The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-06-18
Former Sank Centre Teach
ers Suing for Damage
Owner of Car in Which Thew Were
Injured Defendant in Court
Action

The next cases to be called in dis.
trlct court are actions against Fred
Z. Schllplin of st. Cloud, brought as
result of ''Tom" Germans esca.
pades here last fall. The Becklev-
johnson accident suit was concluded
| this morning and turned over to the
jury for decision. The next case on
the docket was a technical action
against Sheriff Schooner, connected
with the execution of Judgment last
year, but the case, was listed afte,
the Schllpin suits when it became i'm.
possible to notify Twin CITY attor-
neys that the action was due in time
to call it next.
The actions against Fred C. Schil-
pin were brought last January as a
result of an automobile accident in
which Schilpin's car figured last fail.
Schllpln turned his machine over tr
Harry, alias "Tom" Gorman-endur-
ance driver who created considerable
interest here with an uninterrupted
2O-hour run in light touring car as
an advertising stunt-to sell.
German was using the car to de-
part these regions but met Miss Edris
V. Stauffer and Miss Helen L. Swan
son in Sank Centre and induced them
to ride with him to Osakis, presum-
ing on claim of former acuuain-
lance with one of the girls. A reck-
less driver, he failed to negotiate a
bad curve while approaching Osakis
and the car was wrecked. The girls
sustained severe injuries according to
their allegations. Suit to recover
compensation for the injuries was
brought against Schilplin nominally
as he was protected by liability in
surance. Miss Swanson asks $4,000
m damages and Miss Stauffer $685.
600.
Attorneys for the insurance COM
pany will contest the amount of in
jury and also, the liability of the de-
tense under, the peculiar circum-
stances involved, the case resembling
test suit in some respects. The ac-
tons will be tried jointly.-St. Cloud
Journal-Press, Saturday June IL.
The jury in the case of Helen
Swanson and Edris Stauffer VS..
Frederick G.. Schilplin returned a YER
dict for 500 for Miss Swanson anG
| S8,400 for Miss Stauffer in district
court at 1 100 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Judge Roeser remained al
the court house to receive the yer.
dict. Attorneys for the insurance
company, defending the case asked
for stay with the purpose of appeal,
ling it. The case went to the
jury at 600 o'clock last evening fol.
loving a two days trial. The plain.
tiffs claimed they were having the
car demonstrated to them with view
to its purchase by one "Tom" Cor.
man who ran spectacular endurance
test race in ST. Cloud. The defend
ant claimed that "Tom" German had
obtained possession of the car under
suse and that he had deceived the
girls by pretending a school-time ac-
Cua:htance with Miss Swanson. Also
that Tom" German was only given
permission to demonstrate the car at
T'reepcrt. That he exceeded his
agency by going to Sank Centre to
keep social engagement with Miss
Swanson, whom he was taking to din
ner at Alexandria when the accident
happened, near Osakis-St. Cloud
Times.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray and
children of Donneybrook, N. D., ar
rived in Sank Centre last Saturday
AMI will remain in this vicinity for
about two weeks visiting at the home
of the gentleman's brother and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Gray and at
the home of the lady's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Hamilton. They
are spending few days this week
visiting at the home of the lady's
sister, Mrs. Dave Osgood at Hutchin-
son, MINI.
Nels Nelson, section foreman foi
the N. P. at Grey Eagle was Saul
Centre business visitor Tuesday af.
ternoon.