Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-01-10
IS Still IN The
CLUTCHES OF LAW
Audubon County Farmer Meeting
With all Kinds of Experiences
Since the Near Hanging


ally regarded as not in sympathy
with the United States.
At the time of the near hanging
two weeks ago, Fred signed a check
for 81 900 made payable to the Red
Cross. After he escaped the fury OF
the mob on that eventful night. he
left the community and was not
heard from until two days later when
his brother Otto telephoned from
Des Moines asking if 1t would be
safe for Fred to return to Audubon.
Otto was told that Fred would be
safe here If he would conduct him
self like all loyal law abiding cit
liens and make good the $1,000
check he had signed. A week ag,
Saturday morning he returned to Au
dubon. a
A few days later ne was arrested
on the charge of being an alien en-
envy. This charge. however, Fred
was able to prove untrue as he had
mis- naturalization pepef& Shortly af.
ter he was asked about making the
900 check good. At first he de-
MED writing the check. but later adj
mitted that it had been signed under
threat. He refused to make the
check good.
Last Thursday there were rumors
sof a visit to the Tennigkeit farm for
the purpose of demanding payment
of the check. The sheriff heard of
the matter and brought Fred to town
for safe keeping. Friday he was
taken before Justice Chas. White and
after hearing the evidence, Fred was
bound over to the grand jury and his
bond placed at $4,000, which he
was unable to give. He was taken
back to the county Jail where he re-
manned until Monday morning.
After hearing the evidence in JUS
tice Whites court, the matter was
taken up with the state officials.
The final CONCLUSION was that Mr..
Tennigkeit had better be given a
hearing before the U. S. commission
ers at Council Bluffs. Deputy sher-
If ]. C. Boyer took Fred to Atlantic
Monday morning where he was turn
ed over to a deputy United States
marshal, who took him to Council
Bluffs.
A hearing was held in Council
Bluffs Tuesday and after a talk with
F. l.. Anderson, who was present,
we learn that the following report
published in yesterdays Nonpareil
is substantially correct:
Fred Tenigkeit, young farmer
from Audubon. who narrowly es-
capped lynching at the hands of a
mob after he is reported to have re-
fused to contribute to the Red Cross,
was brot to Council Bluffs by Dep
uty United States Marshal Floyd
Hendricks Monday night and placed
temporarily in the county Jail. He
is charged with a violation of the
espionage act.
After Tennigkeit had been rough
ly handled by the mob at Audubon,
he was released only after he had
signed check for 81 900 in favor of
the Red Cross. He was then ordered
from the country. Later he return
ed to his farm and his defiant atti
tude reused the people there to such
"a state that it was considered I'M
safe for him to remain. Finally the
federal authorities were appealed to
and he was taken to Council Bluffs
for safety.
Tennigkeit had little to say on his
trip to Council Bluffs. maintaining
AOi thO oiSatSi Poit uioSiCCt
ence. After. arriving at Council
Bluffs, he retained Mayne & Green
attorneys, who looked after his
interests at hearing Tuesday after
noon before United States Commits
siOner Organ.
The hearing developed little that
would tend to hold Tennigkeit, the
greater part of the testimony Of the
f0rt k.s
recital of what they had heard 9th
ers say, and little of what Tennigkeit
had actually said or done himself
Commissioner Organ continued the
hearing until January 18th at nine
O'Clock a. m, to give him time to
confer with the United States dis
trict attorney. Tennigkeit's bond
was fixed at $4,000.
According to w. M, Northup, one
of the witnesses from Audubon, the
trouble started at the, public sale OF
Sam White on December 81, some
time prior to the mob disturbance.
At the sale ID. r., Jones, the auction
eer, made patriotic speech for the
Red Cross. Tenhigkeit is reported
to have said that Zones sshowcd his
damn Ignorance In talking for the
Red Cross
Northup did not hear the remark
himself, but it was reported to him
self and others later on
Francis Stewart. young farmer,
testified that Tennigkeit made the
remark. In answer to a question by
Commissioner Organ. Stewart said
! that he had never sheard him make
remarks against the enlistment of
men for the service or interfere with
1t in any way
John Martinsen, a garage man,
told of pro-German statements that
Tennigkeit had made on one occas-
ion, when the former had stopped at
the latter's farm to get some water
for his car.
81 tried to sell him a car" said
Martinsen, land he said he would
wait until cfter the war. When !
asked his reason he said that auto
mobiles would be cheaper after the
war. that the kaiser was the best
fighter in the world and that he
would clean up on the Americans.
l differed with him and he asid:
See what Mexico did. 1t did
not take her long to chase the Amer
leans out of Mexico"
"The talk toushed upon the rev.
dictionary war;" said Martinsen "and
Washington's name was mentioned.
Tennigkeit said:
oh, Washington never had any
fights "
F.. M. Rice. a farmer near Audi
bon said that Mr.. Northup and him
self went to Tennigkeit after he had