The Mankato free press., 1912-05-10
Charged With Driving On Left
Hand Side of Street.
HEARING HAD TO-DAY IN COURT
Number OF Witnesses Testified; Defend.
ant Tells Story; Attorneys Put
In Arguments. ... r.
From Wednesdays Daily.


The hearing of Glenn Allyn,
charged with driving his automobile
on the left hand side OF the street
while going up Second street on
April 80, took up the great part of
the forenoon today. Allyn had pre-
viously pleaded not guilty to the
charge and the hearing was set for
this morning. Several witnesses who
saw Allyn driving up Second street,
testified concerning the accident,
when Allyn drove over a fox terrier
dog that died later. Franklin F.
lyn as his attorney. The charge
was not sustained and Allyn was
found not guilty.
Ralph Macbeth was sworn first
and he testified as to the relative
positions of the automobile and the
dog at the time the accident occur
red in front of the Madison dye
house near the corner of Second and
Jackson street.
School Girl Testified.
testified that she was walking up
Second street with a girl friend
when she saw the automobile drive
past the Elk's club, on the right
hand side of the street, but saw AL
lyn turn sharply to the left hand
side, and run over the dog The dog
was coming from the direction of
the postoffice and was on the oppo-
site side of the street from the Da-
vies grocery store, when Allyn turn
ed and struck the animal.
Barbara Schaefer, who was with
Miss Craig testified to practically
the same, but she did not see just
where the dog was at the time the
auto struck the canine.
Clifford Draper of Davies Brothers
grocery store, said he was loading a
box OF groceries into the delivery
wagon when he saw the accident
and related the incidents as he OBJ
served them. The state rested and
Attorney Ellsworth moved that the
case be dismissed, which motion was
denied.
Defendant on the Stand.
The defendant. Glenn Allyn was
then called to the stand. He said
he was going up Second street in a
southerly direction and when he
approached the Davies grocery store,
he said he saw two or three vehicles
standing on the same side of the
street on which he was driving, one
of these vehicles being a hay wag-
on, and in order not to collide with
them he had to turn to his left. In
order to also avoid the dog which no
saw coming he had to turn still
sharper and would have missed the
animal, had not the dog turned at
that the automobile straddled the
dog He looked around after he had
passed over the animal and saw the
fox terrier run to the sidewalk, and
thought of course, that he was not
hurt.
Agreed With Allyn.
Joseph Horner of Kasota, who
was with Allyn at the time gave the
same testimony as did Allyn especi-
ally in regard to the vehicles in the
way. Clifford Draper was called to
the stand and he denied that there
We're other vehicles beside his own
delivery wagon. He said his delivery
wagon was the only vehicle in the
vicinity that could obstruct Allyns
passage.
After the case had been argued by
both attorneys, Judge Comstock found
the defendant not guilty, and he was
discharged.
Mr.. Allyn has notified Mr.. Coy
that II vehicles, etc, are not re-
moved from in front and along the
side of his Second street barn, he,
Allyn, will take steps to have them
removed.