The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-10
Says He Took Coat Because
Jones Did Not Have Any.
thing Fit to Wear
from Fridays Daily.

49, : ''~S~S - F~~'rS'
He did not see why he did it. He
iust got the coat for another fellow
Such was the statement of Elmer
Ganzkow, nineteen years old, a stu
dent of the stereotype school, locked
up at the police station on larceny
charge.
According to his own story young
Ganzkow is a son of retired farm
er of Wells, August Ganzkow, own
er of 500 acres of valuable farm prop
erty around Wells and elsewhere.
The coat was stolen, it seems, for
the benefit of another young man,
Herbert Jones who came to Mankato
from Litchfield. Both had long talk
last evening at the police station with
tshief of Police KlugherZ. According
20 the story that was CLEANED from
them, the two young men were going
90 the twin cities and Jones COM
planned that he had nothing that was
fit to wear The chief stated this
morning that GanZkow confessed that
ne went up to the hallway of the
Commercial college of the Richards
building and stole the overcoat, and
did not attempt to say that anybody
put him up to it. This morning CAM
how co!ored his story somewhat diff
fereptly. He sad ii was Jones that
induced him to 90 this. When con-
frrGted by Jones, it seems, he did not
dare to make any such statement.
Said He Had Eefriended Jones.
Ganzkow sail both last night ana
l.: lo L. 4
Jones, buying him a hat anu other
clothing. 1t seems that the two had
been chummin, together.
GanzkOw took the affair very hard.
This morning his spirit seemed COM
pletly broken.
The coat was tie property of Oscar
Fosheim, twenty one years old, son of
a prominent business man of Howard.
S. ID. This young man is student of
the commercial college. He left his
coat hanging in the hallway, outside
the recitation room of the college in
the Richards building, when he went
to his classes on Tuesday morning.
With the overcoat were also muf-
fer and a pair Of g'oves. They were
gone when he came to look for them
at noon. The matter was reported
to the police The overcoat was of
dark blue cloth. He estimated the
value of overcoat, gloves and muffler
at s35.
Yesterday afternoon at five o'clock
he and another student of the COM
mercial college N. E. Olson saw Jones
in the lobby of the Saulpaugh, wear
ing the overcoat and with the muf-
fer around his neck
Fosheim Recognized Coat.
Fosheim at once recognized his
coat and muffler. The two students
followed Jones over to the union de-
pot. Jones began reading the bulle-
tin board The students arranged it
that Olson should stay and watch
Jones, while Fosheim went to get the
police.
A short time afterwards, FOsheim
came back to the depot with Officer
Andrew Lundberg. Jones by that time
was gone. After some search. how
ever, he was found in Leo Klugherz
barber shop on North Front street.
Officer Waters arrested him and took
him to the station.
Inore Jones WAS .QueSllOIlou. I1e
admitted nothing that would incrim-
mate him. He simply told that an
other young man had gotten him the
coat. Jones was locked up. Later
in the evening, from information OBJ
tanned from Jones and several other
young men, Chief Klugherz managed
to find the boy who had taken the
coat, Elmer GanZhow the stereotype
student of Wells. Ganzkow, made his
confession and Jones was released.
Oscar Fosheim and his roommate,
Wilbur Redman, student Of the Ex-
pert School of Business, have been
making arrangements to leave on a
trip to Florida. expecting to be gone
until Easter This affair may detain
them in Mankato.
The father of the young man who
took the coat was here later in the
day, attempting to settle up the
trouble. 'You are very stupid and you
don't know what it really means to do
such a thing" the father said to the
boy. 1t appeared probable that the
boy would be charged with nothing
more serious than petit larceny.
Young GanZkow was charged in po-
lice court this afternoon with petit
larceny, pleaded guilty and paid a
ine of $13 65.