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Missing St. Peter Inmate in MissouriST PETER, Minn lt;AP -Nicollet County Sheriff George Witty said today that John Hartmann. inmate of the St.Peter State Security Hospital who failed to return from a pass, hasElmoreElevatorFor SaleELMORE, Minn. lt;APi - TheElmore Farmers Elevator Co., which has incurred losses and has been closed for an audit sin ce March 16, is up for sale.The announcement was made Friday by tbe elevator s attorney, Spencer Johnson, Blue Earth There are at least two poten tial buyers The elevator’s board of directors received a preliminary audit report from the company’sauditors, Helleloid and Johnson, MinneapolisThe elevator has incurred large operating losses in connection with the management of its trading account Other losses were attributed to overstatement of inventory Last month, elevator officials were asked by reporters if the resignation of Manager Myron Johnson March 16—the day ofthe closing—indicated financialproblems with the elevator Not so, they said.been captured in MissouriHartmann. 55, is described as mentally ill, and Witty said he is dangerous, although the hospital medical director stated be is “not worried about a guv like John According to Witty, Hartmann was in an emergency ward in a Sikeston, Mo , hospital, but it was not known if he was injured or how he was hurt, if soSikeston police checked on his identity after he was hospitalized and discovered there was a federal warrant out for HartmannOfficers were posted at the hospital until arrangements can be made for Hartmann’s return to Minnesota, saidSikeston is in southeastern Missouri, about 125 miles southof St Louis.Also with Hartmann at the hospital were a woman he reportedly was traveling with, Patricia Kaye Elwood, and her i-year-od daughter. They were not hospitalized, said the sheriff.Hartmann has been a suspect in, but never charged with, tbe murder in late 1951 of Theodore Foth Foth was found on a burning bed in Hartmann’s room.Hartmann’s wife filed papers to have him committed to a mental hospital. A civil hearing determined he was mentally ill and dangerous.In 1964, he and another inmate were suspected in the murder of another inmate at the security hospial. A grand jury failed toindict anyone Hartmann was free on a pass when he failed to return to the institution April 5 Witty said that permitting Hartmann free dom without an escort was “ridiculous.”Hartmann also escaped in 1968 while on a pass and in 1970 after he was transferred to the AnokaState Hospital.Area Solons To Meet FridayLegislators from Districts 30 and 31 will meet with voters starting at 8 p m Friday at the Albert Lea Vocational Technical Institute, in separate rooms The meetings, sponsored by tbe Freeborn County Farm Bureau, is part of that group’s “town hall” meeting program.IR District Convention SetTbe Independent-Republican Second Congressional District Convention has been scheduled for Saturday at the American Legion Hall in Fairmont.The Martin County Independent-Republican Party is hosting the convention this year.Joann Sorenson of Albert Lea has been named to chair the party’s Constitution Committee Delegates to the convention were selected at the various county conventions.
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Albert Lea Sunday Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Sun, Apr 15, 1979
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