The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-12
iActo Turned to Left Then
Landed On Right
STOPPED CHICAGO "trip
N. J. Dempsey and Edward
Langes Returned to Mankato
Late Last Night
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
M. j. Dempsey, proprietor of the
Criterion restaurant, and Edward
Langes, of the German American
State bank, returned to Mankato last
evening by train from the unfortunate
automobile trip, on which they start
| ed off last Friday morning, with two
other men of Mankato, Fred Walser
and N. M. Hermanson, with view
to seeing the world series ball games.
They had an accident near Clinton,
Iowa.
Mr.. Langes bore testimony to the
smash-up with a cut across the nose
and scratches. He gave the follow
| ing account of the affair.
"The accident occurred Friday ev-
ening about 6:10 o'clock They were
at that time about eleven miles from
| Clinton, Iowa, and had left La Moor.
Mr.. Hermanson was driving the car.
| The car got over to one side of the
road and commenced to skid. Mr..
Hermanson quickly turned out into
the middle of the road, and the car
| jumped across too far Then he
turned quickly the ether way and
one of the rear wheels broke. At
that time they were going not more
| than thirty miles an hour The
lights had been turned On shortly be-
| fore that and they did not see well.
When the wheel broke, the car turn
ed over to the left, and make three
quarters of a complete somersault,
landing on its right side.
| Dempsey Under Car
MIR. Dempsey was under the car.
Mr.. Walser was caught under the
fender by the foot. Mr.. Langes, when
the car commenced to turn, stood up
to jump and was thrown about ten
feet away. 1t was the fact that he
had on his goggles that accounts for
| the cut on his nose. Otherwise he
escaped injury. Mr.. Hermanson was
rolled over and over but was not
hurt.
| Just at this time two other fell
lows came along in another car and
assisted Mr.. Langes and Mr.. Her
manson in Fighting the car, getting it
off Mr. Dempsey and Mr. Walser.
Mr.. Walser, although pinned under
the fender by the foot was not hurt.
Bad Scalp Wound.
''Mr. Dempsey was found to have
a bad scalp wound on the right side
ear was cut off, The whole party
went back to La Moor in the other
auto. Mr.. Dempsey was there TAX
en- to doctors office. The whole
party later went by train to Clinton,
Iowa, where Mr.. Dempsey was taken
to hospital. Mr.. Dempsey was not
able to walk right after the accident
but he walled little the next day.
The car, Hudson supersix, was
taken to a garage at Clinton"
Mr.. Walser took the train from
Clinton to Chicago, and was the on
ly one of the four who managed to
attend the world series ball game on
Saturday. He had box ticket for
Saturday and Sunday. Being the
only one of the four who had a tick
ct, he was probably the only one Of
the party who would have seen the
Saturday game, even if there had
been no accident on the road.
Hermanson at La Crosse.
Mr.. Hermanson went to La Crosse,
where his mother, Mrs Amelia Her
manson, as told in Saturdays Free
Press, had been dangerously injured
in an automobile accident Mrs N.
NJ. Hermanson at Mankato last Sat-
urday morning had a telephone con-
versation with John Irwin of ST. Paul,
son-in-law of the injured woman, in
which he, stated that she was not
expected to live. Mrs. N. NJ Her
manson today, however, still thought
there might be chance for the re-
covery Of her husbands mother, say
ing chat the latter, though sixty-five
years old, had been strong and Wig
orous.
The Mankato auto party departed
from this city early Friday morning
intending to make the run in about
seventeen hours, an effort to break
the long distance record