The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-03
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Of the crime after he had pleaded
guilty.
Twenty -four, Married Three Times
Earl Sorenson, aged twenty
and who has gone through the mar
riage ceremony three times in his
short but hectic career, was sentenc.
ed to not more than two years at hard
labor in the st. Cloud reformatory
whom he was convicted OF bigamy by
his own plea Of guilty. Sorenson was
arrested some time ago by officers
acting on information furnished by
Viva M. Burrell. Sorenson said m
court this morning that his first mar
riage was terminated by divorce and
that the second two which so unfor-
tunately overlapped were the result
of a misunderstanding. The court
censured the lack of responsibility
shown by the defendant and stated
that the prisoner was. something like
a leaf driven before the wind, getting
nowhere and finally going to pieces
without having made any progress.
1t is said that Sorenson is wanted
in several other places and that pend
ing Investigation Of these charges in
other jurisdictions, no commitment
will be made out for this prisoner.
Rauseh Begins To Talk
When Matt Rausch, convicted boot
logger, was brought before the court
and asked If he had anything to say
before sentence was passed, a long
converse ton was held IL court. judo
Comstock probed the prisoners army
record and found it to be without
! flaw. Rausch was drafted into serv
ice in April, 1918 and was honorably
/ discharged in February 1919. His
record in the army, according to his
statement, was clear as a whistle,
and the present crime is his only en-
tanglement with the law.
Although there was no way Of an
ticipating the action Of the court, it
seemed probable that the court was
about to show some clemency in this
case. Then Rausch made the state
ment that he had not had what he
considered fair trial and that wit
nesses with whom he would have at
tempted to prove an alibi were not
called.
Court fans were not long in detect
ing the CLINT that came into the eye
of the court when Rausch took the
attitude Of innocence after what had
seemed to be an unerring conviction
| of guilty man The court then in
formed Rausch that he could be
heard in regard to the matter this
afternoon and no sentence was passed
! Gets Directed Verdict
In the civil case of J. Will Rice
and H. H. GiHeas against the Farm
ers and Labor Cooperative Stores as
ISOLATION. on motion of attorneys for
the defendant corporation, the court
returned a directed verdict in favor
Of the defendant yesterday afternoon
The motion by defendant counsel was
made after the plaintiff case had been
presented to the jury.
| The action was for the recovery Of
$3.50 alleged to have been due on &C
count in the sale of the store which
is on Front street, this city Hug<es
& Baker represented the plaintiff and
Regan & Grogan the defendant
Clair and counter-eIaim
Claim and counter claim for dam
ages growing out of an automobile
: collision featured the next case, that
Of Frank w. Mateicek against Edward
F. Hubmer. A collision between the
cars OF the two parties in this suit
occurred on August %. 1921 and
both allege the fault to be with his
opponent in this trial and each seeks
damages, the plaintiff for $685. and
the defendant on counterclaim, $3.50.
| ISSSdu q TIOSdu appear lOr Tue pldlu :
tiff and ]. w. Schmitt for the defend
ant
| Jurors who will decide this case
which was on trial today are George
\ Krauss, Dora Mccarthy, Robert Wig
ley, Berhma Peterson, Evan J. Davis.
James Engles, w. r. Hammett, Ben
Just, George McMichaels Michael
Baynes. Olive Cain and Walter
| e-.. ~ c.t.L
| Several more cases in the civil list
have gone by the boards so far as
trial is concerned. In the case of D
D. Murphy against Raymond D. Con-
kiln and Blanche Conklin judgment
was entered as per stipulation F w.
Carpenter Lumber company's suit
against w. G. Hoerr was continued
by consent of parties and the next
case, that of l. P. Jones against c. c.
Harris was settled and stricken from
the calendar. The case of the Chica-
go. Feed and Fertilizer company
against the Windmiller company was
also continued by consent.