The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-01

pretty good gait, while the horse on
the other rig was walking. This buggy
, drove up after | had assisted In lift
, ing the car from the ground.
After the accident, Allyn was
calling for help. At the time I was
looking after Miss Grace Rathwlll
Allyn came up and put his arm
, about my shoulder and asked me
TO come over and help as there were
two girls under the car" Mr.. Voss
said that he had no liquor with him
Saturday night.
Chief OF Police Kiugherz has at
the station two bottles, both labeled
Catawba wine, one about half full
and the other about empty. Both
emit the odor of Catawba wine. He
stated that these were picked up
by Voss and turned over TO the
horse trader camping out near the
place, and that Yoss stated that they
had fallen from the automobile. The
chief received the bottles from the
horse trader. The chief is keeping
the bottles for fuller investigation.
Mr.. Yoss said TO the chief this
morning: They were coming down
the road like the dickens. turned
clear out on the grass. I thought II
was a drunken bunch"
The buggy was badly demolished.
The front left wheel was smashed
completely The back left wheel had
several spokes out OF II. The X was
broken on and the back part of the
running gear was knocked out from
under the box.
Mr.. Voss was In consultation with
Attorneys A. n. Pfau, Jr., and C. J.
Laurisch today. "'-
The accident occurred near the
residence Of Roman Schaible, 1909
Third avenue There Is an arc light
at this point, II being in the city
limits. Mr.. Voss stated that there
were no lights on his vehicle.
Mr.. Allyn made the statement to
The Free Press this morning that
at the time Of the accident he was
running at about eight miles an
hour, having slowed down when he
saw the buggy" He claimed that II
had been running at twenty-five or
thirty miles an hour the accident
would not have been so serious.
Mr.. Allyn said that at the point
where the accident occurred the
road was muddy and slippery.
Recently Convicted.
Glenn Allyn was on April 2 con-
victed In the municipal court OF VIC.
lating the speed ordinance. Judge
Comstock stated at that time that he
would sentence Allyn on May / at
10 a. m, and that Allyn's conduct
In the meantime would have much to
do with the sentence that would be
imposed. There were those who ex-
pressed the opinion at that time that
the Judge was exhibiting considerable
consideration Tor Allyn, in view Of
the great many complaints that have
been made to the authorities about
his fast driving on the city streets.
Yesterday" said Chief OF Police
Klugherz today, Il asked Miss Ha-
ger this question: Where did you
buy that wineT and she answered L
don't know where they got It.
Mayor Is Investigating.
Mayor Meyer and Traffic Officer
Waters this afternoon took an au.
tomobile trip out to the scene of
the accident with a view to ascer-
tanning to certainty whether the
accident took place In the city linn
its. They are investigating the
causes OF the accident and II is their
intention to Ak the blame and pro-
coed as the law provides.
Late this afternoon there was no
change in the condition OF Miss WI
gen.
Fforr Mordav's Dsiiv.
Because he was blacklisted, and
not allowed to enter any OF the
Mankato saloons, Herman Jaehn,
the North Mankato shoemaker,
committed suicide this morning
by strangling himself to death
in a shed at the rear OF his
residence at ga Nicollet avenue.
"If you have me placed on the
blacklist. will do something"
Is the threat that Jaehn had
made to his family. 81 II is said.
He was sixty-four years old. and
though an excellent shoemaker,
he was slave to an appetite
FOR. drink.
Mr.. Jaehn had atpractical shoe
repairing outfit In the same
building with the barber shop
of II. p. Stnnsfeld.t the barber.
He had plenty OF patronage