The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-17

~ 6Nho bOukht ttiG odNdkC U&clOl Will
which Steen was shot; and that the
express company book at Welcome,
In which Il is claimed virgens re-
ceipted for the Savage pistol, short
ly after he bought Il in Chicago, was
improperly allowed to come in evil
dence, and that for these reasons he
did not have fair trial and that he
Is entitled to a new trial.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Glenn Allyn, the garage man, can
stay in his present quarters on South
Second street for thirty days more,
notwithstanding the fact that the
owner OF the property, Philip Nc
Graw, vans the building right away
to rent It out to Laven G ,Halstrom,
whose present garage is on Wash
ington street. Mr.. McGraw brought
suit to GUST Mr.. Allyn, claiming that
his lease was up on April 1. Mr.,
Allyn claimed that there was no
definite time for him to vacate the
premises. but he kept the rent paid
$50 in advance, and was entitled to
thirty days notice. The suit was
tried this morning before Judge Com.
stock, who held that there was not
the preponderance of evidence In
favor Of the plaintiff that was neces-
sary on which to base finding for
that side and the granting of a
writ of restitution; hence the writ
was denied. c. o. Daley was at
torney for the plaintiff and c. J..
Laurisch for the defendant.
The village of Adrian Is having
election contest, as result of the
recent vote on the license question.
According to the count of the ballots
the "wets" won the election by two
votes. The opposition forces claim
that four Illegal votes were cast. and
in the hearing three of them testified
that they were not really voters in
Adrian. One man had not taken out
his naturalization papers, another
testified that his home was in Worth
ington, and third that he had
reached Adrian about ten DAYS be-
fore the election The three testified
that they had voted for license. Judge
l.. s. Nelson OF the district court re-
served the right to pass his opinion
unil after he considered the evidence
more fully.
Death from poison ivy is accidental
death, according to a decision by
Judge Hook, st. Louis, United States
circuit court of appeals, according to
notice received by o. II. o'Neil, cor
poraticn attorney, st. Paul.
James Dent, st. Paul, was chief
clerk in the railway mail service, and
held an accident policy in the Rail-
way Mail association. In May, 1909.
he contracted Ivy poisoning, dying
about six weeks later. Mr.. O'Neill
brought suit to recover on the
policy in behalf of the widow. The
defense set up that ivy poisoning is
not accidental. This decision is said
to establish a precedent.
Alarmed at the approach of a train,
Mrs. G. z. Black sprang from the
buggy in which she was riding. and
which was about to cross a railroad
track about halfway between Man
kato and st. Peter. last Sunday
afternoon. feel and broke her right
arm near the shoulder. Her husband.
who was driving, instantly stopped
the buggy, and she was taken to st.
Peter, where the injury received
medical treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Black, their son Ray.
mond Black, and Charles Abel, were
all in their buggy, being on their
way from Mankato to st. Peter TO
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blacks daughter, Mrs. Frank Byers-
dorf.
The injured lady Is the wife OF
George Black, traffic manager for
the Hubbard Milling company.
On the complaint of City Traffic
Officer E. V. Waters, City Attorney
Arthur Schaub has issued warrants
for the arrest of Ed. Borremann and
Theodore w. Knoll OF ST. Peter and
p. II. Shoffan of Elysian. Mr.. Wat.
tiers intended also to serve a war.
rant on DR.. j. w. Andrews. whose
car was exceeding the speed limit on
the morning of Friday, April 3. The
doctor explained that the car was
being used at that time to take little
Albert Mapson, who had been fright.
fully burned at his home in South
Bend, so that he afterwards died, TO
the Immanual hospital II was decid.
ed therefore to serve no warrant on
the doctor.
Mr.. Waters has a new list to hand
to the city attorney and will apply
for warrants tomorrow.
The application OF Emelia Tarike,
who, with her husband, is serving
time In saltwater and who has been
seeking a pardon. was denied. by
the pardon board, yesterday. The
woman was convicted In 1902 of
killing her FIRST husband. Her pres
ent husband, Frank Tanke. also was
found guilty OF completely I'm the
crime and sentenced. The pardon