Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-08
COSGRIFF PARTY
NOT IN ACCIDENT
Rumors Of Fatality 0vertaking
Well Known Bankers Found
To be Erroneous.
NAMES OF VICTIMS UNKNOWN
Car Plunged Into Chicago River,
Drowning, Il Is Believed. Men
And Women Sightsccrs.

Chicago. Nov. s.-A huge touring car
plunged into the river at jackson bouie-
ward from the east approach OF the
bridge shortly after 10 o'clock last
Ihght while the bridge was turned. 4
man and woman were seen To- come TO
the surface and float down stream, the
man endeavoring to save the woman bv
carrying her on his back After drift
ing more than block. both sank with
last despairing cries for help.
Ihat three others, perhaps four. went
down with the automobile. Is the belcf
OF the bridge tenders at Jackson bouIc-
Nard and at Van Buren, street ana Of
otnef witnesses OF She tragedy Tho
otner victims, IL Is believed. are under
me machine at the bottom Of the river.
ne screams most clearly distinguish
ape as the big car went over are de-
tts'1rtu Dy Inc Witnesses 10 have been
tnoSe or women. and the. conviction, was
reached by them Chat more than tvo
women. WIZ
search Tor the hod.es OF the OCCUPANTS
on the automobile Was resumed toda,
ne searchers were aided bv a diver In
tie employ OF the city. Tho identify OF
the victims and tho number Of persons
VINO lost their lives, however. is stiIl
THOUGHT TO BE CosGRIFFs.
II was at FIRST thought that the auto-
mobile belonged TO james e. Cosqrlf
on SAT- Lake City. Utah. who left the
congress hotel with a party Of friends
a snort time before the accident oc
CURED on the way To the Union station.
but II was later learned that the COS
srlH PARTY was safe and that the ma
chine belonged to J. w. Schreffer. II
= sad 70 be one OF two machines he
~ loi hlre' and was ia charge Of Ern-
est Camp. Mr.. Scmeffier was unable
10 locate the car today and feared that
the machine belonged TO him.
The car, u is claimed was hired from
the saloon OF William Kraemer. ON
van Buren street. but It was impossible
10 learn who were the occupants OF The.
machine The car was traced by its
hulhDer--tZaO lllinois-w which was dis
cerned by diver during tha night.
An early clew that the victims OF the
accident might have been the Cosgrifs
party was absolutely disprpved today
Dy X +. Thompson, treasurer OF the
Union Stock Yards and Transit com
pany. a friend OF James 4. Cosgriff
Mr., Thompson declared that AR Cos
grin and his friends left Chicago on The
Los Angeles limited az 10 y. M last
nlght Tor Rawlins. Wyoming, where
Mr.. Cossriff is to address n conven-
ton of wool growers tomorrow.
FOR SIGHTSEEING TRIP.
The most plausible theory regarding
the accident now is that Canin. who's,
stand was at Van Buren, street AMI
Michigan avenue, had been engaged by
party 10 make sightseeing trip II
the city. and that while on the way 20
the west side Of the city had driven
the car into the river. A heavy rain
was falling at the time and It is
thought Camp was unable TO distin-
guish objects distinctly
The accident is similar TO two prcvi-
Gus ones which have occurred here
within the last few years and which re-
suited In the loss OF four lives. on
Aug. II. 1904 a csr containing a woman
and three men plunged over the south
abutmeut Of the Rush street bridge
All we're rescued but one OF tho victims
died. The following year a car con-
tanning five persons went into The
river at the same bridge from the north
side. Three OF the party were drowned
The reported accident TO the Cosgriff
party caused distressed condition OF
mind among relatives here and those
connected with the Continental Ma
tional Of which Mr.. J. r., Cosgrifr Is
president. This tensoness was some
what relieved by reports that the first
intelligence was unfounded. But the
trouble seemed 20 be 10 get in COM
munication with the party. Repeated
Geographic queries were sent TO Chi
cago and Cheyenne. and long distance
telephone communication was opened
with the Wyoming capital from here.
The sad news seemed TO be confirmed.
bat al 1928 p. m. message was re-
Cciyed here over the Postal wires By
J y. Cosgriff brother Of j. l.. Coserld.
from Vice President q. T.. Abbott OF
the First National bank at Cheyenne
Z relieving the minds OF relatives and
friends al this end OF all further
anxiety. Il stated. Il have five tele-