The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-17

Two automobile accidents in Main street
yesterday stirred the authorities to ac-
, ton to put a stop 10 "scorching'' in the
crowded streets of Salt Lake. On Mon
day six arrests viii be made. and Chief
+ Of Police Pitt declares that more prose-
cuuOns wiz follow until law-breaking
chauffeurs aud machine owners srs
tanned.
The first of yesterdays accidents DC
Cured al noon. when Elgin Yankees au-
tomODlle ran down man who was riding
d bicycle at Main and First South -treets.
The second accident occurred at
clock last night, when DR., ". T. Can
non of go Brigham street knocked Ole
Mitchell l1-year-Old boy. whose par
ents live at lI6 West Sixth South street.
from a bicycle at Fourth South and Main
streets. The boy was severely injured
Elgin Yankee, who figured in the first
accident Of the day. was on last Monday
afternoon fined s. in the police court for
scorchine' i'm Brigham street At that
time Yankee escaped more severe pun
ishment by making a Merry Andrew OF
himself and saying that had he seen tie
policeman in the street ahead OF him he
would have reduced his speed to the rate
fixed by the city ordinances.
Strikes Bicycle Rider.
But the lesson in the police court appar-
entity did not cause him To mend his WAYS.
He was whirling nOrthward in crowded
Main street at a reckless speed when a
man riding a bicycle westward In First
South street came in sight. \ moment
later. the man upon the wheel was tossed
i'm the air. He fell close to the passing
automobile. and his bicycle. badly
smashed. was thrown TO the side Of the
street.
Yankee brought his machine to a stop
and took the injured man and the dam
aged bicycle into his machine
A few minutes later the injured man
appeared at police headquarters and
ont E-.r .
Yankee. He was bleeding from an in
jury upon the ear and seemed TO have
been stiffened by his fall As Judge
DiehTs court had adjourned for the day.
the man was told to return on Monday
and swear TO a complaint against Yankee.
Bystanders a First South and Main
street say that the man upon the bicycle
was riding on the wrong side of First
measure to blame for the accident but
that Yankees auto. No 1O4 was going at
a dangerous rate Of speed Cor a vehicle
traversing Main street
is Spectacular Accident.
The second accident was considerably
more spectacular than the first. DR.. Can
non, accompanied by his family, was
moving northWard in Main street. The
Mitchell boy was on the west side of the
street At Fourth South street. DR.. Can
non tried 10 turn westward His course
took him directly in the path Of the boy.
Seeing his danger, the boy turned 10 the
right thinking that by Obeying the rule
Of the road he would escape being hit by
the oncoming machine. When close 10
the boy. DR.. Cannon. too, realized the
danger OF the situation and swung his
automobile to the sidewalk. But it was
too late. The boy was thrown from his
wheel and sent sprawling into the street.
When picked I'D il was found that his
shoulder was injured by the blow he had
received from the front end of the ma
chine and his hand and knee were
bruised. Dr.. Cannon gave first aid TO
the injured and took the boy home.
DR.. Cannon. in telling of the accident
said: when / reached Fourth South
street I decided to turn westward so as
to avoid upper Main street ] do not like
to drive my machine through the busy
Continued on Page 2.