. He was marched
down to the police station, however,
where, after, a confidential inter-
view with those in authority, he
was allowed TO go.
Having one hoof cut of by a Mil
waukee train a horse owned by
Jacob. Hilgers was killed this after
noon. The animal was attached to
the wysong laundry wagon driven by
Harry Draper, > and was on Cherry
street going toward the Gamble-Rob-
inson fruit house. The train. was
standing on thesi tracks when the
horse started across and started SO
that 1t struck the horse and wagon.
The driver jumped and was not
hurt. but the wagonSwas almost COM
pletely demolishedN' One of the
horses hoofs was almost completely
cut of so that It was impossible to
save II. Conductor Rickers was In
charge of the train. and II Is under.
stood that he felt that the driver of
the horse was not to blame for the
accident. s.
The Martin who paidca fine in the
police court yesterday for drunken
ness Ia not Fred l.. Martin, a we'll.
known gentleman who lives in this
city. F. l.. aMrtin has never been in
the police court or any other court
to answer charge of any character.
His character is above reproach.
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