The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-04

uNeu there ndu nnONeu safOunu stne
corner Into a brick building and
over a grocery store. He said he
knew her first name was Mamie.
Il asked Mr.. Tweit to stay back
q little, for I feared that. ne might
be recognized by those inside the
building, and / went ahead !. OF him
on our way 10 II. There are large
windows In the front of the building,
and Il would have been easy for
anybody inside TO have seen us com.
ing. knocked and rang for q
time, but could get no response.
Then / went around to the back
OF the building to see IL there was
another door, but there was none.
kept on ringing and at length a
woman OF dark complexion came to
the door. ~, sliu.E -
Mamie Was Not There. .
Il asked IL Mamie lived there,
and the woman said no such girl
made her home at that /. place.Yp !
asked II the Polinski family lived
there and the woman said they did
not. She gave me another name.
I asked II the young lady, of the
house was at home and she said
no young lady lived there. stood
for time and looked at her.
Only Mr.. Tweit and were at the
door. All this was on the east
side of the river. We had to cross
bridge to get over there from
the main part OF the city, where
the Nicollet hotel Is located. p
We then went over TO the paper
mills on the same side of the river.
thought II just possible that Mamie
might be working there. / asked
the proprietor II he would be kind
enough to let us see how the girls
did the work. had to persuade
Mike to go In. asked II there
was a new girl there who had just
been employed and the proprietor
said there was no such girl.
Went TO Roomlnq House.
II had had a talk with young
fellow whom met, asking him where
luCHc was q hNubrs = Hcatu
was looking for some place of sus-
picious character. He pointed out
a place for me in the neighborhood
where, he said, they pretended to
run a boarding house. i went to
the place and engaged O room for
Mike and wanted him to stay there
all night and see whether he could
get some glimpse Of HIS missing
niece. He did not want to stay
there all night He was afraid to
remain over night in such o place.
told him they would not hurt
him. The worst they might do was
to rob him. stayed over night
at the suspicious place, Tbut got no
information of any value.
After ] had separated from Mike,
and he had taken the train for
home, I looked up Emma Faukald
in st. Paul. She gave me no in.
formation whatever Letters that
she had written to- Mamie indicated
that they were Sefy dear friends,
but she did not seem to take the
least interest in the case, or to
be at all worried about the welfare
Of Mamie. Size remarked. that she
did not think any harm would come
to her; that Mamie would show
up in due time. l. tried to get
her to tell nae where l could find
the Hintf girl who had been work,
ing In D factory. She could tell
me nothing about her either. This
was very Strange, The mother, Mrs
Hintz, living In waseca county, near
Medo. had told me that this girl
had been Staying at times with Emma
Faukald1 n think Emma knows a
great IDEAL about NAMES but does
not wish to tell 1t. -t.l.... .''
Msss Hintz Went to ST. Paul. .,
''wheh made the second trip
to minneapolis, which was a week
ago Thursday, | took Mrs. Hintz
with me. to have her see the Faux.
aid girl and the two Hintz girls
and see IL she could find out from
them anything about the where.
abouts Of Mamie Shanahan.s have
not seen her since she made that
"Trip, but have hopes of being
able to talk with her tomorrow after,
moon. ..t@s g.
Whether the girl that followed
when I made my first trip to Min,
! neapolis Is the same girl that
met and talked with during my sec
ond visit in front of department
store, I am unable to say. Both
were Of about the same height and
build. Both had dark hair and stopped
shoulders. They both seemed to
correspond with the description oil
Mamie Shanahan. Both had their
heads thrown back and did not In
cline them to one side. as Mamie
] am told, was In the habit OF
doing. or course, somebody might
have told her that IL she did not
wish to be found, II would be well
for her to carry her head in a
different way from the way she had
been known to carry It in Medo
The girl I followed had a, way oil
taking long steps, Just as I am
told that Mamie had. The girl
followed had on a dark skirt and
white waist. The girl with whom
talked in front OF the department
store wore a white skirt and white
o..