The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-17
Fellow Spent Day In Jail and Repented
OF Folly; What He Had
Represented

That dope fiends will do unaccount-
able things. commit acts they have
no intention OF committing and de-
liberately bring upon themselves the
| very consequences which they are at
the same moment seeking to aycii,
was shown by the conduct OF
stranger I'm New Ulm last week, who
| was evidently fearing arrest but
whose befuddled brain led him actu-
ally to ask the sheriff to make the
arrest, says The New Ulm Review.
Il was about 1880 Saturday morn
Ing when the telephone at the sheriff
office tangled an incessant call. Dep
uty Sheriff Jahnke who answered
| was informed that the party tele-
phoning was a representative OF the
Bankers Protective association OF
New York and wanted the assistance
of the sheriff to arrest party by
the name of George Mackelson who
was fraudulently representing himself
to be an agent of Barrett & thinner
mann. the we'll known horse buyers
| of st. Paul. The sheriff was urged 10
come to the Travellers Exchange at
once. Mr.. Jahnke hied himself to
this place and learned that the party
who had called up the sheriff's office
few minutes before had stepped out.
He was given a fairly accurate des-
cription OF the man and Immediately
started out in search OF him.
Man Was Located.
After some time the deputy located
his man in front of Anton Dorn's
place. II did not take Herman long
, to find out that the so-called repre-
sentative OF the Bankers Protective
association and George Mackelson
were one and the same person and
that Mackelson himself had done the
phoning and he was thereupon placed
under arrest.
This Mackelson resented very much
and informed the officer that IL was
IN outrage that so little considera
ton should be paid to a buyer Of
Barrett & Zimmerman and threat
ened all kinds of dire revenge. This
awaited him nothing, however, and
Deputy Jahnke took him 20 the
sheriff's office.
Firm Called Up.
To make sure that the man was not
what he represented himself to be,
Barrett & Zimmerman were called up.
In the NEST positive terms they told
the authorities that they had no rep
resentative at New Ulm buying horses
for them and that the party must be
fake and an imposter. When informed
Of this, Mackelson claimed that he
had a brother who was on the edi-
,at -
When appealed 10 The Pioneer Press
stated that they had no Mackelson on
their staff although man by the
name of Mackelson had been I'm their
employ some three or four years age.
The party I'm custody next Gained
that he had a lr1ther on the st. Paul
police force. This Chief O'Conner of
st. Paul empha icaly denied when
called up.
About this time he fellow wilted
and admitted In h " nothing but
a fake and d-pe fen :. He had really
committed no inc wife in the city,
except that he had received accommo-
dations at the dakota Fouse under
fa'se represent tions. This he prom
ised to make good and telegraphed
Saturday afternoon to a friend in st.
Paul for money. Meme had reached
him Monday.
Name May Be Some hing Else.
Mackelson. whose rue name may
be something efe, re ched New Ulm
| Wednesday night It nine o'clock.
coming from S Peter. He pc id for
his lodging for The first nl-ht and
since then Mine Host Johnson has not
been handed any coin Of the realm by
his guest, who claimed that he ex-
pecied letters OF credit from his firm
which were II have been sent to tie
Brown County bank. Either he be-
lieved this himself or wanted to create
the impression that he was sincere
In his statements, for he called on the
Brown County bank several times a
day and made inquiry whether the
letters OF credit rad arrived.
1t Is not the intention of the at
thorities to prosecute the fellow II he
pays all the Hills he ewes around
town and the sheriff expects to let
him out as soon as he receives the
money he wired for.
All efforts of Mackelson to secure
money from home friends proved I'M
awaiting and he was turned out by
Sheriff julius Tuesday after Mr..
Johnson OF the Dakota House had in
formed the authorities that he would
not file complaint against him. The
prisoner lest no time in getting cut of
town.