The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-28
Woman Seeks Dioorce
From Murder Suspect
Amanda z. Dethloff Charges
Her Husband With ALI
Manner of Things.

Starting some time last June, "a
tempest in a teapot" which is al
legged to have ruffled the waters Of
the sea of life for Henry Kehner.
and finally resulted today in his be-
ing bound over to wait the action
of the grand jury, viii no doubt
still rage on until the November
term of the district court, when the
defendant will have to answer to
the charge of dealing out "tempests"
from Leapots in the form of moon
shine to his customers in the KEN
ner restaurant.
The trouble all started, it is al
legged this way: Miss Esther Lee, a
waitress in the restaurant, accord
ing to her own testimony, had wait
ed on a patron of the eating estab-
lishment, and had served the man
his dinner and coffee. In addition
to this, Mr.. Kehner, she said, came
in from the back room with a tea
pot and a glass. The man poured
a white liquid from the teapot. and
drank it with great relish. While
Miss Lee did not express it in so
many words, she intimated that she
"smelled a rat" but the rat smelled
like alcohol. Miss Lee was at
loss to know why Mr.. Kehner charg-
ed the customer eighty cents for the
meal" when the regular cost was
only rs cents. Woman like her IN
ouisitiveness got the better OF her
and she raised the lid of the teapot
and shifted. She knew the smell
was not tea, either green or black,
nor any other color she had ever
brewed.
Claims Trouble Over Wages;
Miss Lee might have DATED
wise" but later on she admitted on
the stand. that she and Mr.. Kehner
got into an argument over wages,
and she alleged that she never got
her last eek's pay for service as
waitress. It was following this that
she gave the police a tip as 70
where they might find some booze;
On the evening of July IL, armed
with a proper search warrant, Chlel
of Police Phil Landmark ana u
ficers Volk and Kachelmyer search
ed the front part OF the basement
of 302 South Front street occupied
Chief Landmark and Officer Volk
Testified that they found one two
gallon Jug, which contained a guam.
tity of LIQUID that smelled like
moonshine. According to the tes-
timony of Professor M. A. Nichols,
instructor in chemistry at the Man
kato State Teachers college,, ne
made a test Of a sample taken IRON
the two gallon jug, and this liquid
tested by AZ. "a percent alcohoi upon
the chemical analysis. TfAs tesu-
mony was undisputed. ii
What Mr.. kehner Said.
Captain Edward w. Owen, who
leases the first floor and basement
of the williams building. in which
the Restaurant is located, said that
he had sub leased the basement to
Henry Kehner and John Anderson.
Mr. Kehner was conducting q res
taurant in the front part OF the
basement and Mr.. Anderson pho
Geographic studio in the middle rear
of the basement. There is a store
room there which is partly used Dy
both tenants. This storeroom is
locked about II P. M. each night by
Mr.. Anderson and not opened until
about 6 A. M. Leading from this
store room to the outside Is q pas
saeeway to the stairway leading to
Hickory street. The outside door
is never locked. Both Mr.. Amber
son and Mr.. Kehner said that people
might come in this vestibule and go
out without them knowing it,
According to the tone OF Mr..
Kehner's testimony, he thinks that
someone may have left the jugs
and bottles found in the store room
there. He said that he knew moth.
ing whatever about them, and that
he never served anything in a tea
pot but tea. Asked by County At
torney Phillips if he had heard the
testimony of Miss Lee, who stated
that the LIQUID poured out of the
teapot Was white or clear like water,
Mr.. Kehner answered, "Of course,
weak tea looks like water, at least
something like water" Mr.. Kehner;
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