The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-31
YOUTHS PAID SMALL
AMOUNT into COURT
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Final disposition OF the much liti
CATER cases OF Lee olger, Harry Pet
erson and Edward Peterson, the
three boys found guilty last winter OF
lettering in saloons, was made by
Judge Comstock at session OF the
police court this morning. each OF
70 the defendants being instructed to
pay his me VI 1--WE dollars and costs.
In each case this amounted to nearly
twelve dollars. Harry Peterson was
o given until Saturday to make his
payment The other two paid al
once.
These cases have just been passed
upon by the state supreme court.
Judge Comstock overruled the de-
tense on FIVE points and was sus,
tanned by the supreme court in all
Of these rulings.
The defense raised the question
whether the ordinance was valid and
constitutional, inasmuch as there was
a state law covering the same sub
jeet matter. The Judge held that
the ordinance was valid and consti.
tutional. inasmueh as II aid not con-
hict with the state law.
Testified Voluntarily.
The defensei contended that the
prosecution OF the three boys. after
they had been subpoenaed and testi.
fed before the grand jury and the
district court relative to the offense
with which they were charged was an
infringement OF their constitutional
guarantee OF not being compelled to
be witnesses against themselves. The
municipal court held that this was no
infringement Of that guarantee, as
the defendants had testified voluntar-
lily. Admissions that they made be-
fore the grand jury and the district
court we're not considered at their
own trials.
The attorney for the boys contended
that the defendants were entitled to
immunity from prosecution by reason
OF their testimony before the grand
Jury and In the district court. The
court held that the law providing that
testimony given at hearings on ques-
tions OF saloonkeepers violating the
law shall not be used against those
giving that testimony did not exempt
these boys from prosecution. as their
own testimony was not used against
them.
Point OF the Defense.
The defense further raised the point
that the arrest and prosecution OF
the defendants constituted an unlaw-
full interference with the proceedings
OF the district court. The municipal
court held that there was no such
interference.
The question was also raised by the
defense whether the boys we're law
fully arrested and brought into court
by due process OF law. This objection
was likewise overruled by the munic.
ipal court, as the defendants entered
their plea and went to trial without
raising any question as to the juris-
diction of the court on this ground,
and no objection on this ground was
ever raised during the trial
The prosecution was conducted by
City Attorney Schaub and the de-
tense by Attorney Ivan Bowen.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Down In osksioosa, Iowa, where
the railroad tracks enter the city a
conspicuous sign 10 erected which
serves to protect that city from the
presence Of numerous members OF
the hobo genius. The sign reads as
follows: - .H...
Notice: This city has a stone
pile for burns. You are welcome.
Mayor. - IS.
The sign Is so placed that II can
hardly escape the attention Of any.
one arriving there.
Wanted, more hoboes in Mankato!
Mayor Meyer is anxious to COM
plete the pen in which these ordinar-
lily unwelcome visitors are to break
stone. at the foot OF Madison avenue.
II is indeed remarkable how quickly
the news spreads among the Weary
Willies." II Is now known far and
wide among them that the Mankato
authorities are setting them at work
to build prison wherein they are
to labor. Consequently they are Civ
ing this city "a wide berth"
Freight conductors tell how the
gangs leave their trains as Manka-
to is approached The wanderers
know the railroad lines well. and
they are well acquainted with the
customary routing of the freight
trains. They manage to grab such
freights as go around Mankato, in
stead Of going through IT,
A member OF the police force yes
terday noticed boxear. empty ex-
ceptlng the hoboes that II contained,
with the door slightly opened, being
pulled through Mankato, while the
gratis passengers peeped out to see
whether anyone was coming TO arrest
them.
At the jail there are now only
four OF these wanderers left. The
police do not like to take so few out
to the pen and watch them. and Il
is a broiling hot place for them to