The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-27

short visit in the homes Of Mes
DANES H j., Bishner and +. q.
Brandt. Mrs. Johnson is sister OF
Mrs Bishher and Mrs.. Philip is her
niece. z,
From fridays Daily.
A bold ant most unusual crime
was committed few miles east Of
this city on Wednesday evening OF
last week, when c. A. Mott OF Cleve.
land township, was overpowered by
masked men, taken to waiting
auto and carried long distance be-
fore he was set at liberty, says The
st! Peter Tribune. .. Pas 4
Mr.. Mott had been in st. Peter that
day. and returned to his home in the
early evening. II was after dark
and he went out OF doors. During
ire other part of the house, occupied
BY the Rawlings family, and on COM
ing back some time later found that
her husband had not returned.
Search was made. for him. but no
trace could be discovered. ~. H..
( At one O'Clock, however, he tele-
phoned to Mrs. Mott and related a
most trying experience. As ne
walked out into the yard, he said,
be was seized by two masked men.
bound and gagged. and compelled to
walk out on the Kasota road to a
point beyond the Sawyer farm.
There he was forced to get into a
waiting automobile, and was chloro-
formed.
When he regained consciousness
and was able to recognize his sur
roundings, he found that the car
was In the suburbs OF Mankato.~ Here
his captors tried to make him con-
sent to sign a check for 500, which
he. said was impossible for him to
do, as he did not have that amount
In the. bank.
On learning this Mr.. Motifs assail-
ants permitted him to leave the car
and he made his way to the Helm
rich hotel, where. he remained that
night, and from which he telephoned
his whereabouts to his wife. Before
Diminishing him. however, the high.
waymen robbed Mr.. Mott OF SIS In
cash that he had on his person.
Up TO the present time no clue has
been obtained as to their identity.
Minneapolis, November a0.-Fire
believed TO have been caused by
spontaneous combustion early yes.
tertiay destroyed the repair shops of
the Dan Patch iine,. Nicollet avenue
and Sixth street, and burned up
three OF the company's big motor.
cars. H., s .....-
The loss was estimated by Dow
s. Smith, general manager, at $780,.
900. The loss is covered by insur.
ance. ''-
Fire was discovered In the shops
at S a. m. and q call was sent 20
the Minneapolis department The
shops are six blocks outside the city
limits and the hose lines had TO be
laid from Fifty-fourth street. When
members of the FIRE department ar
rived they found that little could be
done to save the building.
They dragged out three motorca-s
but the flames prevented them from
taking out three others, which were
destroyed '~' .,.--
The hremen then directed their ef
forts toward saving the carhouse
and other buildings. and in combining
the flames to the repair shops. The
repair shops alone were damaged.
Mr.. Smith said the loss on the
building would not be more, thar
$4,000. The remainder OF the dam
age was to the three motors and the
repair equipment. The motorcars are
OF the gasoline electric type and are
used In place Of locomotives. The
three that were destroyed were used
largely for handling freight and en-
cursion trains, and we're not of The
largest tpye. None of the larger mo
tors were damaged.
Glendale village near Ovation
No, has been quite excited the past
week over the reported heroic
death Of Roy Torgerson, better
known as kid Torgerson, the
adventurous Glendale boy who
started out some months ago tc
ride 20 the Pacific coast on horse
back. According to stories In the
twin city and Minot, North Dakota
newspaper received there. Roy wen
down to his death IN the swirlinl
waters OF the Missouri river. las
| Tuesday, after rescuing &
young lady from the attacks of al
Infatuated steer. Is,l% rs. $50 %.
Now comes telegram from Roy
on Saturday stating that. aftel
ioating down the river a distance
he got out, but minus his horse ant
outfit so he asks for money to- en-
able him 10 get home So, while
the heroic part of his adventure
was all right, the death part wasn't
IL seems while a Miss Jennie
Evans was driving some cattle Il
water in the Missouri river neal
Garrison, North Dakota, she was
attacked and knocked down by {
steer and would probably have los
her life had not Roy Torgerson ap
peared upon the scene with hi.
horse and lasso. He roped the steel
but his saddle turned with him and
entangled in his own rope, he wa,
dragged by the steer into the river
The last Miss Evans saw OF him hs
was disappearing In the brown
Efiood. She reported him drowned
and hence the stories in the news
papers happily disproyed by hi
reappearance. -
Mr.. Torgerson's mother. Mrs
Betsy Torgerson, was almost pros
trated by the first news and tn,
telegram proving Roy alive and
wen was a welcome one indeed
/ Row IA exuected home this week