Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-26

l1ll1 H.
g.
/ did? AZ. No he could not. He would
have to use that clutch and release
John a. Johnson being duly sworn
according to law. says: !. 81 5 ,54
who ran the automobile testified to BY
i Mr: Douglas on the trip made yesterday
and at which time Mrs. Anna Matilda
Carlson met her death? "a. Yes. SIR
g. You heard the testimony Of Mr..
Douglas as to where It happened and
hill from the grade? A. Yes. sir.
@. Is that correct A. Yes, sir. IN
O.. Now. will you state to this jury
what you did in handling that car when
% S4S1d not run up the hil on
automobile than the one was run
ming and was running that on high
geahr t; 1t it, y customary sss when come up
i gear let that in low gear and it climbs
just as easy: That probably gave me
a little bewilderment in this. ran it
i clutch and was trying to throw it in
low gear, but as done that I couldn't
say but that got it in the middle gear:
i I wasn't strong enough in the foot. I
guess couldn't give that clutch any
more pressure, but tried my very best
and I grabbed for the brake handle.
But at the same time Mr.. Douglas grab
bed owe" and threw that himself, but it
went so quick that when we were out
started tc cut, and the car is very heavy
I think the engine worked ahead of it.
and we had it handled right and it start
ed to cut and we went back and tipped
lover.
i O., This brake you applied, what was
The foot brake. "
Q: You pressed that as hard as you
could? A. I pressed as hard as I
Q. Did anything break on the car?
A. Not that know of. I couldn't say
O. This happened in as short time as
was testified to by Mr.. Douglas? A.
Yes, sir.
C. You have been running an auto
mobile for a couple of years, have you
mot? A Pretty near co lple Of years
About a year and six months.
O. And this accident happened in the
way that Mr.. Douglas testified? A.
Yes, sir. ,.&.. ~ -..
DIR. Branton:
Q. Did you notice any trouble with
from Willmar to the point where the
accident happened? A. No, sir.
Q. Everything worked we'll? A. On
going our everything worked just as u.s.
ual. Nicely.
Juror Peterson:
.; Are you used to running that
petent to handle it? A. Well, haven't
been running it very much, but I had
Everything in my head, and going slow
actly how to handle it. think even to-
day can take the car and handle it If
there don't happen any excitement, but
got little nervous so that was the
trouble; and everything happened SO
QUICKLY. The dump was so narrow and
it wasn't any time before it started to
fcut.>
Q. Where did this accident happen?
A. Well, it happened about 2k miles
west Of Spicer.
H. E. Frost being duly sworn accord
ingto law, says: 49,.
@. You are a practising physician?
A. Yes.
9. At willmar? A. At willmar,
minnesota.
@. Have you examined the dead body
Of Anna Mathilda Carlson over whose
body we are now having an inquest?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Will you state to this jury what
injuries and the condition or that body
are marks on each side Of the neck that
would lead me to believe that she
might have been chOked to death. There
Of the jaw on each side Of the neck and
there are bruises on the right shoulder
and there Is evidence OF injury on the
chest. There are marks on her chest.
this accident took place? A. After the
accident I was there.
Q: You may state what you saw at
that time? A. Well, I found an auto
with the wheels and under part Of the
body up to the heavens in a dump, or OFF
a dump rather, and leaning up against
trees and some blood smeared on the
bark of the tree and some branches OF
limbs chopped from the tree and some
blood smeared on the crotch of the tree
: O.. Had she been released? A. She
had been released when was there.
do not know the position she was in.
found Mr. John A. Johnson at the place
He was the only one there when came
Q. The body Of Mrs. Carlson had al.
so been removed then? A. It had been
removed when I was there. g.
w. G. Douglas called for further ex-
! animation.
@ Would you state to this jury what
part of the body Of Mrs. Carlson was
between the tree and the automobile
A. 1t was her neck. Her neck caught
t mobile was on her back. She was fac
ing sideways in the crotch of the tree
The following testimony was taken a,
; the scene of the accident:
DR.. J. A. Healy, being duly sworn &C
cording to law, says:
, @. You are a practising physician
: are you not? A. Yes, sir.
@. Where are you located? A. Spic
: er. Minnesota.
@. Yesterday were you. called to I
place where there was an AUTOMOBILE
\ accident, about miles west of Spicer
A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you go to that place? A.
@. Locate the place by describing
, with reference to lakes? A. Between
y iOsmund SondersOn's and Henderson
: Lake, half way.
s @. You may state what you saw an,
4 what you did, If anything, when 70,
D came to that point yesterday, where tn
D accident occurred? A. Before reaching
; the scene Of the accident l, came to
en- forearm and was told that q woman
: was dead. I went down to where tn
= | woman was lying and found her dea
and Mr.. Douglas with her.
@. Where did you find the woman ly
u ing? A. Lying a llttIe west Of wher
bank.
n @. You may explain to this jury jus
: how the ground was where the autOmO
n bile was found and In what position yo'
l. found the automobile? A.. found tn
automobile lying on NJ the left side h an
torn where the automobile had slid Q
e | rolled down. .sg H.. .--..
was it on an incline? A. On an in
cline. 49,.
H. Q. What kind of grade is it? 4