The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

81. Paul train, No. /, Wednesday, one
half mile west of Oakland. The con-
ductor was notified and the train was
backed up to Oakland. E. E. Ander-
son, manager OF the Farmers Elevator
company, was informed and after no
tifying Coroner DR.. J. p. Won Berg,
he went to the scene of the accident
and guarded the remains to see that
nothing was disturbed before the ar
rival of the authorities.
Struck BY Train In Night.
Coroner Won Berg In company with
p. U. Weber was soon on the scene
and upon investigation found that the
man had undoubtedly been struck by
an east bound train sometime during
the night as lunches OF hair and blood
stains were found one hundred and
fifty feet west of where the body was
found. The body was horribly mu-
tilated, both legs and the right arm
were severed. In fact the torso and
head was bruised and mangled beyond
recognition.
Remains Gathered Up.
The dismembered body was gath
cred up and brought to the Weber
undertaking parlors to await the ar
rival of relatives or friends. A re-
ceipt given by a merchant at Ply
mouth Tuesday was found In the dead
mans clothes which led to his iden-
tity. Coroner Won Berg communicat-
ed with themerchant and was told that
the unfortunate mans relatives would
be notified and Il Is expected that
they will be here to accompany the
remains back to Plymouth.
Fatka was man apparently be-
tween the age of thirty-five and forty
years. but his presence In this vicinity
cannot be explained until after the
arrival OF relatives.
rovn Thursasv's Dsiis
Professor William b. Nickerson. Of
the state university, an experienced
archaelOgist, who was here two years
ago and again last summer. making
excavations in the old Indian village
in Cambria. will make the place visit
aEain this summer. From his OBJ
servations and deductions Mr.. Nicker-
son thinks that the ancient village
whose remains are everywhere In evil
dence I'm that locality. must have been
q thriving and important Indian town
about 10000 years ago. lie has found
many interesting relics there and
,, wants to come again this summer and
put in two months searching for art
icles Of interest from those bygone
days. The State Historical society
pays all expenses OF such research
work.
Thomas Hughes and Judge Lorin
Cray, who are life members OF the
Historical society, and Secretary Z.
r. Soaring of the Commercial club
have written TO the officers requesting
that Mr.. Nickerson be sent here to
complete his work at the Indian viii
lage. and Warren Upham, state arch
aeologist. has written I'm reply stating
that he Is also anxious to have the
researches completed. and that ar
, to have Mr.. Nickerson come here fol
two months in 1916. as he will possibly
be assigned TO Canada, and can come
here before going there.
From Thursrs~'s Daiiv.
The postoffice will soon receive
supply OF the latest issue of stamps
nut out by the government. They
are eleven cent stamps and are IT
color a darker shade of green thar
the one cent stamp which they some
what resemble. A picture OF Benja
min Franklin appears on the sticker
II has been found in the parce
post business that many packages re.
a,,,nnntiu0 Tn alnVEu
cents and for this reason the new Is
sue Is printed. Stamps are now
printed i'm one. two, three. four, five
six, seven, eight, nine. ten. eleven
and twelve cents varieties and few
larger ones.
While the automobiles Of Z. NJ
Zuel. K. r. Brown and F. Nj. Ottt
were standing in front OF the resi-
dence OF c. L. Oleson on Pleasan
street, during a social given by tht
ladies OF the Episcopal church. las
Tuesday evening. some thief came
along and stole from the autos the
searchlight bulbs. clocks and othel
apparatus. The taking OF some o
the bulbs put the tail lights out, o
commission, all being I'm series. Sc
that the drivers OF the autos were H.
able to arrest. There Is no clue Il
the identity of the thief.
Whether w. ID. Rambo OF Vernon
Center bought or merely took on tria
q gasoline engine that James Morrow
of that neighborhood had for sale wa:
the question Of q lawsuit, that wa,
tried this afternoon before Judge Ply
mat and a jury of twelve in the mu'
nicipal court. Morrow sued for $40,
as the price OF the engine. RsmbC
said he did not buy II. c. o. Dale,
was attorney for the plaintiff ant
Pfau 4 Pau and Harry Johnson han
died the case for the defense.
J. w. wiseman OF Waterville yes
terday purchased the residence prop
erty on Spring street, formerly owned
by w. s. Goodrich. the sale beins
made through the ID. G.. Davis Rea
Estate company. consideration $4,000
Mr.. Wiseman expects to have his
family located I'm the new home by
November 1.
ST. Paul, Mimi, October 21.-Julius
A. Schmahl. secretary of state. today