The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-01
DOCTOR DETAILS
MUELLER INJURY
A. G. LIEDLoFF HAS BEEN
WITH TRACTION MAN
BELIEVES IN RECOVERY
Story of Auto Accident Told BY
. Wife of Street Car
Manager ".....

DR.. A. G. Liedlon, family physi-
clan for Adolph Mueller, and the
company surgeon for the Mankato
Electric Traction company, who was
telegraphed for soon after Mr..
Mueller's injury last week, returned
last evening from Crookston, Mimi.
where he was in consultation with
other physicians at st, Vincent
DR.. LiedIotf stated to The Free
Press that while the injury to the
spine is serious one, that there
is strong hopes for MIR. Mueller 5
recovery, provided complications do
not set In. 1t was the opinion OF
DR.. Liedloff that the injured man
will not be paralyzed. He described
to the spine. Two Of the processes
of the backbone were fractured
when Mr.. Mueller was violently
doubled up beneath the car.
While DR.. Liedloff was at Crook
ston, he stated that the members Of
the Kiwanis club, and the Masors
put forth every effort 70 see that
Mr.. Mueller and his wife had the
best of care and medical attention.
Among the Kiwanis members from
Mankato, who called at the hospital
were: Charles T. Taylor, C. r, But
Ter, F. E. Browder and Wallace
One Of the first men TO get busy
after hearing of Mr.. Muellers In
juries was Grand Master Herman
Held of the Masonic order IN Min
nesota, who telegraphed former
Mayor Thomas Morris or CrooKston
to give the injured man and his
wife every attention.
Details of the Accident.
Crookston Daily Times has the
following to say of Mr.. Muellers
condition: a-s .. ..-
Hopes for complete recovery for
Adolph Mueller, who was injured in
an auto accident Wednesday while
en- route = to the Kiwanis meeting
here, are held out in late reports
received from Crookston' hospital
where he is a patient. here is said
to be no indication of paralysis.
Further details OF the accident,
which occurred southeast of Crook
lston at about seven O'Clock Wed
.nesday evening, are given by Mrs.
Mueller, who. with a son, Kenneth
accompanied the injured man on
the trip. p
Mrs. Mueller told how she had
heard the honks OF horn OF an au-
tomobile and lookea pack and saw
a car coming at fast" speed. She
stated that her husband was driv-
ing on the left side of the road, the
well travelled part, end on hearing
the horn moved over to the right
side. The speeding car came along
side of them for an instant and Mr..
Mueller Rugged the right side of
the road as closely as possible TO
avoid being hit. Mrs. Mueller said
that they were crowded to the side
of the road and as the car passed
them they went of into the ditch.
She thought that the rear right
wheel of the other car caught their
left front wheel. Mrs. Mueller
Stated that she saw two people In
the front seat. 49, 80
"The alleged driver of the car
which caused the accident is being
held to the district court in $1,000
BAIL" . a-.-.f ......ss-.
e. W. willard. the reai estate man
was in Crookston last week. He
stated to The Free Press today that
one of the men who was IN the car
that struck Mr.. Mueller's auto tes-
tilted that liquor was drank by the
party in the car which Is alleged
to have caused the wreck.