The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
STORY OF STREET
TRAGEDY Is TOLD
Life Was Snuffed Out Sud-
denly In the Early
-. Evening
Young Driver. Of Car Made
Statement To the
Officials
Miss Louise Zimmerman Fa-
tally Injured at Traffic
| =. Crossing
Norbert Mans, Aged Twen-
ty, In Charge Of the
Machine

Knocked down by car operated
by Norbert Anton Mans II, 1910
North Fourth street last evening
and instantly killed, is the story in
brief of the untimeiy death of Miss
Louise zimmerman of S15 Mulberry
street, VINO was on her way home
ana was In, the act Of crossing North
Second street when she was killed
at s O'Clock on the Mulberry and
North Second street intersection.
according to the statement of L.
T: Zlmmermann. brother of Miss.
zimmerman. his sister had been
down 10 his store in the late after
noon to get some small Christmas
tree electric lights. She left there,
and he thinks she went into the
zimmerman & Bangefter store
Wnere she called on another brother.
II is now known that Miss szinI-
norman alas1 called ct the Miss Thomas
street on her wayzhome. She siusIl-s
ed, of Front street ina lTas an
ner way up Mulberry street 10 ard
occurred.
Police Were, Notified
IL now appears that no one excent
Mr. Mans witnessed the ACCIDENT
Immediately following the TRAGEDY
Snief of Police Phil Lundmark and
UHicer Henry Kachelmyer went to
me scene and short time later had
M. Mans go to the police station
81; Peter and e. C. Davies. who had
neiped pick up the body and carry
II 10 the Mankato Electric Battery
Manuiacturing plant were also uues.
uoned. Later the remains wera fax
en- to the Landkamer Brothers I'm.
dertakfng parlors. :" :
Inls forenoon. DR.. A. A. Pratt ana
~. Z. j. Holman held a postmor-
tenn examination of the remains and
snis Ill. aIternoon at one o'clock Coro
ner y, A. Dahl held a coroner's in
kamer Brothers undertaking narinrsn
-. Was Born In Mankato -
MISS Zimmermann was horn n,
Mankato dnn April "a, 1869. She is the
osugnter of Mrs. Clara -Zimmermarrt
or 3!5 Mulberry street, She IL oIsn
survived by the following brotbarS
ana sisters: A. A. Zimmermann II
zimmerman, George r. Zinomer.
mann, Henry Zimmerman. A p
nimmermann and Mrs. ]. v. Her.
man anson OF tnls city. Paul thinner
cno.- NoSo'd anu refer Zlmmer-h
1;anm 1;naI OF North Lapwai. Idaho. Miss
Peler and Paul's Catholic church On,
ana belonged to the, young Iadias
sodalfy and the Holy Family son;'
eties OF that church, - -1-'' soeci ooei
Inc aged mother of the daceosod
was not told of her dauehter's daatb
untii Today. She was led to tbinL
VIZ Snat sne was only seriously injured
MWnen the real facts were broken tos
~ T. came as a great shock.
story OF Accident In Detail
Inc following is the evidence taL
en- by County ATTORNEY .FranL tak
Morse on the evening of Decan,ha. a.
20, 1873, at the chief of police's of
nee IN the Mankato city hall in fba
invest1gatlon of the Cause of -tho
death OF Miss Louise Zimmerman,
VINO was run down and instanfiy
Anton Mans. =. t'oiDerI
Direct examination by County Ar
torney Frank E. Morse In the nres-
ence OF Chief Of Police Landmark
and j: E. Reynolds,
Norbert Anton Mans; the defen-
aant IN the case, was the first wit
ness examined. So. =.
=. What lis your full nameY
-.
=. Where do you live?
A. 1910 North Fourth street.
Q. Mankato, Mimi? = =
A. Yes.
Q. How old are your.
A. Twenty years.
Q. In the afternoon of December
s6, 1928 were you driving an auto
mobile on North Second street.
9; Which direction were you
A. Which direction. don't know
the directions in this town very
Q. Was it southwest?
A. Yes.
Q. Where were you going?
A. ! was going down town to set
a shave in the shop where PIN
Landmark used to be, but | do not
know the name of the barber shop.
Q. On what street were you go
ing to turn to Front street?
A. ] figured on going down Main
street.
@. Where were you coming from?
A. was coming from work in
Neuberts incubator factory.
G. This is on North Fourth
4 A. Yes. sir
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