A Frightful Experience.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hargens living some five miles northeast of Manning had quite an experience last week. While they were milking in the evening a traveler came into the yard and asked to get something to eat and stay overnight. At first Mr. Hargens told him that they were not in shape to keep him very well but the man insisted that he was going to stay there that night anyway, that he had no money but was going to stay that night just the same.

Mr. Hargens did not care to raise any disturbance and did not want to cross him. Mrs. Hargens spoke up and said she did not see why a big strong man as he was and as much work as there was to do in the country, that he would be out of money, that they had to work hard for their living and did not see why he should expect them to keep him without money, He then began to abuse them calling her all kinds of vulgar names, etc. At this juncture Mr. Hargens told him to get off the place as quick as he could; that he wouldn't stand any such abuse. The man then went into the barn and swore that he would get the pitchfork and kill the whole family.

As he came out with the pitchfork the hired man happened to be coming from the granary with corn for the horses and the fellow tackled him and told him he would kill him if he raised his hand and jabbed the fork close to his head with terrific oaths ?force?. The hired man told him he had nothing against him and to please not be so quick with his fork. While this was going on Mr. Hargens went to the house and got his gun and was ready for him on the second attack, but the fellow started down the road, Mr. Hargens keeping him in sight. He carried the fork a half mile or so and threw it over the fence and went on west going over to Peter Miller's place where be went in and told them he wanted something to eat, they prepared him some supper, but in the mean time Mr. Hargens had telephoned Deputy Sheriff Claussen to come at once to Peter Millers' place and he was soon there. He and Mr. Hargens went to the Miller home together and arrested him and he was brought to Manning and placed in jail until the next day when he had his preliminary trial before Squire Johnson and was taken to Carroll where Sheriff Schmick took charge of him. The next day the sheriff received word from Wisconsin that there was a man had escaped from the insane asylum up there and from the description given Sheriff Schmick was satisfied this was the man and at once noticed the sheriff to that effect. The Wisconsin Sheriff came and claimed his man and took him back to Wisconsin. It seems the fellow had been an inmate of the asylum and had got away and surely was a very dangerous man to be running at large. One thing certain, Mr. and Mrs. Hargens and their hired man will not soon forget their experience with him.