The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13

Ilice, the following articles have beer
recovered and identified by theil
owners: Gold watch stolen from the
residence of W. w. Spaulding, 272t
Queen avenue north, June 10; opera
glasses and diamond ring stoler
from William Kirchner, PIT Beacon
street southeast, June g.; gold watch
stolen from residence of Miss A
Kurth, POPS Bryant avenue north
August 16.
ST. Peter, September 6.-Slippine
his hands from the straps that had
been used to fasten him to his bed
John B. West, Jr, patient in the
detention hospital, fashioned one OF
the straps into moose and commit
ted suicide by hanging. He took his
life between 11:15 and 1880 o'clock
Tuesday morning. His body was
discovered within a very few min,
utes, but all efforts to revive him
were without avail.
Coroner G. F.. Merritt held an in
quest over the remains Wednesday
morning, H. b. Tunstall, H. ].
Schmidt, C. Amundson, C. H. Nut
ter, c. e. Reynolds and Ed Smith
/ being sworn as jurors. DR.. George
! Fl. Freeman, the first witness call
ed, testified that West was brought
here from Ramsey county on Au-
gust 20, and that he became so VIC
lent that it was necessary to re-
strain him. At the present time the
detention hospital is short of help,
there being but seven of the COM
plement of eleven nurses. For this
reason it was impossible for nurse
| to remain with him constantly.
| West hanged himself to the foot OF
his bed and DR.. Freeman was
promptly notified The physician
but was unable to find signs of life.
Emil Salin, the nurse who discOv-
cred Vests body, related the cir
cumstances, and Miss Josephine L..
hobart, the head nurse, was sworn.
| She testified that she visited the
patient at quarter-hour intervals, and
! last saw him at 11:15. Before 1880
he had slipped his bonds and taken
his life. After listening to the evil
dence the jury brought in a verdict
that the patient came to his death
! from ''asphyxia by strangulation,
| self-infiicted." There was no crlti-
: cism of the nursing staff
. West was prominent in the young
er social set of ST. Paul. He was
thirty years of age, and was grad
uated from Harvard university with
the class of 1906. The body was
taken to st. Paul for burial.
John Jewison, farmer living
about two and one-half miles north
east of GAINESVILLE, was seriously hurt
last night, when an automobile struck
him in the back and crushed both
legs. The accident happened in the
garage of E. T. Dieudonne at James
vile. Jewison started to walk from
/ the rear of the garage to the front.
In the rear of the garage was Wal
ter Nyquist working over an auto
bile. He thought it would be cooler
to work outside, so he started to
drive the machine out. The machine
went up the grade few feet inside
the garage and then suddenly shot
ahead. The automobile struck Jewi-
son in the back, just as he was
about to step from the cement floor
to the wooden floor, which is elevat-
ed abut two feet above the cement
, floor
Jewison was knocked unconscious,
picked up and hurried to Mankato
in an automobile, Drs. -. NJ. Joyce
and J. ]. O'Hara bringing him to
this city. He was taken to the st.
Joseph's hospital. His injuries were
such that it was found necessary to
amputate his right leg just below
the knee, but his left leg will be
saved, although it was broken and
crushed above the knee.
The automobile was slightly dam
aged, the radiator being broken and
a few other damages noted. Mr..
Jewison is a young farmer and has a
wife and four small children.
The collision of an automobile with
horse last night resulted in only
slight damages to the automobile
and no injuries to the horse. Which
is the weakest under strain now
seems to be matter of conjecture.
Herman Rosen of North Mankato
was driving in from St. Peter last
night, and when about four miles
out of Mankato, met farmer driv
ing a team of horses. Mr.. Rosen
turned to the right side of the road.
but the farmer did not turn at ALL
driving straight ahead. When they
met, the automobile struck the front
legs of one of the horses. An eX-
animation of the horse was made,
but it was found that the animal
sustained no injuries. The fender
of the machine, however was slight
ly bent and one lamp glass broken.
Mr.. Rosen did not learn the farmers
name. The farmer claims he did
not see the approaching automobile,
although the lamps were lighted.
Another case of blank mind,
sudden arrival in the city, and found
sleeping with scant clothing, was
recorded today. One of the night
patrolmeD found a stranger lying
asleep between the Omaha and Mil
waukee railroad tracks early this
morning. The officer reused the
sleeping form, and upon inquiry
learned very little or nothing The
man appeared dazed and his mind
was blank. All that he could re-
member was that he had been ship
ped by railroad company from
Michigan, and that he was to work
on the road near Minneapolis.
Officer Lundberg went out to