The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-01-21
SHOT NURSE GIRL DEAD
Victor johnson, Minneap-
lis, Then Slew Self
TRAGEDYIN ROCHESTER
He Wounded Young Lady's Es-
cort; Mystery In the Shoot
ing Affair

Rochester, Mimi, January IL
Miss Clara Frederickson, nineteen
years old, nurse in the Colonial
hospital. one of the Mayo institutions
here, was shot to death. and her
escort, Hugo Kline, "a farmer boy,
was wounded Saturday night by a
stranger who killed himself after the
shooting.
The only mark of naturalization on
the murder was the name Vincent
lesson, Mitchell, s. D." found on a
tag in the mans clothing which bore
the mark Of firm of Mitchell, S. D.
tailors.
Held Dynamite in Hand
A half stick Of dynamite was found
clutched in the hand of the murderer
The other half Of the stick was found
nearby.
The shooting took place in front of
A twelve year old girl, who witnessed
the shooting, fed to a neighbor's
home and gave the alarm.
Miss FrederickSon and Kline. who
lives near the city, left the nurses
home shortly after eight o'clock, to go
for an automobile ride. Kline step
ped into the machine first and Miss
1OllOWcu I'LL. AS SIG
was closing the door the stranger
rushed up to the car.
Miss Frederickson alighted.
you here?" she asked.
Couple Fired Upon.
Kline stepped out on the running
board. IF you want to go with him,
all right" he said. eff with me. all
The stranger did not answer. In
o. Io &~I Of
Kline. The bullet struck Kline in the
chin, glanced to his ribs and lodged
in the fieshy part of his back.
The stranger then seized Miss
Frederickson around the waist and
held her while he fired three shots
into her body. He let her fall to the
ground. Then he turned and ran.
Haf bic block Away a he nated and
He was dead when the police arrived.
The motive for the shooting is a
mystery. Miss Frederickson has been
at the Colonial hospital for two years.
Her stepmother lives at Porter, Mimi,
and her father lives at Perham, Iowa.
Stranger Killed Self
Minneapolis, Mimi, January Il
Claire Frederickson, Rochester nurse
who was shot and killed by man who
first shot Hugo Kline, the girls es
cort, and then killed himself, at Ro-
chester Saturday night, have identi
fed the murderer as Victor Johnson,
a resident of Minneapolis during
much of the past five years.
The da sttsFs sEasS g f Sesn %a
ed from Minneapolis though no ad-
dress in this city was given. In them
he girl was upraided for refusing to
see the writer. That the two had been
acquainted for several years was in
dictated.
Miss Frederickson's parents live in
Porter, Mimi, in Yellow. Medicine
county, but she had been in Roches
ter two years. student nurse at the
Colonial hospital.
Had Been In Town Two Weeks.
Johnson was known as a rover, and
had been in Rochester two weeks. He
had been in that city several times,
however, and was known as a casual
lahorer who dressed well while not at
Rochester at this time he joined a
railroad bridge crew.
That the presence Of the girl who
was killed because she repulsed his
advances brought him back . to Ro-
chester frequently Is the belief Of the
police of that city. In a suit case at
his rooming house was found ko-
IL she had answered his appeals by
mail her letters had been destroyed.
Before the shooting, which the Ro-
chester police say was we'll planned.
Johnson destroyed every one Of his
effects which might lead to identified
ton. Marks upon his linen were
blotted out and names of firms torn
from his other clothing The name
Of tailor which escaped his scrutiny
led to the belief at first that his name
was Victor lesson. Scraps of letters
were found in the room. but most of
these had been carried from the
house,