The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Jury Gets
Galles-Druck
Injury Case
COURTROOM PACKED
AS YOUTHS TESTIFY
MONDAY, TUESDAY

Carruth and $3.50 for Mrs. Car
ruth was awarded by a district
court jury after eight hours DELHI
Grafton Tuesday.
Youth had its day in court as
Wallace, 20, and his wife, the
former Geneyieye DAILY, 10, asked
damages for injuries sustained in
AN automobile accident June 18,
1888.
The machine in which they
were riding with Vernon Schaefer
of Redwood Falls struck car be-
ing pushed by Arthur Neusch-
wander 10 and Donald Carity, 16.
Lee NeuschWander who owned
the auto was defendant. He is
Arthur's father.
s Twelve young girls and boys,
most of them high school students,
trooped to the witness stand to
testify that the Carruths and
Schaefer were intoxicated at Nor
ton the night of the accident-the
0snain point argued by the defense.
Undecided On Appeal
Closing pleas by Henry Flor of
New Ulm acting for Mrs. Pearl
Carruth, guardian of her son and
his wife and Warren King of Min
neapolis, defense counsel, were
marked by the same swift person.
al clashes which occurred be-
tween the two attorneys through
out the trial.
The jury retired at 2:40 p. m.
Tuesday after the charge by
Judge A. B. GiSlason and reached
the verdict around IL p. m. Dave
j. Mcconnell of Vesta was fore
man.
A. G. Dolliff, who assisted with
the defense and George A. Barnes
co-counsel for the plaintiff, said
they did not know whether APP
peals on the verdict from either
side would be made.
Three accident suits, Mr., and
Mrs. Ruby Druck of Wabasso YER
Sus Otto Gales of Redwood Falls
and Bernice Bruins of the same
village versus Druck and Gales
got underway Wednesday MORN
ing. Gales introduced a counter
claim against Druck.
The jury was selected Tuesday
afternoon after the Carruth-Neu-
schwander jury retired.
Wyman Corbett, John Amends
and Mrs. Carrie Smithers were
called as taleSmen to sit on the
GalleS-Druck case as the panel
n
jurors, Mrs. Vance Anderson of
Lamberton, Mrs. B. P. Kelly and
w. j. Wheaton of Redwood Falls
and Julius AhlneSs of Westline
were excused from service as
court opened last Wednesday.
Goes To Marshall
Judge Gislason is scheduled to
open the spring term of district
court at Marshall Monday. Judge
Albert Emerson is expected to
take his place either there or at
Redwood Falls so that several
more jury cases and court hear
ings can be completed without
continuance of the term.
The appeal of c. c. King on
highway condemnation matter is
scheduled for jury consideration
after the Galles-Druck case and
the Appleton property case which
has come before the court SO
many time previously will be
tried. Mrs. Elsie Appleton is here
from Florida for the trial.
Final arguments in the case of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruby F. Druck of
Wabasso versus Otto Gales of
Redwood Falls and Bernice Bruins
Il WabasSo versus both Gales
and Druck began at 1890 a. m.
today.
The suit grew out of an accid-
ent which occurred about 6:15 a.
m. December IL, 1887 just west of
the Redwood Falls city limits
when the Druck car, bound for
Minneapolis, hit the rear of the
cream-colored Gales dairy truck,
in a snow storm.
Julian E. Morten of Redwood
Falls and A. r. English of Tracy
represented MIR. and Mrs. Druck.
Mr.. English appeared for Miss
Bruins and James E. Kelley of st.
Paul for Mr.. Gales.
LakOtich Testifies
The trial was marked by the
appearance of John Lakotich, now
serving a five year term at Still
water penitentiary, as a witness.
He was brought here Monday by
two guards, one of whom was
stationed outside the court room
door while the other watched him
inside.
Lakotich was working for Gal
les at the time of the accident and
was with him in the truck when
it occurred. Later he was con-
victed of assault in the milk
bottle smuggling of William Stone
back of Redwood Falls.
Druck, As, Wabasso garageman
ed car dealer, testified he was
arriving Mrs. Druck and Evelyn
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