The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
IS FOUND
GUILTY BY COURT
Must Put Up Bond To Keep
Peace With All Folk
WENT BACK TO BAsTLE
Also He's Required To Support
Family; Stories Told BY Sew
eral Witnesses

Henry Kehner arrested on the
complaint Of his wife. who charged
him with nonsupport went to trial
in the municipal court yesterday az
ternoon before Judge william
Stradtmann. After listening to the
evidence OF the plaintiff. the de-
PENDANT and a number or witnesses
including the children of the parties
adjudged the defendant guilty and
he was placed under 5000 bond to
support his family.
Following the disposition Of the
nonsupport case, Mr.. Kehner, who
had also been arrested by Chief Of
Police Phil Landmark on q warrant:
sworn to by Mrs. Kehner charging
threat to do great bodily haTW.
pleaded guilty to that charge and
was ordered to give bond In, the
sum Of 5000 to keep the peace to-
ward his wife and everyone else.
In default Of both bonds. the de-
tody Of the police and again locked
up in the city jail.
In the complaint sworn to BY
Mrs. Kehner charging an attempt to
90 great bodily harm, she alleges
that after Mr. Kehner was released
on a 500 bond from the custody OF
the police on the charge Of nonsup-
port, he returned to his home on
Clark street. His wife asked him
to get out of-the house and keep
away until after the nonsupport
case was over. The complaint then
alleges that Mr.. Kehner said to his
wife:
"If anyone goes out Of this house
u Kou w woad Be the first one to 60 out
1t Is alleged that Mrs. Kehner
then became frightened and had her
husband again arrested and placed
In jail. Soon after this Mrs. Kehner
tried to use the telephone and found
cat 1t was dead. Investigation
showed that someone had seyerad
the wires leading to the instrument
from the outside Of the house.
Mrs. kehner 10 Witness /
:, In the nonsupport case, Mrs. Der.
san henner was the first witness
called to the stand. She testified /;
that she and Mr.. Kehner were mar. |
RED in this city In 1907 and that
they now live at 339 Clark street.
They have seven children, and that:
ner husband Of late had not been
contributing more than thirty dbl
lars month toward the upkeep Of
the house and support Of his family.
She said that at times, food had
Deen so scarce that she was COM
PEELED to go to the home Of her
iatner, Charles Otto OF North Man
kano 10 get food for herself and her
dence that the father OF MRS. Kehn-
er had just recentlv paid on =
rortgage against the home on
Clark street amounting to $4,000
ana that the property is In the name
or Mrs. Kehner. She said that abe
receives about forty dollars q month,
from roomers. This witb> the thirty
dollars her husband had given nor
Iould not reach, however, for the
support OF seven children and the
upkeep Of the house comes to about
SI60 a month. She testified to work
ing on the nearby berry farms to
Mrs. Kehner also testified that
her spouse often stayed ont ali
night and did not come home until
the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Then he would give no account of
nlmself or what he was working al.
Defendant Told Story
;, Henry Kehner when placed On
the stand, testified that he had heen
"a tne restaurant business for a
numner OF years past. To the best
vi MS rscolIections he generally
cleared about 500 q month above
expenses. when business was good.
IL always took every cent Of this to
always did all he could toward the
support of his family. Freouentiv
ne had left from 81. so to So at home
OF morning for the expensaa az
Ine day and had brought home ali
Henry Hanson, Of the Consumer.
wholesale Supply company Of fhjs
CITY testified as to Mr.. Kehner nur.
Snaslng meat frequently for hts
nue. y; Dliger, who was at one
r rte empioyed by Mr.: Kehner in his
restaurant sS said that the children
taurant and were given nnnav ~
their father to go toward tia nr,r,
chase or necessities. Mrs. Annals
Eckhart also testified to Mr.. KAN.
srs purchase Of groceries for the
nome. Emil Lutz and George Pot
Ter, TWO coal dealers testified az To
nj: hehner's purchase of coal.
whicn would amount to about 6~e
IONS since the cold weather set Il,
cSLSc 3rissS or the American Shine
hepair shop said that Mr.. Kehnsr
NAG asrd gotfen shoes for the family re-
Edna Kehner, fifteen year OILS
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.. KshnSr
Veriied her fathers statements 81
20 MS leaving money. each morninS
ior the expenses Of the tay. ShS
oio admit. however that the ohilas
rem were hungry at times. and hsd
70 go to their grandfathers fcf
George Kehner's testirnonv v.s
about the same as his Sisters .vifS
the exception that the boy said fhsi
his father had struck and fnocTed
ms mother down. This no said took
place last Saturday morning Altar
ne was released on 500 bond.
An Aeeeomodatlna Mayor
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