The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
Cars Men No Respeciors of
Their Country Folk
STORY TOLD BY IAHk0wIsKIS
Young Man Who Has lust Pleaded
Guilty Here 10 the Crime OF
Burglary


TillaEcd my mothers farm"
So said Julius Jamkowiskis. the
Young Russian. who recently pleaded
guilty 10 the charge OF burglariZing
the dwelling OF William Atchison. a
farmer o. Medic. on Sunday. May 2.
The above statement was made yes =
tcrlay afternoon ut The county Jail
to q representative OF The Free Press.
4 have learned this" said he.
from the letters | have received
from my people In the old country.
Eut have not received letter for
four months. Three months ago I
wrote my last letter To my home "a
seems that the letters do not come
through - they did.
My mothers farm Is not many
miles from the city OF KOvno. which
lies i'm the province of KuynO. in
Eastern Russia. There my mother
and some brothers and sisters have
h"Cu living. have other relatives i'm
the city uf KovnO My father is
constable there. in the service of the
government.
Dig Tunnel For Safety.
The Germans and Russians have
tiers. as near TO our farm as eight
miles Sometimes bullets have fall
GA on our farm. The Russian sol
dicrs. who have passed that way
have tax IN our cattle and other food
Our people have been digging big
tunnels through their farms so as TO
get into safe places in times of dan
ger. Many OF these tunnels run Il
long way under the ground and have
openings where the people can es-
cape. in case OF danger. Many people
or that neighborhood have already
run away from their homes. Some
have even gone as far as Siberia
Whether our folks have fled or not.
] do not know. The last letter that
have is four months old
i am now twenty-fOur years old
Six years ago ! was married i'm the
old country. Three years ago left
Tor this country. ! left my wife and
child behind. but | intended to go
back 20 them this fall. and would
have been able to do so. IL | had not
cotton into this trouble. | am not
going TO let them know about this. i'll
] can help II. have hopes of being
ont after about n year
Jankowiskis is a large. lean. robust
looking specimen OF the Slay race
He has big bushy head OF red hair.
and his face is rosy with the rich
strength giving blood that courses
through his powerful body Such
men as he. properly directed. make
nation great and mighty.
Was a School Teacher.
When | was In the old country"
he continued. II was a school teach
cd. had sixty boys and twenty
two girls taught them TO read and
write and figure For this was paid
So month aud the school was open
eight months In the year Perhaps
YOU think that is not much money.
hut IT Is good pay I'm Russia. Ono OF
YOUR dollars goes "A long way there.
\ suit Of clothes that YOU buy
here for $50 can be bought in Russia
for sli. And Russia is not manu-
featuring country either You can 20
into one Of our restaurants and get
good meal OF bread. meat. potatocs
and tea for four cents. We have
good bread. want tn tell yau that We
got better bread in Russia than they
sell hero. The government has I'm
SDectors. who 30 around and see tina,
the bread is made as Il should be
aud that bread Is made right when
u Is to he sold. \ farmer in Russia
works for $25 year and board
What do Won think OF that?
Had Good Job.
Ny job was n good one Those
Who marry early are treated better
Nhcn the Jobs are given out. than are
those who do not marry married
ut eighteen. a man in Russia is
foolish not to get married early.
l have been doing farm work AT
Mapleton. Amboy and other places
Last year managed to make 5000.
Eut all last winter had nothing To
do. This spring had work for
while for man near Alden. who
promised me s25 a month. Then ne
paid me only s22 for the first month
so quit him. I came to Mankato
where | met this man. Herman Bern
stein. We decided to go out together
tn steal. We were both hungry and
thought that was the quickest way
TO get something to eat.
Has Brother in Cleveland.
i have a brother at Cleveland.
Ohlo. am going 10 write to him
and see II | can get S25 from him.
Some time ago / sent him $50 when
he was hardup. That was two years
ago. when | was working i'm a coal
mine at Peoria
Bernstein is a very different look
ing specimen. He is smaller. of dark
hair and complexion. thin and why
looking. He says he left Chicago and
came to Mankato about a month ago
In search OF work. He claims TO be
only nineteen years old. and says he
has been In this country a little more
than three years. His mother. he
says. lives In Chicago. He is a furni-
ture packer by trade. Four months
ago he was laid of I'm Chicago and
has not been able to get work since.
He says he has been supporting his
mother. He Is trying to manage In
seep from her the news OF his al