The Mankato free press., 1915-07-23

from Saturdays Daily.

from Saturdays Daily.
c. J. Laurisch. the well-known at
torney. discovered at $3.50 this morning
that his automobile had been stolen
The car had been placed by him the
night before In the barn OF II. A. Pat
terson across the street from Mr.. Lau-
rischs residence at $50 South Second
street. Mr.. Laurisch has been keeping
his car here.
Mr. Laurisch arose early this morn
ing intending TO take his wife and Mrs.
w. S. Morrison TO their trains. Mrs.
Laurisch intending TO go to Mapleton
To attend the funeral of the twoyear-
old child Of Mr.. and Mrs Louis Bor-
ebert, and Mrs. Morrison. who has been
visiting at the Laurisch home. intend
ing tC return to her own residence at
Winona.
Found Lock Snapped.
Mr.. LauTisCh placed his car In the
barn AT 10. 30 o'clock last evening, hav-
ing just been out with IT, Somebody
had left the paddock Of the door
snapped shut on the staple. Some
workinrmen. who had been painting
the dwelling of Daniel W. Radichel in
cans in the Patterson barn. and Mr..
Lauriscn supposed this had been done
in order that the barn might be kept
ulocked. so they could get their paint
cans out handily in the morning. So
he left tho lock as IL was. though he
might have secured the door as usual
However. it would have been very
easy for any thief to pull out the
staple The lock afforded little protec-
tion. Nr. Laurisch was intending to
keep the car hereafter i'm the barn OF
Mrs O. T. Bjelland. which Is near by
He Heard Car start.
Mr.. LaurisCh, some time after he
went into his own house, heard the
noise OF somebody starting a ear. He
thought il was Braden Clements
starting his caf This car he had no.
tiCed standing i'm the street near Mr..
Clements house. So he thought moth
ing OF T.
About that time Mrs. Radichel heard
the noise OF somebody starting a car
II seemed 10 her that there was n great
deal Of trouble in getting the car
- started However. she thought nothing
" il at the time.
? 1915 model The number was 617lS.
Mr.. Laurisch bought the car this
spring from the Clements garage for
$1,000, including extra equipment
WinOna. July Ibid pickpocket
m Northwestern train, No 514. last
night respond to his gnawing con-
science and return a handbag stolen
rom a woman? The authorities in
Winona are convinced that a circus
trailer" actually stole. examined his
2lunder and then deliberately brought
back to the Winona headquarters of
he railway company his booty, evil
ienty unwilling to retain small
amount of money and railway tickets
Tor the woman and a child.
At Rochester early in the evening.
according To trainmen. a sharp eyed.
nervous group Of strangers boarded
1.-THE train. They scattered through
lout the coaches.
I When the train. approaching the
milwaukee crossing at the tower I'm
ithe extreme west end of Winona. be-
lgan 10 slow down. the bellcord was
given two sharp jerks. The engineer.
responding. brought the train to a
Sudden stop. At the same time train
linen hurried TO the vestibules. open
led them and disentrained. AT tn,
ltamc time two men brushed past
the head end brakeman and disap-
peared in the darkness. None could
70 found who pulled the cord and the
train proceeded.
Woman Reports Loss Of Purse.
The train barely had begun to
move before a woman reported to
Conductor Charles Richardson thai
she had lost her handbag. She be-
Iieved II had been stolen. II con-
tanned tickets for herself and child
and a small sum of money. the con-
duCtor was told.
When the train arrived in Winona
the police were notified. The blue
coats began Immediately to work on
the theory that the dip" who stole
the woman's handbag was the one
who pulled the cord and who. with an
aCcomplice left the train. There was
lnly meaEro description.
An hour after the train arrived al
10 p. m. stranger entered the dis
patchcrs' Office here and returned the
Its contents we're intact
The man explained that he found the
bag I'm the train near Mankato and
that he desired to return IL. He Of
fered no answer to the question as to
why he failed to return II promptly to
the conductor. The stranger quickly
disappeared
II is believed here that the strang-
-er was disappointed when he opened
the handbag. He probably thought
the $3.50 il contained would not rec
ompense him for stealing a woman's
transportation.
From Saturday Dairy.
How Girls Can Keep Their Good
Looks.
In the August Woman's Home Com :
panion. Alice Farnham Leader a New
York physician. tells how girls can
keep their good looks. She says that
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