The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-19
Accident to pr. Griel's
 Machine,
REPORTED NO ONE IS HURT
Relief Car is Held Up by Police.
The City Pkysician Phones to Police Headsuarters and Gets Permis- sion to Continue Mad
 Flight of Rescue.

Considerable excitement was occa- sioned last night. shortly before 1s o'clock. bysa machine running down Dexter Avenue at possibly forty miles an hour. The machine contained pr {. Gaston Greil. City Physician. and a chauffeur. SO 1t Is said.
 Patroiman Watson stopped the ma chine and told Dr. Greil that he was under arrest. pr. Greil explained to Omcer Watson that he was in a great hurry. a very great hurry, and that he must be allowed to go on at once.
 His explanation had such effect upon the ohicer that permission was granted Dr. Greil to call Captain Miles Smith and explain. Dr. Greil teiephoned, re- sulting in Watson's permitting the au- tomobile to continue its mad career down Commerce Street, up Bibb. and thence out Bell Street.
 pr. Greil is said to have told Cap tain Smith over the telephone. that he must run his machine as fast as possible. for the reason that he was badly needed. Captain Smith asked if he could be of any assistance. and was told that he would be in great demand If he could dive" Captain Smith re- piled that he could not dive, and asked for further particulars. Dr. Greil, however, seemed in too great . hurry. Captain Smfth was urged not to give the story to the reporters.
 Earlisr in the night Df. Greil teie- phonef to his garage that he was stalled on the Mobile Road, near Ca- toma Creek and asked that assist ance be sent. him. A machine was sent almost immediately, but although it wes driven to McGehee's Switch. several miles past the creek. no traces of Br. Greil and his machine could be found. -s|
 About o'clock it was learned that Dr. Grefl had gone out Bell Street, and reporter was sent in an automobile to find out what seemed to be in the wind
 Tracks of a machine were found near the Peoples Cotton Mill, and on being traced were found to run down the Washington Ferry Road. At the turns in the road the tracks of the machine being followed showed that 1t was be- ing run at a considerable speed, as the marks of numerous skfds on the turns were perfectly evident.
 The trail of the machine was follow ed for a distance of about eight miles to that point where there is a turn off to the Charlotte Thompson plantation. At this point in the road the waters of a small creek draining e swamp had COFeFo0 the EOdu tO h uSptn OK sew eral feet, and upon examination the . muddy road showed no traces. of the ! first machine. s-
 Coming back toward town an en- deavor was made to pick up the places where the frst machine had left the road, but without success.
 Two miles from town a party of four bicycle men. G. Canty. D. Canty. Cloud and Paul, were seen riding toward the river. The party was stopped and asked what was up that they should be so far from the city. One of the party replied that they were chasing "niggeS."
 Asked whether they knew anything of an accident to Dr. Greii or a party of sDr. Greils an evasive answer was given The bicycle men rode further out the road, while the reporter and the machine returned to the city.
 Inquiry was made at the Greil resi- dence late in the night. and the state ment was made that Dr. Greil had run his auto into the Catoma Creek, that no one was hurt and that the doctor had returned to the scene with another car and expected to be out late.