The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-16
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: day night at 1O:40 o'clock by Chief
of Police Phil Landmark and City
Detective Rudolph Ario, will have
to report before Judge William
Stradtmann Tuesday morning on
the charge Of speeding. According
to reports, Chief Landmark was
walking down North Front street
Saturday night and noticed Kruger
speeding and called to him to stop.
1t is alleged that the young man
paid no attention to him. Farther
down the street, City Detectives A.
L. Volk and Rudolph Arfo also saw
the speeding car and called to the
driver to halt, but he Is alleged TO
have kept stepping on the gas. He
was finally rounded up, and he is
said by officers to have used the
most fippant language toward them.
/ Chief of Police Landmark told the
! young man to report at the police
station Monday morning. Kruger
is alleged to have said, II don't know
whether / will or not" He was then
mark and City Detective Rudolph
Ario, When he was finally brought
to the police station, he is alleged
to have fought the officer and was
not choice about his language. Ac-
cording to the statement of Traffic
Officer Henry Kachelmyer, Kruger
was previously arrested for speed
ing, and warned several times to be
careful. He was released from GUS
tody on S25 cash bond for his ap-
pearance Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock. It-
Two young ladies, who give their
ages as twenty eyars, tried to make
Chief Of Police Phil Landmark
swallowa whopping hard luck story,
but the chief failed to have the
necessary grain of salt present, and
at once began to investigate the
story told by the girls to the matron
at the Omaha union depot This story
was to the effect that they had ar
rived here from Sioux Falls, s. D.,
on their way to Minneapolis, but
decided to return home. They gave
twenty dollars, all the money they
had in the world, to strange young
man to purchase them "a ticket, but
ne disappeared with their cash.,
After considerable questioning by
, Chief Landmark, the ladies' admit
ted that they were broke when they
reached Mankato and only. had few
cents left 1t would appear that the
strange young man was a fabr1-
cation. ACCOMMODATIONS were Sc
cured for the girls at the Salvation
Ar ny headquarters, and Chief Lund-
mark tclegraphed their folks OF their
predicament. Two tickets to Sioux
Falls were forwarded. today by the
girls parents, and they Immediate
ly took the back trail toward home,
which now looks good to them.
They gave their names IS Myra
Hoffman and Marie Barti,.'
~ Boys Were INTOXICATED
The degrading influence of moon
shine on young boys was strongIy
brought out yesterday Gftsrnoon
when two young men were found by
CHIEF of Police Phil Landmark and
Officer Emil Richter helrlessly
drunk in Washington Park. These
young men were Henry Mahowald
and Rolla. Ellis.
They were released ON cash bonds
to appear before Judge william
Stradtmann Tuesday n'f'rrirg. I'A3
. boys themselves were too helplessly
drunk to tell where they had pro-
. cured the liquor, but a third young
man said that a man had given the
boys drink from bottle, and they
soon after became helpless.
Thomas Swan was arrested yes
terday afternoon by Officer Henry
Kachelmyer on the charge of drunk
enness. He was found asleep in his
Ger in the alley between Hickory
and Jackson streets. According to
the statement of Officer Rachel
myer, three bottles of moonshine
whiskey was found in his car. Police
state that, man by the name of
Fogartv made the comLisint in re-
gard to Swan, and said that he had
run into another car while operating
it while drunk.
morning, and placed in a cell at the
police station on the charge Of
drunkenness.
John Klein Qwas arrested yester-
day at 6 p. NJ. by Officer Rachel
myer on the charge of drunkenness.
He had fallen down stairway near
the Rex Cigar store and hurt his
head. DR.. A. F.. Kemp was called
and the wound dressed The defend
ant was sentenced this morning to
pay a fine of $780, In default of this
he was sent to, the Blue Earth
county Jail to serve a fifteen day
sentence. = ".
Edward Krartkramer of Jordan,
arrested sSat1ruaV Dy OHlcer riinii
Richter on the charge of running
his car with the muller open, was
sentenced this morning by Judge
William Stradtmann to pay finelof
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Robert Holnagel, arrested Satur-
day afternoon by Officer Henry
Kachelmyer on the charge Of speed
ing, was sentenced tails morning to
pay fine of $40. This sentence was
Suspended, however, upon the
promise Of the defendant TO pay
strict attention to the traffic laws in
the future.
John Strobel had his five dollar
sentence SUSPENDED by Judge St-adt-
mann unon conditions that he cease
speeding his auto. He was arrested
by Officer Emil Richter.
Mr. Swan was admitted to s1Aa
bail and his case contir-ed urtil 10
o'clcc'r tomorrow morrir~ az ten
O'c'ock, when according to the s.ato-
ment. Of Chi~f of Police Phil Lurd
. mari,t he will be taken IN On the
charge of drunkenness and posses
sion OF Intoxicating lioucr.
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