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Criminal Cases
Tried In 1912
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Fifty-five Ca*e8 Reported By
Ca Ally. Covering Seven
teen Offenses.
Chief of Police Klause Shows
'**v,Thirty-four Arrests
New Ulni.
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From the snnual report of County
Attorney Aug G. Erickson recently
Bird with the Attorney General, we
glean that fifty five criminal cases
were bandled during the year io the
Justice and Municipal euurta of
''. Brown County, to twenty-*eveo of
these the County Attorney appeared
fortbe elate, the other twenty-eigbt
5f eases being eases of minor importance
wbleb were handled by tbe justices
without aasiataoee. The fifty five ease*
cowered a raoge-of seveuleen different
offenses, tbe commonest being that of
drunkenness. Second in line came
of assault. Cruelty to am*
was the cause of four arrests.
If, as Is asserted by the courts in
large eltties, the number of cases of
wife-desertion and non-support area
dlatlngutabiog mark of herd times,
Iben Brown County must bar* had a
prosperous year, there being only one
such oharge brought before tbe courts
The orimes charged were as follow*:
Assault in tbe second degree, 1: arson
iatbefiret degree, carnal know*
ledge, 1 defrauding hotel-keeper, 1
defrauding .livery stable beeper, 1
abu»lve language, 1 non-support, 1
vagrancy 1 and practicing medicine
without a lloeose, I malicious mis
chief. 2 grand larceny in thejecond
degree, 4 oruelty to animals, 4 pet&H
larceny, 5 bastardy, 8 aoseult in the
third degree, 9 and druakenets, 13.
The disposition of. oaees-~ wee. as
folio**: Four were convicted after
trial. t«o were acquitted, thirty two
pleadi-d guilty mid five were dismissed
whiletwtlve were held to tbe district
Court. Te served time io the county
Jail while 24 were fined. la several
cases the tiues were remitted by the
justice.
In tbe District Court fourteen esses
were handled as follows: two for
assault io the second degree, three
for grand larceny in tbe seend odegree
one for carnal knowledge, one for se
duction, six for bastardy. Of these
five were found guilty by a jury, five
pleaded guilty, one was dismissed,
two (bastardy vases) were settled and
one case is pending. Four persons
were sentenced to the state prison, two
to the state reformatory, two to tbe
county jail and one was fined $1000
which was paid.
Of tbe total number of arrests made
In tbe County, thirty-four will have to
be allotted to New Ulm as appears
from tbe annual report of Chief of
Police Adolph Klause, of these only
thirteen were residents of the city,
twenty one being npn,- residents.
Fines amounting to 1230 were paid,
of which 935 was collected in four state
eases and ft 95 was turned Into the city
treasury from fines paid by thirteen
persons arrested and convicted under
elty ordinances. In nine of .the state
and five of the city cases sentence was
suspended or fines remitted. Two
were committed to the County Jail and
one was sentenced to state prison.
Among tbose arrested was oneable
Spaniard, one Dane, one Frenchman,
four Norwegians, four Americans, five
Irish, eight German Americans and
ten German Bohemians, and tbe
offenses tbey were charged with were
aa follows:
Drunkenness ....
Assault & Battery
Cruelty to animals
Vagrancy....
Disorderly Conduct
Petit larceny
Disturbance of Peace
Profanity......................
Discharging fire arms..'...•
.17
5
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Total arrests fc4
Hera again we find drunkenness and
assault heading the Mat.
Of tbose arrested and convicted dur
ing the year, 63 spent soma time with
Sheriff W. J. Julius according to bis
annual report filed with the 8tato
Board of Control. The largest num
ber of prisoners in the county jail at
any one time waa eight and tbe total
number of days board furnished waa
P/»3
679. an average of a trifle ovarlSdays
fur each prisoner. Two were left over
from last year making a total of 66
prisoners, onlv one of wbnm was a
woman. We append herewith the
Sheriff's statistical report:—
Number in Jail J»n. 1, 1912 2
Number received during year 1912. .63
Number removed to state prison ... 6
Number discharged beenuse of ex
piration of sentence -.10
Number discharged who paid fine. .,2
Number let out on bail 3
Number acquitted or eases nolle
pros •••••«.••
Number otherwise removed from
Number retraining In j*il Dee. 31,
1»12 (1 for trial and 4 for sen
teoce).."....
Total number of prisoners dur
.. Ing year 65
"Minnesota Valley Scenic Hi*
W«JfM
An enthusiastic delegation of over
fifty representatives from all th«coun
ties and cities between Mankato and
Minneapolis met at Mhakopee Friday
to discuss tbe matter of obtaining the
suppirt of the counties interested in
c*trying out the work of building a
federal postroad from Minkato and
Minneapolis by way of the Minnesota
river valley, should this route be
designated oy tbe *ts»e highway com*
mission as the most f.vomble one.
Tne meeting was characterised a
general feellog of enlhueiasm among
the delegates present. All seemed
greatly in favor of having the road
progressed aa soon as possible.
This conference waa the outcome of
a meeting with the State Highway
mmiaslon at St. Paul the previous
Friday. At that-meeting the commit
sion announced that It was unable to
contribute tbe whole amount r*quired
secure the •10.000 federal aid for
the proposed 50 mile federal highway,
aod that it would become necessary
for tbe various counties thru which it
was-proposed to run the highway to.
help in a financial way. Tbe meet
ing was called to order by Colonel
George L. Nye of Sfeekopee He
stated the purpose of the-meeting inn
H. N Benson was selecteo as per-names
manent chairman of tbe organization.
Tbe delegation was organized and the
name is to be the "Minnesota Valley
Scenic Bighway Association"-. An
advisory committee consisting of de
legates from all the cities and counties
interested in the proposed fedt-ial
postroad was appointed likewise, a
ways and means c« mmitlee consisting
of one member from each County in
terested.
Mr. Wadell of Hennepin County re
ported that bis county was prepared
to give the required proportion for
work in the county and $1,500 ad
ditional for extending tbe road outside
the county. Nicollet and Blue Earth
Counties reported that their counties
were ready to pay their share of the
expenses in building Delegates from
other counties also thought favorably
of tbe road, but bad no authority to
pledge their counties for financial
support.
It was also decided that, in the
counties representee, hereafter all
road tax shall he paid In eab and
that the state legislature be asked to
try to make this aystem state-wide.
A New Insurance Firm
Deters & Higgs is the name of anew
firm which was ushered into existence
on New Year's Day. They will con
duct a general insurance business and
will be the representatives of tbe Equit-
Life Iosuranoe Company for this
territory aud expect to have addi
tional territory assigned to them to
tbe near future. Both members of tbe
firm are well and favorably known
here, are tboroly conversent with the
Insurance business and will have no
trouble io working up a very lucrative
business. Mr. Higgs left for Chicago
Monday and from there will proceed
to Des Moines, la. to confer with tbe
officers of the Equitable Life relative
to bis new duties and to familiarize
bimselt with the general policy of tbe
Company.
Eugene Pfefferle Boys Old Betake
Monday, negotiations were com
pleted whereby the business block next
to tbe Brown County Bank, now
occupied by Mrs. Franz Schnobricb
aea meat market, becomes the property
of Eugene A. Pfefferle. The con
sideration Is given at 17,600. Mr.
Pfefferle expects to remove his drug
store there within a year, hla present
quarters having become too cramped.
VOLUME XXXIV. NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913.
tattttciwiRwIlMrm
In speaking of thelrecountbfshe
votes In the Judgeship contest In this
district the New». Messenger of Mar
shall the mouth piece of M. E.
Mathewa, among other things says:
"With tbe exception of some sixty
five to ninety-five scattered votes,
which may be contested, th« conduct
of the election was regular In all coun
ties excepting Brown County, where it
was discovered that tbe names of the
candidates for Judge were not rotated
ooJhe ballots, but that on every bal
loteast in Brown county Judge Olasn'e
name appeared first, aod that la no
cise did Mr. Mathewe'
Judge Olson's.
As a result of this discovery aeload
has been thrown on Judge OweaN
title to the Bench, aod it is likely the*
tbe contest will now be carried to the
Supieme court, if necessary, to obtain
a-decision as to whether or not there
was a fair election. Tbe opinion of
the Attorney General that tbe name ot
Judge Calvin L. Brown, recently
elected Chief Justice of our Supreme
court, ahould.be rotated oo tbe ballot*
with tbe names of tbe other two can
didates for that posliiin, who wete
nominated at tbe primaries, Is cited
as showing that the spirit of the law
has been violated and an unfair ad
vantage taken by udge Olaen in thte
election. The ease promises to be one
of the most Interesting ever .triad it*
tbe state. Several illegal votes are
claimed to b«ve been cast la favor ot
Judge Oisen acd more starting dis
closures may appear at tbe trial,
which Is set for January 9tb, and will
be tried at New Ulm."
Since tbe above is In type all
charges In the contest, including even
tbe one of Illegal voting tn one of the
wards In St. Peter, have been with
drawn. This narrows the content
down to the one question of the legal
Ity of the ballots in Brown County be
cause tbe names of tbe candidates for
tbe Judgeship were not rotated. The
law does not apeeifically require tbi»
to be done and In a recent decision
filed by Judge Snow of Winona Coun
ty where tb» same question was in
issue, the Court held tb.-t at a generil
election it ia not peremtory that tbe
rotalb and held tbe election
valid.
N. U. F. D. Elect Officers
At tbe annual meeting of tbe Newdisappeared—and
Ulm Fire Departu ent tbe following
officers were eltcted: Pres., Chu».
Brust, Sr. Vice Pies., Unas. 8tol
.Secy Alfred Scbroeck Trees., EonJ
Wlcberski Stsndard bearers, Fred
Loeacb, Alois Gulden.
Hose Co. No. 1
Cspt., Frank Niemann
Lieut., Alois Gulden
UobeCo. No. 3
Capt, Alfred Nagel
Lieut-, Fred Loescb
Book & Ladder Co.
Capt, Alfred Scbroeck
1st Lieut., Henry Groeboer
2ud Lieut., Emtl Wicberaki
EoglneCo.
Capt, Charlea Stoll
Lieut., John Subapekabm
Police Co.
Capt., Chaa. Brust, Sr.
Lieut., John F. Herzog.
Annul Meeting of New
Jiegervereto.
Ulm
Last Sunday morning tbe members
of tbe New Ulm Jaegervereln met In
tne •'Krawallstub" of the John Hauen
stein Brewing Company for their an
nual meeting and election of officers.
Toe following officers were elected:
Pres., Cbas. Hauenatein Secy., Henry
A. Herrian Trees., Chks. Brust, 8r.
1. Oberjaeger, John Hauensteln, Jr.
2 Oberjaeger, Wm E Koch Kuecben
meister, Hugo Windhurn. Wm. E.
Koch wss awarded the gold medal for
tne highest aversge score during the
season of 1912. It was decided to
have a general clean up at their park
(Hunter's Rest) next spring. Tbe
meeting proved a decidedly Interesting
aod enjoyable one.
Atttrney ttrenolz a Benedict
The many friends of Attorney Ed.
J. Fernbols, of Springfield will be
pleased to learn that he has taken unto
himself a wife. He was married yes
terday at St. Paul to Mlas Boas Haala,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Haala
of tbe Town of Mulligan. Alter a
brief honeymoon, the young couple
will make their home at Springfield.
Tries of Missing Girl
Not Information has been discovered
more in tbe dark than ever as'date go
hv ai id no hint of a clue is discovered,
The, rouog woman has apparently dis
appeared as completely as tbo sbs
had ilasoived into thin air.! v:
whleji will lead to the solution of the Institute work for many years and is
mystery of tbe disappearance of Miss. «."»*• well known to tbe farmers in
Augftsta Jenoingfrom 8t. Alexander's' this vicinity aa a competent Institute
Hospital nearly three weeks ago. Nol ™»D ss a thoroughly up to,
sign of her has been found, no reason date farmer. Mr. Hale will have as
for ter absence has developed and'one of his assistant, Mr. F. L. Marsh
her, relatives and friends are leftlofChamplin. Minn., a man with long
A ^uinor was current last week thst
%H- b}»dy of tbe unfortunate girl had
beeafbund te tbe woods on tbe Albert
hV*$ger farm In Milford. It WMAodrewe
repotted that she waa found seated at
the foot of a tree, leaning against the
•ruok, oe«d, whether from exhaustion
or c&d or hunger, did not appear io
the "report. The rumor spread all
over the city aod country side end
was-practically the same wherever
ueerd but Us source could not beattebd
teamed and It gradually died out,
*eaving tbe mystery deeper than
beforb.
The story of the disappearance as
tokl,|a our columns two weeks ago
remains the seme. She had been atmen,
•he hospital taking treatments for
melancholia. The oursei and atten
daotacould scarcely believe she bid
*oyJerious mental trouble because ot
her Jiiodly, friendly disposition and
beeajaeshe was apparently rational
wa'f|il mattera. ttbe complained at
limeiof being worried and afraid that
eusasfharm waa coming to her. She
seu|d to feel that some one wanted
to bart her but exhibited no other
*lgns of dementia.
Bbf bad several times asked the
nurses if it could not be arraoged that
the could stay at the hospital and
work, because she felt so secure and
••eeaesesbe liked tbe surroundings
The morning of the day she els-with
appeared she bad told tbe sisters that
Whe wished to write to her brother,
fiet.ry Jenoing of Morgan, to come
hefoie Christmas and make arrange
ments that she might remain at the
bOMf/Hcl indefinitely and a letter
wrT
8ib was found after tier disappearance
in which she also spoae of how
pleasant she found it at tbe hospital
and her desire to remain there. The
sisters to please her bad promised to
try to arrange tbe mailer and Mis
•Imnings was particularly bright and
cheerful tbe moroiug of tbe day sbe
this makes the
mystery harder to solve than if she
had exhibited e'gns of dissatisfaction
or extreme melancholia,
Miss Jennlng bad been under tie
special care of Miss Helga Bolstad
while at tbe Hospital but Miss Bolstad
was called borne and it was not
ibought necessary to watch Miss
Jennings closely. She bad been
allowed to walk oo tbe hillside to get
an airing at different times aod
Thursday afternoon Dee. 19th, atfor
about two o'clock she was seen to
come in from a walk acd tben to pass
out again. She walked up and down
he hill. No one has been found who
noticed her acting at all suspiciously
or speaking to any one but at four
o'clock it waa found that ahe bad
utterly disappeared. Search was made
and it was found that she bad walked
to tbe Chapel and back bat no other
signs were to be seen.
Search was made at once along tbe
roads lesding through Milford, with
oo result Inquiries at tbe local rail
way stat'oos developed nothing the
local police discovered no trace of tbe
missing girl in the woods aod fields
about tbe Hospital aod in the eouotry
adjacent. Friends, acquaintances
aud relatives were all communicated
with but to no avail. Absolutely no
clue has been offered except that it
was reported that a young woman
answeribgto tbe description of Miss
Jeoning bad been seen at tbe Omaha
station
vio
St. Peter. A complete
description of tbe miss'nir girl appears
in another column of this issue. Any
information or suggestions as to
msking a eearch fir her in any pos
sible place of hiding will be most
gratefully received by tbose who are
so anxiously awaiting newt of her.
Tbe family can be reached directly by
addressing Henry Jennlng of Morgan.
Fanners Institute at Banska.
There Will be considerable activity at
Liberal Union Hall at Hanska next
weak Monday and Tuesday, January
13th and 14th, when the Farmers'
Institute for Brown County will bold
Its sessions. Local business men
have not only secured the ball, but
have also in a commendable way
taken care of all other local details
quired by the State Department.
This institute will be conducted by
Mr. C. W. Hale of Stewartvllle, Minn.
Mr. Hale hae been employed In
experience as a farmer and in later
years as a builder aod architect who
his paid special attention to farm
structures Mr. Marsb will be pleased
to talk with any of our farmers* who
are putting up buildings and will
gladly give advice oa the planning
aod construction of them. Mr. J- &
of Faribault will be aaotber
member of tbe corps and will be ready
to talk on any line of horticulture or
dairying that may be brought up
These three men are entirely practical
in their teachings.
Tbe new Farmers Institute Annual
No. 25 will be distributed to tbose who
this Institute. This new book ia
devoted large to Farm Managem«ut
problems aud ia said to be one of tbe
nest books ever gotieo out for dis
tribution to Minnesota farmers.
Women, boys and girls, as well as
will find much at tbe Institute
that will be of interest and help. Tbe
intention is to make the Institute of
value to every one, and no effort will
he spared to make it helpful to the
ps »pie of tbe community.
Sessions will commence promptly at
10 a. m. and 1.30 p. m.
NewWm46-Creentsk24.
"It takes tbe Ir sh to beat the Dutch
Such is the popular adage. But
all-aod
theories based on Insufficient data are
bound to get a jolt sooner or later and
this boast of tbe sons of Erin failed to
materiallie when Green Isle tangled
tbe local High School quiot at
Turner Hall last Friday nigbt. It wan
a plain case of Celt versus Teuton
and (as tbey say in Boston) It was a
peach of a mix from the first time the
ball waa tossed till tbe last whistle.
And when, hostilities ceased the bons
bylier to a olece on DeceitrfteP"^ tbe proud
shamrock and held the long end of a
24 io 46 score vu
Fiom the standpoint of clean, bard.
snappy basket-bull it was by fartbe
best game seen on the local floor ibis
year. Tbe teams were much mure
eveuly matcbtd than the score would
iudicate. Oa team-work tbe Irish
were fully on a par with tbe fast New
Ulm boys but tbe locals were far
superior in baaket shooting. Green
Isle repeatedly took tbe ball tbe length
of the field by a series of lightening
passes only to fail in a try for goal
aud lose tbe ball.
Tbe game was fast from tbe start
and Green Isle Immediately took tie
lead by tegiateriog twice io rapid
succession. Things looked gloomy
tbe locals for a few minutes until
tbey solved tbe shifty attach of tbeir
opponents. After tbls tbey settled
down and soon bad tbe game in band.
Tbe first balf ended 9 to 19 in favor of
New Ulm. The same fast pace
characterized the second balf acd tbeOettlogofSt.
visitors, putting up a game tbo
loosing fight, were dangerous all tbe
time.
It Is bard to pick out any stars oo
tbe.team for tbe whole five were
playing in mid-season form aod bare
learned tbe invaluable lesson cf
subordinating Individual starring to
team-play. Captain Cordes played
his usual strong game at center and
was responsible for a good share of
tbe scoring. Amann and Seifert
played the forward positions io fast,
beady style and worked well to
gether. Too much credit cannot be
given Huevelmann and Gieseke st
guard. Both kept a close tab on tbe
fast forwards committed to their
charge. Huevelmann "busted up"
more plays than any other man on tt
team anu Gieseke was just as effective
in rushing the bail back to safe
territory.
Among the visitors there was ocebad
bright, particular 8tar, J. C. Mven-,
who scored 8 field baskets and 2 free
throws. His teammates worked to
gether splendidly aod gave blm oppor
tunity for his best efforts. Tbe other
six points scored by Green Isle were
made by Kreger and Motrin.
For the home team, Amann scored
14 points, Seifert, 10, Gieseke, 2, and
Cordes, 29.
Green Isle
B. L. Myres
A. B. Kreger
Egan
J. C. Myres
Motrin
Line Up.
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New Ulm
Amann
Seifert
Cordes
Gieseke
'Huevelmann
R. F.
L.F.
c.
A. G.
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Mrs. Gross, La*tng Alone,
Dies of Heart Failure Un
known to Friends. ,^g|
Deceased Was ThoughtTo Be
Away and Time of Death
I Now Crrenim.
MmflMpktaOeeewwhethae Meed Io
New TJIm fbrthe ea»*tosh a years waa
found dead io bow) aa he* home oo
South Frank.In Street by her son
Frank of tbe Town of Slgel late
Friday afternoon. Be had seen bar
alive for tbe la*t time Monday,
December 23rd when be called on her
aod found ber suffering with a bad
cold but ber condition was in no way
serious. Wheu be called again oa
Friday Jan. 8. he found the bouse
locked and tbe blinda draxn.^ He
thought nothing of it and went down
town, put up his team at a liver/
barn, attended to hie beeliaae and]
•same back in the afternoon. Wuen be
found tbe bouse still dark, ho became
alarmed, and aede laewlrtee among
tbe neighbors and learned that she
bad not been seen sines the previous
Monday and that they thought that
ebe must be out of town visiting.
Fred Tepe. a neighbor*! hoy, went
with Mr. Grose end gained entrance
iLto the bouse tbra a cellar window
opened the door. In tbe bed*
room waa found Mra. Gross* body
lying on ber bed in perfectly natural
position, ber eyes were eloeed and a
ueaeeful look waa on her face. She
evidently bad died from heart failure.
Coroner Reineke who was called
decided that an Inquest was un
necessary, It being apparent that Mrs*
Gross had died a natural death. Her
death muat have occurred aet earlier
than Cbriatmaa Day and not-later
than January l«t, because a news
paper dated December 25 was lying
on tbe floor and a postcard dated Jan.
l*t was found between ibe inside and
nlorm doors of tbe house. $10,000 ia
notes and securities was found in tbe
old lady's baudbag aud 1200 in cash,
in tbe cupboard.
Tbe deceased, whose maiden name
was Sophia Lendt, was born in Goibar
Brandenburg, Germany on Sept. 25,
1848 aod was therefore •& years old
wnen she died. She came to tbie
country with her perente k« tbe year
li67, coming directly, to Browa
County. Io the, followmg year aba
was married' to PhtfJo ©roes who
became demented and wee committed
to tbe Bospital at St. Peter where he
died 19 years ago. Her son Charlea
is confined io tbe same beepital and
ber only daughter, Mrs. William
Getting preceded-ber in "death some
years ago. Her soce Aagest aod
Frank of tbe Town of Slgel, two
gcand-hildren, Flora and Cleveland
Slnce January 1st New Uhn has bad
a clearing bou»e for wheat and other
grain milled io transit. R. W. Scott,
of Minneapolis representative of the
Western Weighing Association Is ia
charge and has opened op for bi»i»
ness iu tbe lormer Fullertou Lumner
Co. office on Valley Street, now occu
pied by J. H. Edwards, tbe grain in
spector. Heretofore all billa of lading
went direct to the railroad companies
and it was up to tbem with tbe a«si*»
tance of tbe mills to figure out if they
sufficient trans't to their credit to
permit of tbe milled stuff to go at the
transit rate. Now the Mile of lading
are banded to Mr. Seat!whowllfo. k.
if fouod correctand the staff, will he
billed out without nop* farther ques
tion. Wltbouvbw adnata** the rail
road companies wtH refnee ta receive
tbe mllled-stuff, exaafl* ettfct regular
rate. Tfcleough* W prove anilea con
ference to tbe local mtlls eed relieve
them of a great deal of aaplaaeant aad
tedious work which formerly fell to
tbeir lot.
Mrs. E. MeStota of Sk Jemea was a
gnest at the Hess heme lor several
days last weak.
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Cbristopb Lendt of Slgel sarvive her.
Tne fuoeral waa held Monday morning
from tne Lutheran Cbarch, Rev. C. J*
Albreobt officiating.
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