The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-08-28

train.
II was about twelve days ago that
Mamie Shanahan made the trip to
Freedom and was driven across the
country from Freedom to Minnesot'
Lake.
Johnson's idea Of searching nj No.
kins for Mamie Shanah-n came fror
his having read a newspaper stor
a. few years ago about a pp-'. =
had escaped from the authorities q
Iowa, and gone 10 Hopkins and
remained there three weeks In hid.r-
johnson thought that II HOPKINS was
such a good hiding place, possibly
Mamie Shanahan might be there.
The Pemberton constable went TO
Minneapolis on Friday. He spent the
afternoon and night In that city but all
the while he had a "hunch" that I"
mic was in Hopkins. Saturday morn
ing found him In that vliiag~' .s y
was ailghting from the electric ear.
he observed a young woman that re.
sembled Mamie board the 60
was. accompanied By a woman much
older than Mamie. The car WIS
bound for Minneapolis. johnson got
aboard and kept his eye or
couple. but lost sight OF thc"r 49,
they left the car at. Hennepin an"
Washington avenues.
Constable Was undavnted.
Undaunted, Constable Johnsc-
to the McNulty Detective agency. in
the Kasota building, corner OF Fourth
street and Hennepin venue and ~
lated his troubles to Mr.. McNulty.
Much to Mr.. Johnson's surprise, Mr..
McNulty remarked that he had seen
Mamie and the strange woman not
ten minutes before as they were
walking along the street. This oe-
Cured while he was standing on a
street corner talking with a de.
tective connected with the city police
department. After obtaining from Mr..
McNulty some instructions and advice
on how best to proceed In the mat
ter, Constable Johnson again started
out in search Of Mamie. About $3.50
or four O'Clock he observed Mamie
and the woman as they were stand.
ing In front Of a large department
store on Nicollet avenue. They were
about to enter the store when John.
con approached them. ,
Told OF Her Travels.
In her conversation. Mamie told
Johnson that she met Mrs. John
Groll and the hired man, Clarence
Anderson. while on her way to Wal.
dorf. They were the only two who
recognized her during that walk. She
took a roundabout route on her way
to Waldorf. She told how she took
the train at Waldorf and went to
Rose Creek, afterwards went back 10
Freedom and was driven across the
country to Minnesota Lake. where
she bought a ticket north. She would
not say who II was that drove her
across the country. Johnson did not
ask her whether she was In Mankato
at any time during her fight from
Medo to Minneapolis. -.
All that johnson could find out
at Rose Creek was the tip given to
him by a man there that a girl an
swering Mamie's description had
been at that place. At Albert Lea
johnson worked for two days with.
out Ending out anything new about
the case. Esther Rosko, Mamie FShan.
ahan's cousin. who also lives at the
Tweit home, went with him on this
trip. lie was somewhat handicapped
by the fact that he had never seen
Mamie Shanahan.
! Mamie was asked by johnson dur.
ing the conversation In Minneapolis
why she had not written home. To
this she gave no explanation.
Constable johnson stated to The
Free Press that Mamie acted quite
Observation-Disclosures the manner of one
who. had been instructed what to
say and do. go
Today Mr.. johnson drove TO the
farm Of Michael Tweit 10 inform
him Of the whereabouts OF his niece
and urge Mr.. Tweit to 20 10 Hopkins
and urge the young lady to return
home with him.. ' '.n ct,
Constable Johnson and. Michael
Tweit arrived in Mankato. late this
afternoon. They will go to Hopkins
tomorrow for the purpose OF inter.
viewing Miss Shanahan and to learn
IL she will return home with her
uncle.
County Attorney Schmitt stated
today that IL the girl has been To-
Gated the county has no further in.
terest in the case.
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