The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-01

continued until the DSCemDeT teTHl
of the federal court which will con-
vene at ST. Paul. This will be the
first case to come before the court
at that time.
AS soon as the motion was granted
United States Attorney Alfred JAG
cues moved that the trial of Stein
hauser be started under the second
indictment. The defense objected 10
this on the same grounds as the hrst.
After considerable discussion II was
agreed that the second indictment
should be allowed to stand on tne
calendar with the understanding thar
it was not to be brought to triai WHIT
out giving the defense due NOTICE.
Two separate indictments were
voted last night by the federal grand
Jury against Albert Steinhauser, pup
Usher of The New Ulm REVIEW.
These indictments were returned un-
der the espionage act and the nrst
is brought against the defendant on
three counts and the second on SIX
counts. The counts are the same as
those contained in the original IN
dietment which was quashed yester-
day by the action of Judge Booth
in granting the motion of Attorney
G. G.. Joslyn, Steinhauser's attorney
Under the first indictment Stein
hauser is charged, on three counts,
with bringing the government of THE
United States, the army or cne coun-
try and the navy into ridicWe ana
disrepute by having published on
July 5. 1918, articles and quotations
from German newspapers. In the
second Indictment he is charged with
obstructing the draft, discouraging
enlistment and encouraging fnsuD-
ordination in the military forces OF
the nation by printing articles on
July 6, 1917, August 3 and August 10
of the same year.
Demurrer Is Filed.
Attorney c. G.. Joslyn filed a de-
murrer on the same grounds as that
: of yesterday, claiming multiplicity
of claims, as soon as the indict :
ment was presented in court. Judge
Booth overruled the demurrer and
Steinhauser entered plea of not
Attornev Alfred Jacques immediate
ly moved for trial of the case At
to,ney Joslyn objected and moved
for a continuance of the case, stating
that he had affidavitS in preparation
which would show that the defen-
dant needed witnesses from outside
the state and that he wished to pre-
sent these affidavits to the court be-
fore the case went farther Judge
Booth granted half to three quarters
of an hour in which the affidavits
| might be secured. but the defense
failed to appear in court before a
noon recess was called. .g.;
Last night at nine o'clock the fed
erai grand jury returned the last in
dictmants and was dismissed from
further service All the indictments
were taken up before Judge Booth
| this morning majority of the of
| lenses were for transporting liquor
{ from Minnesota into Iowa, which is
contrary to the criminal code.
! Herman Mueller Indicted.
| Herman H. Mueller of Brown
county was arraigned on the charge
! of having made remarks which would
| cause INSTRUMENTATION in the military
| forces of the United States He is
i alleged to have made statements tC
one Alfonso S. Berg. that there was
| not better man in the world than
the kaiser and that the United States
| should not have entered the war
!! These statements are alleged to have
been made during last May and June
Mueller appeared in court anC
! pleaded not guilty to the charge. He
/ had no attorney and the court in
structed him to secure a lawyer fol
! his defense Immediately
/ Victor Klinkhammer of New Prague
| orroi rr,n OH of IL r.
gemarks which would obstruct the
enlistment service of the govern
ment. Attorney George Northlant
appeared for Mr.. KIinkhammer and
entered q plea of not guilty Klink
hammer is an old man in mis- sew
enty- fifth year.
Carl Il. Swanson was brought be-
fore the court on a charge of sendins
letters through the mail for fraud
lent and scheming purposes. He en-
tered plea of not guilty to tn,
charge.
i Booze Shipments Charged.
Eight indictments were returnet
fer illegally Transporting or attempt
ing to transport booze from Mime
sofa into Iowa. Charles Denkma1
appeared before the court and plead
ed guilty to the charge of shippin,
LIQUOR into Iowa with the cases no
properly marked. Attorney North
land of st. Paul appeared il lis be
half. The defense stated that thi
was Denkman's first offense ant
asked for leniency Assistant Unit
: ed States Attorney Dickey said tn,
liquor was not intended for an arm
/, camD and that as it was the defen
dant's first offense he also recon
mended leniencv. The court i'm
posed fine of 500 and warned th
defendant that it was only becaus
this was the first offense that he wa
r not punished by Imprisonment.
:, James d. McKellip was arraigne
: on a like charge and also pleade,
guilty. On the recommendation O
Attorney Dickey the court also i'm
5 posed a fine in this case sentencin
the defendant to paw $50 and warn
( ing him against further offenses
Csrl Sorenson and Peter Zee plead
D ed guilty to the offense of havin
f transported LIQUOR into Iowa am
:. they were sentenced to pay fines O
e $3.50 each.
Moses M. Bassett of Mankato wa
J arraigned on the charge of abettin
5 one Charles Pooch in the purchas
o Of liquor which he knew was destino
/ for Iowa. Mr.. Bassett was formerl
g a saloonlkeeper in this city. operatin
, ! the White front saloon. He entere