The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-02
Claims That The Free Press
Did Not Tell Truth
BEFORE THE WAR BOARD
Failed To Purchase Allotment
OF Liberty Bonds; Quibbled
About Interest


ed on The Free Press the following
notice of retraetion.
The undersigned hereby de-
mands an immediate retraction OF
the article published in the issue
of The Mankato Daily Free Press
on July 23rd, wherein it was
stated among other things that
the undersigned was Pro- Ger
man: that he bought no Liberty
bonds; that he was worth $780,
600, for the reason that said art1-
Gle is false, untrue and defama-
tory, and was maliciously and in
tentionally published for the pur-
pose of prejudicing and blasting
the opinion of the court before
whom the undersigned would be
placed on trial, and citizens, some
of whom would be called for jur-
ors in the trial of my case, and
said retraction is demanded for
the reason that said entire arti-
Gle is false, untrue and defama-
tory.-Bernard Rempel, By G. j.
Laurisch, attorney for Rempel.
To The Mankato Daily Free
Press, Mankato, Minnesota.
Some Facts in the Case.
Mr.. Rempel claims that the article
concerning his arrest, published in
The Free Press on July %, is false,
untrue and defamatory.
1t is a fact that Bernhard Rempel
was arrested by Mankato police Off
GERS in this city on Monday evening,
July %. He was taken to the police
station in this city and confined in the
woman's compartment until the fol
lowing day when he was escorted to
ST. James by deputy sheriff from
WatOnwan county.
It. is a fact that the arrest was
made on the request of Sheriff Lind
quist of st. James, who notified
Chief of Police Ed Ario to hold Rem
pei here. Chief Ario took Rempel
from the Omaha train which arrived
here at 5:55 in the afternoon. The
following morning Rempel was es-
corted to the Empress cafe by Officer
Charles Bell where he partook OF
breakfast. Later in the forenoon, in
company with Deputy Sheriff Schultz
he was taken to ST. James. In the
afternoon he was arraigned before B
F. Clement, a justice of the peace OF
that city, the complaint against him
being as follows:
The complaint of Albert Run
ming of said county. made before
B. F. Clement, Esquire, one of
the justices of the peace, within
and for said county, who being
first duly sworn on his oath de-
poses and says that on the 21st
day Of July, 1918 at the village
of Butterfeld in said county,
Bernhard Rempel did unlawfully
teach and advocate by oral speech
in the hearing of H. H. Klein that
the citizens of the state of Min
nesota should not aid or assist
the United States in prosecuting
or carrying on war with the pub
lie enemies of the United States.
in that said Bernhard Pop
did then and there CO.. &c, such
purposes as follows: THE Ger
mans are going back just enough
so that the American boys get
into some trap and they will
pound hell out of them. Just what
they deserve" contrary to the
form of the statute in such cases
uduO duu piONluCu dI1u dSdlIlSC
the peace and dignity of the
state of Minnesota and prays that
the said Bernhard Rempel may be
arrested and dealt with according
to law.-Albert Running.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me this 22nd day of July,
1918.-B. F. Clement, justice of
the peace.
Held to the Grand Jury.
The defendant waived examination
and was bound over to the gran
jury. bail being fixed in the sum O
$1,000, w. H. Hasman and d. G. Pen
per going on his bond. The gran
jury of Watonwan county will NEE
on the first Monday in October
The foregoing recital of RempeP
arrest and arraignment corlespond
in substance with the statement
published in The Free Press on Jul
%, 1918, 1t was not the desire &
The Free Press to do Mr.. Rempe
any injustice or give publicity to an
allegations that could prejudice bir
in the eyes of the court or those VIII
might be called upon to act as jur
Ors when he is placed on trial. 1t
not the purpose to do Mr. Rempt
any injustice now.
However, The Free Press is M
quite willing to concede that tn
Judge before whom Mr. Rempel woul
be tried could be prejudiced by an
allegations which might appear !
this or any other newspaper. Judge
are not Influenced by newspaper re
ports. To, assume such a thing woul
be reflection on their intelligent
and integrity.
The charge made in the notice fl
a retraction that the article was ma
liciously and Intentionally publishe
for the purpose of prejudicing ar
blasting the opinion of the court an
the jurors in the trial of the Remp
case has no foundation for the re;
son that The Free Press knew notl
ing of Mr.. Rempel except what w;
furnished it by the officers who inte
t.sted themselves in his arrest, al
they were supposed to be acquaintt
with the facts in the case 1t
quite unnecessary to say that II
Free Press has no personal grie'
ance against Mr.. Rempel and had ]
reason to publish anything but tn
which was legitimate newspap
comment. Jurors are expected
and do decide cases from the ev
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