The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-05

that he wanted to go TO bed. Ply
fscians said the man had been drink.
ing. A. =.
The East side and headquarters
police were called By Mrs. Allen at
1880 y. m. yesterday. She said a
burglar had tried to enter the house.
Three Wounds in Body.
When the police arrived they
found Nyrall lying unconscious I'm the
street with three wotinds. He had
been shot In the shoulder. with a
charge OF heavy shot through the
neck with a pistol bullet, and through
the body TEAR the heart with a
rifle bullet. stps@'
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen were both in
the yard, They said that the nan
had tried to force his way into the
house. that he was ordered to re-
main in the vestibule and that he
ran out and tried to get away. IT
was then that he was shot, accord
ing to the Aliens. ~ -tf
Nyrall was taken to the hospital.
but he could not DC revived suffici-
emily to tell any story of his move
ments prior to going to the Allen
home. His only statement was that
he thought he was home. e.
Allen Was Taken to Cell.
Mr.. Allen was not locked up at
first but as soon as Nyrall died the
instructor was taken to Central
police station.
Mrs. Allen, whe admitted that she
had fired one of the shots that
struck Nyrell. was not arrested.
Allen told the story OF the Shooting
and said he believed he was justi-
fed. No charge has been made
against him. Us
Mrs. Allen was upstairs and I
was looking over examination papers
i'm the living room when heard
someone enter the rear vestibule
and try TO work the lock with a
key or file. II sounded as though
the lock was being filed. went
to the door. demanded to know who
was there and told the man | was
armed.
Il received no answer, but a man
in the vestibule cursed and con.
tinued working on the lock. Again
| demanded to know who he was and
the answer was another curse.
Fired In Air First.
Il then went upstairs. took a shot.
gun from my room and stepped out
on the balcony over the rear vesti.
bule, while Mrs. Allen called the
police. | fred three shots In the al:
TO arouse the neighborhood or TO
call a policeman. believe no one
heard H. @fT o.
Il called To the man below to re.
main where he was or he would be
shot. I told him he would not be
hurt IL he remained there. A mo-
ment later the man ran out of the
vestibule and walked hurriedly away.
! ordered him TO stop and he went
faster. NJ
Then fired the shotgun and the
man stumbled but did not fall. He
staggered a little Mrs. Allen had by
that time come onto the balcony
with a pistol. She fired at the man.
lie kept ON and fired the third
shot, using a rifle. Both Mrs Allen
and myself tried to shoot low so as
not to kill. We are both good shots,
but the man was moving and Il
was dark. The third shot struck
him In the right side and he fell.
THE police came then and that
was about all there was to IL.
had been out in my shirt sleeves
about Is or 20 minutes and was
nearly frozen -v.i
MIR. Allen said he believed he
was Justified In shooting the man
because he thought the man was a |
robber. There had been so many
he said, that he had de.
;ided to take no chances. t@
Husband Takes Blame.
II never thought I would see the
lay that should Kill a man." said
Mr.. Allen. Both Mrs. Allen and ri
rave used firearms and are good
shots. She is not to be blamed for
was my shot that caused the |
atal wound" /
Nyrail had been i'm America about |,
seven years. He lived at the home
NJ John Mattson and. was a steady /
He was cement worker
It the Model Stone and Cement
Tlirty-sixth street and
rhirty-third avenue south. He had
worked there continuously for seven
ears. '.F# ~.
The man quit work at noon yes.
erday because the supply of cement
ave out and he went downtown, ac.
ording to Mattson. His friends did
lot know where he went but they
'elieve he took an interurban car
" mistake instead OF a Cedar ave.
Iue car Both cars run on Washing.
ON avenue. " rfs
"Nyral was steady Workman and
m honest man." said Mattson, with
whom he had boarded for two years.
He wouldn't harm anyone and
would not steal, but he drank quite
heavily sometimes. suppose he
rank too much yesterday and then
'ot into trouble I do not know
where he went, but he had the ar.
ernoon of and went some place ON