The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

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Madison Lake, into the village to
supply the current.
A special meeting OF the village
council will be held on Monday
when II is expected there will be
some action taken.
From Fridays Daily.
Two OF the tramps sentenced to
labor for seven days escaped this
morning. They were the two good
ones" who actually worked on the
highway near the cement works In
West Mankato yesterday.
The two were being conveyed in a
wagon, driven by William Garner. to
the place where the work was to be
done, and were near the West Man.
kato school, when they suddenly
sprang from the wagon. and fed into
the neighboring woods.
| Behind the wagon were the other
FIVE tramps, four Of them being hand
cuffed together, and all In the charge
Of Sivert Olson, special police deputy.
These five had refused to ride in the
wagon with the two good Ones" and
therefore were being walked out to
the place of labor, back OF the
wagon.
On reaching the place in the road,
where the work was to be done, and
where several city employees were Ia
boring, the five tramps stubbornly re-
fused TO labor. They simply stood
where they were and paid no atten
ton to orders.
Chief of Police Klugherz and Sherifl
Osten afterwards went out to the
place, but the men would not heed
what either of them said.
~ have a mind of my own" said a
dark skinned individual OF the group
of five, looking much like a Mexican.
You may change II II the Judge
regards what you are doing as con
tempt of court" said the chief oil
police.
All of the tramps, the stubborn ones
as well as the two who worked, had
good suppers last evening OF potatoes
bread and butter, syrup and coffee
They had the same bill-of-fare for
breakfast this morning.
| 81 can't make these fellows work
and II Is no use trying" said Sivert
Olson, special police deputy. as he
brought the FIVE tramps back to the
jail from West Mankato at noon
today. The men were given their
midday meals and were sent to the
cells.
From FRIDAYS Daily.
st. Paul, May Warrants were
issued by County Attorney r. d
O'Brien, OF Ramsey county, yesterday
afternoon for Frank l.. King and
Edward e. Amheim, Minneapolis, on
complaint of pretty fifteen
year-old, under arrest in Minneapolis
Both men are, prominent in the
mill city, living at the bennington
as does also Amheim's wife. Kinl
Is q real estate man with offices In
the Plymouth building.
The warrant charges the mer
with having visited a hotel In st
Paul with the girl this week.
The girls father is broken-hearted
He refuses to talk about his daugh
ter other than to say he can do moth
ing with her.
She is said to be possessed OF Q
remarkable intellect. The police
blame her downfall on her love fol
bright lights and fine clothes.
| Late this afternoon a report came
from Minneapolist that the author
tiles had warrants out for the ar
rest Of Amheim and King, but uT
TO three o'clock this afternoon neither
man had been found, and there
seemed TO be no clue to the where
abouts OF either. II was also reported
that warrants would be issued fol
the arrest of four or FIVE more men
living at the Hotel bennington. on
the same charge. -r...
The girl was sentenced 10 the
Sank Center training school, but was
being held in Minneapolis as wit
ness against the men for whom war
rants were issued.
Iron Fridays Daily.
st. Paul. May 1.-Characterizins
the act as an unreasonable inter
ference, with and q prohibition o
interstate commerce. the state su
preme court today held the John
ston cream shipment law. passed b,
the last legislature. unconstitutional
/ The law prohibits the shipment o.
cream for greater distance thar
sixty-five miles unless It be pasteur
lied or carried In q refrigerator car
i Miss Catherine Jones. deputv n