The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-08
q. [. Scott Says Boy Was Ia
Mankato All Day
rom saturdays oAity.

from Saturdays Daily. ~
G. l.. Scott Of this city expressed
himself as amused. this morning nj
the story In The Minneapolis Tribune
yesterday concerning his son.
Clayton went riding In my car
yesterday" stated Mr.. Scott toa Free
Press reporter, 'and when he did not
show up i'm the course OF an hour my
wife, who has not been In the best
of health for sometime past, grew
very nervous and worried, and thought
he might have started on some long
trip without saying anything about IL,
so she telephoned 10 the Minneapolis
police. Clayton returned home short
ly afterward. and nothing more was
thought about the matter. He was
with me all the rest of the day, and
we drove to several OF the surround
ing towns. I was quite surprised at
the Importance attached to the mat
ter by the city papers yesterday
An Animated Conversation.
Rather an animated conversation
took place this morning at the front
door of the resident of Mrs. c. l..
Scott, 631 South Second street, be-
tween Mrs. Scott and Free Press
Representative IL will be remembered
that The Minneapolis Tribune yester-
day morning published story TO the
effect that c. l.. Scott ON Thursday
night telephoned to the Minneapolis
police to be on the watch for his son.
Clayton, who was said to have run
away with his fathers car. The boy
was before the district court yester-
day on the charge OF running OF with
the car owned by c. j. Laurisch. but
Judge Comstock was not yet ready to
dispose Of his case.
When Mrs. Scott came to the door,
her attention was called by the news
paper representative to The Tribune
story.
You know" she emphatically de-
clared. that when a person does just
one thing. he Is unjustly accused Of
a lot OF other things. That Is my car.
my own car, that my son has been
driving. He has my permission TO
drive H."
Did Mr.. Scott telephone that mes
sage TO the Minneapolis police?"
Il do, not know. He does lots of
things that I do not know anything
about"
rs he at homer"
NO"
Us he in town."
Yes"
Where can see him."
Il do not know"
when will he be ut homer"
81 do not know. What is the use
of your seeing him, anyhow? You
would just get II twisted up. Write
anything you please I'm your paper.
but be mighty careful what you write.
You might put something In that you
would be sorry for"
did the boy take the car to Min
neapolis at the time this Tribune ar
ticle speaks Off"
mo, he did not go to Minneapolis
at all. He has been right here I'm Man
kato the whole time. He Is right here
In the house now
There was some further converse
ton and the newspaper man asked 81
Clayton was in the house.
II have told you several times that
he was In the house. Do you think
| am a liar. II you say I am a liar.
you might be very sorry for It. Clay
ton. come here and show this man
that | am not a liar"
Clayton stepped forward. He said
positively that he had not gone to
Minneapolis at the time the article In
question referred to. -
The Faribault Republican of last
evening contained a story that the
police OF that city had been request
ed to hold q young man named Scott.
and The Republican stated also that
II may be some other Scott was
meant than the Scott in this city. AT
any rate Mr.. Scott and his son were
In the district court room In this city
at ten o'clock yesterday morning.
According to The Republican. the
Faribault police were notified Thurs
day evening to hold Scott, and that
paper says his father arrived I'm that
city early Friday morning and tax
en- to his home In Mankato." The
Faribault paper states also that the
boy was going to Minneapolis to meet
his parents. The police here know
nothing OF the matter. so Chief Klug-
herr stated today.
from SATURDAYS psIiv.
Mankato ladies who attended. the
district convention Of the Degree of
Honor held In LIE Sueur yesterday aft
ernoon report very pleasant meet
Ing and excellent entertainment by
the hospitable lie sueur lodge. The
convention was largely attended. In
addition to the Mankato visitors and
the lie Sneur lodge members, dele
cation were present from Kasota, New
Ulm and Jordan. st. Peter. Sleepy Eye
and Shakopee were the only lodges I'm