The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-27
Warrants Will
Be Asked For
From thursdays Daily.
STATEMENT MADE BY REV.
FATHER HoLPER.

Rev. Father Helper, the priest at
Minnesota Lake was called up by
The Free Press this afternoon and
said: ~ do not care 20 have any
fuss made about this matter. Re-
pcrts that have been published
about this affair were wrong. !
told the janitor ! wanted TO see one
Of the boys al my house and !
called up the other. left the room
when Alma and her brothers were
together. told George, the older
boy, that u ! were In his place, ]
would like to grow up with my
brother and sisters, but he was old
enough to judge for himself. ! don't
think ! said anything to George
about raising a stink.
This girl, Alma Lauriseh, came
TO me a stranger, and asked me "
she could see her brothers, as she
wanted to talk with them. The boys
DO not belong to my church. The
three were by themselves In my
house for an hour and half. All
through that time ! did not know
what was up, but ! found out after
wards asked the older boy u he
intended to make trouble and he
said he did. He left the. house and
then ! ordered the girl and younger
boy out, and after seeing them
walk TO the sidewalk, ! closed the
DOOR
when the girl first came to the
house, did not know who the
boys were that she wanted 10 see.
| did not know them. asked the
jsnitor II he knew the boys and
he said he did. Then . asked the
ianitor to 60 and get them"
When asked about Brecht cali
ing on him late Tuesday afternoon,
Rev. Helper stated that 6recht
and Miss Gertrude laurisch met
on the porch as 6reeht was leav-
ing the house. Rev. Helper stated
that 6reeht called TO talk to him
on a matter of business.
Rev. Helper wanted II distinctly
that he had not been
mixed up In any kidnapping deal or
art and time and lnvesti-
cation would prove as much.
Warrants for the arrest of Miss
Alma Laurisch and Rev. Father
Helper will be asked OF County At
torney Bulls Of Farfbault county"
declared Frank Laurisch, father OF
he boy. Russell Laurisch, the story !
Il which appeared in The Free
Press last evening.
F.riur 10 nation was received
frol HInr .rla Lake today by The
Ere Trrss iu 70 gard to the kid
nap ---~---f7-- Russell Laurisch.
an uv tusas sH..g mt or which APP
pea En- IS ~ Us issue Of this
paI |
- -. t'rs is informed that
Nif. niua iEp~'s,h, who is alleged
to 10 q ~ aPssi the boy, her
yoruE % r. Is brought to Min
net gtt faas oa Tuesday morning
by tsar fg8. the south. No one
see IS 80 Ssls who brought her
there. Ire rig, II Is said. was put
up at a liverybarn, but no one seems
TO know anything about whose
II was. II appears that no
enc saw the girl.
Russell Went to House First.
After the boys were asked by
Kapher. janitor Of the church, to !
90 to the priests house. Russell. the .
boy, went to the house as
soon as school was out. The boys
we're In different rooms in the '
school. George was kept alter
school for twenty minutes to make
up some lessons. When he came
": Of the school house, according
10 his own story, he supposed that |
MS brother had gone home. He did |
not know that his brother was at |
the priests house or had been in
vited to go there. He was on the !,
talking with some other
boys. when Father Holper prcrsd !
The door OF his house, directly north
Of the Fairgrounds, called to George
and said he wanted to see him. !
George went over and found his sis |
ter, Alma, and his brother. Russell. |
Russell, so the story goes, was
seated on the chair, crying. Alter /,
some talk. the priest told George
he also should go with Alma. George
IL is said tried TO take hold OF his
brother and take him with him, but
was prevented from so doing.
Alleged Remark BY Priest.
The priest, II is reported, said to
George, III !ti won't go. don't saw !
enything about what has become OF
Russell for forty-eight hours as II
would only raise a stink" George. /
II is said, replied that he was going
home, and would tell of II, as soon
as he got there.
George says he had walked about
I've blocks, when he met his Aunt
Gertrude, Miss Laurisch. on her way
tn town. He told her what had
happened. She walked about two
l'ecks and re. the village marshal.
Chris Kruger. and asked him 10
go with her 10 the home OF the