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Mistakes of a Justice Saves
a
Young Woman from
Imprisonment.
Constable Morrill, of
Royalton, brought Miss Frances Wise, of Buckman to Little
Falls Wednesday, to be placed in the county jail, under
commitment by Justice Dragoo, of Royalton. A squabble between
the prisoner and Mrs. N. Kunz, of Buckman, on the way home
from church Sunday, resulted in the conviction of Miss Wise
for assault, before Justice Dragoo. Richard Clark of Royalton
attorney for the prisoner, came up with her, and secured her
release, as County Attorney Lyon decided that the commitment
was defective in several particulars, not showing that the
defendant had waived jury trial, and not stating term of
commitment. Little Falls Herald Friday
April 15, 1898
That Buckman Saloon
Buckman, March 21, 1898
Editor Herald:
It was stated in last
week’s HeraId that a certain person went to Little Falls from
Buckman to prevent Jos. Hortsch from getting a license. The
law is to have no saloon within 1500 feet of a school-house,
but there have been saloons ever since 1893, from 400 to 800
feet from the school bouse, and the certain person was not at
Little Palls to be against license, but is going to start a
saloon in the fall within 1500 feet of the school house, and
just went to Little Falls to see if the county commissioners
had a right to violate the school laws.
Yours truly,
The Certain Person. Little Falls Herald Friday April 15,
1898
Salvation Army
Last Friday’s Transcript
contained an article which was unusually full of the mendacity
which seems to have become characteristic of that paper when
speaking of those connected with the city administration.
It is charged therein that
Officer Heroux showed his unfitness by arresting and putting
in jail on Thursday night of last week a lad about 15 years of
age, who was disturbing the Salvation Army meeting. For
sometime several boys have amused themselves in making trouble
at the Army meetings, and it was time to put a stop to it. The
boy in question, when the officer approached, threatened him
with a large pocket knife, which the officer took away from
him, and collared him at the same time. The boy was not
roughly treated. He was badly scared, which
was the intention. The Transcript’s statement
that the boy was to be kept in jail all night is untrue, as
the matter was reported to the mayor shortly after, and the
officer was directed to release the boy. The further statement
that a son of the officer had a fight recently with the lad
arrested, is a clumsy untruth. The whole animus of the article
is a personal spite which its writer has toward the officer.
The basis of most of the Transcript’s articles on the police
have the same discreditable basis. Little Falls Herald Friday April 15,
1898
Jan. 1, 1917 Five arrests were made
in Little Falls in the evening for rowdyism. Patrolman Larson
was struck over the head with a club. (Some start for the new
year.) Little Falls Herald
Jan. 22, 1917 Fire destroyed big hotel at
Brainerd. Warren Higby of this city was asleep when fire broke
out but escaped safely. Two lives were lost in the fire.
Little Falls Herald
Jan. 28, 1917 Mr. and Mrs. P. W.
Blake of this city celebrated their golden wedding. Little
Falls Herald
Feb. 10, 1917 Little Gladys Grenier of
Belle Prairie was bitten by a horse and dropped into a barrel
filled with water, by the animal. A large piece of flesh was
torn from the girl’s face when the horse bit her. Little
Falls Herald
Feb. 11, 1917 Mrs. Marla Peterson of
Minneapolis former resident of this city, celebrated her 104th
birthday. Little Falls Herald
July 12, 1917 A baby girl was left on the
steps of the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Elof Peterson of this
city. Child is now with a family at Darling. Little Falls
Herald
Aug. 30, 1917 Private Podraza. of Swan
River lost an arm on French front. Was first Morrison county
youth to be injured at the front. Little Falls Herald
Sept. 10, 1917 Coroner Trebby conducted an
examination of the remains of the late John Husmann of Randall
to determine the cause of death, complaint having been made
that he met death by foul means, poisoning being mentioned.
The stomach was sent to state chemist for analysis and he
reported that stomach contained no poison. Coroner’s Jury then
returned verdict saying cause of death was unknown. Little
Falls Herald
Sept. 16, 1917 Fire destroyed barn on Joseph
Knuth farm in Little Falls town. Two horses lost in
fire. Little Falls Herald
Sept. 28, 1917 Peter Ritzko of Hillman was
arrested, charged with having failed to register with draft.
He was bound over to the federal grand Jury. Little Falls
Herald
Sept. 30, 1917 Sylvester Kaiser of Bellevue
was arrested for desertion from draft army and was sent to
camp without option of examination or application for
exemption. Little Falls Herald
Oct. 11, 1917 Andrew Lepinski of Platte was
arrested for failure to register. He was sent to camp without
privilege of exemption or application for exemption.
Little Falls Herald
Dec. 22, 1917 Gladys Olin, age 17, who had
been employed in this city a few weeks disappeared. Was seen
at station and told local woman that she was going to
Minneapolis. She has not yet been found. Little Falls
Herald
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