Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-11
AUTO OVERTURNS;
CARL LEONARDT'S
SON LOSES LIFE
Nineteen-Y -Year-0Id Youth Fatally
Hurt on West Adams
Street
MACHINE RUNS INTO A DITCH
Miss Winifred Golden SustainS
Painful Bruises When Re-
turning from the Beach
MACHINE RUNS INTO A BITCH

Hurled from their seats with terrific
force when the automobile in which
they were riding at West Adams street
and Thirteenth avenue shortly before
o'clock last night. bounded from the
road and turned turtle in a ditch at
the south side of the driveway, Adolph
Carl Leonardt, 10 years old, the only
son of Carl Leonardt, the millionaire
contractor of No. Chester place, sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull and
other injuries from which he died at
1920 o'clock last night; Miss Winifred
Golden of Twenty eighth and Figueroa
streets suffered deep decorations on
both legs and many cuts on the face
and arms, while her brother, Hugh
Golden. 10 years old, was slightly
bruised The accident was due to
blowout of a tire.
Young Leonardt recently arrived in
Los Angeles to pass the summer vaca-
tion with his parents. He was stu
dent in Georgetown university at
Washington, d. c., and was accom-
panied to this city by Hugh Golden,
also a student at the eastern college.
The two young men, with Miss Wini-
fred Golden. who is a student at Notre
Dame college, San Jose, and who is
in Los Angeles on her vacation with
her mother. motored to Venice yester-
day and passed the afternoon at the
beach.
AUTO PLUNGEs INTO DITCH
The party left Venice shortly after
o'clock on the return trip. Young Leon
ardt was driving the machine and Miss
Golden occupied the front seat with
him. Golden sat in the tonneau. Leon
ardt was driving the auto at moder-
ate rate of speed and the party was
laughing and talking when they ar
rived at the foot OF the hill at West
Adams street and Thirteenth avenue.
Leonardt then threw on more power to
make the grade, and without warning
the tire on the left-hand wheel burst,
causing the car to swerVe to the right
side of The road. The young driver
made frantic efforts to steer the car
into the center of the road. lie was
unable to check the erratic course or
the heavy auto, and it dashed toward
a small embankment at the side of the
road and turned over in the ditch sew
eral feet below.
Leonardt was hurled to the ground
with terrific force. He landed on his
head then rolled over and lay uncon-
scious Miss Golden fell almost un-
der the car, and the heavy machine, in
topping over, partly pinned her legs
beneath one of the rear wheels. The
force of the fall rendered her uncon-
scious for a short time. Golden, who
was the least injured of the three. was
thrown clear of the wrecked auto. With
the exception of severe shaking UP
and minor bruises, he was unhurt.
AS soon as Golden recovered from
his fall he hurriedly extricated his
sister from the, wrecked machine, then
he turned his attention to young
Leonardt.
DASH MADE To HOSPITAL
Within few minutes after the acci-
dent Thomas Carrigan, an auto deal
err living at 445 West Thirty first
street, arrived in his automobile. He
quickly placed the injured young wo
man in the machine. Then with the
aid of Golden he lifted the unconscious
driver into the auto and made a rec
ord trip to the California hospital.
Drs. M. L. nd Clarence Moore were
summoned. They made an examina-
ton of Leonardt and found that he
had sustained a basal fracture of the
skull, fractures of several ribs, the
broken ends of which had penetrated
the lungs, and numerous cuts and
bruises on the face, arms, legs and
body Thev at once pronounced the
injuries fatal and the parents were
summoned.
Miss Golden suffered great pain
from several deep cuts on both legs.
Her face was bruised and lacerated.
Late last night she was in serious
condition. The physicians dressed the
slight injuries of Golden and he was
able to leave the hospital without as
Sistance.
Within a short time after the vic
tins were taken to the hospital Mr..
and Mrs. Leonardt and their daugh
ters, Miss Clara Leonardt and Mrs. r.
Powell. arrived. The family remained
at the hospital and were Joined by the
Rev. Father Devine, a Catholic priest.
Extreme unction was administered, and
at 10:30 o'clock the young man died.
The dead man was an only son. He
attended st. Vincent's college several
years ago and then entered George
town university with young Golden,
both young men having been school
mates at st. Vincent's.