The Washington times., 1909-08-22

county seat campaign, as result of
which NoWata won over Delaware, eX-
element is at a high pitch.
turned over and found myself under
II on the other side Of the creek.
Il don't remember when my mechani-
clan left his seat. I don't remember
crashing. ] knew enough 10 stop my
motor. Had I not stopped IL there
might have been an explosion that
would have cost many more lives and
my own"
Track Badly Torn.
When Aitken forsook the race after
going one hundred miles Of the Cruel
ling journey, the first thing he said
when he limped from behind she wheel
was that some one would surely get
killed before long, because the track
was being all torn to pieces. His pre-
diction came true. He said that il was
hard 10 stay in the seat, and that the
dust at times was SO binding that
while WhiTling at such terrific speed
he could neither tell VINO was in front
or behind. He expected any minute TO
run into the wrecked heap OF some
driver ahead, hid by the dust This
fear was before his mind constantly,
but like all the others, he urged his
3
til the break in machinery.
Long Identifying West
One OF the three men killed yesterday
went unidentified until midnight, when
he was discovered 10 be James West,
twenty-nine years old, a meat cutter
In the employ OF the Coffin Fletcher
Company, meat packers. He was mar
ried, but had no children.
The Identification of West came about
through clues discovered by newspaper
men at about the same time, One came
through the efforts Of Benjamen T.
Logan. who at first was believed 20
/ have been killed, and the other came
through a more careful search Of the
body Of the dead man than the police
and the coroner had made
Logan, after he had returned to his
home. bringing happiness where gloom
/ had beenY consented TO go with a news
paper man TO the city morgue to view
the body of the dead man. lie was
sure he could recognize the body.
Later when asked who might have
] had a card in his pocket bearing his
name, address, and occupation as had
| the defd man, Logan recalled that
man named West mad asked him 10
/ join a lodge and had taken down his
name age address, and occupation.
/ This card led TO the positive identiH-
] cation.
Those Injured
/ In the Eve accidents OF yesterday.
aside from the fatal one. the following
/ is list Of the injured:
/ James Schiller. mechanician, skull
fractured
/ Henry TaDking. spectator, 2l9 North
New Jersey street. indianapolis. nose
! broken. arm and hand crushed. and
I BODY bruised
Elmer Bounds. mechanician, Jackson,
/ Mich blinded by dust
4 Driver Hsrroun, blinded by-dust.
( Joseph Bits. mechanician. Kokomo;
bruised. stunned. and blinded BY dust.
/ Mrs. William Ball. Dayton, Ohio, wife
of a mechanlcian, nervous collapse from
! excitement.
/ After the Merz disaster it was an hour
/ before the crowd became orderly.
/ Friends ran Ike madmen hunting one
I another. not knowing who the deaJ
I We're. Mothers screamed Cor their chill
dren. who had become separated. Tie
! bodies Of dead and injured were hurried
away TO the field hospital, leaving the
/ excited throng crazed with anxiety 20
know who were dead.
Police Keep Of Mob
The police and armed soldiers kept
the crowd back. so that the Red Cross
ambulance attendants could carry the
injured and dead across the track 20 the
interior. and then to the field hospital.
/ Wild confusion ruled the spectators,
who were crazed with anxiety to ascer-
/ tain who was killed. Wives shrieked
with fright. not knowing bat that their
I husbands were the victims. Childreo
were separated from mothers, adding to
the terror of the scene.
( When the last race had been going ON
for a distance Of 10 miles, Joe Miller
the big. husky driver of the Stoddsrd-
Dayton No. ., pulled his machine 20 a
standstiu near the repair pits. He was
l crying like a child. The hot tears cir
cled down his oil and dirt-smeared face.
My eyes he walled. He was blinded
Physicians rushed 10 his aid, soon
washed the aching eyes. and the neTVy
pilot leaped back iB his seat and re-
sumed the struggle against time ana
distance
Several Of the pilots suffered from the
lheat, strain, and eve trouble The driver
Of the Jackson. No. 81 that was lead
ing when the 500-mile race. was forced
10 stay his swift gait once to have physi-
clans wash his eyes.
Last Crash of the Day.
The last accident OF the day. the one
that forced the race officials TO shun
luI ltFE RESPONSIBILITY anu Nhll piL the
events. was the wrecking Of Marmou,
No. ~. Bruce Keene driver and James
Schiller mechanician-
They were rounding the fatal curve
which had trapped Merz. and ran
against wooden railing which hor-
dered the inner side Of the track just
after passing in front Of the bleachers.
The rushing machine thrust its nose
into a post which supported the sus-
pension bridge. Keene remained in the
seat and held with all his might TO the
wheel while Schiller leaped and fell on
his head He sustained a scalp wound
and other injuries. which. il is thought
will not prove fatal. Keene escaped un-
hurt The car was ruined. the front
axle broken. the radiator smashed In.
and other damage done.
I The race was stopped Ia the ninety
fourth lap, 235 miles OF the 300-mile
event. and at 5:24 o'clock. Lynch. I'm a
Jackson was In the lead. The time was
4:53 :5l4.