The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-26


down to avoid an accident.
Mr.. HucSenhuLl said that he would
not say that the woman made a de-
liberate attempt to commit suicide,
but he could not help but gain the
impression that she made no attempt
to leave the bridge after she saw the
train approaching.
The bridge on which the accident
occurred is about 1870 feet in length.
LETTERS FROM THE
BOYS II! ARMY CAMP
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Walker have
received the following interesting
letter from their son, Terrence
Walker.
Dear Folks: Received your loving
letter of the 9th inst. and was truly
glad to hear from you and to know
that you are all well and enjoying
health as | certainly am.
Enclosed you will find post card
picture Of the U. S. S. Battleship
Kansas that l am on. This makes
five weeks that / have been on the
high seas and must say that l enjoy
it immensely. You see from tie
picture that l am part of my time
at the top of the mass tower as a
look out man, and when the sea is
high, how she does rock. The other
cross you will see is my home on
the port side Of the ship aft and
the other side where the cross is
the point side. am helping to
handle one OF the twelve inch guns
and | am going to fire it next week.
We have to put a shell in that
weighs $40 pounds, so you can see
what it would do to ship when it
hits. | was at sea last week and had
a hard time of it. There was high
| was mighty sick for little while
| soon got over it and don't think
it will ever effect me again. I am
now q first class sailor, and as pa
always called me the Submarine
Sinker" just before l left home, will
state that / will certainly glory in
the work when l get chance to sink
, q German submarine.
] have a shore leave now from
$50 Saturday until $50 p w Sun
day, and have gone up town to Nor
folk and find that it is quite a nice
, city,. expect to get home sometime
during June. My furlough will only
he from eight to nine days. Would
like to have you find out what the
shortest and quickest route would be.
as / want to make fast time coming
home, so l will have few days to
visit and tell you what l have seen
and experienced while in Uncle
| Sans navy.
When you write again would like
! to have YOU see if you can give me
Mark Halls address and Sid Cahoons
as | have lost all track Of them, but
find that we have great many
Minnesota boys on the Battelship
Kansas. | also learned that one of
! Uncle John Moir's clerks in Duluth
! is on our ship, so it makes me feel
| somewhat ut home to meet some
body that I almost know, and a lot
/ OF other boys that are from my own
state.
Hoping to see you within the next
sixty days, I remain, Your loving son,
Torrance D. Walker.
Mrs. Peter Lloyd received the fol-
/ lowing letter from her son Dan:
/ Somewhere in France, March %,
1918. Dear Folks: Your boxes and
+. things received o. X. and I want to
thank you for all working SO hard
/ Those Red, White and Blue socks
| caused quite a sensation around
camp. Ii has been quite awhile since
] I've had a chance to write. I've been
on the move all the time from one
/ place to another and back again
Mother, l wish you wouldn't worry
about me when you don't hear from,
me for while because sometimes
don't get chance. I'm in fine health,
and there isn't much chance of the
Germans ever getting close enough te
me to get me. I'm seeing lot OF
tn country
! / haven't seen Claude or Howard
for about three weeks but l see Cab
! Roos and NJ Kimble nearly every
i day. Cab gave me a Free Press with
the write-up of Judge Pfau's death
I 1t was quite surprise to me. He
i spent useful career
i | understand you've had q pretty
severe winter back there, it must be
i pretty near over by now. | put iT
the mildest winter / ever saw and
was outside all the time too
] got package from Margaret and
two from Mary. | also got letter
from Anna which happens to be the
only first class mail I've received fol-
about a month.
! understand the vase that Merrol
sent got there alright and caused
, quite sensation. I've got a pair oil
them that I've been holding since
Christmas until ] could find on
whether they would go through o.
not. You can expect them soon.
, I'm trying to keep a diary but keet
, forgetting ii all the time. 1t viii
. just be sketch when I'm through
: with it. l just write down when VIZ
t move and the more important thing
like that.
| Well there isn't much more that
can write. I'm feeling fine (weigl
i 1e5 pounds.) l hope you're all well
Give my regards to everybody, Lots
, of love- Dam