The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-03


former resident Of GAINESVILLE, died
there Saturday, May Fl, from the eff
fects of paralytic stroke.
Hon. w. 1. Nolan, speaker of the
Minnesota House of Representatives,
will address the people of GAINESVILLE
on the second day of the tournament
in the afternoon of June Q.
F.G. Crawford. blacksmith of Fari-
bault. was painfully injured Sunday
and his car badly damaged. A horse
grazing along one of the roads near
Faribault plunged through the wind
shield, broke the steering wheel and
sent the car down a fifty foot en-
bankment.
Charles Remmey of Faribault sus-
tanned a double fractured left leg
when the truck in which he was riding
with Walter Remmey. and two young
ladies colliede with another car. The
truck was a Ford and it is said the
other car, a REQ, driven by Harry
the rear of the truck. The other part
les were shaken up quite badly and
received few minor injuries.
Harry D. Baker and Ray Wilson.
who pleaded guilty to a charge of
the theft of the Studebaker car be-
longing to DR.. J. N. Tate of Faribault,
were sentenced to from 1 to 10 years
in Saltwater psnitentiary.
John and George Franta and Paul
and Arnold Richter of Fanbault were
each fined $iU and costs for having
black bass in their possession.
In all probability there will be no
carnival for Rochester, The alder
men of that city turned down the ap-
plication of Company C. to bring a
carnival there during the week of
June 6. Remarks indicated that no
licenses would be issued this season.
Unless attempts at shop lifting at
Rochester cease, prosecutions will fol-
low. Two women were recently ar
rested on this charge there; one was
from Wisconsin and the other from
Rochester.
Jess Law of Fair1nont has found
sum stolen from him. The money
was taken out, but the checks left.
John Grill of Fairmont incorporat-
ed his Ford agency at 100000. The
new concern will be known as the
Grill Motor company. The officers are
DR.. w. l.. Webb, president; Frank o.
Jones, vice president: G.. w. Dam
mann. secretary and treasurer.
Judge A. B. Childress has a ma
trominial tangle before him which
he has been asked to solve. 1t seems
that Samuel d. Walters about year
ago secured divorce from his wife,
Mrs. Anna B. Turner. Now comes
Mrs. Jennie D. Walters with the in
formation that she knew nothing of
the divorce at the time until short
time ago. Walter at the time stat
ed that his wife had left him and he
could not find her. She states he
knew where she was all the time.
The judge is now asked to re- tie one
marriage knot and by thus doing
sever the other.
A membership drive for the Fari-
bault Chamber of Commerce has
been started. After two hours and
a half of work Wednesday fifty new
memberships were reported. The
goal is 400. n
Lawnie Potter, one Of the men ar
rested at st. James some time ago,
on charge of carrying concealed
weapons, was sentenced to five
months in the Blue Earth county Jail
at the regular session of the court.
1t is understood that Joseph Elliott,
the other man, also arrested on the
same charge, and who it was later
learned. left his post at Fort Smell
ing without leave, has been tried by
court martial on a charge of lar
ceny and found guilty. The sentence
in this case is four years in the
Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth.
with issuing fraudulent check,
was fined S200 and cnsts