The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-06-02
ALIBI is HIS CLAIM
Wild DENIES GUILT
HEARING Is SET FOR MON
DAY AT LIE sUEUR
WITNESS WAS SOUGHT
Young Man Is Charged With
Holding Up Omaha Depot
Operator.

Operator.
Hearing of the cast of Ollie
Wild, arrested by City Detective Al
Nolk and Special Agent A. Liden OF
the Chicago ST. Paul and Omaha,
Thursday night at Mankato on the
charge of highway robbery, for the
alleged holding up of an Omaha sta
ton agent at lie Sueur on The night
IF May u, has been continued until
Monday morning. Wild is now in
custody of Deputy Sheriff Louis Hay
ford of lie Sucur.
Wild's hearing was set for three
o'clock yesterday afternoon before
Judge Thomas Smullen OF the mu-
b nicipal court of the city OF lie
Sueur, but owing TO the fact that
*he defense lacked one witness,
County Attorney L. ". Prender-
CAST upon request Thomas Hessian,
attorney for the defendant, agreed
I'll nine O'Clock Monday morning,
and Wild was remanded to the Gus
tody of Deputy Sheriff Louis Hay
ford.
Ollie Wild is charged with hold
ing up Cyril n. Frank night agent of
the Omaha road al LIZ SueCr on the
night of MAY u about 9:S0, and OF
forcing Frank at the point Of re.
volTer 10 open up the cash register
and Other cash drawers and turn
over the money amounting TO about
S3S.
Operator Frank in a statement to
a representative of The Free Press,
VINO went to lie Sueur yesterday
afternoon. said. that the man who
forced him to turn over the cash
was about the size OF Wild: but his
face was covered with handSer-
chief and il would be hard to state
if Wild is the man.
He sold one ticket to Mankato for
train No. Z. and two tickets for
Msnkato for train No. II. No. z
reaches Mankato about P. NJ. and
No. IL at 1888 P. VI.
Statement From Wild.
Wild in a statement to The Free
Press at lie Sueur yesterday after
noon said that he purchased ticket
from Frank at TIPS on the evening
Sueur soon afterw ards, and reached
Mankato at SOC P. NJ. This he said
would bring him to Mankato almost
an hour before the holdup occurred
at LIE Sueur. 90
II went to the Kato when ! reach
ed Man'5ato,'' said Wild and Dor
rowed forty FIVE cents from Robert
Herold. ] had date with dame,
and soon afterwards left. Herold IL
you meet him will tell you this"
Robert Herold stated soon after
arriving at lie .Sueur yester-
DAY that wild did come into the
Kato on the evening of May IL
about $50 and borrowed forty I'VE
rents. Herold says that he is sure
that it was no later. than $3.50.
Wild also explained that he had
ridden to lie Sueur with Carl Krue-
ger of Mankato on an auto truck
vehicle at lie Sueur. He stated that
be spent some time at the Jaeger
pool hall in that city, and later
went to moving picture house and
listened to a radio concert. and n
naIly at ,7:25 purchased a ticket for
Mankato as stated.
Jaeger Remembers Wild
Alfred Jaeger. the proprietor OF
the Jaeger pool hall stated that he
place of business on the afternoon
preceding the robbery of the
Omaha depot at lie Sueur. at about
2:30 and remained there for some
time. He asked how many police
was in lie, Sueur and was told that
there was only one.
Roland Miller said that he was IN
f. . the DOOi Qdll " men IuE was
asked and replied tfat there was
only one policeman, Marshal Elmer
Beliveau, who he pointed out to
Wild.
Clarence Morgan stated that he
played two games OF pool with WILD
during the afternoon Morgan says
that shortly before the arrival Of
Omaha train No. z he went to the
depot at LIE Sueur. but he did not
see Wild on the platform or any
where about the depot. He did moi
see him board the train either.
Paddy Dewire also saw Wild ir
the Jaeger pool Gall.
IT is understood that the state
will produce at least one witness
who claims he saW'Wild during the
afternoon of May II, in LIE Sueul
: and who will swear that he me-
Wild on the streets of lie Sueur a.
nine O'clock that night.
The state will also show that the
ticket sold for train No. for Man
kato on that night has not yet beer
taken up, while two sold for traiI
No. IL have been checked up. 1t /!
alleged that the rebate check cor
responding to the ticket taken.up OF
train No. IL. which reached Man
kato shortly before midnight OF
May IL was found in possession o
Wild.
Special agent A. Liden and a re-
porter of the Free Press were giver
a very pleasant auto ride back from
lie Sueur by John Johnston Of thi!
city.