The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-08-19
ONE MAN FROM IOWA HAD ALL
SORTS OF TROUBLE.
From Mondays Daily.

A harvest hand named W. X. Bene-
gar, giving his home as Davenport,
Iowa, was the victim of all sorts OF
trouble Saturday night and Sunday.
He drifted into the city Saturday and
locked up over night. As he claimed
to be a harvest hand and on his way
to Sleepy Eye to work he was allowed
to 90 yesterday morning on condition
that he go to Sleepy Eye at once.
Benegar went to the depot and there
fell in with a couple OF men who
were strangers to him. They let him
drink freely from a bottle and he got
under the influence again and an Off
Ger was summoned by. the depot of
iicias and he was locked up. Then
it was found that a package of $50
in bills that he had when released i'll
the morning was missing. Benegar ut
once suspected his companions, but the
police were unable to locate them, and
the officers are inclined to think that
his suspicious were correct.
Was Hit By An Auto.
About $50 o'clock Sunday afternoon
Benegar having sobered off and again
given his freedom, started from the
Rex to mail postcard TO his daugh-
ter, in the mail box by the Saulpaugh
corner As he stepped out into the
street he was struck by an automobile
and knocked down and considerably
bruised. When the car struck him
fairly in front he chung to. the hood
for moment and then fell over
backwards and was rolled over and
run over by the wheels of the car,
which, fortunately was light Ford
car Dr. Sohmer was standing near
and at once took the man to the Of
fees of Drs. Edwards & Sohmer, where
they looked over Benegar and found
that he had sustained COMMISSIONS on
his forehead. knee and one finger, but
that no bones were broken. He was
fixed up and will be able to leave
! the city I'M a day or two.
The car that struck Benegar was
one owned by Mr.. Ofienloch. a Kasota
merchant, and it was being driven by.
Mrs. Ohenloch, her daughter being in
! the car with her. Mrs. Offenloch had
come down Main street and turned
onto Front, going south, when she
struck Benegar. She had footed her
horn, and was going slowly. according
to the witnesses The police were in
| formed by spectators that the man
was to blame. and not Mrs Often
lOch
| Nav ThroiIuh CroWd
There was Il large crowd standing
at the street intersection waiting for
street cars after the ball game, and
Mrs. Otfenolcn was picking her way
| through the crowd, when Benegar
! stepped out from the curb. not looking
f! to see wehther vehicles were coming.
! After striking the man, and running
over him, Mrs. Offenloch drove her car
as far as the Franklin restaurant be-
fore stopping.
The only mistake that Mrs. Often
| loch seems to nave made was in driv
ing down the left side of Main street
and turning up the left side of Front
instead of taking the right side of
! the street justification for this lay
in the fact that the greatest crowd
was on the right side of the street.
Outcome Is Fortunate.
Mr.. Ofienloch made settlement
with Benegar. paying his doctor bill
and expenses and for few days time
lost. Benegar expressed himself as
satisfied, although he said that he did
not hear the horn blown and thought
that the car was going too fast. Spec
tators say that the car might have
been going ten or twelve miles an
! hour, If the car had been a heavy
one the wheels might, have inflicted
more of an injury, and the outcome
of the accident is altogether fortunate