The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
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SALTWATER sledge hammers and acetylene
torches were welded today by police and sherif's
deputies to destroy % slot machine gambling de-
vices seized in weekend cleanup of Washington
county More than $4,000 was estimated as the value
of the machines and money captured in the raid
The seizures were part of Sheriff Thomas Makers
recently declared "war" on slot machines.
Three trucks were used in the cleanup Stores
in the hill district visited as well as business
establishments in the downtown region Proprietors
of establishments where machines were found were
arrested and brought into court. After the raid
Judge Frank p Wilson took the disposition of their
cases under advisement.
AUsTIN-A Minnesota man, engaged as tutor
at the Reid estate in Westchester county, New York
where the King of Siam is staying, has been invited
to accompany the royal family back home
He is Richard Eberhart Austin, graduate Of
Oxford and son of A. l. Eberhart, formerly secre-
tary of the HORNED Packing company.
In letter to friends here Eberhart wrote that
King Prajadhipok talked with him for two hours
about becoming attached to the royal staff. Eber-
hart has not decided whether he will accept
FERGUS FALLS-Bood poisoning which de-
veloped from small cut made by while
shaving said to have been the of the death
of Amund Lien 49, Death came FIVE days after the
small wound was made.
MILACA-Posses made their way through the
wooded sections of northern Mile Laos county in
search of suspected hideout of two bandits who
robbed the Pierz farmers and merchants bank of
1900 Friday
Traced here through Hillman, Center Valley and
Morrill,, the bandits were believed to have escaped
Immediately capture by taking to the sparsely settled
country north of here.
Several reports of suspicious characters
ceved from Morrison county towns and all were be-
ing traced today.
ANNANDALE = Melvin Johnson Minneapolis
caught of the largest pike to be taken out
of Pleasant lake here. The fish weighed III
pounds and 80 inches long, measuring 1872
inches in girth. Old time fishermen always claimed
that Pleasant lake contained pike but that they
hard to catch
ORTONVILLE Escaping critical injury
probably death by inches Donald Sanford is recover
ing at the Evangelical hospital here from bullet
wound in the throat Donald who is Is years old and
lives on farm about four miles northeast of town,
disc whan % calibre rifle he was carry
ing accidentally discharged The bullet split when it
entered the neck the parts entering the vertebra-
Quick attention of Ortonvie surgeons relieved the
young mans pain and at last reports he resting
comfortably at the hospital.
LITTLE FALLs-A man from St Paul helped
himself to sensational amusement Friday
ming between Minneapolis and Little Falls when he
delighted in humping the rear bumper of small
coupe driven by Little Falls lady while both
travelling north the pavement. To relieve the
monotonly occasionally he would pass the coupe and
stop suddenly in front of it causing the Little Falls
car to bump his own. This pastime went on until
the lady was frantic and hailed another motorist
drive while she notified the police at Little
Falls to prepare to make arrest The st. Paul
and his eight cylinder car was taken in tow at
Little Falls by legal reception committee which