The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-19
AUTO FATALITY
DEMANDS ACTION
Relatives of Ross Say Proceed
ings Will Be Instituted
Against Or. Mayo.
PHYSICIAN GRIEF-STRICKEN
VICTIMS MOTHER HAS BEEN
BLIND FOR TWENTY YEARS.

Undecided what course 20 pursue. the
relatives o. George J. Ross. who died yes
terday morning as the result OF injuries
sustained IN an automobile-surrey COLI
sion. have decided TO wait until his body
Is inferred before they determine what
proceedings will be instituted against Dr.
H. y. Mayo. who drove the automobile
Funeral arrangements have been COM
pleted. and Mr. Ross body will be buried
Sunday afternoon. The services will be
held at 12:l5 o'clock In the Twentieth ward
meeting house. Messages of sympathy
poured into his home all day yesterday
from a large circle of friends.
That something will be done. whether
II be request for an investigation. Grim
NAL proceedings or a suit for damages,
was asserted to Herald reporter last
evening by Bishop George Romney.
father-in-law of Mr.. Ross He said:
We have been so completely upset and
grief-stricken over Mr.. Ross death that
we have not definitely decided what TO
10. Something will surely be done. This
fast, reckless automobile driving through
our streets must be stopped for once and
all or other citizens Will suffer.
I'VE all sympathiZe with DR.. Mayo and
realize that he did everything possible 70
alleviate the sufferngs of Mr.. Ross. 1t
was deplorable accident. and DR.. Mayo
has Informed us that the responsibility
for 1t rests entirely on his shoulders.
Mr.. Ross was practically unconscious
all the time from the moment he was
struck until his death. He did lapse into
a semi-conscious state a few times. just
enough to recognize his wife. but he was
unable TO mutter more than few words
10 any Of US
DR.. Mayo's Statement.
DR.. Mayo made the following statement
to The Herald:
II have been so weighed down with
grief that ] have been almost unable to
weigh all the details of the accident. 1
was hurryinE home in the rain and trees
obstructed the view of the cross street.
II was a most deplorable affair and
everything possible was done for Mr..
Ross. | had never met the man, but /
know from his acquaintances that he was
a respected. upright citizen"
Death came to Mr. Ross at O'Clock
yesterday morning in his home. 32l ID
street. lie left a wife. Mrs. Mary Rom
ney Ross, daughter OF Bishop George
Romney and four children. Vilate. IL
years; Mary. 8; Sarah. 6; and George,
IT.. 2l2 years.
one of the pathetic features in con-
nection with his death is that he Is
mourned by an aged mother who is to-
tally blind. She has not been able TO see
her son for the past twenty years he
also left a brother. Charles ]. Ross OF
Ogden. and three sisters. Mrs. Sarah Ran
dali. Mrs Louise Clayton and Mrs. Grace
FeVeryear.
Mr. Ross was IS years of age. having
been born on Oct. ). 1869. He was the
son of James ID. and Sarah T.. Ross His
father died thirty years ago. He was
employed as a clerk for the Consolidated
Wagon & Machine company.
The accident occurred Wednesday even
ing Dr. II. y. Mayo and his wife were
speeding home from a hospital call when
their machine crashed into surrey con-
tanning George j. Ross. Heber J. Romney,
the latter's son. Heber j.. jr.. and James
Wardrop. All four were thrown out, He
her J. Romney sustaining knee bruises
and the other two escaping unhurt.
DIR. Mayo was driving westward on
First avenue at the time and the sur
rey was going uphill on c street. They
met at the junction Of the two streets
Call at the California Bungalow Of
fee and see those disappearing beds