The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09

Mrs. Otis Dolson Insists That
She Was Not Drunk


Klugherz was determined to-. bring
her before the court In order to air
the situation In regard TO the claim
made by officials Of the. Salvation
Amy to ths-effect that they rescued
Mrs. Dolson on the night of Decem-
Der 80 from a room ! upstairs on
South Front street where. they said.
she was intoxicated. s.r.~. =.
Mr.. Buyer swore TO The Complaint.
II seemed from the testimony taken
this morning that the claim that the
woman was intoxicated when Mrs.
n. y. Buyer of the Army took her
from the home upstairs on South
Front street rested solely Oh the
judgment Of Airs. Buyer. VINO said the
woman admitted that she had been
drinking. "a -
Woman Acted Different.
Mrs. Buyer also saidsthat the won
an acted IN a manner different from
the way In which she habhually act
ed when sober, and that she was
not herself that evening. Mrs. buyer
also said that man In the place
raised his hand as IL TO strike her
when she came after the woman,
acting ON q complaint of the wont
ans husband. Otis Dolson. who was
trying TO get his wife home. s.t
Mrs. Dolson denied, on the stand
that she had been drinking. She
declared that she had Bayer been
inside of saloon since she promised
Judge Comstock to stay out OF them.
and had never been drunk since the
time OF her probation, She admitted
that she had one glass Of beer about
three weeks ago. . D. ..e
Words With Husband. Il
According to Mrs. Dolson's testi
mony, the row or rather exchange
of shorp words between herself and
| her husband was the result of his not
coming home when he said he would
She went down town TO look for him
and stopped in at the home of
| friends with whom the Dolson family
had been on intimate terms many
years. S." a.ag.s.. -
The man living at the place de-
eiared that nothing occurred at his
home that evening. December 80. to
warrant any disturbance being made
| over II. rrs. Dit
Mrs. DoIson Was Peeved. "A.
|, Mrs. Dolson declared that she
was no longer drinking woman.
She said she worked hard and no
person could work hard and be. 4
drinker She said. tjsat early I'm tue
evening on that day. she had been
a little peeved at Her husband for
taking some money away from the
house. He had said he would be
1 home that evening to supper. They
lived at 104 West street In West
! Mankato. He did not come home
when he saidDfhe would. so shs
started down town 10 look for him.
On coming TO the ffiend's home.
7 where she was afterwards found by
Mrs. Buyer, she, went I'm and made
herself mt home. She was an old
friend of the family. The head OF
the home was man who worked
for Dolson. The mans little ten.
year-old boy was ut home and she
| made arrangements TO take him TO
/ the show.
Charge Against Husband.
When she was outside little late,
she saw her husband I'm company
with another woman AMI remarked:
"Now. does not that look 'nice?" She
took supper at the placc.Swhere she
was visiting. When her husband
came. 20 lock for her al the place,
they had a sharp exchange of words.
but IL -eould hardly be > called a
quarrel. She said she told her hus-
band that she had just rs much
light, TO 20 down town as he had 10
stay down, town When. Mrs. Buyer
came into the place. Mrs. DOlson
testified that she hid herself back
of the curtain; quietly Remaining that
she did not have to obey that
woman. .a,~ uE
Mrs. Buyer testified to having
seen a pail that the head >.ef tile
house was about tn tas-s out and II
looked as if he were going for
liquor. The man himself. !. however,
said ON the stand thai he was mere
~ going to get some. buttermilk for
the pigs at the Dolson place. Mrs.
Buyer declared that 1t was only 1,
two-quart pail, though the defense
sought to make out that Il was much
larger, plenty large enough to carry
buttermilks to the pigs.
The evidence tended to show that
Mrs. @Dolsons went to the place OF
her own free will and was not de.
tained there by anyone -. -
| Judge Comstock set the case for
argument ut three o'clock this after.
noon. County Attorney Schmidt is
handling the case for the prosecu.
tion and c. L. Benedict for the de.
fendant.. =
Mrs. Dolson was declared by the
Judge not guilty. However he sever.
" roasted the Dolsons.' 4
w. A. Corbin was notified by the
city authorities yesterday that his
services as city health inspector
would no longer be needed.
The notice given him was written
| nv Mavor Mever and read "a fol.