The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-08
TAILOR SHOP ROBBED
PAXTON THE SUSPECT
Was Taken Into Custody By
Officer AIbrechi
HOW FELLOW IS CAUGHT
Lake CrystaIaMarshaI Learned
Of Arrest Through The
Free Press
From fridays Daily.

From fridays Daily.
When Patrolman John Albrecht last
Tuesday night arrested Harvey Pay
ton, stranger in the city at the Nett
Ter saloon on the suspicion that the
stranger had stolen the Overcoats
that he had been offering for sale, the
has developed that the overcoats to-
gether with some other clothing were
stolen from a Lake Crystal tailor shop
which was burglarized last Sunday
night or early Monday morning.
The shop was that of Henning
Johnson. 1t is believed that the burg
larry occurred between 1:30 and two
o'clock Monday morning. The thief
entered through a window in the shed
adjoining the back part of the tailor
shop. The inside back-door of the
shop was not locked. The thief made
off with a fur overcoat, belonging to
farmer of the vicinity of Lake Crys-
tai, who had left it there for repairs
mackinaw overcOat, belonging to
Ole Shelly, hotel clerk of Lake Crys-
tai; coat belonging to Mr.. Johnson
himself, and two pair of pants, one
pair belonging to Ben Wiberg and the
other to a Lake Crystal boy named
Johnson.
1t was not until early Monday aft
ernoon that the goods were missed
and the burglary discovered. Then
notice was given to Ed FOsten, mar
shall of Lake Crystal. The matter was
kept quiet, however, in the hope OF
getting hold of the thief.
Was Given A Tip.
1t was on that same day that Pa
trolman John Albrecht happened to be
in a barber shop, when he met Char
ley Wood, a local painter, who told
him of the stranger selling the mack
iraw overcoat to Frank Frieberg for
81. The officer grew suspicious. He
found that the stranger had sold the
fur overcoat to Charles Tillman in
Hidde & Tillman's saloon for 81. The
officer also discovered that the stran-
ger had left a grip in the Mint saloon.
This, and other suspected stolen goods
were brought to the police station.
In the grip were found a coat and
two pairs OF, pants. Tuesday night, the
the officer found the stranger who had
been offering clothing SO cheaply, and
placed him under arrest.
The strangely gave, the. name of
Harvey PaYton aad said he was from
Davenport Iowa. He said he was a
steeple- jack and had been working at
Lake Crystal He said he did not
know how he got the clothing that
he had been offering for SALE, but
blamed it all on the booze. He must
have picked it up somewhere when
he was drunk.
The police had not been notified of
any clothing theft in or around Man
kato, but it was decided to hold the
man for a while anyhow, so charge
of petit larceny was put against him
in the municipal court last Wednes-
day and he was sent to Jail for ten
days.
Gained News From Free Press.
In Wednesday nights Free Press an
announcement of the arrest was pub
lished, and Marshal Ed. Osten that
same night, shortly after midnight,
ndppeu6u W I6du JudI DlICl oIoiy' IiS
at once suspected that the man under
arrest was the one who had broken
into the tailor shop. He called up
Chief of Police Klugherz and Sheriff
Osten and told them of the burglary
that occurred at the Johnson tailor
shop.
Marshal Osten and Mr.. Johnson
came to Mankato yesterday afternoon
and the stolen clothing was all iden-
titled. The steeple-jack did not deny
the burglary, nor did he admit it. He
simply fell back on the same excuse
that he had made before, and that was
that he had been on drunk and did
not know where he got the clothing.
He said he did not even know where
he got the grip in which he carried
the coat and two pairs of pants.
Payton had little more than 81 on
him when arrested. He gave back to
Frank Frieberg the So that the latter
had paid for the mackinaw, and said
he was willing to pay Charles Till
man his 50 back.
Marshal Osten and Mr.. Johnson de-
cided to leave the whole matter in
the hands of County Attorney Schmitt