The Detroit times., 1908-04-29
{ gu R DETaOITERs
ARE IN LIST OF
KILLED
yPsI.ANN WRECK TAKES HEAVY
DEATH TOLL HERE-JoAN PA
GET. BALL PLAYER, ONE OF
THE VICTIMS.

Four Detroiters lost their lives in
ing. three miles east of Ypsilanti. Tues
day afternoon. They were John Pa
get, No. $50 Canfield-ave. west; Char
les Carman. No. 81 Joy-st.; George
f. Howard, No. 1873 Alexandrine-ave,
east. and John Garbarino. No. S44
Eliotst. Only one of them. John
Paget. was killed outright. Mr.. How
ard and Mr.. Carman died en- route TO
the University hospital. Ann Arbor,
on the special car provided by the
company. Garbarino dieo soon after
reaching the hospital.
The most seriously injured OF the
Detroiters In the wreck, OF whom
there We're 10 or more, is: Mrs. L. II.
Chaberlin. OF No. ~ Highrst., east,
wife of former secretary of the De-
troit school board, who. with her
daughter. Charlotte, was on her way
home from California She is In Uni
versity hospital with serious injuries
10 her spine. q broken arm and severe
cuts and bruises about the head and
body Her condition is critical and
there are grave fears for recovery.
Miss Chaberlin vas not seriously
hurt. escaping with bruises. She Is
with her mother In Ann Arbor. Mr..
Chaberlin. husband of the injured
woman. started from Detroit Tuesday
morning TO meet his wife and daugh-
ter but decided to turn back. 1t is said
when the car he was on left the
tracks at Michiganlave and Third-st..
although no serious damage resulted.
John Paget. who was killed, was
well known In amafeur and semipro-
fessional base bali circles. He went
to Jackson last Thursday in an ef-
fort to secure a place on the Jackson
baseball team, and was on his way
home when he met his death. His
father, Frank Page1, and his brother,
Frank, Jr., visited iYpsilanti Tuesday
night and after viewing the body
made arrangements for its removal
to Detroit.
The father was almost beside him
self with grief as he bent over the
still form in the norgue.
MY poor boy. how | loved YOU" he
cried. "Oh, l can't realize you are
dead"
Paget was % years old. He was
captain OF the Detroit Business Uni
versity baseball team in 1906. He and
Alton Cameron, who was shot by 10
seph Schultz In a saloon, were the
stars of the team, which, under the
management of Mark Paterson, made
"a great record that year He was
third baseman in the Lethbridge. Ont,
nine last year.
George f. Howard, another Detroit
victim, left his position with Watkins
4 Radcliffe, hardware dealers at No.
III Woodward-ave5ea about a week ago
In the hope of securing something bet
ter. On tip furnished by travelling
man ne went to Jackson, Mich, Tues
day. to secure a position with the big
hardware firm of Smith 4 Winches-
ter, and was returning home on the
Inflated limited car. His wife was
crazed with grief when news of his
death was borne to her and her cries
resounded throughout the neighbor-
hood OF her home.
Il want to die. too" she screamed
Il must die"
Neighbors comforted her with diff.
Guilty and she was placed under the
care of physician. Besides the
widow. two step-daughters survive.
Charles l.. Carman was a member
of the firm OF Carman & Foulds, grain
and feed dealers at No. GA Michigan
ave. He left Detroit Tuesday morn
ing to buy baled hay In Belleville,
Mich, and. like the other victims of
the wreck. was on his way home. He
was 81 years old. widow survives.
w. s. Steever, No. 3l9 FOREST west,
was not as seriously injured as was
first supposed. He Is In the hospital
in Ann Arbor with painful body
bruises and injuries about the back,
but the doctors say he has every
chance OF recovery.