The Mankato free press., 1923-10-12
Mrs. Adolph Mueller Is
Again In Print
HINTS AT,BIG MESS
Charges Trial Did Not Come
Of In Order To Cover
Scandal

was heard today in communica-
ton which was published in The
New Ulm Journal. 1t bears the
signature of Mrs. Adolph Miller OF
this city and reads as follows,
To the Journal, New Ulm, Minn.
Ny attention has. been brought to
statement in a recent issue of the
New Ulm Journal in regard to the
settlement Of the case of Henry
Kachelmeyer and Phil Landmark
brought against me. ! wish TO state
that someone has been grossly mis-
Informed concerning this affair;
did not sign retraction. II such
rumor is current as you intimate in
your paper, it is absolutely false
and with no foundation. The facts
are that the police officers withdrew
the case and agreed to pay my eX-
penses that might have been incur
red in preparing for defense.
1T might be of interest to the
public to know that my lawyer. J: E.
Regan, went back on me the last
moment, and did not notify me OF
my trial until twenty minutes be-
fore it was called. Both Mr.. Laur-
isch and Mr.. Regan grilled me, try
ing to get me to consent TO sign a
retraction at the last minute. Three
or four times Mr.. Laurisch exerted
his legal ingenuity in concocting a
nicely. worded retraction by which
the police officers would be vindi
Gated, and each and every time
fatty refused to sign. Then Mr..
Regan entreated me as a public
spirited citizen to desist so as not
10 bring a blotch on Mankato's fair
name. He said that if my witnesses
gave their testimony it would ex-
pose the abominable condition of
the city Of Mankato, and would
cause the biggest scandal ever
known here. That the two police Of
have to leave town That so many
people would be involved in the
vortex Of the rotten conditions in
the city, that it would give Mankato
black eye They beseeched me
to sign a .retraction, saying that
had nothing to lose by doing so,
while it meant losing the Jobs and
self respect of the two police offic-
ers II the trial went on. . Personally,
/ felt that il such lax conditions
existed in the city's organization,
as Mr.. Regan mentioned. it was high
time something was done to clean
up the city. and was anxious to go
through with the trial.
please print the above in the
New Ulm Journal so that the read
ers will get the straight facts of this
a1air-Mrs: Adolph Mueller"
When Attorney John e. Regan
was shown the communication he
penned these lines for public con-
sumption:
THE clipping from The New Ulm
Journal is too ridiculous to be wor-
thy of consideration. AS you will
recall. Mrs. Mueller was sued for
ten thousand dollars by Mr.. Kach-
elmyer and Mr.. Landmark for de-
tamation OF character. The case was
dismissed without costs or disburse-
ments TO either party. The publica-
tion as appeared in the paper did
not in any way mention Mr. Lund-
mark or Mr.. Kachelmyer Mrs. Muel-
ler's statement referred to the ad-
ministration. The statement on
the paper which she signed merely
stated that she did not reflect upon
the character of Mr.. Landmark or
Mr.. Kachelmyer and they. in turn
signed statement that they under
stood that she did not so reflect
upon them and that ended the case.
AS for going back on her the
last moment, as she states in her
enlightening article, Mrs. Mueller
knew a week ahead that the case
would be tried most any day and
Informed her at noon that the trial
was to start in the afternoon, at
which time she informed me she
was busily engaged in the family
washing and could not possibly
come, to which made response that
the court would hardly adjourn court
until the washing was done, as that
was not being done in the best of
courts nowadays. While waiting for
our case to be called, Mr.. Landmark
and Mr.. Kachelmyer made the pro-
position that if Mrs. Mueller would
make statement TO the effect that
she did not reflect upon them per-
sonally, they would dismiss the pro-
turally presented to her. She came
to my office again in the evening to
prepare for trial for the next morn
ing at which time Mr.. Laurisch
came also and we talked to her
about disposing of the case in the
manner above stated, which she
consented to do.
This entire piece Of litigation
have always considered as a big
joke. 1t started by two of our fe-
male politicians exchanging friend
-4y greetings through the columns
OF The Mankato Free Press. The
second joke of the affair was when
Mr.. Landmark and Mr.. Kachelmyer
valued theiy regulations in the COM
munity at Zen thousand dollars, and
the third joke was when they sued
Mrs. Mueller for that amount of
money, Now Mrs. Mueller is very
nice lady but takes herself altogeth-
sr too seriously. Some people tell
as the Eighteenth Amendment is
the cause of all this present unrest,
but am inclined to believe that the
Nineteenth Amendment has some
thing to do with it. All can say
is that the Lord deliver us, from
these female politicians.
"As for all the rawlings about
bringing blot on Mankato's fair
name and the case. being of such
great importance as to cause the
biggest scandal ever known here
.ibout the rotten condition of our
.ity and Involving so many OF our
esteemed citizens in it. Mrs. Muel-
Ter being a lady. all can say is
hat this is the first have heard
lbout these things, and ! know that
Mr.. Laurisch made no such state
pents in my presence. Matters of
his kind should appear under the
obituary column only. We will al
!. rays have our Aunt Sarahs with US,
p let's try and live 1t down. Some