The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-03
Speedy Auto Driver
Before Court Judge
From saturday. Uarly.

Ffsm saturdays Usily.
sieger Ward. the young man who
operated the automobile that In
jufed Miss Lima 0rout at Carroll
and Front streets on Thursday even
ling, was Before Judge Comstock IN
police :coiirt today on the charge Of
running an automobile in Mime:
sofa without a Minnesota license.
The automobile that ward ran had
South Dakota license Ward plead.
ed guilty He said he had been
running the machine for three
months in this state with no other
license than the one obtained in
South Dakota. He said his present
home was in West Mankato, and
that he had been employed most Of
the time as a section hand. fs
~ Did Not Know.
The Judge asked the young man
whether he knew the law In regard
to taking out licenses In Mime.
sofa and he said he did not. The
defendant was asked whether he
knew at the time of the accident
that he had struck the young woman,
and he said he did. He admitted,
however that he did not stop the
auto. He was then asked whether
he knew that the law required the
chauffeur to stop in such case, and
he said he did not. He was asked
II he knew at the time whether he
had killed the girl or, not, and he said
he did not. ..-..
Ward said he was nearly twenty.
one years old. He was slow and
apparently rather stupid in answering
the Questions that had been put 10
him. The Judge continued the case
to this afternoon In order to get a
chance to talk the matter over with
the boys father. ,....
y Sentenced, Then Revoked. H..
Late this afternoon Judge Com.
stock sentenced Ward, to a term OF
thirty days in jail. In the light OF
what was said afterwards by another
man who was In the automobile at
the time, however, the. Judge re.
voked the sentence, fearing, 1t ap-
peared, that he had-not given ward
a heavy enough sentence. The case
was continued to nine. o'clock Mon
day morning, and Ward was re.
quired to. furnish bail In the sum of
$780,, In default Of which ne was
committed to the hands of the sher-
in. Immediately after the court pro-
ceedings Ward w.s locked up in a
cell at the central police station. .,
The judge also requested City Re
eorder Bates to write a letter 10 the
secretary of state informing him OF
the case and stating that Ward. was
not. M TO run an automobile. in the,
Judgment OF the court, and that no
license, ought to be issued to him. =.
An Inconsistent statement.
Ward stated to the court that he
first slowed, down and stopped the
automobile, and then set It going
again, after striking the girl. This
was somewhat inconsistent with the
admission he made this morning
that he went on without stopping.
He said that Frank Tierney, a man
who was In the automobile with him
at the time. urged him to stop and
gee what was wrong. with the girl,
but Charles Bupabi. another young
man in the vehicle, urged him to go
ahead quickly and get the auto in
the garage, so no one would see the
Number. He said he followed this
advice.
After the sentence Of thirty days
had been pronounced, the Judge
called Bupabi before him to repri-
rnand him for giving such advice, but
Bupabi denied 1t sweepingly. He
said Tierney did not give Ward
any advice at all, but he (BupabD
urged him to stop the machine.
Ward, he said, replied that be was
going to get away with the machine
as fast as possible, so no one might
catch sight of the number. Bupabl
declared that Ward. in his zeal to
get away with the automobile, struck
the girl three times. o. '.- ..
Fritz Boehlke. a cigarmaker, sue
ceeded this morning IN getting Otis
Dolsin punished for the pounding
which Dolson gave him on Friday
night, June 10, but the case got
Boehlke himself into trouble.
Dolson was punished with q fine
Of s15, the alternative being ten
days in the county Jail, but Judge
Comstock expressed the opinion that
the testimony brought out pretty
strongly that the complainant himself
was guilty OF dlsorderly conduct. and
suggested to City Attorney schaub
that proceedings be Instituted against
Boehlke. The latter was detained
in the court room after the Dolson
matter was disposed OF, pending a
decision on the part OF the city at
tofney as to the action that should
be taken with regard to MIN.
rs Use Of Liquor.
The whole trouble seemed to have
arisen out of the fact that Mrs.
Dolson was addicted TO the use of
LIQUOR and several witnesses gave
testimony tending to show that
BoehIke had been in the habit of
furnished her with liduor. Testi-