The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-19

! afternoon for Mankato, where they
will remain until April.
F. M. Greene of Minneapolis, rep
resentin3 the Citizens insurance
company of Missouri was in the
city yesterday on business.
DR.. Helen Hughes Heilscher r.
turned today from the Jordan sani-
tarium where she has been taking
treatments for the last two weeks.
A. ID. Mayer and family of st.
James have made arrangements to
move to this city and will make
the change in residence about the
first of February. They have rent
ed a house in Dukes addition.
! Mapletcn Enterprise: Henry Ger
ZACH, the Mankato architect was in
town Wednesday in consultation with
the officers of the Lutheran church,
relative to the plans for the new
edifice. Mr.. Gerlach has had much
experience in drawing church plans
4 and we look for fine structure.
From Fridays Oaiiv.
I The Waseca Journal says: A dep
! uty sheriff from Crookston came
TO WaseCa last Friday and arrested
G.. e. Wobschall' accusing him Of
, running his automobile into buggy,
on the road four miles northwest of
| Crookston, on the afternoon of Sep
TENDER 20 last, smashing the buggy
in which a young lady was driving
alone. The news of the accident
grieved Mr.. Wobschall, but as he
has never been up to Crookston in
his life and on the day of the ac-
cident was quietly pursuing his bust
ness in this city, and as the tag
alleged to have been seen on the
auto in question has been reposing
for the past year in his trunk, he
was unable to see where he came in
on the case. He tried to get into
communication with the 7CIookston
authorities and explain tho mistake.
but finally concluded that it would
be best to go up there and appear
in person before the court
Accident in September.
/ 1t appears that Oh September 20,
Miss Lillian Basler, q young lady
! eighteen years of age, who lives at
Fischer, small village near Crook
ston, was driving along the road
four miles from Crookston, when
g car containing three passengers
! attempted to pass her on the road
/ The machine crashed into the buggy,
breaking the fills and otherwise dam
to pay her for the damage, and the
/, aging it and throwing her out. The
car stopped but the driver refused
car continued on its way Miss
Basler noted the number of the car.
which she says was 1854, and the
state authorities found that was the
tag number issued to G. e. Wob-
schall This was the number of
Mr.. Wobschall's old car but when
he sold the car to Carl Kujath over
a year ago, he kept the tag, an
automobile number not being trans
fered with the automobile.
Appeared in Court
i Mr.. Wobschall appeared before the
district Judge at Crookston, Satur-
day afternoon at three o'clock, when
he was confronted with the com
plainant, Miss Basler, but the latter
stated positively that Mr.. Wobschall
was not in the car which ran her
, down, and when shown the tag
which formerly adorned the Wob-
schall car, she said that while the
number was the same it didn't look
( like the same tag. Asked as to
whether she noticed if the tag was
I Minnesota or North Dakota tag
: she sail she did not notice that.
Mr.. Wobschall had his day book
with him in which he made entries
on September 20, thus proving his
alibi, but the court didn't require
!, the book to be exhibited. He was
, released and returned home Sunday
evening. But he had 70 pay his
! own carfare back.
Duluth, December 12-Hahs Lund
j "Minnesota's Weston" will start on
a hike from Fort Frances, Ont, to
Mexico, via Duluth, New Orleans
and other prominent cities today
/ He was in Duluth yesterday. and
left last night for Fort Frances.
/ He expects TO reach Duluth next
Tuesday and to lecture at the Y. NJ
" c. A. if arrangements can be made
for him to have use of a lecture
room. He will make his living ex
i penses on the trip by selling books
and advertising st. Peter, Mimi
and Gustavus Adolphus college. s
Lund was born in Denmark and
has made several hikes through
Europe. His itinerary includes, In
ternational Falls, st. Paul, Mime
apolis, Mankato, Winona, Milwaukee
Chicago, st. Louis, New Orleans, Gal
weston, Brownsville. His trip will
terminate at Matamoras. Mex.