New Ulm review., 1922-09-27

TO LET HIGHER BODY
SETTLE QUARREL.
TROUBLE STARTED BY YOUNG
BOY DRIVING AUTO
REcKLEssLY.
Monday and Tuesday Of last week
County Attorney w. T. Eckstein was
busy in the Municipal Court Of Sleepy
Eye with the preliminary hearing Of Ed.
Berkner and others charged with having
staged a riot in Court on the 18th Of
July and another one on the farm Of
Robert Hoppe in the Town If Leaven-
worth about seven s clock in the evening
of the same day. IS.
The Rioters.
Those charged with rioting in the
court room were Ed Berkner, William
Roberts and Walter Schuman Of Sleepy
Eye, al Bethke and Henry Seifert Of
Stewart and Charles Wilhite Of Milford.
At the. time of the first rioting an action
against Berkner for allowing his minor
son to drive car recklessly was being
/ tried. Those charged with rioting on
the Hoppe farm were Ed Berkner and
William Roberts Of Sleepy Eye and Dr..
Herman Gross and Henry seifert Of
Stewart. Hoppe. it is reported gave
some testimony at the trial which did
mot sit well with the defense and that
was why the roting was staged at the
Hoppe farm in the evening.
Bound Over.
Geo. Foster, prominent business
man Of Sleepy Eye, acted as special
Municipal Judge. At the trial Monday
it developed that others were implicated
in the, rioting in the court room July
j17 who had not been arrested on this
charge. They were ?. p. Raverty and
Dr.. Herman Gross and the special judge
! in his order binding the defendants ovel
to the District Court to await the action
Of the grand jury mentioned that there
was probable cause to believe that
Raverty and Gross were also implicated
i in the rioting. Bail was fixed at $500
each which was furnished and the de
PENDANTS we're set at liberty.
! Other Cases This Week.
For this week, beginning yesterday
/ four cases will be tried III the municipa
court, in which Ed Berkner, his sol
Stanton and William Roberts will be tn
I defendants. These are only minor case
in which the Municipal Court will hav'
| jurisdiction. It is not known at thi
1 time if the defendants will demand jur!
!: trials. II they, do it is possible that tn
cases 5. will take several days. to try. Thre
of the cases are against Ed. Berkne
himself one for driving Al auto truck
one for speeding and one for resisting q
officer: William Roberts is also charge,
J with resisting an officer and Stanton vii
have to answer to the charge Of drivin
! an auto truck while still under the ag
!. Of 16 years. 4. .,y Il.
Tempest In : Teapot.
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The trouble started last summer whe
a police officer Of Sleepy Eye CAV
orders to Stanton Berkner to qu
driving thru the streets recklesly. Th
: boy paid no attention to the warnir
I and when the ttempted toenfort
the order, William Roberts, who was
!: :Ithe car with Stanton, resisted the ehor
sf of the officer when he would have take
! The driving wheel Roberts was in Il
I employ Of Berkner at the time.
81 Berkner was called to account for th
8 actions Of his son and for two or thre
: q days both he and Roberts disappeare
but on the day Of the hearing they j,
4 appeared, reinforced. it lis said, by
Y number Of strong arm fellows, and pr
d ceeded to The room where Berkner
hearing was to be held. There Il
! rioting began, with the apparent purp9:
! of .intimidating the officers, At th:
!, time Hoppe gave his testimony an
! brought down upon himself the wrat
9 Of the Berkner outfit who went to Il
s Hoppe farm that evening and made
i demonstration calculated to inspi
4 Hoppe and his family with terro
y Hoppe retaliated BY having q warral
81 issued, for sRerkner,s arrest. Last week
trials for rioting were the result Of II
trouble in July.