New Ulm review., 1922-12-20
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Nora Nora Larson Sues Chicago.
and Northwestern 52
For Huge Sum.
RAILROAD DENIES AC-
CIDENT CAUSED INJURY

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Asserts Miss Larson Was
lncapacitated BY In
fantile Paralysis
Trial Of the $4,000 damage suit Of
Miss Nora Larson, Is years old, who
lives on a farm near Ellsworth, Wis
consin, against the Chicago. & North
western railroad, opened in district
court Monday with an array Of legal
and medical talent present.
Miss Larson, who alleges that her
arms and legs were paralyzed as the
result Of an accident on August 8, 1921
in which she was showed on train by
a Northwestern brakeman, was brought
into the courtroom in a wheeled chair
and Monday afternoon took the wit
ness stand to testify how the injury
occurred. 4: ....s e.
Brakem an Orders Her OF.
Miss Larson declared that she board
ed a Northwestern train to go to
Kl-aeses Ia near Milwaukee, where her
uncle and aunt resided. The journey
passed off uneventfully until the train
made its customary stop at North
Lake. Here after the train started, she
asserted, brakeman came through
the car, ordering her off, declaring that
this was her destination. He, stopped
the train and against her protestations
took her grips and told her to get of.
Sprains Her Back.
She complied but no sooner had the
train started than it stopped second
time and the brakeman came back to
order her on the train. He failed to
provide a stool for her to stand on in
reaching the lower step Of the Iii car, and
as a consequence Of the high step she.
was forced to take, she sprained her
back and right arm. This, with her
disturbed mental state, resulted in a
condition which continued to grow
worse until she became a helpless in
valid.
Admits Quarantine. +
Attorneys for the defense in cross
examining Miss Larson brought out
that she was ,quarantined for infantiIe
paralysis on August Z, 1921, four days
after she reached the home of her
uncle and aunt. Miss Larson admitted
this quarantine She was under quar-
antine for Is weeks and then went
back to the home Of her father. The
defense in opening it's side Of the case
declared that the condition of Miss
Larson was not the result Of any rail-
road accident, but this disease.
Among the physicians, summoned
by the defense to testify in regard to
Miss Larson condition were: DR..
O. G. Strickler, Dr.. =. A. Fritsche,
Dr.. J. II. Vogel, and DR. Rosenau Of
Rochester, Mimi, an authority on
lntantlle paralysis. 855sss
Miss Larson is represented by w. ii.
Frawley Of Eau Claire, Wis. and Sam
Anderson d st. Paul. The attorneys
for the Northwestern railroad are
Brown, Somsen and Sawyer Of Wiinona
and Somsen, Dempsey and Flor Of
New Ulm. .F8sss asSsss
TO Open Criminal Gases. @ .
Trial Of the case is expected to be
completed today upon which Nv. I.
Eckstein, county attorney, will move
for the trial Of the criminal calendar.
For the first time in the history Of the
Brown County court, the criminal
calendar has been delayed until the
middle Of the second week BY the civil
leases.
Hardie Indicted.
The grand Jury has returned nine
Iindi Among these are two
indictments against Frank Hardie Of
IGrundy Cnter5 Iowa who was arrested
lat Mason City, IA, 81. in company with
Doris a. Nelson, is year old Comfrey
school girl. Hardie ais charged with
abduction ii one iindl dliictSnent and car.
nal knowledge Il il 8 anoth her. Another
Indictment is against J.s u. Penheiter 81
sEsNfountA iii who ii charged with
sEperjufy ia come ction with Tie tran-