The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-08-21
Michael Tweit Thinks
Niece Is In Captivity
srom Saturdays Daily.

Il think my niece Is being held
in captivity" a the answer made
by Michael Tweit, when asked by
n Free Press representative what he
thought had become of Mamie Shan.
ahan. who has been gone from home
since July %. When asked why he
believed that she was being held by
some one, Mr.. Tweit said he did
not have any special reason for
believing II TO be true, except that
he could not figure 1t out n other
way"
County Attorney Schmitt and Sher-
in Anton Osten with two newspaper
men and others made a careful inves-
LEGATION of the facts concerning the
girls disappearance yesterday. and
are convinced hat she Is alive, but
up to the present time she has not
been located.
The home of Michael Tweit in
MedO, where Miss Shanahan has
lived since she was two years old.
was visited yesterday. Miss Shan
ahan's cousin, Esther Rosko, also
n niece of Mr.. Tweit, about thirteen
years of age. makes her home there
also. Esther stated yesterday that
her cousin had told her on Monday
morning, July 81, that she was 60
ing TO the neighbours, Mrs. Anton
Faukald's to stay a day or two.
Prepared Dinner Before Leaving
Home.
Mr.. Tweit's story was to the eff.
feet that Mamie Shanahan prepared
dinner that day for her uncle, and
that in the afternoon Esther, went
out To solicit for The Christian Her.
aid. When she returned home at
four o'clock she took lunch out to
her uncle and the hired man, Carl
IOrgensOn, in the field. Jorgenson
claims that Esther told them then
that Mamie had gone away, but the
uncle. Mr.. Tweit, says that Esther
did not mention NAMES absence un-
ill they reached the house that even
ing.
Yesterday Esther Rosko appeared
10 be sorry that her cousin was
gone and said she was lonesome
without her. She gave way to laugh
ter frequently, and remarked TO
County Attorney Schmitt in a pert
manner, did you find out anything"
She appears TO be a bright girl and
very alert.
On the day following Mamie's de-
parture the uncle told Esther to go
TO the home of Anton Faukald
and see II Mamie was there.
her uncle that Miss Shanahan vas
not at the home OF the neighbor,
and had not been there. On We'd
nesday, the second day after her
disappearance, II rained and Mr..
Tweit and Esther again talked of
the older girls being away. On
Thursday Mr.. Tweit attended a fu-
neral in the neighborhood and while
there met Anton Faukald.
He inquired OF Mr.. Faukald his
daughter Emma's address in st.
Paul. which Mr.. Faukald gave. On
his return home Mr.. Tweit had Es-
ther write n letter TO Emma Fau-
kald. asking If Mamie Shanahan was
in st. Paul. and stating that he was
anxious about her. The letter was
returned unopened. Miss Faukald is
employed as a domestic in the
home of a doctor in st. Paul.
Awaited Arrival Of Relative.
Mr.. Tweit then awaited the arrival
Of a relative of the Faukald family
from st. Paul, but this relative had
left the city before II would have
been possible for Miss Shanahan to
get there. In the meantime Mr..
Tweit engaged G. G. Johnson, the
constable at Pemberton TO do what
he could in finding his niece, and
Mr.. Johnson went to st. Paul to
see Miss Faukald, but found out moth.
ing there. Tweit paid Johnson $40
to be used in the search and was
willing to pay more IL necessary.
The uncle heard that Mamie had
been seen driving with a married
man of the neighborhood to Mime
sofa Lake. That story was investi-
gated and was found to be untrue.
Last Sunday Mr.. Tweit, Mr.. John
son and Carl J~orgenson, the man
who had been employed on Tweit's
farm. went to Minnesota Lake to in
vestiEate the story about Miss Shan
ahan having been seen there. They
interviewed the Milwaukee railway
company ticket agent, and he stated
that he had a faint recollection OF
selling a ticket to a girl who ans
wered to the description given of
Miss Shanahan. but could not state
positively that the girl was Miss
Shanahan.
The Hired Man.
Carl Jorgenson, the hired man,
who is about forty years of z and
Is married, went to work for Mr..
Tweit the latter part OF May, and
remained there until last Wednesday.
when he told Tweit he wanted to
go home for a few days before re-
turning TO the ne~ighborhood to help
during threshing. He had contracted
with Tweit to remain In his en-
ploy until stacking was completed,
but there stlll remained TO be done
about two days Of stacking when