The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-12-24

UP his STORY
Confessed Operating Still
Sold the Product
BUYS NICE NEW AUTO
Relates How He Manufactured
Liquor Since July; Raid
Last Night

Federal agents who came here for
the purpose of aiding Anton Osten in
putting moonshiners. bootleggers and
gamblers out OF commission, kept up
the merry chase yesterday afternoon.
Two places where stills were suppos
ed to have been in operation were
visited. The first place raided was a
shack near the Peoples Fuel and Ice
companys plant in LeHillier, oc-
cupied for some time past by Jim
| Boarman, negro, VINO is raising a
I-herd OF pigs and ducks near the plant.
| When the officers reached the shack
dim was not present, but the door
was open and the officers walked in.
The shack was found to be as dry as
The Mohave desert, and even the fine
little brood OF airaale puppies housed
! IN a box near the door did not have
a drop OF milk in sight. Workmen
present when the officers arrived
| were rather indignant and wanted to
know what was doing. When they
were shown the search warrant, they
| said go to it,.
Hans George, foreman at the Peo-
pies Fuel and Ice company's Ice
pant sand: Jim Boarman has been
| scared half to death since United
States officers raided his place at 121
West Vine street, downtown, and
took his still away from him. He used
| to make booze down there, but has
not dared to make it out here. The
officers OF the ice company would not
stand for any such thing" The Unit
ed States man said that he was from
Missouri and would have TO be
shown, and thus that raid ended.
1 1t will be remembered that the
same day that the KietZer place out
on the Eagle Lake road was raided
last summer, and still seized there
in operation, the Boarman place at
121 West Vine was raided. When the
officers arrived there ''Nigger Jim,
as Boarman is Familiarity known, had
a large barrel and an oil stove loaded
on his automobile, and had a still in
a bag ready to put on to the wagon.
When he was asked by the officers
that day, where he was going he an
swered Out to Mayor Waters farm
in LeHillier."
| Visited Fleischman Place.
The officers next raided the John
Fleischman residence at 116 West
Franklin street, where all the evil
dences Of one time fourishine
plant was in evidence. Among the
tell tale evidence found, according tC
the secret service men, We're: Three
cases of new bottles were found
These were in a garage. The officers
also discovered number of bottles
which had been emptied, but still haG
; a wee nip left in them which had the
unmistakeable odor Of moon. The
government man states that bottles
were to be found in every nook anC
corner of the place, even in the
chicken coop. Three oil stoves -ant
a boiler were also found. Forty sever
6xy< veat
were dumped over a bank in the
quarry near the house, and a mum
! Der of barrels which, according to thu
officers showed signs of having beer
t used to hold mash were found.
Roasted the "old Man."
: In the house were Peter and Pau
J Fleischman, sons of John Fleisch
man. They denied any knowledge o
a "still" and said, search the house.
: as being very indignant at his "olt
q man." as he called an aged man wht
i was in bed drunk. Along side of tn,
'old man" was found bottle labeled
..Denatured Alcohol" The poison
$ seemed to agree with the fellow TO
he was snoring away to his heart
: content. This is<a fine way for thu
old man to come home drunk" sait
f Pete, "and get us in bad, and maxi
: il look like we had booze here"
o When the officers had thorough.
. searched the place they seized tn
l.'Denatured Alcohol" and took Pet
q Fleischman prisoner. On the way t
the county Jail Pete Fleischman wa
O asked how long it was since he ha,
n been engaged in any employment
and he answered, About six months
q | have a little money saved up sine
i was railroading and | am livin
on that"
Before United States Commissioners
y Late yesterday afternoon w.
Powell of Sioux City, charged wit
selling moonshine whiskey to a FEEDER
al agent, and Emmeran Roll, charge
with the manufacture and possession
ed before United States Commission
er Frank E. Morse. Powell entered
r plea Of not guilty and asked for
y hearing, which was set for two o'cloc
i this afternoon. In default of a bon
- of $1,000 the defendant was remande
, to the custody of the sheriff. Emmer
4 an Roll pleaded guilty to the charg
! await the action of the, grand jur
= at the April term of the Unite
X States court in this city. In defaul
8 of a bond of $1,000 he was remande
to the custody of the sheriff last even
ing but was expected to furnish
The case of Joseph Hottingel
charged with the illegal sale in tn
city hall barber shop: James Denb
= iof ST. James, charged with havin
= Illicit liquor on his person being !
'esia state of intoxication, and the cas-
y of John Zierwick, charged with hav
8 ing mash in his possession fit for dis
u tillation into alcoholic LIQUOR, will b
= taken up Thursday before Unite
% States Commissioner Frank r. Mors
!, FIeischman Made Confession.
= Peter Fleischman after lying in
4 cell at the county jail all last nigh
= this morning confessed to a FEEDER;
9 officer that he has been maxim
q moonshine for several months pas
Out of the proceeds Of the liquor b
had purchased Dodge automobil
which cost him $3.50, and he state
that he accumulated a great de;
IS more money, but he does not kno'
just how much. In the statement
i the officers he said that his objet
q of making moonshine was to put h
! parents on their feet, for they wer
! livery poor" He admitted that his sti
vi had a twenty gallon capacity, and 9
: one time he had 20S gallons of mas
t. brewing. The still down at his faith
a.