The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
Then Two Fellows We're
Brought Before Court
COUPLE HEAVILY FINED
Strangers Stirred Up Trouble
At Local Hotel; Punched
BY Coppers

Police officers received a call late
yesterday to the Hotel Heinrich,
where two drunken fellows were rails
ing a disturbance. They had been
running around, chasing and soaring
the girls at the place. Edward J..
Zimmerman, proprietor of the place,
went upstairs and told the fellows to
of them hit Mr.. Zimmerman and the
other jumped on the proprietor's back.
Officers Bell and Volk got into the
latter's automobile and they went ov
er to the Heinrich. AS they went
upstairs to the third floor, the two
disturbers caught sight of them COM
ing and made for the fire escape. Down
the fire escape the two fellows went
with the officers Utter them When
the two fellows got to the landing at
the second story, they stopped. The
officers came down and made them
walk back.
Tussle With Officers.
After they reached the third floor
again, the fellows put up fight. Each
of the officers had a struggle with
one of the men. The fellows had to be
forced into the elevator, and there was
quite a scrimmage then. Officer Volk
had handouts with him, which he
placed on his man. Officer Bell had
another wrestling match with his man
after leaving the elevator. The prison
er was finally subdued but left a big
splotch of his own blood on the floor
of the buffet.
Two autos were used to bring the
men to the station. After the men
were locked up, both the officers felt
the effects of the struggle in the sore
ness of their hands, and one officer
had to have one of his hands band
aged.
The two prisoners lay down to sleep
off their intoxication, after being
locked up in cells. Officer Volk's pris-
oner woke up not long afterwards and
said the two were steam filters from
Luverne. He said his own name was
c. A. Brooks and he was twenty mine
years old, he said, and his companion,
Ed McReader. was thirty-one Both
were single. He was asked what was
the trouble at the hotel and he said
both were drunk nta-
Both Plead Guilty.
McReader and Brooks both plead
ed guilty this morning to charges of
having been drunk and disorderly.
juice Harry Johnson imposed on
e"ch of them fine of $50 and costs
VIA the alternative of ninety days
in the county Jail. McReader was
asked how much money he had been
making at Luverne and he said he
was paid SIS a day. He said he
came from Detroit and had been
working at Luverne for three months.
He was asked whether he was mar
ried and he said he was not. On
being asked whether he had any
money to pay his fine he said he had
not. Brooks said he had been earn
ing $3.50 day.
Whether the men would succeed
in raising the money to pay their fines
remained to be seen.
Brooks Paid His Fine.
Brooks later in the day managed to
pay his fine of 1886. McReader en-
deavored to raise the money to pay
his fine by sending to Luverne.
George Siemens from Iowa paid a
fine Of $8.65 for operating a motor
vehicle without the display of license
numbers, as required by law.
1t is believed that the total of fines
paid into the Mankato municipal court
this month will break the record. Last
month the total was 1866, which was
a record breaker. Thus far the fines
are in the neighborhood of $500 this
month, and it is believed that the tot
al will reach $1,000 by the end of the
month.