New Ulm review., 1922-12-13

Edward F. Berkner And
William Roberts Are 81
Fined.
COSTS 70 DEFENDANTS I
TOTAL SUM OF $362 .46
Schroeck, Reinke, And Glaser
Enter Pleas OF Not
Guilty. 35

Guilty. &.
Edward F. Berkner, Sleepy Eye reaj
estate dealer, was fined $10O,and cost:
or each Of two cases OF unlawful as.
sembly by Judge |. M. Olsen in dis;
,trict court yesterday when he entered
pleas Of guilty. Mr.. Berkner made
his pleas on information filed by tbs
County attorney concerning the riot
in the Municipal court Of Sleepy Eye
and at the farm of Edward Hoppe last
summer.
William Roberts, also of Sleepy Eye.
was fined $50 and costs in each Of
the cases covering the same offense
and Paul Schumann who was charged
with being implicated in the rioting
in Municipal court was likewise fined
$50. Both Roberts and Schumann also
pleaded guilty.
In the above cases Berkner and
Roberts withdrew their appeals from
the Municipal court at Sleepy Eye and
Judge Olsen affirmed the Judgment ot
the lower court. In a third case
against Berkner and Roberts in which
the municipal judge had imposed q
Jail sentence, Judge Olsen fined each
Of the defendants $50 and costs.
Total Costs $362.46
The total costs in all Of theses cases
aggregate the sum of about 1852 ,46. &
Charles Schroeci1, Helmuth Reinke
and Ralph Chaser were arraigned for
violating the liquor laws on informal-
ton fled by the County attorney
All three entered pleas Of not guilty
Billy Edwards and Leo II. Haley
against whom inf ornation was filed
by the County Attorney for carnal
knowledge of female under the. age
ef 16 were arraigned Tuesday morning
and pleaded net guilty to this charge on
the opening Of court in the afternoon
The grand jury may return q number
Of indictments as it is known that
many matters viii be brought to their
attention. "a H. n a;3s. a
Jurors Are Excused.
Of the petit jurors who were ordered
to appear Tuesday morning the fol
lowing were excused on legal grounds:
Gottlieb Arndt, Of Springfield, Mrs
John Flor Of sigel, Miss Emma Geb,
ser, New Ulm, John Grausam, Burns
town, Bernhardt Kotten, Stark and
William Prosch Of Prairieville. M.
Upon the preliminary call Of the cal
endar it developed that the case o1
Anna Golaiek Us. Herman ]. Zieske ,et
al had been settled the case of q, =
Holdale vs.. Ida Vogtel having gone
to the foot Of the calendar and the
cases against the Electrict Short Line
Railway Co. having been passed fo1
! the present, the next case for jury
trial was the. appeal Of Ferdinand
lKettner in the matter of Judicia
/ Ditch No. "a, Redwood and Brown
counties ia which case jury was EN-
panelled Tuesday morning. 81 B.
Monday afternoon naturalizatio,
papers were granted to Paul Christen
| Isen, Ole Basmoeh Burchard Giese
Herman j. Bittler, Joseph Simon
Wenzel M. Sellner and Herman Linde
The applications Of Jacob Fritz, Her
man Wandersee, Herman Geske, Car
! M. Anderson and Paul Albert schnal
were continued until the May term
PROF. cRITCHETT VERY ILL.
New Ulm friends and acquaint
#Iof Prof. E. T. Critchett Of Minneapo
lis, a former superintendent in til
Ney Ulm public schools for man
i; years, will be grieyed to learn that b
has been very seriously id for a .s,111
.|ber of weeks at his home. He is al
4 Idicted with enlargement Of the hear
There seems to be 8 slight improve
4 ment st Iresert altho no visitor al
allowed to see him.
! Walter Sender eralt son 81 pcs
master Fred Pfaende who ls i head
\ the seed Y sstihg labor at6fies a at u
Albert Dickson 4 Seed Company
. Chicago, I'll, recently made i lb5ulLsine
!; "Trip To- Toronto and Ottaua, Canad
He had some very interesting yiissi
at the adian laberat tories and ea
Ihad q visit with Seed Commission
Clark. Walter says of Canads, q
is country Of great opp ortunities al
has immense room for deyelo lopment
Y y He also bad the honor sqf speekii!
e before q JOINT session ef the Aneric,
5sIseed Trade Asso ociation3 and Americ,
Analysts. 3