The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-07-19


Schauer told him to go in the
town and get a. car. Huckenpoelel
singled out Ford and took it, driv.
ing the machine as far as Gaylord
where he got cold feet and went home
to Arlington on the train, leaving the
car standing by the roadside. He
says he told Schauer that if he want
ed the car, he could go and get it.
Undaunted by the first failure the
cousin kept at Huckenpoeler to go to
Gaylord and see if the machine was
still there.
Would Get Another Car.
eff the car amt there we'll get an
other" Schauer is reported to have
said. When they reached Gaylord
Saturday night they learned that
Theodore Sheats, the justice of the
peace at Waconia, had heard that the
missing car was left there and had
secured it and returned it to the
rightful owner. Failing to get the
machine Schauer and Huckenpoeler
went into a saloon and had several
drinks. Schauer asked his cousin for
money at this place and the lad
loaned him $50. After leaving the
saloon the boys bought a Ford key
and some cylinder oil for Schauer's
Saxon
A Red Cross dance was taking
place that evening at Brown, village
nearby, and Schauer proposed that
they steal car from there. Hucken-
poeler assented. In. order to ward off
suspicion they took Schauer's brother
home from Gaylord to Arlington and
then drove back toward the Red Cross
dance. Huckenpoeler says they got
lost on the way and it was early
morning before they finally located
the place the dance was being held.
The village marshal at Gaylord di-
|rected them to the dance.
Fearing he would be recognized in
the Saxon, Schauer had Huckenpoe-
Ter drop off the machine just outside
the farm yard while he waited at the
turn of the road. AS he walked into
the yard Huckenpoeler states that he
took the first Ford he came to and
drove away, meeting his cousin again
down the road. Schauer led the way
home in the Saxon and the young lad
followed with the stolen Ford. Half
way home Schauer stopped and stated
he wanted the tools off the car. He
took the chains, wrenches and other
parts of the equipment While they
were stopped another machine came
along and asked what was lying back
in the road
Picked Up Horse Blanket,
A horse blanket had been lost by
7omeone and Huckenpoeler says they
picked it up and took it away with
them. He says they drove on at a
fast gait, fully forty miles an hour,
fearing they were being pursued by
the, other machine. Eight miles far
her on they drove the stolen machine
up an unusual road into the middle
If what is known as Jim O'Connell's
woods. Here rlSchauer advised that
hey leave it for several weeks until
he search blew over. They tried to
change the tires from the Ford to the
Saxon at this point but found it too
lard work, and both went, to gtheir
comes. en- .-r o,
The next day, Sunday, schauer
irOve into town and was told all
about theR stolen car, Monday after
aeon he and HuckenpOeler had con-
ference in which they agreed it would
be best to get the machine out of the
country at once. The 81 older cousin
ADVISED that the Ford be. taken te
Mannkato or, to Iowa, ana disposed of.
r., He warned me, not to go to- Min
neapolis,"'' Huckenpoeler stated, ammo
On Monday, evening two boys drove
Schauer's Saxon to the spot where
the Ford was hidden and worked all
Turing the evening until early morn
ing, effacing the engine numbers.
The lights of the Saxon were turned
IN the Ford in order that they might
have a light to work by. At this time
the license was taken from the Saxon
and placed on the Ford car. Finishing
The work they drove the stolen ma
chine to a shed on the Schauer farm
md HuckenpOeler made arrangements
to start out early Tuesday morning
to sell the carr, f.ae 1a s..a.9
..rr Fishing Trip Story.
Schauer had agreed to tell the
Young mans sister that he was on a
fishing trip. On Tuesday Huckenpoe-
Ter drove as far as Henderson where
he met Gust Stranger and stayed with
him over night, having made ar
rangements to go on fishing trip yes
terday. The boy stated that he had
not planned to sell the car in Man
kato but intended to drive on down
into Iowa to dispose of it. He said
the story he told the police had been
cooked up" by Schauer and carefully
rehearsed before he started out.
HE always put me up to things, .
said the boy" and I'm willing to take
my medicine as long as he gets it
too"
Huckenpoeler stated that last fall
he forged a check in his brothers
name at Schauer's request and had ii
not been on a relative he would prob
ably have been sent up at that time
Again later in the fall, in company with
Schauer he stole a tire and two robes
from a car during dance at Green
1sle.~ The tire is now on Schauer's
Saxon he stated and the robes his
| cousin threw away in the road, fear
ing detection
| When only kid Huckenpoelel
stated that Schauer induced him tt
steal bank in which his brothe
Kept his savings. He said the banl
contained $40 and he got but SIS OF
the money.
! Told Lies History.
Il was blamed for that as soon as
they discovered the robbery ant