The Mankato free press., 1921-09-30
Now Confined In the Blue
Earth County Jail
ATTEMPT AT GETAWAY
Carl Kahn and Charles Youman
Accused of the Illicit
Whisky Making

ed yesterday afternoon in a success
full raid on moonshine camp in the
thickly wooded hills on the Maple
river about eight miles south Of Man
kato. where Carl Kalin, and Charles
Youman were found busily engaged
in placing a quantity o. mash on an
Oil stove preparatory to distilling
mountain dew" After lively chase
on the part of the officers, who had
to make detour of perhaps six miles
in order to reach the same side of
the river the moonshiners were on,
the two men mentioned were overta-
ken and placed under arrest Later
they were lodged in, the county jail
Soon after their capture, according
to the statement of sheriff Anton Os-
ten, both>Inen admitted that they had
been making booze at that spot for
some time past.
Sheriff Given Tip.
Sherln Osten upon receiving a
straight tip yesterday that moonshine
ron the farm of E. Hoff on the Maple
river, left here about three o'clock
He was accompanied by Deputy Sher-
in Eli KlugherZ, Chief of Police Phil
Landmark, and Judge Hiram s. Goff
1t took good deal of inquiring be-
fore the officers were finally directed
to the brink OF cut bank perhaps
100 feet straight down. From this
point while hidden in the bushes the
sheriff's party could look down across
the Maple valley and see two men en-
gagged in filling up two stills with IL
quid taken from a barrel. This was
placed on an oil stove. according to
the statement of Sheriff Osten, and
the two men from all appearances had
completed arrangements for the max
ing of the real stuff
Two Left On Guard.
|. 1t was impossible to cross the
valley at that point with a machine,
so it was decided to leave Chief of
Police Phil Landmark and Judge Goff
on guard while, Sheriff Osten and
tour of about six miles to reach the
booze plant. The two officers had
been gone but short tine, according
to the statement of Chief Landmark,
when the two moonshiners for some
reason must have taken fright, for
they emptied the contents of the
mash barrels and left the camp hur-
Judge Goff seeing the men making
their getaway. forgot all about the
steepness of the cut bank and slid
down SO fast to the bottom, that
Chief Landmark says that he expect
ed to see the magistrates trousers go
up in smoke any minute Owing to
the fact that His Honor" is over six
feet tail, the swollen torrent of the
Maple river did not daupt him In
least-it may be that he wished to
"cool his clothes" after his perilous
slide down the precipice. Chief Lund-
mark followed as quickly as he could
hu q nd col 70 ,1& vs@h
ing to emulate the court in his slide
for life down the face of the perpend-
icular bank. When they reached the
>moonshine camp the moonshiners
were nowhere in sight, but they kept
following in the direction the two men
had taken. Soon they met E. H. st.
John, who was driving a manure
spreader, and is in the employ of
John and William Ballard. Mr.. st.
John told the. chief and the Judge
that he had given two men a lift to-
ward the Good Thunder road a few
minutes before He said that the two
men had asked him when the Mil
waukee train left Rapidan station for
Mankato.
Men Placed Under Arrest.
When Sheriff Osten and Deputy
Sheriff KlugherZ came up in their
were directed down the road after the
machine after making the detour they
fugitives, who were soon overtaken
Kalin and Youman denied any know
ledge Of the camp they had just left,
but later admitted that they had been
making booze there for some time.
They were taken back to where Mr..
st. John was working and he posi-
lively identified them as. the men he
had given ride to a short time be-
fore.
When the camp was reached it was
found from all evidences that tent
had been pitched there for some time
new keg for holding the finished pro-
duct, three fifty gallon barrels filled
with mash. which was fermenting and
sending forth fumes that would have
tickled the nostrils of any topper were
found. About twenty five empty su-
gar sacks, and thirty empty Karo
syrup cans were found scattered
about the ground. showing that the
distillery had been in operation for
three burner and the other a two
burner stove, were there in addition
to crooks, pans and other equipment
for the manufacture of moonshine
Sheriff Osten says that from the
remains of lunch scattered about the
camp the moonshiners lived on the
fat of the land 3
Stuff Had Kick In It.
The first glance Sheriff Osten gave
the barrels of mash he realized that
the stuff had kick" in it that would
put a government mule to shame, but
regulations are regulations and in or
der to have the evidence on the,
moonshiners. samples of the mash.
had to be taken back to Mankato.
Several of the Karo cans were filed
with it and the officers and their
prisoners started back to Mankato. If
the residents of the city of Oppau on
the Rhine river in Germany were
frightened the other day by the ter
rife explosion which occurred there
and obliterated nearly the whole city
so were the officers and prisoners
alike on their way to Mankato. There
was a bang beneath one of, the seats
and the next instant the cover Of one
of the Karo pals was observed doing
an aviation stunt, and for all the Of
ficers know. the article may be go
ing yet. The things that Deputy
Sheriff Klugherz said when the mash
In its trip heavenward struck him and
nearly obliterated him would have
made the language of a pirate sound
like that of preacher. Two more
cans exploded on the way In and it is
said that the entire party distinctly