The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-09-26

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back of the car. jumped to his feet
and ran to the curb.
During the cross examination by
Mr.. Temple. Larson stated the boy
was twenty five feet in front Of the
car when he started to slip. Later,
under questioning from Judge Goff,
he changed this. saying the boy was
four feet to the side OF the machine
and about five feet in front of it
when he started TO fall.
Judge Goff took blotter, repre-
seDting the Ger with this and, plott-
ing out the street in his record book
had Larson give detailed explana-
tion of just how the accident occur
red. This explanation consumed
considerable time Mr.. Larsen re-
peated practically the same state
| ments as in his direct testimony re-
lating how the whole affair happened,
from his viewpoint in the car he
was driving
Little Girl Testified
Agnes Miller, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William Miller was\ the first
witness called this afternoon. She
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came TO their house often to see the
Miller BABY and that he attended the
Catholic school. She stated she saw
Merrill Stone the day of the accident.
! According I'd testimony she was in
| front of Johnson's store and saw him
skipping across the street
She stated she saw the car strike
| him. saw the rear wheel run over
his body. The car was described as
| having a limosine top. white wire
wheels. glass windows in the back and
| there were two ladies in the rear
and the driver in front. She stated
| She saw the car run right over
! him." The witness stated she saw
the wheel On the side toward John
sons store and that it was the rear
right wheel which went over the boy,
over the middle of his body.
When coy Got Up.
The boy got up, she testified. his
back bent over one foot held up and
limped lack TO the curb. lie cried:
! Help me, people, will die
| When the car went over him she
said the boy screamed. The machine
went right on, uD the hill, the girl
| stated She said it seemed to go fast
er and smoke came out in the rear.
Attorney Temple: Agnes, who
have You talked to-
! Agnes: Il talked to Lawyer Phil
lips. ! talked to three men lawyers,
! but | did not know the men,
The girl stated she talked TO one
man at her home after dinner today.
| She said she talked TO Edna Stone,
! an aunt of the boy on the street and
that the lady said she would have TO
come up 10 the court. She stated she
never talked to Attorney Phillips be-
| fore this noon.
81 told my mother after the acct
dent and this noon my mother told
me to tell no lies" said The girl.
She reiterated her testimony that
she saw the wheel go over Merrill
Stone and that she nearly cried when
she saw the accident.
The little girl said that Merrill
Stone walked over to the curp and
fell down Andrew Johnson picked
him up here. Julia Kruetzer, another
girl about twelve years was with lit
tie Agnes Miller who is nine years
old.
Miss Carolyn Aimquist Testified.
Miss Carolyn Almquist, when called
to the stand, testified that she is en-
ployed at the Mankato clinic and that
when she went TO her home during
the noon hour on the day in question
she had been driven there in DR..
Wohlrabe's car She had occupied the
rear seat of the car in company with
Miss Dusterhoft, and DR.. Wohlrabe
had occupied the front seat and drove
the car She testified that the car
was an Oakland, closed sedan style.
with wire wheels, which the doctor
had bought after he returned from
service. She stated that she sat on
the right hand side of the car as it
Travelled toward the north end OF
Front street, and that the doctor
drove down Front street to Lafayette
street, where he turned to take her
TO her home. She stated that they
were not going fast as they passed the
location of the Johnson store on Front
street She had observed no boys in
the road up to that time. Gle then
noticed that the doctor turned the car
TO the itIl anu lOOhlHS5 out VI
window she saw boy in light col
ored suit of clothes running toward
the sidewalk She had looked out of
the rear window when the doctor
turned the car out and judged that
the hey was three or four feet from
the car at that time. He was going
, toward the Johnson store and she
had not seen the boys face. ~Shc did
not think that the boy was stopped
over as he ran. These replies were
given in answer to questioning by At
toney Chas. Phillips. When cross
examined by Attorney John Temple
Miss Almquist told the same story,
and added that when DR.. WohlraDe
turned his car to the left he had re-
marked: "It was a good thing that
was not going fast, or ! would have
hit that boy!" She testified that the
glass windows of the car were closed
when she looked out of them.
Nurse Told Her Story.
Miss Dusterhcft was called to the
stand and examined by Attorney
Phillips. She testified that she is a
nurse employed at the Mankato clinic,
and that she rode home at noon on
the day in question in DR.. Wohlrabe's
car with the doctor and Miss Aim
quist. She stated that she occupied
the rear seat with Miss Almullist and