The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
@. Did the driver of the Ford
coupe give you any sign?

A. No.
Second street?
looked back.
9. How was it you did not see
A. l do not know. I just looked
around and she was there. She was
facing up toward Broad street.
Q. You say that your left front
fender struck her?
A. Yes.
Q: Did you have lights on the
A. Yes, they had been turned on
bright lights.
8. How far did you go after
striking the woman?
A. should judge about fifteen
feet.
9. What happened when you
A, She was thrown to the pave
ment.
@. Did the car pass over her?
A. The hind wheels passed over
her legs.
Q. Did you put on the brakes
when you struck her?
A. do not know, but the car did
not skid.
right or doa o'0 not 0f'hS 1t to stop
A. No.
brakes. U'0 ''U H0' put 0H 'ne
A. l was excited. I suppose.
Q. How long have you been
driving car?
q
Q. About how much have you
driven in that length of time?
A. l could not say.
Q. Much or little?
A.. Quite, q bit, the car is my
brothers. I drive it frequently, but
have to ask him for it.
Q. Do you drive it to and from
A. Just today so that could 20
to the barber shop.
Q. You do not know anybody else
outside the driver of the Ford coupe
and the woman you saw on the
street who might have seen the ac-
cident?
A. No I do not.
Q. Which way did her body fall,
under the car or to one side?
A. Toward the side. right along
side of the car, cater cornered.
g. When you hit her, which way
did you turn?
A. Toward the curb and to the
right.
Q. You did not see the woman
until the car struck?
A. No l did not see her until she
was struck.
Q. Was she standing still?
A. No she was walking.
Q. Could you have turned the
car If you had seen her in time?
A. Yes.
Q. At the time that you struck
her you were not looking where you
were going.
A. was not looking toward the
woman.
Q. You knew it was a crossing?
A. Yes, but l was not driving
fast.
Q. You do not know whether she
was moving rapidly or slowly.
A. Slowly, because l was not go
ing fast.
Q. About how far from the curb
were you when you struck.
A. About one half way from the
curb to the middle of the street.
O.. And you say that she was
moving slowly?
A. She must have been moving
slowly. because was not moving
fast.
@. Did you say that your car was
moving slowly?
A l was not speeding.
Q. Do you know whether you
were going less than twenty. five
miles an hour.
A. Yes. I know that I was not
driving that fast. have no speed
ometer but have ridden in large
cars with them on, and I know that
twenty five miles an hour is a good
clip.
Q. When you say fifteen miles an
hour its merely an estimate?
A. Yes.
Q. If you had seen this woman
before you struck her there was
plenty Of room to turn, was there
not?
Chief of Police Phil landmark
Who was the first person you asked
for assistance?
A. l think it was the battery man
at the battery station.
Q. What did he do when he
came?
A. He helped me carry the wo-
man to the battery station, and then
there was another guy, think that
it was Earl st. Peter.
@. These were the first two to
arrive.
A. Yes.
@. Did she say anything.
A. No. she appeared dead, and I
said: woman, talk, but she did not
say a word.
Q. You and Davey and St. Peter
carried her to the battery station?
4. Yes, we carried her in there
and Dayey put an old sweater under
Davey called the doctor, then Davey
called the police.
@. Which street were you coming
down on, Washington street to Sec
ond?
A. Yes.
@. When you rushed back OF the
car and found the woman lying in
the street what direction was her
head.
A. Her head was lying slanting.
Q. About what degree?
A. Forty-five degrees with the
feet toward the curb.
@. You were going south on Sec
ond street.
A. Yes and there were no other
cars stopped there.
Q. What is your brothers name.
A. Clements Mans.
County Attorney Morse-When
you went back and found her lying
in the street, were her feet farth-
est toward Main street?
A. No farthest toward the curb
If she had been a foot farther on
would not have killed her. Her body