The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-01
THIEF GOT AWAY
WITH $500 ROLL
From Saturdays Daily.

@. NJ. Olson, the young man from
Minneapolis. who was robbed at the
the same depot about the middle of
the day, possibly by the same gang
that got Mrs. Traunsberger's money,
left Thursday evening for his desti.
nation at St James. near which city
he has relatives among the farm
population. Mr.. Olson's loss OF $500
is quite puzzling, owing to the fact
that the money was rolled up in a
little wad in his hip pocket and he
had on his overcoat. which was but
toned
Mr.. Olson is single man. en-
ployed ina lumber yarl at Mime
apolis. lie had the money for some
time i'm a desk at the home of
friends with whom he lives i'm Min
neapOlis. When he prepared TO leave
Minneapolis Thursday, he placed the
roll i'm his pocket, His intention was
to deposit the money i'm a bank at
la Sale. not far from St. James,
where his brotherin-law is cashier.
On the train and after leaving the
train, he kept feeling the pocket
through the overcoat to see whether
the roll was still there. He took
lunch at the depot restaurant. There
he had his coat open. AS he rose
from the stool where he sat, he felt
for the roll. and Il was still there.
Then he went into the depot to pur-
chase ticket To st. James.
As he stood there. after buying his
guilty-lOOkine eye upon him. moving
towards the door. At once the ihea
flashed upon him. that while he was
jostled in the crowd. some one
might have taken his roll lie left
for il aud il was zone. At once he
told the depot agent to call the po-
lice. Then he endeavored TO follow
the suspicious looking individual. but
the latter mingled with the crowd
and made good his escape through
the door. Mr.. Olson declares he
would know the man If he should
see him again.
Tipped" of His Roll.
There is hardly room for doubt
that the thief was appraised of the
fact that Mr.. Olson had something
valuable in his pocket just by see
ing MIR. Olson anxiously feeling the
pocket Thus the caution taken to
kRan hn ,hoh
very cause of it's loss
Even IL the suspicious-looking
stranger should be caught. IL Is hard.
ly likely that any conviction could
be obtained. as there are no witness
es to say that they saw him take the
money.
II seems very probable that the
same robbers who victimized Mrs.
Traunsberger and Mr.. Olson were
the ones who got $50 and bank GER
tfiicates to the amount of $500 from
Emil Geddie Of Kasota at about
the same time and place. The GER
tificates were On the Kasota State
bank. The loss OF these Is not SER
ious. of course, as that matter can
readily be adjusted with the bank.
The money, however, is hopelessly
gone. Mr.. Geddie remembers being
rudely jostled. He felt his hip pocket
being unbuttoned and felt for his
money, but was not quick enough to
detect the thief. He had come to
MaDkato to do sofiie shopping.
Woman Was Robbed.
Among those who were robbed by
rickpockets at the Northwestern
union depot last Thursday was Mrs.
John Traunsbergef, of Cpl North
Fourth street. Mrs. Traunsberger had
come to the depot to go TO Minneap-
oils. where she was going to visit
her son, Fred Traunsberger. The
lattcr's wife has been III ut a
Minneapolis hospital since about six
weeks ago, when for the third time,
she became a mother or late both
mother and child have been making
good progress. Mrs. John Trauns-
berger expected also to see her other
son. Joseph Traunsberger and wife,
OF Duluth, who were likewise coming
to Minneapolis to visit at the home
of Fred, Traunsberger.
John Traunsberger left his wife
on the platform in front of the depot
in care OF two grips, basket and a
handbag. while he stepped inside the
depot to buy her ticket. He was gone
but few moments. bit during that
time Mrs. Traunsberger had picked
up the grips and the basket and
walked around one OF the trains.
What became of her handbag she did
not know, but when she met her hus-
band few moments later, she did
not have IT, Inside was the sum of
SIG.
The depot Office force and the Do
lice were notified. A little while aft
erwards the police found her hand
bag on the other side of the sta.
ton. The money. however, was gone.
"A bracelet, that had been left inside,
was still there.
Mrs. Traunsberger afterwards de-
parted for Minneapolis, as she had
intended