, 1907-04-15
Worst In History.

Special to The Republican.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 15.-One OF
the worst accidents in the history Of
automobiling in this vicinity occurred
last afternoon, resulting in the injury
Of several men, some of them quite
seriously. 1t was followed by the run
away of a team used to take the men
to safety, the driver and one Of the vic
tins of the automobile accident re-
ceiving very painful and serious in
juries.
Five Men Injured.
The automobile mixup occurred
eighteen miles west Of Cheyenne. The
party consisted of Conductor W. R.
Rich of the passenger service between
this city and Green River; Francis e.
Stafford, general agent for the North
western Insurance company; q. w.
Stone. vice president of the Citizens
National bank of this city, and L. D.
Dobbins of Cheyenne. The victims Of
the runaway accident included Mr.. SAT-
ford, Mr.. Rich and young Eye, son OF
8. w. Eye, a ranchman Of the neigh
borhood.
Would Not Take Curve.
The gentlemen had been fishing at
the dam and upon their return, when
they reached a point three miles west
Of the Eye ranch, they encountered a
long steep slope down hill. At the foot
of the hill, where there was a sharp
curve in the road, the automobile re-
fused to take the curve, and in trying
to turn out for a pile of stones in the
way, the machine turned over several
times, landing bottom upward. Mr..
Stone was thrown some twenty feet,
and when he gathered himself together
after the fall, and went to the aid of his
companions, he found that all the 9th
ers had been pinned under the ma
chine. He assisted Saffold and Dob
bins from under one side of the auto
mobile, and when they tried to move
the conductor, he told them to let him
alone, as he had a broken leg.
A Second Mixup.
Mr.. Stone helped to get the con-
ductor from under the weight of the
huge horseless carriage and then start,
ed to the Eye ranch for help. At the
ranch he sent one of the sons Of the
ranchman to the Hersig ranch, where
he could telephone to this city for an
other automobile, the other son being
directed to hitch the team to the wagon
and go to the scene of the accident and
pick up the injured men and bring
them to the Eye ranch. Mr.. Stone then
lay down and lost consciousness, the
next he knew being the sound of an ap-
preaching automobile. Knowing the
time that must have elapsed since he
sent the young man Eye after his com
panions, Mr.. Stone quickly realized
that something was wrong and set out
to unravel the mystery.
Stone to tho Rescue.
Getting into the automobile which
had Just arrived from Cheyenne, the
party went toward the scene of the au.
tomobile accident. The first man Of
the victims found was Mr.. Safold.
who lay beside the roa with a broken
wrist and two of his fingers also brok-
en-. The next man was young Eye him
self. who had sustained a broken
thigh. Dobbins and Rich were then
found and from them Mr.. Stone learn
ed the story of the runaway team.
More Bones Broken.
After Eye and the others had got
ten Mr.. Rich into the body Of the
wagon, and in a comfortable position,
Saffold, Dobbins and Eye mounted the
seat and started for the ranch. The
horses became unmanageable and ran
away, upsetting the wagon and turn
ing the men out, including the conduc-
tor, already helpless with his broken
leg. The new machine and its occupants
picked the men up and took them
to the Eye ranch, where a hospital am