The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-22

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escorted over to the police station t
explain his transactions. Johnson ap
peared to be indignant and at times al
most furious. He had never seen sucl
a town as Mankato, he declared, wher'
people seemed to get their heads to
gether to get an honest man int
trouble.
After time he was allowed to g
out to get dinner, promising to come
back at two o'clock. But the police
suspected that he would try to get ou
on No. 6 of the Omaha, which leave!
for Minneapolis at 1920 p. m, if III
had really been up to any crooked
work. So an officer was on hand t.
pick him up at the depot, and surely
enough Johnson was there with his
two grips, waiting for that train.
| Check Was Bad,
| Although the people at the Gray
garage gave Mr.. Phillips information
about the transaction of the sale Of
the auto being just as Johnson hat
represented it, the telephone message
got them to thinking they had better
investigate and see whether the $500
check that he gave them might not be
| bad. The result was that the police al
iMankato soon received a message that
the check was bad.
Johnson, after leaving the police
station, went to the Commercial hotel
to get his two grips, and on his way
over to the station, he stopped at the
Bradley garage long enough to level
taunt at Mrs. Bradley saying: ut will
70 ROT Nv Toh y,
son in jail" But it was not a great
while afterward that he was marched
from the depot back to the police sta
ton and lodged in cell.
His grips were searched. One OF
them contained a paper-hanger's out
fit.
Late yesterday afternoon, the po-
lice received telephone message from
Hudson, Wis, that the sheriff located
at that place would be in Mankato as
soon as he could reach that city to
take Johnson to Hudson to answer to
a forgery charge there.
Johnson is about fifty years old. He
says he is a widower.
Claims Checks Can Be Made Good.
Sheriff August Larson of Hudson,
Wis, was in the city this morning to
take charge of Johnson, wanted at Hud-
son to answer to the charge of passing
two worthless checks in that city
Johnson had a long talk with Sheriff
Larson and with Chief of Police Ario.
Johnson admitted having passed checks
at Hudson and at Minneapolis as claim
ed, except that he declared that there
were funds in the banks to make the
checks good.
Johnson consented to waive the mat
ter of extradition and go with the sher-
iff to Hudson. Arrangements were made
for the two to depart together early
this afternoon.
A representative of the Gray automo-
bile garage of Minneapolis, where the
Studehaker was bought for, a check
also in the city today to get the auto
The representative was ready to pay the
$50 that William Schwender loaned on
the car. Mr.. Schwender had the bill of
sale, and said he would not let the car
car. The sheriff induced Johnson to dc
this, by promising to get the car back
for him, in case the check that he gave
for the car proved to be good Thus
car was sent on its way back, to the
Gray garage at Minneapolis.
How quickly Johnson got away with
money rather surprised the police,
Yesterday morning he borrowed $50 on
the car at the Schwender garage, hand
ed SIS to the chauffeur and put the
rest in his pocket. Yet, short time
afterwards, when he was searched at
in change.
An incident was told of him that il
Illustrated the way IN which money
lated that the cooler of the auto was
out of water at Prior Lake. Three girls
kindly brought pals of water to fill 1T
up. Johnson, it is related, had one of
his generous impulses and handed $40
hill Zach girl
-, ]. Johnson is that mans right
name" said the sheriff. People at
Hudson have known him for years.
woman who owned fine farm near
Gilmore, which is about twenty-five
miles from Hudson This farm was
worth about $4,000, 1 think he did
farm. His wife died not long after they
were married and he inherited the
farm.
o Money on on Far 5sfm farm
the National Bank of Hudson. He spent
the money recklessly. He borrowed
money and spent it and after some time
has no property and that he has no
money either in that bank or in the one
on which he drew the check with which
he purchased that automobile, the First
National bank of Hudson.
1.-The charge on which 1 am taking
him hack TO Hud"on is that of passing
two bad checks, drawn on the National
bank at Hudson. 1t is charged that
with one of these checks, in the sum OF
$50, he bought diamond ring at jew
elry store, and this ring he is reported
to have pawned at st. Paul for S34
The other check was in the sum of $40
and with this it is alleged that he
bought some clothing. a pair of shoes
and a hat, and got $3.50 in change.
at is reported that some time ago.
while at Duluth, he bought some jew
elry, valued at $500, and gave a check
there on the National Bank of Hudson
to pay for it, but the people of the store
called up and found the check was
iewelry"