The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-28
STORY OF NIGHT
FRACAS IS TOLD
LITTLE DRAMA ENACTED
IN POLICE COURT
COMEDY STAGED ALSO
Habitues of Municipal Tribunal
Given Some Entertainment
This Morning

A. E. Waters, arrested on July 10
on the charge Of using abusive lam
suage which tended TO provoke an
assault, was found guilty of that Of
tense in tne municipal court this
morning was sentenced by Judge
William Strodtmann to pay fine Of
$40 and costs.
The complaining witness, John
Canellos, proprietor of the Olympia
Candy store. testified that the de-
PENDANT called him ''Wop." The
defendant denied this and said that
he called Mr.. Canellos a D da-
CO." and told him to beat il down
me street or he would clean his
clock"
According to the evidence brought
out tlis morning in the trial case,
Mr. waters anu W illlam Claybrook
a fingerprint student OF this city,
were talking in front OF the. Saul
paugh about two o'clock on the
morning of July Is, when Mr.. Ca
nello passed and according TO Mr..
Canello's statement he said: 'Hel-
10, boys" The complaining witness
tan stated that he knew Mr.. Clay
brook. but that Mr.. Waters seemed
to take offense at this Salutation
and called him a dirty wop," and
later some OF the most vulgar and
degrading names. Asked il he had
made any threatening gestures or
remarks to Mr.. Waters, Mr.. Camel :
los answered in the negative. Il
packed away from Mr.. Walters
when he said those words, said Mr..
Canellos, and did not know If the
man was drunk or crazy.
Notified An officer
Then the complaining witness
stated that ne went back up the
street and had Officer Peter Wette-
stad, who later arrested Mr.. waters
and took him TO the police station.
Once Wettstad, when called to
the stand testified that he had pass
ed the Saulpaugh hotel on his beat,
and was walking toward the police
station. He stopped for a moment
+ in front of the Saulpauga barber
shop entrance. He heard Mr.. Ca
( nelios say hello TO three men who
be saw in front OF tle hotel. Later
he heard some one say. You d
Wop" and use other vile language.
a moment or So later he was re-
Quesled by Mr.. Canellos to arrest
( L.. Waters. When / started back
! toward where the trouble had tax
4 eo place" said Officer ettestad,
4 tyatters was beating it N the
Did he have his clutch in higl?'
1 said Attorney Grogan-
Yes. replied oIncer Wettestad,
HE was stepping on it and call,
ed to him to HIATT, but he turned
Il solnd the corner of the hotel and
Ilan In TO the hotel on the Main
lfsL- eel entrance. Later l placed him
4 under arrest, where has sitting in
III aaa. with inis hat pulled down
4 Defending that he was asleep.
.Dad you wake him up?" asked
Lett Attorney Gilmore.
i guess / did," said Officer Wet
sitesIau with smile.
At this point the attorney for the
ldeiense asked for dismissal OF
the case but the motion was denied.
III Story Told by claybrook
Wi.iam Claybrook said that he
time when the trouble commenced
He testified that Mr.. Canellos came
Ialong ahd said: What the hell are
you fellows doing here at this time
/ Eof night"
ft At that time Waters was writing
8 his. address on an envelope intend
{ ing to give il to Claybrook. He said
that Mr.. Waters who had his back
burned toward Mr.. Canellos turned
around and asked:
What do you care?" then Mr.
lCanellos made some reply and
Claybrook testified that Waters
said: Get out Of here you d
Ijago or Will clean your clock
what are you butting in for?"
A c. Hoffmeister a travelling
ak. but was sitting on a settee in
he hotel entrance and did not pay
any attention to it. He did not
khink that the defendant used the
( f7ile language testified to-. Later he
saw Officer Wettestad take Mr.
Waters into custody in the hotel.
A. z. Waters, the defendant In
The case, when called to the stand
terrified the statement of Claybroob
Ind said that he made tia r9ply tc
a. fCanellos's question as to what they
we're doing there:
What Ia. &c ycu care? Listen tpr
will clean your clock. we do moi
zant your company"
Was On Cross Determination
On the cross examination by Cit
Attorney Gilmore, Mr.. Waters ad
nitted that he thought discretion
ne better part of valor, and took II
lis heels when he saw Canellos re
turning with two or three men. YoI
ire an able bodied man are you no
md able to take craze Of yourself,
inquired City Attorney Gilmore.
q know I am an able bodied man
nd / am not afraid to Tight ont
IAN but I don't propose to fight al
frmy," said Mr. Waters, so bea
You had your nat over your fac
N-hile you were sitting in the chat
u the chair in the Saulpaugh trying
rom the officer didn't you?" asket
& t1e city attorney.
81 guess my hat was tilted dow
yer my face little, but had ]
Eloyed forward so l could scratch
d Nv head, I had a bite"
The defendant said that when b,
fas jerked from the chair by TIT
E Ktfcer that his hat fell off. II,
Is tanted to be permitted to pick i
Is % but the officer would not let hin
5 It.
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