The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-01

| which will he held within week
or so.
From thursdays Daily.
! Mankato relatives of Knute Swan
son, guard and nurse ut the st.
Peter insane asylum, late yesterday
/ afternoon received telephone mes
sage that h eaws taken suddenly and
dangerously III and not long after
wards they received n second mes
sage, stating that he was dead. lie
had hemorrhage OF the brain.
Mr.. Swanson held his position in
that institution for some years. He
! was we'll known to the Mankato po-
. lice, as he frequently came to Man.
kato TO take back patients who mad
, escaped from the asylum and made
: their way to this city.
: The deceased is survived by his
wife, to whom ne was married six
years ago. and by two children. His
! father, Andrew Swanson, still lives
ut the old family home at Bradley's
Crossing. There also reside n
! brother. John Nelson. resides in
Peter Swanson and Mrs. Alfred Ul.
son. Another sister, Mrs. Oscar An.
tonson, lives in Mankato on East
Washington street, and another
brother John Nelson. resides in
| st. Paul.
| Mrs. Swanson and children had
just arrived in Hastings where they
had gone to visit the formers par.
ents when she received a telegram
stating that her husband had been
i taken suddenly III. She at once de-
parted for ~. Peter.
] Knute Swanson was born in Swe-
den. January IL. 1886. When the
family moved to America, he was
but one year old. His period Of en-
ployment at the state hospital for
| the insane at St. Peter would be ten
years II IL were continued to next
March. He was married six years ago
at Hastings. The oldest of the chill
, dren Ia aged five and the youngest is
only eight months.
The funeral will take place from
the family home at st. Peter, on
| Saturday afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
Victor Bolton Is the name given
, to a fellow who is alleged to have
worked his swindling games in the
town of Stanley, west of Marshall,
during the past two weeks. Boil
ton arrived in Marshall about two
weeks ago and applied to z. w
Richtmyer for reference to n place
ION the farm OF some good farmer"
where he might recuperate and get
some fresh air. The man stated that
he would pay the farmer $40 n
month for that privilege, TO apply in
his board and that he would help
about the farm for his health" I'm
, mediately Mr.. Richtmyer made ar
rangements with +. Truax to whose
place he went.
Upon being questioned by Mr.
-, Truax regarding his mother, sup
posed to be in Texas. he said that
, very we'll off and that he expected
them to send his $500 almost any
day, but as this failed to show up,
he borrowed at times from Mr.. Truax
| till the total amounted to $50 and
, still no money coming.
! Mr.. Truax became suspicious and
, he made known his fears to Bolton.
The next day Bolton announced that
, his funds had arrived at the bank
and he Immediately wrote check
While Mr.. Truax, still suspicious,
was driving to town to cash the
check. Bolton disappeared.
II Is also stated that Bolton got
away with the proceeds OF three So
cials out around Stanley for the Bel
gian relief fund, amounting to about
$40 each. And to cap the climax the
swindler borrowed Mr. Truax's fur
coat. to wear to town, and this he
got away with.
st. Paul, December 24.-St. Paul's
commission charter was upheld by
the state supreme court today. The
writ In quo warranto proceedings
brought by Attorney General Smith
to test the constitutionality Of the
charter was quashed. The suit was
brought by the attorney general at
the instance of group Of st. Paul
!, lawyers.
Los Angeles, December 24.-The
Arizona prohibition law will go into
effect january !. TIE special federal
tribunal from which -injunctions were
sought to prevent its enforcement{re-
fused the injunctions. --e