The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-20
SISTER KIDNAPPED
YOUNG BROTHER
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osten, requesting him TO notify the
authorities in towns all through
Blue Earth and neighboring coun-
ties TO be on the lookout for the
kidnapped boy and his sister.
II is said the priest was called
up over the telephone by Attorney
Laurisch, asking how and when
Alma arrived at his place. The
priest. II is reported replied. "She
walked in" Mr.. Laurisch then asked,
so tho report goes, at what time
and received the answer. Il do not
know" what became of Them
Mr.. Laurisch is said to have next
asked. and the answer Is said to
have been. They walked away"
Wanted to Locate Boy.
Il Is further related that Mr..
Laurisch then stated that he wanted
to locate Nina and her brother and
that he did not approve OF the
method she had used in getting pos
session of the boy. The priest is
want to learn the whereabouts OF
the sister and boy. come to Mime
sofa Lake and talk to me about IL.
do not wish to talk over the tele.
phone as there is too much publicity
connected with a telephone CONVEX
sation."
MIR. IIal4isch is said TO have re-
piled that he could not arrive at
Minnesota Lake until eleven O'Clock
that evening. He did not know
Of any secrecy connected with the
matter and knew of no reason why
the priest should not inform him OF
the whereabouts of Alma and her
brother over the telephone. The
priest. Il is related, replied that he
did not feel like discussing family
relations over the telephone and did
not feel under any obligations to
tell what he knew about IL. lie
would not talk any more about IL,
he Is alleged to have said, unless
Mr.. Laurisch would come to Mime
sofa Lake. and thereupon hung up
the receiver. so the story goes.
Again Called Up Priest.
II is further stated that Mr..
Laurisch at this point again called
mp the priest, told him that he
could not go to Minnesota Lake and
insisted on the priest telling him
what had become of Alma and her
brother. The priest once more
said. according TO the report, "They
walked away" Mr.. Laurisch asked
Where were they going?" and the
priest replied, as the story goes
that he did not know that II was
any OF his or Mr.. Laurisch's bust.
ness. ..
On being asked by Mr.. Laurisch
If he did not know that the boys
were staying with their grand
mother. and that the mother and
Alma were not living with their
father, the priest is said to have re
piled. Yes, and | think the mother
ought TO have the boys" Mr.. Lau
risch, ii is further narrated, said he
did not call up the priest to ash
him for his opinion. as to who wa,
entitled 20 the custody OF the chill
dren. but merely wanted TO know
what had become of the boy AMI
why the priest did not call up either
the grandmother or Miss Iauriscl
and inform them as to what wa,
going on.
Priest was Indignant.
Rhe priest is said TO have replied
that he did not know that that wa.
any II Mr.. Laurischs business ant
had nothing further to say thar
what he had previously stated. Mr.
Laurisch answered, IL is said. tina
IL the priest felt that what he hat
said was all the explanation he ha,
to make as to what had srecome o
the boy. he was badly mfytaken. MI
Laurisch said he did not thinl
that a priest or anybody else coull
shirk an explanation OF the disar
pearance of the boy i'm the name
he had, that the priests home wa
the last place to which the where
abouts OF the. boy had been trace
and the priest would certainly hav
TO make. a fuller explanation of tn
q affair than he had made or wa
willing to make to Mr.. Laurisch.
Mr.. Laurisch also remarked,
is said. IF You refuse to make an
further explanation. I know of n
other course than to institute lega
proceedings"
The priest replied. according 1
the report, that he had nothing I
do with advising those people q
the taking away of the boy; ais
That he was a witness for the Iii