The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28

County Attorney Morse.-Did the
Ford car turn short?
A. 1t did not make q big turn.
Q. Was there street light
A. 1 do not remember, but my
lights were bright.
Q. About how far ahead could
you see with them?
A. About a half block.
@. So II you had looked ahead
you would have seen the woman on
the street intersection.
A. Yes, I would have missed her
q. Were you ever arrested for
speeding?
A. No.
@. Do you drive fast?
A. Not in town, in the country
pretty fast.
Q. YOU do not claim that this
woman moved quickly and got in
your way.
A. No.
9. Did she make any sound?
Testimony Of e. c. pavey.
e. G. DaVey, proprietor of the
Mankato Electric Battery Manufac-
turing company testified as follows:
Q. What is your place Of bust.
ness?
A. 127 North Second street
Q. On the corner Of North Sec
and Mulberry streets?
A. Yes.
q. Where was you when this ac-
cident happened?
A. We were coming out of tie
shop, Mr.. st. Peter and I, and we
heard somebody calling for help.
Q. Which side Of the shop were
A. On the right side in front Of
the shop.
Q. You mean on the Second
street front entrance?
A. Yes.
@. When you went over to where
the accident happened what took
place?
A. He was standing there helping
her up.
Q. Who. Norbert Mans?
A. Yes.
Q. Did she appear to be alive,
or did she open her eyes and talk :?
A. She said nothing.
@. Where was she?
A. At the side of the car on the
pavement. Mans was holding her
up as much as he could, but she
was not fully upright.
Q. Was he standing up?
A. He was standing, leaning
O.. Where was the car at that
A. Well, did not see it at that
time, but short time later saw it
in front Of the lumber yard about
forty or fifty feet away. There
were other cars parked there at the
time.
Q. Where was her body in ref.
erence to the sidewalk across Null
berry street?
A. I can't say exactly, it must
have been ten or fifteen feet away
from Mulberry street crossing.
@. In which direction?
A. Facing south.
@. Was she about half away be-
tween the right hand curb on Sec.
ond street and the center of the
street.
A. That would be the north curb.
Q. You say that sho was fifteen
or twenty feet from the sidewalk
line on Mulberry street toward
Main street?
A. Yes.
Q. Which way was her head,
nearest Mulberry street or nearest
Main street?
A. do not know, its pretty
hard for me to answer that, she was
huddled up in way.
Q. Did she say anything at all?
A. She did not say word.
Q. Did Mans say anything to you
how the accident happened?
A. He was so excited that he did
not say much about it, except that
he ran over her.
Q. Ld he say that he saw the
woman?
A. No.
Q. You and Mr.. St. Peter went
over to the accident?
into the car and had gone perhaps.
four or five feet, when we heard
some one hollering for help.
Q. When You first saw the wo-
man, was she lying in the street?
A. No. he was holding her UP.
D. Did you see anybody else
there when you went to pick her up?
A. No, and there were no cars
there then except the F. w. Kruse
delivery car right in front parked
there.
Q. Was anybody In that car!
A. / did not see anybody in the
car, and at first 1 thought that he
was the Kruse delivery man.
@. Did you notice anybody walk
ing along the street?
o. Who were the first people
who came after you and st. Peter
helped pick her up? =.
A. We three picked her up and
took her into the building, and after
that the first man we saw was Mike
LAWN, and when he came there we
had carried her into the shop.
Q. Did anybody come while you
were carrying the woman into the
shop?
q. DID anybody say they saw the
A. No they did not.
Q.-Chief OF Police Phil Lund-
mark-Did you hear me ask all of
those there If they saw the acci.
dent?
A. Yes I heard you ask those
questions, but no one had seen the
accident.
about this accident?
A. The only thing that I can say
is. that the first thing that did was
to call UP Mankato Clinic, and then
sprinkled some water In the wo-
mans face, and she opened her
eyes. had no idea that she was
dead at that time. When DR.. C. J.
Holman arrived a short time later.
he said that she had a little life left
in her when he came in. and when
Dr.. Roy N. Andrews came In he