Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 251, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1911 — No Blame Attached to Driver Who Killed Little Dahneke Girl. [ARTICLE]

No Blame Attached to Driver Who Killed Little Dahneke Girl.

E. VanArsdel was in Monon over Monday night and from what he could learn there was no blame attached to Ollie Goble, whose automobile killed little Minnie Dahncke, the 7-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry DahnckeT Monday noon. Mr. VanArsdel says that he was told that Mr. Goble was running his car not faster than four or five miles an hour and that Minnie and a little girl with her darted from one side of the street to the other and directly in front of the machine. There was not a second’s warning and Minnie was knocked down and run over. The other little girl escaped, almost miraculously, as Mr. Goble, in discussing the incident, said he did not see how both avoided being killed. The little form lay in the road feebly writhing and Mr. Goble ran to her and gathering her in his arms took her to the nearest house, where in a very little while she breathed her last. Mr. Goble was overcome with sorrow and broke down and cried like a child. Mr. VanArsdel says that Mr. Goble, who runs a garage, is regarded everywhere as a very careful driver and that there is much sympathy for him as well as for the bereaved parents of the little girl.