The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-05
..lEDON TOPROVE
HAGEN DID NOT SELL
SALOON TO ANOTHER

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rom Thursdays Daily.
Mayor aeyer was asked today
over the long-distanee phone at
Amboy what would be done with
regard 10 City Attorney schaub
retaining his positlon " he failed
to produce effective evidence In
the hearing tomorrow morning.
In reply Mr.. Meyer replied: ave
don't like TO think that the city
attorney will make a mistake In
that matter" The MAYOR was
questioned further and he said
that he had written q letter to
Mr.. sehaub requesting him to be
at the council chambers tomorrow
morning prepared TO show his
evidence In the matter at hand.
He was then asked " Mr.. Schaub
could remain city attorney "
his evidence was not sufficient to
justify the charge that he had
made as TO the Hagen saloon.
And Mr.. Meyer then said:
Something unpleasant will hap
pen, but cannot say Just what II
will be. The city attorney 10
elected by the council, and not
appointed by the mayor. II Is a
matter that will be put up TO
the council"
City Attorney sehaub, when
asked about the epistie he had
written Mayor Meyer and the
allegations contained therein
stated that he himself had no
positive evidence that the Mint
saloon was not sold by Mr..
Hagen to Mr.. Kaufman. His let.
ter to the mayor was based upon
hearsay evidence. He did not
care 20 state who the people
were that had given him the In
formation that the saloon was
not owned by Mr.. Kaufman.
People had been coming to him
for weeks past with this re-
port. He would request these
people TO appear before the city
council al the Investigation and
he would like to have them do
90, but he did not think they
would, as they did not wish to
have their names made public
In this connection. On being
asked whether his informers In
Guided any ministers Of the city,
Mr.. schaub said they did not,
but they included both pro-saIoon
and anti-ssloon people. He him
self did not consider the calling
Of the meeting Of the city eoun-
ell at all necessary, deeming the
investigation by the chief Of po-
lice sufficient evidence that the
saloon actually did belong to Mr..
Kaufman.
II Is evident that the mayor
thinks otherwise than the city
attorney on this last point. He
wants something more than the
investigation made by the chief
Of police to decide a matter OF
such importance as this.
u 10 quite likely that the
whole thing will prove a Flash
in the PAN" ~ Mr.. Sehaub has
no evidence against Mr.. kauf.
mann u 10 safe to say that no
one eIee will come forward
with any, Meanwhile, Mr.. kauf-
man Is not supplying foaming
beakers to the thirsty this day.
In a subsequent interview Mr..
sehaub said that Messrs. Kauf-
mann and Hagen came TO his Of
flee following the revocation Of
the Hagen license by the council
and he made out the papers
transferring the saloon from Hag-
en- to Kaufman. He saw the pur.
chase money turned over to Hae-
en-. He thought nothing more of
the matter until rumors reached
his ears that the sale was not
bona flde. Later Mr.. schaub
claims that he had a talk with
Hagen regarding the manner In
which the saloon was being con-
Quoted. Some heated words pass
ed between them at that time.
On Tuesday Mr.. Schaub was In
ST. James and there, so he stated,
met gentleman who said that
Hagen had made the statement
that he "had slipped one over" on
Schaub In the matter Of the sale
OF the saloon. Mr.. schaub ad-
mits that this information fired
his temper and on his return TO
Mankato he informed Hagen that
he was going TO ask the mayor to
investigate the sale. Mr.. sehaub
stated this afternoon that the
parties who claimed to be posted
on the sale now admit that all
they know Is from hearsay. Mr..
sehaub says that u may be all
right to carry on the investi.
cation anyway.
Mayor A. G. Meyer last evenin
losed up the Mint saloon ut %
outh Front street. This was don
an investigation OF the que
on whether the man who held III
cense was actually the owners {