The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-03
THE RH0ADES CASE

An interview that a Free Press
representative, lhaa last evening With
members Of the family of Mrs, Bell
Rhoades, who was badly injured In
an automobile accident Wednesday
night, failed to thr ~, any, light .on
the question of the identity OF the
draer, of The machine, dat ian he-,
down. - - -, 49, A.,
C.. A Chapman, Mrs. Rhoades' son.
persisted, in, his declaration that the
number on the automobile in which
Mrs Rhoades was brought home by
this driver was 2O,Ol4. He, said he
found, this number attached both
to-. the front ana the back OF the
auto.
Nevertheless, Miss Mabel Page.
who accompanied Mrs. Rhoades TO
her home In the auto, was still
as positive as ever that the mum
Der was 41,213. She said she and
girl companion saw this number
on the back OF the machine just
after the accident and she herself
took another look at Il after the
auto had come TO the Rhoades home
on Glenwood avenue, and once more
she saw that the number was A. .213.l
She looked at the back of the auto
mobile both times..fIisu s'YsbiE g ?
Statement Of iEsrisp simefae f'7
.Eari9sMg Palnnsh saidh late yester
day afternoon: 1cJE-have sfbeen in.
yestigating ethst cmattergiHs am sat
isfied tliht 80 OLAF wastEthe sntimber
on the carg that struck that lwo-
man. tsThes tpdngssmarlg svhoc TODD me
said he copisd CHR right ;off -the auto
as 10 sstoppeff IN sfront jofcthe house
wherailthsn wpmahG dives VIM was
hurt. Thee whoieoIfamiiy isgf ready
to sweareytoa itspthat Ethat is ithe
right bannsber. GNThati was the mum.
Der on "a gNeiie scar thHtl5I bad In
1919. 5faThatl Gcar EIJ pafterwsrdso sold
to Glenn Allyn! He had shanother
number placed on 1tibewbit betamb
of. the first numbered 40 dot know
The velie auto is now In the
garage Of the Schneider Auto COM
pany on Washington street. The
car is still the property OF Mr..
Allyn. An employee of the garage
said yesterday that tthe auto had
not been out OF the garage for twb
weeks. '..".s n'' 'f
l.. w. and J. ID. Chapman, the
other two sons Of the injured wo-
man. noticed an automobile with
the same, number, 20,014, speeding
along Poplar street toward the
main part Of the city yesterday
morning. Their attention was az
once attracted to the number, but
they : did not recognize the man.
They had not Emet the driver who
injured their mother, ana could not
tell whether that was the same
man or not. = % ''sst.' Z
asi Driver was oentiensniy. 17@ 70
C. r. Rhoades, husband of the
woman who was hurt, remarked
last evening that the driver, on
coming to- the house with Mrs
Rhoades, was as gentlenaniy as any
man could be. He helped Mrs.
Rhoades into the house and seemed
very nervous and worried over the
affair. He said he would be glad
TO do anything else TO help her
as far as Il was in hts power.
Mr.. Rhoades asked him what was
his name, and there was no ans
wer. Mr.. Rhoades said he had
thought the man would surely cali
ugain on the day after the acct
dent to inquire how Mrs. Rhoades
was.
Just after the accident che driver
made the statement that he had
been hurrying TO place where an
other automobile was stalled for
want Of gasoiinef He asked Mrs.
Rhoades whether she would be
willing to have him go about two
blocks farther on and deliver a can
Of gasoline to this autoist. She
said that would be ali right. and
he went little farther south. and
then made turn! probably upon
Lincoln avenue. where he drove
about half block and delivered
a can of gasoline to the driver of
a stalled auto. Then he took Mrs.