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Albert Lueck Driver Of Car
Which Ran Down Man
From Winthrop
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FAIL TO GIVE AID
TO INJURED MAN
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Given Freedom After Hearing With Bail Fixed In Sum Of $1300
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Sam Martin of Winthrop, lies seriously injured, if not mortally, at his home by being struck by an alleged 'hit and run' driver last Monday evening. The accident took place a short distance east of Gaylord on the main Arlington-Gaylord highway.
The affair resulted in the arrest of Albert Lueck and Arthur Stegeman two young men of New Ulm. At a hearing held at Gaylord Tuesday Lueck was held under bonds, but Stegeman was not held. The latter was only a passenger in the Lueck car and was accordingly released.
Two Charges
Lueck faces two serious charges. One for failing to stop following the accident, and the other for driving a car while under the influence of liquor. His preliminary hearing is set for Tuesday, August 24th, and he is now at liberty under $1300 bonds.
Passed On Wrong Side
It is alleged that Lueck passed on the wrong side of the Martin car, striking Mr. Martin and his companion, Conrad Kissner, who were repairing a tire at the time. The Martin car was parked on the right side of the highway at the time and in safe distance. It appears that Lueck and another machine were approaching at racing speed just before they reached the point of accident.
Did Not Help Victims
When the Lueck car struck its victims it plunged off into the ditch, so it is told, landing on its side. Lueck and his companion, it is further alleged, uprighted the car and started off leaving the injured men to care for themselves. However it was not long before other parties arrived at the scene and took the injured men to the Gaylord hospital, where it was found Mr. Martin was seriously injured. Mr. Kissner luckily escaped with minor bruises to his limbs. The extent of Mr. Martin's injuries is not known, at this time, but it is feared he may have suffered internal injuries.
Police Give Chase
Local authorities had a hand in apprehending Lueck and his companion. This was brought about by a hurried phone call received by Night Policeman Espenson from Deputy Sheriff Fenske at Gaylord. A description of the car, which was headed west on highway No. 14, was given with orders to arrest the parties. Policeman Espenson was on the lookout and it was not long before the car approached Winthrop going at breakneck speed while passing thru the city. Mr. Espenson hailed the driver, at the Congregational church corner, and ordered him to stop but the car proceeded on its journey westward, Mr. Espenson had plans well laid, however, and had previously engaged the Spaeth car in the event it was necessary to give chase, and chase it was. However Lueck evidently figured he was playing a losing game and about midway between Winthrop and Gibbon stopped his car and drew off alongside the highway. The parties were then taken into custody and returned to Gaylord where they were held until the following day.
The affair is indeed a sad one for Mr. Martin and all hope that he will experience a safe recovery. Mr. Martin is employed in the local beet fields and is a man of very moderate means with a large family dependent upon his support.--Winthrop News.
Lueck and Stegemann are both out of the city and it has been impossible to get their version of the accident.
New Ulm Review
August 25, 1926