The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
Mrs. Miner and
Miss Van Horn
the Victims.
Walter M. Clarkan
j. d. ISaacS Jr.
Escape.
over her body. She is expected to sur

vive.
SORRY FOR THE ACCIDENT
Later in the evening young lsaacs
made complete statement to The
Call correspondent. He was apparent
~ much distressed over the accident,
as well as the consequent plight in
which he now finds himself. He was
willing TO talk in MS rooms at the
St Jsnes and to show how thoroughly
sorry he was for the little escapade,
for escapade il was undoubtedly,
though the young man. in fact both Of
them, insist they intended TO return
that night 10 Oakland, and that Mrs.
Miner was with them in the capacity
OF a chaperOn.
We were just out for little spin"
he explained, in my machine and ]
told the man at the garage that 1
would be back that night. Mrs Mil
ner occupied the front seat with me.
We had spent some little time in driv-
ing about Oakland and when we left
there il was with no definite destina-
tion in view. We just kept going till
the crash came. I suppose l was
travelling too fast, but I did not really
realize II until I felt the machine tip
when we struck the curve. The az
fair need not cast any reflections Ul
Us. I have known Mrs. Miner and
Miss Van Horn for some time and es-
TEEN them both very highly.
CAPsIzEs AT THE CURVE.
Isaacs went on TO describe the ac-
cident as he had related the facts TO
the coroner's jury in the afternoon.
IN his description of the accident Isaacs
showed clearly how the machine hap
pened 10 overturn.
We were running along" he eontin-
ued, at about fifteen or twenty miles
an hour, and when I sighted the turn.
- =.
that I could get around without shut
ting of any power You know that
the road parallels the railroad thacks
there for quite q distance, and in order
10 20 through the town of Milpitas the
road makes a right angle A short dis
tance north Of the town and crosses
the tracks, after which il veers to the
south with another right angle"
Well. when we reached the turn
threw the. wheel around TO the right,
hut I guess that I must have waited
TOO long, for we were too near the out
side of the road The rear wheels COM
rnenced TO skip down into the ditch on
the outside of the curve. and before
knew il the front wheel on the left
side had broken down and we were
lying out in the road. Clark and my
self were thrown several feet, and for
q few seconds we were both so stunned
tEat we remained on the ground.
CAUGHT UNDER THE AUTO.
Then I thought OF the girls. and a
moments search found them both
tightly imprisoned under the heavy
body OF the car. I started down the
road toward Nilpitas to summon help.
Al the first house called. but received
NJ answer, and went back to the ma
chine I crawled under and got the
"5ack" from the toolbox and, with
Clark's assistance, soon had Miss Van
Horn free from the weight which was
on her She was insensible and re-
mained so until the doctor came.
We did not then realize how serious
the accident had been, and after we
had discovered that we could not lift
the car from across Mrs. Miners body
we both went for help. Men soon arrived
and we rescued our other companion.
but she had expired before that time
Young Clark. son OF millionaire
and nephew OF Senator W. A. Clark.
the Montana copper king, had little to
say in regard TO the accident He re-
fused TO give his place OF residence
or 70 tell the name OF his father His
first statements were that he lived in
New York City, but later admitted that
his home is in California. When his
father heard Of the esca pade he tele-
erapheo from his Los Angeles home
- J. .. Radford Of the First National
Bank, asking that his son Walter be
looked after. Radford sought out
young Clark and took him to the Red
Cross Hospital. where he was attended
by DR.. Miller. Clark was severely
bruised about the left knee and he was
advised TO go to the hospital for
treatment
Miss Van Horn, the more fortunate OF
the two young women in the machine
al the time Of the accident. was report
ed TO be resting comfortably at the San
Jose sanitarium late last night Her
most serious injury was the bursting Of
a blood vessel in her forehead. An
operation was performed late tonight
and the patient is reported to have a
good chance for recovery.
OTHER MIsHAPs ON THE ROAD.
Two other accidents occurred today
between Oakland and San Jose, and
parties travelling between the two cities
passed three big machines lying useless
by the roadside. The Olds touring car
which in Overturning crushed the life
cut OF Mrs. Miner is one Of these. In
the vicinity OF Warm Springs a Rec
touring car smashed a wheel and took
TO the ditch about a. m. No one was
seriously injured in this mixup. Near
Centervile a collision between a light
car sent Che light car 10 the ditch al
most beyond repair. The chauffeur's s
leg was broken, but his name, and that
of the occupants Of the car could not
be ascertained- The accident occurred
in the early morning, and the machine
was deserted