The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-26
NONE IS VERY SERIOUS
United States Court, Judge Nor
ris Presiding, Convened Here
This Morning
From Tuesdays Daily.


Mankato federal building this morn
ing.
The last of these to be held was
Mike Bury, a jewelor of Bellingham,
Lac qui Parle county, who was be-
fore United States Commissioner
Benjamin Taylor late Saturday on
the charge of sending through the
mail postal card ON which indecent
matter was alleged TO be. He was
placed under arrest by United States
Deputy Marshal Joseph Buisson. He
waived examination and was held
to the grand jury under bond Of
$500. The postal card was addressed
to a girl of Bellingham by the name
of Minnie Kern, it was charged.
The other three defendants were
Daniel w. Vomhoff, postmaster at
CORTLAND, Nicollet county, charged
with issuing two postal money or
ders amounting to $13.45, without
therefor Andrew e. Carlson of
Sherburn, charged with attempting
to conceal assets, while going
through bankruptcy; and Sam d. o.
Neill, attorney of Sherburn, charged
with being in a conspiracy for the
concealment of Carlson's assets.
List of Jurors.
Following is the list of the grand
jurors: S. O. Gjermundson and j. p.
Perreins, Echo; j. o. Benson, Win
dom; II. E. Nash, Pipestone; Harry
Emerson, Kiester; George F. Nutter,
st. Peter; Urbane Wilhelm, Balaton;
Carl Aufderheide and George Glotz-
bach, Sleepy Eye; Fred Mallory and
V. E. Johnson, Albert Lea; Chris A.
Nelson and w. j. Emerson, Alden;
A. l.. Miller, Lake Crystal; ]. B..
Habermann, Heron Lake; f. l.. Swan
Wood Lake; A. S. Dokken, Mime
ota; F. F. Garry, Quicken; Charles
Catlin and w. ]. Huddleston, Cotton
wood; E. C. Hadley, Ceylon, and
julius Matz, Waterville.
Judge Morris, before any excuses
from members of the petit jury were
heard, announced that illness of the
juror or member of the family con-
stituted about the only sort of an
excuse that he would take for ex-
emption from service. He made it
emphatic that juror must not ex-
pect to be excused for business rea-
son. Three were excused, namely,
Morris Workman of Tracy; A. E.
Alexander of Lynch and E. C. Keefe
of Rose Creek. This left the list as
follows: Edward Thompson, New
Richland; Arthur Huston, Pipestone;
J.. Bartlett, Chenille; Fred Oligher,
Winnebago; Earl Marshall, Window;
Ralph Baldwin, Edgerton, R. S. Pet
erson, Westbrook, B. M. Gallagher,
Waseca; Il. J. Dunn, Porter; George
Cole, Candy; Peter Magnet, Tracy;
w. K Wilcox, Elysian; F. F. Nor
wood, Balaton, John Schickling, Gar
den City; S. o. Tjosvold, Granite
Falls; Allen Johnson, Granite Falls;
A. l.. Wells, Brewster; A. w. Knaak,
Waterville; Harry Hanford, Alden;
j. A. Bachtle, Easton; R. F Drake,
Walters; f. A. Gilmore, r. F. D.,
Wells; B. r.. Miller, Gordonsville; IL.
A. Wehde, Window; Elmer Merrill,
Blue Earth; E. l.. Meyers, Wood
stock; N G. Sheets, Window; Theo.
Mundale, Walnut Grove; Herman
Zimmerman, Cleveland, AdOlph G.
Nellie, New Ulm, John Simonet, lie
Sueur Center; Lawrence Paulson,
Albert Lea; John Mccarthy, Kilken-
ny; William Roth, Madison; /. l..
Philley, Louisburg; Henry Keogh,
Cleveland; Fred H. Kimpel, Gaylord;
Frank McGrann, Green Isle; d. w.
Wilkins, Fairmont; Henry Geise,
Luverne; Robert j. Exeley, st. Pet
er; H. F. Lange, CORTLAND; George
Jones, R. 1, Hartland; John B. Ben
hnD or
New Ulm; ]. M. Elright, Window;
A. NJ Solberg, Luverne, Thomas Of
ferdahl, St. James; f. A. H. Will
inert, Blue Earth; H. P. Edwards,
Fairmont; j. J. Miller, Candy; F. E..
Willard, Candy.
The Civil Calendar.
Following is the civil calendar for
this term, uncommonly short:
Law cases
C. r. Shaw Wholesale company VS..
John F. Flynn; S. S. Smith and H.
l.. & j. w. Schmitt, attorneys for
plaintiffs; C. o. Daley for defend
ant.
Charles e. Sims VS.. S. M. Manson;
H. l.. & j. w. Schmitt and S. B.
Wilson for plaintiff; Durment Moore
anu OppeuIelIucI N I1dupI LII CuC
defendant
George w. Robinson VS.. L. NJ Yok-
UNI; Duxbury e Pettijohn for plain
tiff; Dunn e Carlson and S. B. Will
son for defendant.
John P. Galbraith as trustee for
the estate of Andrew E. Carlson,
bankrupt, VS.. Sam D. O'Neill and ].
H. Billion; Todd e Kerr for plain
tiff; Albert r. Allen for defendants.
Equity cases
John p Galbraith as trustee for
the estate in bankruptcy of Harry M.
Anderson VS.. Citizens State Bank of
st. Peter; Boyesen e Flor for plain
tiff; George T. Olson for defendant.
John P. Galbrath as trustee in
bankruptcy for Harry M. Anderson
VS.. Henry A. Buell. and Edward A.
Webster; M. E. Stone for plaintiff;
Pau & Pau and H. A. Johnson for
defendants.
Owing to the fact that the primar-
les, which are looked upon as gen
eral election, and which are to take
place within thirty days of the holding
of this term of court, there will be
no naturalization papers issued at