The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-05
HIGHER court TAKES
ACTION IN THE MATTER
Witnesses Are Overtaken and
Brought Back By Sheriff
BAIL REQUIRED OF THEM
Number of Criminal Matters
Game Up In District
Tribunal
From Tuesdays Daily.

When the disposition that had been
made of the matter of the purchase
of liquor on Sunday from a saloon in
Good Thunder by three gentlemen
from Iowa came to the knowledge OF
Judge w. l.. Comstock Of the. district
court late yesterday afternoon, he
was not satisfied with what had been
done.
He at once instructed the sheriff
to pursue the retiring three witness
es. That the saloonkeeper, John Pol
chow, should close up the matter by
paying a fine of $50 and costs did
not seem to Judge Ccmstock like an
adequate consequence of such tran
sactions, and accordingly it was not
long before Sheriff Osten's automo-
Lille was hot on the trail of the three
Iowa gentlemen who had left Man
kato in their own car, and were on
their way to Good Thunder.
These three gentlemen from Burt
IOWA. Frank Bunkofski, Christian
Godtfredson and J, J. Grein, Were
soon DefoTe the district court and
there each was required to put VI
bail III the sum of 500, to appear tc
testify before the next session of the
grand jury. This will be on April 9
1t will be an extra session of the
grand jury of the February term.
KaIlmier Pleaded Guilty. !
William Kallmier, who was charg-
ed with seditious utterances, calcu-
lated to discourage enlistment, plead
ed guilty yesterday afternoon. Kali
mier has been employed at the big
mill This morning he was sentenc-
ed by Judge Co'nstock TO pay 9 fine fin,
Of $500 and on him also was placed a
suspended sentence of three months
in the county Jail. He was. instruct
ed to appear before the court on May
/, and to abide further judgment
Having paid his fine he was released
from the sheriff's custody for the
present Kallmier had said the wal
was for the money interests and the
United States had no business in it.
Edward Conrad. charged with steal
ing an automobile, pleaded guilty
yesterday afternoon. His bail was
fixed at $500 and he was instructed
to appear before the court in Walton
wan county On May for further
judgment He is seventeen years old
Sold Liquor On Sunday.
Carl KAHN. charged with furnish
ing intoxicating liquor on Sunday
pleaded guilty. He was sentenced tc
pay fine of 500, $25 on the first Of
May. and $25 on the first day Of
each month following, until the whole
sum was paid. He was also placed
under a suspended sentence of ninety
days in the county Jail, on the under
that he S to keep cut of saloons AND
standing that he is to keep out of sa-
looms and let liquor alone. Joe Al
len and Albert Redding, who have
been held as witnesses in that same
case, have been discharged.
Henry WiebOld from near Coco
Thunder, who was some time age
convicted of disloyal utterances, fined
and placed under suspended sentence
was again before the district court
yesterday afternoon. Judge Com
stock told him that there appeared
to be considerable amount of dis
loyal talk in his neighborhood. The
court advised him to give warning to
people indulging in such talk, ano
thus to take measures to put stoI
to it, thus showing his own loyalty
His Jail sentence was further sus
pended to the first day of May.
Must Make "CIeaning."
Frank J. Busch, who some months
ago was convicted of seditious ana
disloyal utterances on his own plea
of guilty, and was sentenced to pay
fine, besides being placed under q
suspended Jail sentence, was once
more before Judge Comstock this
morning. The judge warned Busch
that in his place, of business he
should not employ any disioyai per-
sons. Any who showed signs of dis
loyalty must not be retained there
Busch was given until April Is tt
"clean up"
The, case of the state against Es A
Duemeland, merchant of st. Clair
convicted of disloyal utterances, was
set to come up for sentence on April
Is at 2 p. m.