The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-19

years old, 2116 Milwaukee avenue,
Minneapolis, lies at the Minneapolis
City hospital in a serious condition.
The accident occurred yesterday aft
ernoon at Washington and Fourth
avenue north, Minneapolis The 9TH
er members of the party were Mrs.
Koke, Mrs. Eberhart's mother, Miss
Louise Stamm, Mrs. Charles Hauser,
Mrs. Charles Albrecht and Mrs. Char
les Helmes, all of ST. Paul.
Immediately after the accident the
automobile party was taken to police
headquarters. Here, after some Ques-
tioning, the women were released,
but Mr. Koke was held until after
conference with the county attorney.
The governors son went to Mime
apolis and Mr.. Koke was released on
his personal recognizance.
Probably Will Recover.
Young Dahlquist sustained Sc
we're wound TO his head, which was
first thought to be fracture. This
was disproved by an examination lat
er, and at midnight physicians de-
clared he would recover if hemOrr-
hayes do not set in.
The youth was riding a bicycle at
the time of the accident. According
to the version told the police by Mr..
Koke, the machine he was driving,
which belongs to the governor, was
going north on Washington avenue.
At the corner of Fourth avenue he
approached a wagon coming up the
hill from the st. Louis station. A
car driven by A. l.. White, 242
Twentieth avenue north, cashier of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
bank, was approaching from the
north. Koke declared he turned his
car to the left to avoid the wagon,
and at the same time watched the
Witte car to avoid a collision.
The boy on the bicycle, he says,
darted out from behind the wagon,
and before he could even make an
attempt to stop the car the lad was
under the wheels. He stopped the car
as quickly as possible and ran back
to the body lying. in the road.
The city ambulance, in which Dan
Seeney, 4231a Washington avenue
north, was being taken to his home
from the hospital, came by just then.
Seeney was taken from the ambu-
lance TO a nearby store, Dahlquist was
placed in the vehicle, and the wagon
started for the hospital at top speed
The Entire Party Is Arrested.
The crowd attracted the attention
of Patrolman J. F. Lyon, then two
blocks away, who arrived just as the
ambulance started off. After hearing
meager details of the accident he
took the entire party to central sta
ton.
They were held in the room of AS
sistant Chief of Police Riviere until
a report was received from the hos
pital that the victims condition was
serious. County Attorney Robertson
was then called and the entire party
was taken to Assistant County At
torney Lind First Mrs Eberhart and
the other women were released, and
shortly afterward it was decided to
release Mr.. Koke.
No action will be taken until the
condition of the youth develops.
Besides Mr.. Witte others who saw
the accident were ]. Price, 41S Emer.
son avenue north, and H. d. Tomlin-
son, 81 West Twenty-eighth street.
Cali Happened So Quickly"
1T was a terrible accident" said
Mrs. Eberhart at her home in ST.
Paul last evening. 1T all happened
so quickly. Yet l believe it simply
could not be avoided. Our machine
was nearly crawling along so slowly
did we drive at the corner where the
accident happened. And the boy
why, he couldn't help it either. He
was turning the corner, and in trying
to avoid the big team that was be-
tween our machine and him he ran
into us. 1t was practically impOssi-
BILE for either of us to STOP"
Repeatedly she said, in self-con-
soling tone:
But he is going to live, is he
not?"
The governors wife, sitting back
chine, did not see the accident. Her
father, Fritz G.. Koke, told this story:
In the front seat of the machine
were Mrs. Eberhart's parents. They
and the other members of the party
were about to visit Mrs. Charles
Baehr in Minneapolis.
I'VE were just approaching the
corner, coming down Washington ave-
une," said Mr.. KOke, "at a speed OF
about five or six miles an hour. On
our left was the machine of A. l..
White; on right, just at the corner
was big wagon, apparently contain
ing wood
Suddenly / heard Mrs. Koke ex-
claim 'Bicycle!' | turned the wheel
to the right to avoid the boy who
came around the corner, but in the
same minute he also turned to the
right and thus dashed into u.s.
The other members of the party
agreed in every point with Mr.
Koke's version of the affair.
Boys Mother Has Hopes.
Mrs. Magnus Dahlquist mother of