The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-08-11
FL. Ems Taken in Winona;
Brought to kato
AUTO Theft The CHARGE
Alleged That He Slipped Phoney
Check On the ECkman
Brothers
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Sheriff Osten was notified by
County Attorney ]. w. Schmidt, late
yesterday, that F. ]. Ems of Delft,
Mimi, was wanted on the charge of
stealing an automobile from the
Eckman garage at Mankato.
1t was surmised that Ems would
go east with the auto and Sheriff
Osten called up Sheriff w. E. Parr
at Winona, telling him of the want
ed man. Sheriff Parr also acted
quickly 1t happened that Ems had
gone right to Winona, and in a few
minutes the Winona sheriff had him
and called up Sheriff Osten and told
him so.
Deputy Goes for Ems.
Last evening Deputy Sheriff Jacob
Hilgers was sent to Winona to get
Ems and bring him to Mankato. 1t
was expected that the deputy and
his prisoner would be back about
noon. The whole thing was done
with remarkable rapidity. 1t was
about four o'clock yesterday after
noon when Carl w. Eckman made
his complaint to the county attorney.
The auto was obtained from the
Eckman garage on July 80. 1t was
second hand "T" Regal undressing
touring car The price was $3.50, and,
according to the complaint of the
Eckman Brothers, Ems gave them
check for $3.50 oil the State Bank OF
Delft, MINI. They afterwards found
out, according to their complaint
that he had no funds in the bank
and that his check was worthless.
But in the meantime, Ems had de-
parted with the car.
Story Told BY Ems.
Deputy Sheriff Jacob Hilgers ar
rived early this afternoon from Wi
mona with his prisoner F. T. Ems.
Ems still claims that the check he
gave in payment for the automobile
was a good check and that he had
the money in the bank at Delft, Mimi
and did not understand why it was
that the bank refused to cash the
check. He was brought before the
municipal court where he demand
ed an examination, which will take
place Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock. His bail was fixed in the
sum of $500 and as he was unable to
furnish this, he was taken to the
lives at Butterfield, Mimi, will furn-
ish the money to get him out of Jail.
He has sent word to his father. His
wife did not come with him from
Winona but it is thought that she
will come later. 1t is reported that
when Ems left Delft with the auto
with his wife, that they had all their
worldly possessions piled up in it.
Winona Independent: Charged
with securing an automobile on
check made on bank in which there
were no funds, Frank j. Ems, a
stranger, is being held by Sheriff w.
E. Parr for the authorities in Blue
Earth county. The WinOna official
made the arrest yesterday afternoon
Ems came here Thursday night
in an automobile. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Ems. The car re-
manned overnight in local garage.
Last night at midnight Jacob Hill
gers, deputy sheriff of Mankato,
came here with warrant charging
Ems with the theft of the machine
The complaint sets forth that Ems
purchased the car July 20 from G. w.
& w. w. Eckman, garage owners at
Mankato. He presented check on a
bank at Delft, Mimi, to cover the
purchase, it is alleged.
The check was returned, marked
mo funds" according to the authori-
ties, and the trail for the missing au-
tomObile driver led to Winona. He
was arrested while in company with
his wife at a local hotel Yesterday.
The prisoner will be taken back to
Mankato this morning to face the
charge.