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The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
OLD TIME HEADSTONE FROM GRA We HERE
WILL FIND PLACE IN OSHKOSH CEMETERY

After lying in a lonely grave on
one OF the hillsides of Mankato
while more than half a century roll
led by, and the frontier village
churchyard in which he had been
laid to rest had passed out of use,
the memory Of Lieutenant Jasper
Newton Lockhart, a dashing cavalry
officer Of the Civil war is to be hon
ored
II was on August 20, 1917, that DR.
J. w. LockhRrt OF Oshkosh, Wis.
came to this city to look up the
grave OF his uncle who died here on
March II. 1867, and had been buried
In the old Masonic cemetery bord-
cring on Thompson's ravine in the
north end OF this city. DR.. Lockhart,
after delving in a corntieId which
now occupies most OF the space once
devoted to the dead, found the
headstone over the grave of his re-
latiye. At that time DR.. Lockhart
made arrangements with H. d. Bur
nett to have the stone shipped to
Oshkosh where it was to be placed
In the family lot. Mr.. Burnett soon
arterward died. Then II was lett
with Captain Calvin Smith to see
that the stone was shipped to Wis
consin. Death stepped in again
and Captain Smith died. Tony
Thomp pson, vino lived close by was
then asked to try to locate the
stone, but sickness resulting in his
death ensued. The spot where the
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27

Was Edwin Rust, wanted dead or
alive for murder. in Mankato Mon
day evening?
John Farmer, Jr., and his broth
er Mathew of this city are now
convinced that on Monday after
noon while returning from an atuo
up and gave a ride to Edwin Rust,
the murderer of Sheriff |. c.. Fulker
Of Aberdeen, s. D.. whom they let
out Of their car on the corner Of
Main and Front streets when they
reached this city about five o'clock
When the Farmer brothers had
reached a point about two miles
this side Of Janesville they saw a
young man sitting alongside Of the
road. He hailed them and asked If
they were going to Mankato. The
boys replied in the affirmative and
told the young man to get in. He
climbed into the back seat. John
Farmer gave his brother Mattehw
tip to keep a watch on the strang-
er. Asked where he was from. the
stranger replied Minnie He ex-
planned later when questioned as to
the meaning Of Minnie" that he
meant Minneapolis. He said that
ne expected TO get work in this CITY
ut did not care to state much
about himself. He was let out Of
the car at the corner of Main and
Front streets about f1ve o'clock in
the evening. He acted queerly at
'9 time. looking about him in every
direction. but nothing was thought
OF its by the Farmer boys until last
evening. when they read the story
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27

vious to the outbreak Of the Civil
war was graduated from Lawrence
university at Appleton. Wis. Owing
to his college education he was en-
listed with the rank of first lieuten.
ant, and was promoted on the field
OF battle, but to what rank Is not
known. After the close Of the Civil
war, he rode the same horse home
that he had ridden in many Of the
hardest fought battles Of the war.
Soon after reaching Oshkosh. he
married the sweetheart Of his col
lege days, and they moved to Man
kato, when 1t was nothing but a
frontier village. Lieutenant Lock
hart engaged in the contracting
business here. According to the
statement of Judge Cray. 1t was
while working in an excavation that
he caught cold, which developed In
to pneumonia and he died. The
young wife left in frontier town
among strangers soon left Mankato
The name Of the brave cavalry offic
er and the spot where he had been
buried was forgotten. Even the
churchyard In which he was laid to
rest passed out Of use. Now the
broken stone will have an honored
place In the family lot in a ceme-
tery in Oshkosh. But the remains
will lie where they were inferred
originally because 1t would be diff.
f1cult task to locate them.
Judge Cray will ship the stons
east In a few days.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
FISH MADE VICIOUS
ATTACKON BATHER
Woman Enjoying Swim In
Lake Washington Was
Driven Ashore

Lake Washington. twelve miles
east Of Mankato. has always been
famous fo. the numbers and quality
of it's pike fish 1t was not until
Thursday OF last week that any one
had the slightest idea that these
denizens Of that lake were vicious.
but a lady while swimming in the
lake quite a distance from shore was
attacked by a pike measuring nearly
four feet and bitten. This lady was
Mrs. G. w. Fisher. She swan to
shore to avoid further vicious at
tacks from the fish When she
reached shore she related her ex
perience to her sister, Miss Cassie
Cummings OF California, who is
spending this summer in Minnesota.
The lady from California took a
landing net and swan out to the
spot where the pike was last seen.
There 1t as ready to fight, but Miss
Cummings manipulated the net with
such skill that the vicious fish was
taken TO shore, where IT was killed
and buried the ladies not thinking
that such an ill-tempered fish should
be eaten.
Stories are told that bullheads In
athers. A gentleman In this Ct>y
stated to Tne Free Press that he
was attacked by bullheads while he
was bathing in the lake a few even
lngs since. Not only did one bull
head assault him, but there appeared
to be a number OF them that seemed
bent on getting pieces OF his flesh.
Other bathers report similar ex-
periencas-
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
SQUIRRELS PLAY JOKE
Carry corncobs To Barrels, Officers
Suspect Moonshlne- making

Carry corncobs To Barrels, Officers
Suspect Moonsh!ne- making
SQUIRRELS and barrels uncons-
ciously figured in an amusing Incl
dent recently near the village or
Mapleton, which led officers OF the
law and residents living near that
village to think that they had dis
covered a large moonshine plant.
Boys wandering around through the
woods saw several barrels short
distance away together with a large
kettle. They Immediately scampered
back to town and made known their
find. Two men OF the village GOT
busy. From q distance the telltale
barrels and cooking utensils could
be seen near the river. An abun-
dance OF corncobs In the brush near
by led to the supposition that the
corn had been shelled of the cobs
for to make mash. Sheriff Edward
Ario was called one night and i'm
mediately responded He and the tws
men lay in wait fighting mosquitoes
and Saying things" until the wee
sma' hours Of the morning waiting
for the guilty party to show up.
II developed that one Of the Ma
pleton butchers had been using the
spot for the slaughter of hogs and
cattle and the rendering Of lard. The
barrels had partly filed with rain
water, and squirrels had carried
In many ears Of corn from a nearby
corn field. It Is said that the sqrir-
rels jabbered with glee when they
saw the Officers &C s leave the ss WOOD WOOD Ins
greeted the nostrils of those pres
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
MAYBE EDWIN RUST HAS DOUBLE;
WAS THE YOUNG MAN IN MANKATO

in The Free Press Of the hunt in
the vicinity OF Mankato for the sus
pect. Then John Farmer went to
the police station and looked at a
picture Of Rust. He said that he is
sure that he was the man he and
his brother gave a ride.
Earlier ON Monday a travelling
man picked up o fellow a short dis =
tance from Faribault and gave him
ride to within about two miles OF
GAINESVILLE, where he insisted on
getting out of the machine. This
man answered to the description OF
Rust, 50 1t Is claimed
Word was received last night from
the authorities at Jordan, Mimi, by
Night Sergeant Len Burrill stating
that the police had taken a young
man in custody on suspicion Of be :
ing Rust. After receiving the de-
scription Of Rust. the Jordan au-
thorities came to the conclusion
that they were holding the wrong
stranger took a train to LIE Sueur.
Crookston MINI, July IA man
believed to be Edwin Rust of East
Grand Forks, Mimi. who shot and
killed Sheriff I. C. Fulker Of Aber-
deem, 8. D., July /, is reported to
have stopped q man driving a car
in the vicinity Of Winger, MINI.
Rust was reported to have hit the
man over the head and escaped in
the car to Er3kine where he was
reported to have inquired about the
roads to Thief River Falls. The
sheriff and a posse from Mahnomen
county are said to be closely follow
ing the fugitive.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
ENDS LIFE WITH SHOT
Albert Hilgers Had Been Suffering
Lono From H. Health.

Albert HiIgers Had Been Suffering
Long From Ill Health.
Suffering from despondsncy over
continued Il-health, Albert HilgerS,
a farmer Of Lime township, this
morning at seven o'clock committed
suicide by shooting himself with q
twenty two calibre ride.
The family had gotten up early
and were in the act OF bringing In
some empty fruitiars from a garage.
Mr.. Hilgers had helped his w1se carry
In several OF these, and had returned
TO the garage to get some more,
when his wife was startled by the
report of a rifle in the garage. When
she reached there she was horrifed
TO see her husband lying in pool OF
blood, which was flowing from a
wound Just beneath the heart. It is
thought that death was instaneous.
DR.. @. A Dahl county coroner was
called and pronounced 1t a clear
case OF suicide.
Mr.. HilGerS was born In Lime
township fifty years ago. He was
one Of the most highly respected
men Of that community, and had
made many lasting friends. He ts
survived by his wife and six chill
dreu all living on the homestead In
Lime township. Jacob Htlgers Of this
city "a a brother Mrs. Matt Sanger
Of Lime township IL q sister. There
are several step brothers and Sis
tsrs also surviving.
The funeral announcement VIII
be made later.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
PREACHER
OFFYCIATES
Presented Rochester Ball Play
ers WITH Flowers On Sab
bath Day

Rochester, Mimi, July "a
Sunday Was Harold NorVolds 3
last game IOr hoCueSter; aIso
Jake ietZel plrIh anniversary
ana each OF them was presented
win a bouquet on benalf OF the
team and fans by the Rev w.
". Bunae in appropriate cere-
monies just before the game
with Alma began. With tho
Rochester team lined up facing
the Srandstand and Jake stand
ing beside Bunge the later open
ed a brief but pointed address
by stating that some iolks might
think 1t queer for preacher to
Ofticiate at such ceremonies at
a Sunday ball game, Tut that the
best manager and best players,
as represented by Rochester de-
served all the honor and the
praise that could be given to
them.
We are today celebrating the
birthday OF J. HetZel. They say
a man is not older than he feels.
Some are old at 2S while others
are young at go. The way Het-
Eel Is gong now II looks llhe
when he reaches 80 he could
still be manager OF the team.
In referring to the departure
OF Norvold and his good work as
the local first sacker, Rev Bunge
expressed the wish that Nordy
would be back soon and that he
would always find a place In the
hearts Of Rochester fandom
wherever he Is.
"They generally give flowers
to the dead but 1t Is better not
TO wait until then to express our
appreciation Of anybody, there
fore It is by pleasure to the two
gentlemen whom we are honor
ing today, both OF whom are
very far from being dead ones.
Rev Bunge's remarks were
frequently interrupted by ap-
plause and PROLONGED cheering
greeted the close Of his address
attesting to the poDulartty Of
Fetzel and Nordy and 1t Is our
guess not a little Of the aDplause
was ended nv the equal popular
ity Of Rev. Bunge.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
JoTTINes FROM JuDsoN
Jerusalem Missionary Society In

Jerusalem Missionary Society En-
Ioysd Picnic at Stoney Point
Judson, Mimi, July 26.-Mr. and
Mrs. r. N. Ballard motored to Aus
tin, Mimi, last Tuesday to visit
their daughter Mrs. LOWE LeintShei
and family, returning home to Jud
son Sunday evening. MIR. Ballard
states that they also needy rain
down there as badly as we 90.
! The members OF the Jerusalem
Missionary society and their famll-
les enjoyed q picnic at Stony Point
one night last week. After supper q
social time was had at the beach.
The next missionary meeting Will be
held with Mrs. William Evans at
Lake Crystal.
Phebe Jones spent Saturday and
Sunday with Miss Bernice Moore at
Mankato. Glen Jones who is the
Minnesota Auto Supply company at
Mankato. was home Sunday for ..
visit with his folks Mr.. and Mrs. o.
+. Jones. SKI.
Evan T. Evans returned home
from South Dakota where he at
tended q wedding of a grand daugh-
ter.
ROWAN Jones is very busy hauling
q carload Of lumber and hardware
for o. F. Jones to the Burslck Ia, n.,
for a new barn being built by Mr..
Bursick.
The Community club will meet
Friday evening July 27, at ths school
house. After the business meeting
the following program will be given:
Reading by Mrs. Earl Hood; Boxing
by two light weights who Judson
has been very fortunate to get The,
will only box three rounds; song by
Mrs. Roy Thntston; Reading by
Marie Leiferman; Saxaphone Quar-
tett, in charge of William A. Sandon
from Mankato; Talk by Fred Lun
din. Refreshments will be served.
There will be Sunday school next
Sunday at 10 m. Services at II a.
m. at the Bethany church Only half
a dozen families attended services
last Sunday afternoon at the Beth
any church. Rev. o. ]. Arthur gave
splendid sermon last Sunday. Pro-
fessor A. r. Dahastrom from st.
Peter will speak next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. John
son, Mrs Gustafson all from Duluth
autoed to Judson one day last week.
calling on Mr.. and Mrs. L E. Swan
son and other relatives and friends.
Elmer Swanson and Lydia Kin :.
gTen were married short time ago
and will make their home for the
remainder of the summer at Man
kato, as Mr.. Swanson Is eployed In a
garage there
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27

him. He must have made is get
away through the rear of the build
Chief Landmark in going through
the effects Of Hinnigan found lock
er key concealed In a package OF
cjgaretts. This key belonged to a
locker at the union depot. Opening
the locker, Chief Landmark found
Hinnigar's Gladstone bag containing
several articles Of wearing apparel.
On one Of the coats was an Amer
the statement Of the man that he is
an ex-soldier. His shirts bear the
initials "W. C. H." which would in
dicate that the man gave his true
name, when arrested. He says that
he is an automobile mechanic by
trade, but was in hard luck and
had to get some money some place.
Asked why he placed the grip In
the locker at the depot instead Of
leaving It in the car which he came
to town in, he said: 1.-THE locker was
a better place"
RAIDER Gets IS Check
This forenoon DR.. Paul Barney
sent Officer William RAIDER a check
for IS as an appreciation of his
a!ertness in discovering the robber
at work, and to the police force he
sent q box of cigars in appreciation
Of their quick work.
When Night Desk Sergeant Len
Burrill, who had been worrying over
the prolonged absence of Officer
RAIDER, heard the shot fired by Off
Ger Ario. he and Officer Edward
Osten who were at the police sta
tion at the time, Immediately rushed
to the scene of the shooting Off
Ger Osten was armed with q 46 90
Winchester, while Sergeant Burrill
was armed with a sawed of shot
gun loaded with buckshot. Hinnigar
was under arrest when they reached
the Cough!an Hickey building:
Chief Of Police Phil Landmark
before County Attorney Frank q.
Morse charging Hinndgar with bur
glary In the first degree.
The Fred w. Kruse company
ready to wear store is located In
the Coughlan Hickey building, and
this morning the report was IN cir
culation that the Kruse store had
been robbed during the night. This
store was not entered.
Rified Tho Desks
E. J. Buck, secretary Of the Man
kato Retail Merchants association,
when he reached his offices in ths
Coughlan Hickey building this
morning discovered that the doors
OF the offices had been Jimmied, and
the desks ransacked. Mr.. Buck
laughingly said that about all thief
could get In that office would be IL
abilities, and uncoilectable bills.
DR. Paul Barney, in a statement to
The Free Press shortly before noon
today, said that had the thief man
aged to get his safe open he would
have gotten away with about $500 In
Liberty bonds, dental work and
heirlooms of the family. Part Of the
contents of the safe was $500 In
coupon bonds, belonging to one OF
DR.. Barney's children. A valuable
gold watch, an heirloom in the fam
lily was also there. All Of the valu-
ables have been removed to a safety
deposit box in one Of the local
banks.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
SCHOOL ELECTION
F|ERCE[Y FOUGHT
Three Old Members Are Re-
turned; w. D. Willard Was
Successful

Only one new member will sit
with the board Of education at and
after the first meeting in Septem
ber, as result of the school elec-
ton of the Mankato district Sat
urday. Three members were return
ed to their positions on the board
by good sized majorities. The vote
in the school election was only
about a fourth Of the total vote
cast at the recent senatorial cleo
tion. 1880 votes were cast In the
four city precincts.
In the first precinct, Adolph,
Mueller, present member OF the
board was returned by a vote Of
219 to 1873 for George Krost who ran
on a sticker ballot. The vote In the
first, which is one Of the biggest
precincts was very light.
General Gustav, Widel. also a
member Of the present board was
returned to the board by almost a
hundred votes in the small precinct.
He received 189 votes to "a for his
opponent, Walter Sanborn.
W. D. Willard was elected in the
third precinct to I'LL the vacancy Of
Rev. Ralph A. Jensen, resigned.
He had lead Of 43 votes over his
nearest opponent j. A. Smith. VIII
lard received 100 votes. Smith lat
and Eric Carlstrom 62.
In the fourth precinct. Mrs. B. D.
Smith, president Of the present
board, was re- elected to the board
by a substantial majority Of 149,
votes. The vote in this precinct
was, Mrs. Smith 546. and her oppo :,
nent Herman Held. 896.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27

the chin, which nearly floored him
Burt was overpowered and the
"comealongs" put onto him.
In one of the rooms Of the Burt
dwelling was found one quart OF
moonshine, six pint bottles and one
half pint bottle filled. This was
seized as evidence, and the prisoner
taken to the police station about
nine o'clock last night.
This morning Chief Of Police Phil
Landmark swore to complaints
charging Burt with three separate
offenses, the sale Of intoxicants
possession Of tntoxicants, and of 70.
sisting an officer.
Gilbert Burt Is an old offender In
the moonshine game. He was once
convicted in the United States court
in this city and once in the district
court for violation Of the Volstead
act
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
GILBERT BURT THE ATTACKED POLICE
CHIEF; PUT IN CELL; THREE CHARGES

After a battle with Mankato po-
lice, in which Chief Phil Landmark
received a right hand jolt on the
jaw, which made him see stars, Gil
bert Burt was arrested last night by
the officers for the third time on the
charge Of moonshining. Receiving
a tip that Burt was up to his old
tricks, Chief Landmark secured the
necessary search warrant and ac-
companisd by Officers A. L. Volk,
Rudolph Ario and Henry Kachelmy-
er went to the residence of Burt, 325
Poplar street Chief Landmark was
in the act Of reading the search war
rant to Burt when the latter made a
dash for a certain room, where the
chief had been tipped off the booze
was being kept. Chief Landmark
stepped in front of the moonshiner,
and It was then that he received a
swift right handler on the point Of
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Elmer WapsehalI Was Picked VI
Al C,sStopna Today.

Elmer WsbsehaII Was Picked Up
At owstenna Today.
Elmer WabScfiaiI OF Waseca. alias
=. A. Roberts. was arrested ut Owa-
tonpa by Sheriff J. Fisher on In
structi6ns from Sheriff Ed Arlo OF
this city who holds O warrant for
WsbschaII's arrest on the charge OF
fergsrT. II Is alleged tbat wab.
sefsti passed two checks on tfs Of.
son Cafe In this city Sunday. Both
checks were written on First Ma.
tiTaat R9Ht cf1eck blanks arA tho
name OF F, A. Roberts was forged 10
each one,
AlLsr ths owatouna authorities
had picked up ths prisoner for shsr.
iff Ari0 thSy discovered that he was
vaptad ut that city for petit IeF.
cepY. IT Is more than likely that
when he serves out his tims for that
offsnss at OWatenna he will ba turn I.
ed over to the Blue Earth county
authorities,
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
PERSHING TO VISIT STATE
Commander Army Will Inspect Mill.
tary Camp at Fort SnelIinu.

tary Camp at Fort Sneliinn.
Smelling, Mimi, July General
John ]. Pershing, commander Of the,
army of the United States, on Au.
gust % will visit the Citizens Mill
tary Training camp at Fort Smelling
which opens August / for a month
of instruction for young men from
Minnesota North and South Dakota.
Preparations have been made to-
train between 1,200 and 1900 men
from these three states, officers at
Smelling said.
The government provides trans
portation, clothing and board, main ,
tanning these camps annually In pur-
suance Of the plan of a small stand
ing army, an organized army of re-
serve officers and rudim entary
training for citizens in military tao
tics.
The men will be fed on an allott
ment of 65 cents each q day twice
the amount allowed for regular army
rations. The citizens camp opens
the day after the close Of the Re :
serve Officers Training camp, now
In session.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
CONDITION SATISFACTORY

Billy Fox Jr, Baseball Player, is''
Doing Very Nicely, Says Father 50
Billy Fox, Sr., father of Billy Fox
Jr., the baseball pitcher who had his I
skull fractured by a pitched ball inu'
this city Sunday. in statement to
The Free Press said that he was
pleased to state that following the
operation on his sons head yester-
day for the removal OF broken pieces
of skull, which were pressing on the
brain, that Billy is showing signs OF
recovery. He says that DR.. A. e.
Sohmer, who performed the opera
ton, and DR.. A. F. Kemp, the at
tending physician, consider the con-
dition Of Billy very satisfactory,
considering the seriousness OF the
case, and that he has q good chance
for ultimate recovery.
The father of the ball player was
outspoken in his praise Of the eff
cheney of Mankato physicians and
SURGEONS.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
WILL FROLIC AT BRAINERD
Northern Editors Open Three Days
Session There Toniaht
IAssociated Press Dspatcl

IAssociated Press DNspatch.J
Brainerd, Mimi, July 25.-Sand-
Eiched In between @ smoker to-
night, which marks the opening of
the Northern Minnesota Editorial
association convention here, and a
fish bake Saturday n light, editors OF
the northern part of the state will
frolic in this section for three days
and consider various phases Of the
newspaper field.
Con O'Br1en, mayor of Brainerd,
and Henry P. Dunn, president of the
Civic and Commerce association.
will officially welcome the editors
and q. H. Denu Of Bemtdt, presi-
dent Of the editorial association, will
respond on behalf Of the delegates.
Ehe convention will officially close
Saturday night.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
Sent Up For Five Years

Winona, July "a Rudolph Rol-
land. fifty today received an inde-
terminate sentence in the state PEN
iteniary at Saltwater of not more
than five years, when he pleaded
guilty before Judge c. e. Callaghan
In district court on the charge oil
grand larceny In the second degree
In connection with the theft Of two
vacuum sweepers February IL from
a Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
freight car In Winona. ROLAND was
bound over from municipal court
April 10, and has since been In the
county jail. He denied having COM
mited the theft, but admitted that
he had received the stolen goods
valued at $105. He said he sold them
for $40. keeping $15 and giving the
other man IS. He admitted having
been before the court before on
misdemeanors.