The Mankato free press., 1921-12-30

this $50 bill and knew that is all I
could get. He fired at me again and he
was gaining on me. so thought well
and he was gaining on me. and |
thought he was going to get me. !
turned around and saw him bring his
gun at me and he clicked his gun three
after got hold of the gun again there
was no more shells in 1t, the empty
shells was there. and no loaded shells
or cartridges. He clicked 1t at me three
him and he turned and started to beat
| it back. and I plunked him.
He just kind of threw up his arms
you know and throwed off his coat, just
and faced me. was right near him. you
know. and thought he started to
scnffle with me. ] guess he just was
Hears Farmers and Dogs.
"He didn't say anything. not word.
then he fell. l heard the farmer there
that lives right there, heard the dogs
bark and lights come on, and know
talk little while and go back. I must
| have stayed right there and kept quiet
never moved for half an hour, and the
! lights went off. I was waiting for them
start up the car. The car had died. I
tried to pick him up and pull him out
| to the car and it was too much for me.
So I backed the car up and loaded him
house. no N I knew that he he had shot from
the school room window. that he had
shot from the school room through the
window and I figured that is the way
that there would be hole in that win
dow and 1 wanted to cover that hole
so l just showed my fist through the
window pane and ] went back and got
in, fHn ND Had ant
to Elk River.
'I didn't know what to do. my radi-
ator was froze up and Just steaming
to beat the dickens. and I pulled up in
dead 1t must have been about $3.50
o'clock or quarter to four. took the
blankets off and put them over the
radiator and left my engine run and
began to get little dusk. a little
daylight. l drove on past the school
house and then the notion came to me
to take him back and put, him in the
dumped him out of the car and unload
ed him in the school house.
| Never Met Person.
II had him in that car up to Elk
| River and back. never passed a soul,
nobody came along the road or nothing.
| 7 laid him down on the school house
floor and went through him to see il
he had had any other money conceal
in, but he didn't. And started to go.
and said, God. he Is there and they
know hir. and he will be Identified
You took papers out Of his pockets?'
"All / had was his wallet, that is the
papers in the wallet. I never took any
other papers from him at all. The
| beads We're IN his watch pocket. and
looked at them and stuck them back in
| in for it, l didn't want to do it. but the
| only way to get out of identification was
to burn the building.
| Fires the Building.
80 then I set fire to the building /
went up to the stove, l figured might
/ find can of kerosene, and there was a
/ pint bottle of kerosene there. 1 opened
| it and smelled it and I guessed it was
kerosene. it wasn't gasoline: There was
| lying on the deck and I picked them up
! and laid them down by the door lead
| ing from the school room into the hall
and lit them and went to Elk River l
pulled up in front of this garage again
| and they wasn't open. / drained my
radiator and went over to the hotel
the lobby talking to the girl there for
a little while about what time the
garage would be open and one thing
and another: She told me it was open
IT waited there until seven and went
| back to the garage. and we got my car
pulled in and got hot water in the radi-
ator and couldn't get her started And
! the man opened up and fixed the timer,
| tn round bulb with a bunch of wires
coming from it. I had left my switch
or and the points had come together,
| they kind of formed a point in there and
| they was connected. He took them
out ard put them back in and she
started and took her and went out in
| the street and went around in her and
she was hitting all right and I brought
her back and settled my bill and came
! in to Minneapolis.
Travels Same Road.
ST came right back the same road
past the school house. 1t was burned
down all except & little floor on TIE