New Ulm review., 1922-07-19
s'BILL" PFEIFFER
GETS SIX YEARS
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Verne and Raymond Brooks were
present at the time.
Clothes Hid Upstairs Again.

NlOCneS IAAQ OP0IoAEo kASoANs
The clothes were carried upstairs in
Verne Brooks house. Looking for q
buyer was the next step and Norman
Mcclellan came to the house and
looked at the clothes. He handed Max
SIS and took some six or seven suits
away in q suit case. Later McClel-
lon telephoned that he had found a
buyer for the rest Of the clothes and
the clothes were taken to a tailor,
Max Schaefer and sold. Max Pfeif-
fer testified that he had received only
S45 for the first six or seven suits,
but the county attorney had it SIS.
Max drove Rubey's car back to New
Ulm and left it south Of Turner Hall
He then returned to St. Paul and
travelled to various parts Of the state
in company with Brooks.
Broke in Through Basement.
In answer to question by the
county attorney, Max Pfeiffer explained
that they had pried open a basement
window and entered the Foster &
Bertrand store in that way.
Judge Olsen inquired about his oc-
cupation and Max told how he had
been doing painting, but went into
the restaurant business for a while,
being located at 101 North Broadway,
but that the last time he worked was
on farm last spring. 1t is about a
Year and half since he quit work as
painter. He operated the restau-
rant from January till June last year.
In answer to the judges questions he
said that he is "a years old and
that the plan to commit the Sleepy
Eye burglary was formed about a week
previous to the act.
Victor Berndt Implicated.
Continuing answering questions put
by the Judge, Max told that several
meetings were held in his house after
supper evenings, to plan the burglary
and that Raymond Brooks and Victor
Berndt, nephew of Philip Liesch 81
this city, were present with Max in
laying the plans. These meetings were
held between 7 and 8 o'clock general
ly. Max testified that William Pfeif-
fer did not take part in these meetings
and knew nothing about the burglary
until the morning of May IL when
Max woke him up and told him about
it. .-..H
Going back, Max told that it was
about II o'clock at night when he and
Brooks took the Emmerich. truck.
They left the truck about block and
half from Foster & Bertrand's store
parking it block off from Main street.
He declared that he didn't know which
store they were going to- break into
till after they got to Sleepy Eye 1sbut
Brooks must have known, I guess
he said,
Sold Lots" Of Liquor.
Max said that he had known Brooks
since March, getting acquainted with
him at the time Brooks helped the
Schmidt family to move from Sleepy
Eye to New Ulm. He said that he
had never been convicted of crime
before. Asked if he had sold liquor
when in the restaurant business, he
replied in a somewhat proud tone OF
voice, ''Lots of it,. In reply to a
question from the judge, he admitted
that the liquor had been furnished by
his brother William but as an after
thought and as if to get more credit
for his work he added: 81 furnished
some of it myseH.'' s
Max is married and has three chill
dren. His wife was present in court
as was the wife Of Raymond Brooks.
Counted Buildings.
The county attorney kept coming
back to points in connection with the
burglary and Max told how they had
counted the buildings on Main street
up to the Foster & Bertrand store and
then counted in the alley in order to
be sure of getting the right place from
the back.
When asked by the county attorney
how it was that the Rubey car came
back from the St. Paul trip with one
license plate missing and the other
fastened on with a wire Max said he
couldn' explain that and knew nothing
about it.
He told tls.st he had gone with
Brooks into Northern Minnesota after
of the clothes and stayed for
a while at the Brooks place in the
woods near Little Falls. There they
left Mrs. Brooks and the two children
and went down into Waseca County
where Brooks father lives. Brooks
and Max then returned to New Ulm
and were together here when Max was
May 81 for being in a fight.
Brooks disappeared right after the
arrest Of Max.
Brooks Corroborates Max.
Raymond Brooks was then put on
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