The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
Quartet That Was Rounded
Up In the South State
SENT OVER BYU.S.CO COURT
End Of the April Term Of United
States Tribunal Late
Yesterday
from Fridays Daily.

Sooner than had been expected,
the term of the federal district court
at Mankato came to close yester-
day afternoon.
The suit of Paul c. Keyes as re-
ceiver against Peter Anderson and
George J. Piersol, involving the af-
fairs of the defunct First National
bank of Clarkfield, Mimi, was taken
out of the hands of the jury by Judge
Wilbur F. Booth and verdict was
directed.
The court was then ready to try
Harry w. Westrom of st. James, in
dicted on the charge of filing false
statements in support of his claim
for exemption. 1t had not been ex-
pected, however, that the case would
be reached that day and Westrom
had gone to ST. James. the Judge
said he did not wish to detain the
jurors and the court officers until the
next day, so he continued the case
over to the next term.
Court Directed Verdict.
While the court directed a verdict
for the plaintiff, the receiver of the
bank, in the civil suit, the amount
was so small, $40. IA, that it amount
ed virtually to victory for the de-
tense. Peter Anderson, direr-or Of
this bank, haA si1Ied a bond to guar
antee the assets of the bank, and the
court held that this bond was good.
But the amount that the court held
to be real assets of the bank was cut
down to such an extent that it left
Anderson only the above compare
lively small sum to pay. The forged
notes in the hands of the bank the
court held were not assets at all.
These amounted to something like
$4,000 Moreover, the notes that
had been paid before the bonds were
signed were held to be out of exist
ence as assets.
This suit grew out of the footing
of the bank by the former cashier,
| George ]. Piersol, now serving a
sentence at Fort Leavenworth.
Given Short Sentence.
All three of the men from Spencer,
Iowa, who were indicted on the charge
of carrying liquor into the dry state
of Iowa from Minnesota, were again
| before the court and received their
| sentences, each to serve, forty five
| days in the Blue Earth county jail
| The Judge remarked that it was no
| torious that many people had been
taking liquor from Minnesota into
! both Iowa and South Dakota. He did
| not consider that fines would do in
| such cases and he imposed the prison
sentences without granting the OPP
ton of fines. The men were Sam
Martgage, Alex Gillanders and Franli
Cain. Martgage changed his plea
from not guilty to guilty.
| The judge questioned each by him
self. The men admitted having a
little liquor on the person, but moi
one would make any statement to &C
count for the fourteen quarts Of
whisky that were found in theil
auto.
Arrest of Liquor Carriers.
| County Attorney Herbert Nicholas
Deputy Sheriff M. B. Dunn and Mar
shall John Nagel of Jackson made &
big haul of alleged bootleggers Tues
day, and today four of them are in
Jail at Mankato, in the custody OF
federal officers, says The Fairmon
Sentinel. Two are behind the bars
at Jackson.
The cases are said to be the most
fragrant discovered in Southern Min
nesota in years. Two automobile
loads of liquor were confiscated.
Four men were arrested on the
Iowa line after the drunken driver
had run off the road the car turning
over twice. None of the four oc-
cupants was hurt, although all were
plunged into pool of water.
Driver Found in Haymow.
Alex Gillanders, driver of the ma.
chine, was found sleeping in hay.
NOW in nearby barn. With hin
were A. B. Taylor, Sam Martgage ant
Frank Cain. all of Spencer. Iowa.
They had procured twenty-fi five
quarts and fifteen pints of whisky a
Comfrey. The name of the Comfre.
saloon were the liquor was purchases
was on the cases.
AS the liquor was being taken ovel
the line, it became case for fedora
officials. A United States marsha
was summoned from Mankato anC
today took the prisoners to that city
The arrests were made by Deput,
Sheriff M. B. Dunn ana his son, Ken.
meth.
! After the accident, the party hit
the liquor in muskrat house, GOV.
ering it with rushes. Young Dunn
sleuthed around until he found it.
/, Second Auto Nabbed.
A few hours later another machine
loaded with beer, whisky and gir
stopped on the street in Jackson
where Marshal John Nagel immed
lately spied it and arrested it's oc.
cupants. They are Earl Manning ant
w. S. Earhart, also of Spencer
, Two of the men in the first ca
are of draft age, and one is in the
next contingent. Sam Martgage I:
said to be an Austrian without Ameri.
can citizenship, therefore is an alier
: enemy. s
: County Attorney Nicholas said h,
would Immediately take up the cases
with the Public Safety commission
and demand action against the Com.
frey saloons. In this he will be as.
sisted by the federal authorities a
; Mankato
Something is due to drop at Com
, frey.
Martgage Here Five Years.
: Martgage, Gillanders and Cain ar,
/ all at the county Jail, serving thei
sentences.