The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-08-21
Repeats Mis- Belief to Sheriff
0sien; New Theories Are
Run Down
Now Claimed Missing Girl Was
Seen on Road Heading
For Freeborn
From Wednesdays Daily.

Michael Tweit is a stole, but at that
he is still strongly of the belief that
his niece. Mamie Shanahan, Is held
in captivity. This belief he confided
TO The Free Press last Friday, and
again yesterday the uncle OF the
missing girl repeated his suspicious
10 Sheriff Osten, who interviewed him
for the fourth time i'm the hope OF
obtaining some information regard
ing the whereabouts of Miss Shana-
han. Il believe my niece is being
held in captivity" said the uncle. III
she was AT libetry she certainly would
write to me. We never had any
trouble. There was no reason why she
should leave her home. never denied
her anything and she had money in
her own right. | do not know where
she is. ! cannot understand why she
left here"
Several Letters Received.
Mr.. Tweit received several letters
yesterday, and they all had reference
TO Mamie Shanahan, but none of
them opened the door to the mystery
which surrounded her disappearance
on July %. One Of the letters came
from Miss Effie Dixon, who wrote
from California to inquire about the
disappearance of Miss Shanahan. Miss
Dixon formerly resided I'm the Tweit
neighbOrhood She and Miss Shanahan
we're great chums. When Il was learn
ed that Mamie had disappeared, II
was thought that she might possibly
have gone TO visit her friend in Cali
fornia. So Sheriff Osten wired an in
Quiry OF Miss Dixon. She answered
this telegram by writing to Mr.. Tweit,
who Yesterday showed the young
lady's letter to the sheriff. Miss Dix
on wrote that Miss Shanahan had not
put in an appearance, and wanted to
be informed at length on Mamie's
leave-taking.
A letter was received by Esther
Rosko, the cousin of Miss Mamie,
from Emma Faukald. st. Paul, who
gave assurances that she had not
seen Mamie and knew nothing OF her
whereabouts. Other letters to Mr..
Tweit were from detective agencies
that desired to be employed in seek
ing out the girl
johnson Following Theory.
Constable @. G. Johnson of Penn
breton is exerting himself in the
hope OF finding Miss Shanahan. Ac.
cording to a story told by the con-
stable to Mr.. Tweit, Miss Shanahan
was seen by a boy on the highway
between the Faukald and HeinZe
farms, about a mile apart. She was
travelling in an easterly direction,
and il was suspected by the constable
that she was going in the direction of
Freeborn. a small town on the Alpha.
bet" branch of the Milwaukee road.
and from there she would 60 to
Albert Lea where the young lady has
former classmates living, Miss Shana-
han having attended the Norwegian
Lutheran college in that city three
or four years ago. Constable John.
son is following up that theory. He
is accompanied by Esther Rosko, who
OF course, could quickly identify Miss
Shanahan should she be located.
More About The Minneopa Trip.
James Clemens, the man who
drove the taxicab which conveyed
the strange man and girl to Min
neopa on the night of Sunday
August 2, told a Free Press rep
resentatiye this morning the story
of his entire connection with the
couple. A man who was about
Eve feet six or seven inches tall
according to Mr.. Clemens, came tC
the Mankato Hack company's Office
at about $3.50 at night and asked
Mr. Clemens IL he could take hin
to Minneopa right away. Mr.. Glenn
ems said that he could and tn,
man said that he would get a CIR
who was going with him. Tn,
girl, so the driver of the taxi says
was somewhere between Second ant
Broad streets. and came Immediate
ly TO the corner and stepped Quickl,
into the taxi.
Kept OF Front Street.
The strange man told the drive
that he didn't want to go dow
Front street, and that he was in
hurry to get there. Mr.. Clemen
said that he wanted to stop an
get his cousin to go and the ma
appeared to want no delay. How
ever, the young lady was stoppe
for, and accompanied her cousi
on the trip.
Mr.. Clemens drove the car Z
Minneopa, and went as close I
the station as possible, he sait
The man and girl got out an
walked TO the depot, which wa
dark, and the man returned to IN
automobile i'm FIVE or ten minutes
Mr.. Clemens did not overhear an
of their conversation.
Description Of Girl.
In describing the girl Mr.. Glen
ems said: she was not over me,
iurn size, and I believe had rattle
dark hair. Her hair was hangin
down her back, and / think
was not braided She did not hay
p hat on, but may have worn