The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18

over 10 the police.
Dudash had been working NJ the
Sontag farm for about two months.
Saturday he was i'm Mankato, where
he purchased one or more bottles
of liquor. He got back 10 the Sontag
farm early Sunday morning. About
two o'clock, two young men Kieffe
and Dodds, who work on thet farm.
and who had been sleeping upstairs
where Dudash also had his quarters.
came rushing downstairs partly dress.
ed. and pounded on the door OF Mr..
Sontag's room. telling him that Du.
dash was Hourishing a revolver up.
stairs. Mr.. Sontag hurried upstairs
where the light was burning and Du-
dash stood still. Mr.. Sontag asked
Dudash for his revolver. The other
said he had none. but Mr.. Sontag
found II in his pocket and took pos.
session OF II. II was thirty-two, and
was loaded. Then he obliged Dudash
to go to bed. Dudash still had a bot
tie OF liquor on him at that time.
Mr.. Sontag did not take this away.
thinking II would be just as well to
let him drink himself dead drunk
and not be dangerous.
Was Allowed to Sleep.
The mex morning Dudash did not
get up early to milk the cows and
perform other chores as usual. He
was allowed to sleep until about half
past six o'clock. Then he was aroused
and Mr.. Sontag told him he would
make out a check for him and would
I'm MI 90 hAt, hs
1t cashed. Dudash was ugly in his
talk, as a man usually is during a
recovery from drunken spree. He
was repeatedly told To keep quiet
and there came near being a fight
After time he was told to get
into the wagon, which he did. aud his
clothes were tied up i'm a bundle and
put in with him. Then he was driven
to Mankato. He asked for his re-
volver, which Mr.. Sontag gave to
him, after carefully removing all
the cartridges. The wagon stopped at
Ed. Orr's grocery on the Silver Ra.
vine road. Here Dudash became quite
ugly and showed quite a fighting
mood. He threw his bundle of clothes
at Mr.. Sontag. The police were called
by telephone and Officers Albrecht
and Swedberg came and took posses.
sion OF the man. He was still quite
badly "stewed'' when placed in the
cell
Dudash says he Is Slovenian.
He says he has been in this country
fifteen years and has relatives in st.
Louis, Mo. He says he can neither
road tFrf 70 l. A..
own name. He is twenty-six years
old.
Several more bottles OF liquor. hid.
den by Dudash, were found in MIR.
Sontag's barn.
Dudash pleaded guilty i'm police
court this morning to the charge of
having been drunk. and unable to
pay a fine, was sent by Judge Ply
mat TO jail for ten days.
From MONDAYS Daily
Seven boys, ranging in age from
.wenty-one to sixteen years, pleaded
guilty In police court this morning to
the charge OF assault in the third
degree on Otto Kastner, young
farmer, living half mile east OF
Rapidar. The offense occurred on
December In store at Rspidan.
Kastner had ratified of shotgun
and the boys came TO the conclusion
that he had gotten more money for
II than he should. They therefore
that he should set 'em up"
or give the crowd a treat One of
the boys grabbed Kastner by the
arm and then there was rough
struggle. Raymond Maybee got a
blow on the stomach, Kastner got one
near the eye and Edward Kroeger
received rear attack in the form
Of hard kick. The seven BOYS
under arrest were Raymond Maybee,
Hugo Sellstrom. August and Harry
William Keller. Clifford
Pischner and Edward Kroeger. Judge
Plymat imposed on each a fine Of
IS and costs, amounting IN $6.75 TO
be paid by each. The fines were
paid.
Fror, MONDAYS Daily.
The income tax report of the com.
missioner Of internal revenue. just
issued at Washington, carries some
information, as based on
returns made for the ten months pre-.
ceding the date when the law be-
came effective, January 1, 1914. Ac.
to this report there are two
men residing in Minneapolis whose
incomes exceed $3.50 for every bust
ess day, or s1.14 per minute. and who
receive annually. half a million dol
lars I'm combined earnings Of their
business. rentals and interest and
dividends
These two incomes run above So.
300 a week and $4,000 a month For
every day OF the. year they receive
s1,640, but for every day Of the year,
Sunday, Fourth of July,
Day, Christmas. New
Years. Washington's birthday. Lin.
,oln's birthday. Arbor Day and Labor
Day they average about s1,400. The
commissioners report does not give
names.
Paid Fly Minnesotians.
But not all the big fortunes are In
Minnesota as a whole.
ocations unspeclfied, has some big
mes. There are 1888 persons In the
tate with incomes large enough TO
,e taxed. As all married couples are
Exempt up to $4,000 year and un.
married men and women are subject
o tax only on as much as exceeds
5000 a year there are many thou
ands Of prosperous people not affect.
ID at all.
Five hundred and fifty public-serv.