The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-06

Emmanuel hospital, where the mother
is taking care of him. II is feared
that he viii be a cripple. as his left
leg is so badly broken. X-ray pic
lures, taken by the attending ply
sicians, show that the bones of the
leg were not together as the doctor
tried to bring them, when they set
the limb. Both bones on the leg
are broken between the knee and
ankle and there Is also an ankle
fracture. Yesterday morning 1t was
found that one of the bones mad
protruded from the flesh, and the
setting had to be done again. A
weight and pulley were brought into
service to hold the limb in place.
Mrs Olson stated today that she
would make no settlement with Rev.
Nystrom until 1t was known what
would be the outcome of the boys
injuries.
Statement BY Rev. Nystrom.
Rev. Nystrom said to The Free
Press the following today in regard
to the accident:
THE boys from st. Peter had plan.
ned to go to Mankato for the ball
game Professor Soderiund came to
me to get me to go with his party.
He was going to coach the boys.
At length | decided that would go.
went on my motor cycle and over
took the party at the railroad cross
ing. Then | took a different road and
went to the Saulpaugh hotel. Here
was told that the game would be
played at the Mankato fair grounds.
decided to catch Soderlund's party.
If possible, and tell them which way
to take. though he might come
into Mankato by way of Broad street.
! drove northward on Broad street
at my regular gait, which was not
fast. was on tho right side of the
street.
Il saw a number of children COM
ing down a sidewalk towards Third
street All of a sudden a boy shot
out from the rest of the children and
ran right against me. turned a
little to the left to avoid striking
him. He must have struck me about
the middle part of my motor cycle
His shoulder may have struck my
baggage-carrier, breaking his collar
bone. | stopped right away. His
foot was caught in the stand. Then
| was horror.struck. | felt faint and
could not reason. | thought at first
that | would pick him up. Then 1t
occurred to me that was a stranger
here and thought / would call the
police. Then I got very nervous and
began pushing my machine. It
started and jumped on. More and
more feelings Of anxiety took hold
of me. II occurred to me that the
boy would be taken care of. had
difficulty in collecting my thoughts.
"Then went home and knelt down
and prayed that would not be guilty
of having shed innocent blood
! could not rest. got up that night
and walked the floor.
THE next day had just been
showing a party of visitors the hos
pital and had just come back home.
when the chief of police of Nankato
arrived. asked him to step into
the parlor and wait until the party
had left. Then | called him into my
study. He inquired whether my mo-
tor cycle had been taken out the
day before. l answered that 1t had.
L inquired what had happened and
was told by him the particulars, |
related my story to him: I asked him
what to do wanted to go with
him to Mankato. He said he would
spare me that humiliation.
When first heard he was the
police officer felt relieved. could
then reason about things. could
mot endure another night like the
night before. I went directly to Man
kato on the evening train. called
on Rev. o. J. Arthur. thinking that
he knew the parties and asked him
Ito direct me to Mrs. Olson. called
IN her last night at the hospital and
also this morning. asked her to
'ne that the boy was given the best
of care and ] would be willing to do
what was right. also called on the