Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-12
JOY RIDERS CAR
TURNS TURTLE; 8
SERIOUSLY HURT
Auto Speeding go Miles an Hour
Tips Over and Strikes TeIe-
graph Pole
MACHINE is SPLIT IN HALF
Men Found Unconscious Under
Tonneau; z Will Probably
Die from Injuries
MACHINE is SPLIT IN HALF

A Thomas Flyer, driven at the rate
of sixty miles an hour, and in which
six men were riding, turned turtle on
the Ell Monte road near Alhambra
early last night, when its steering gear
broke, and crashing into a telegraph
pole split in half, injuring seriously
and probably fatally two of its occu-
pants. The other three men, among
them the chauffeur Carl Michle, who
was driving the car at the time of
the accident, miraculously es-
capped injury, and without rendering
aid to their companions, who were
lying under the machine unconscious,
hurriedly left the place. The police are
searching for Michle, who they say
is out on probation from the Juvenile
court on a charge of stealing an auto
mobile.
w. o. stephens Of San Gabriel passed
the wrecked machine in his auto, and
seeing blood stains on its side investi-
gated and discovered ]. A. Walsh 707
South Flower stree; Stanley Gambel,
III South Flower street, and H. NAL
past, III South Flower street, pinned
under the car Stephens loaded the
men in his automobile in an uncon-
scious condition and took them to DR..
Corey's hospital in Alhambra, where it
was found, according to DIR. Corey's
statement last night, that Walsh was
from Il DTOhei DOHes
Gambel from a broken back and NAL
past from fracture of the skull.
LOCATE AUTO OWNER
The automobile was owned by o. H.
Kiefer, a North Main street wholesale
liquor dealer, who lives at 432 West
Thirtieth street. and who had left the
machine in Mchle's charge when he
left for San Francisco with his wife
yesterday morning.
The two men who left the scene of
the accident with Michle were Harry
Hienes and Tom Galbraith, 1191 East
Forty-ninth street. They will be ar
rested with the chauffeur if found.
The accident, according to Constable
Ben Parker of Alhambra, who made a
close investigation of the matter, was
the result of joy ride by a chauffeur
in his employers automobile, Parker
believes the men had been drinking
and were out for a good time" He
says persons who saw them before the
car turned turtle state the machine
was making sixty miles an hour. No
one saw the car turn over and strike
the telegraph pole, but from the situa-
tion of the big machine 1t is evident
that the car swerved when its steering
gear broke, turned over and skidded
into the telegraph pole with a force
that cut it in half and completely
wrecked It, Ine injured men We're
found cramped under it's tonneau and
blood stains on the side of the car,
where Malpast's head had apparently
struck, led to their rescue.
The police at once became suspicious
at the action of the three uninjured
men in running away and leaving their
comrades pinned under the car and
dragnet has been spread for the men
throughout the city.
1t was with difficulty that relatives
and friends of the men as well as the
authorities learned the extent of the
injuries of the men in the DR.. Corey
hospital at Alhambra. The physician
did not care to state at first as to
whether or not his patients were in
serious condition, but finally gave the
authorities a statement. He said the
men were unconscious up to a late hour
last night and that he did not know
their names, as he had sent their
clothes to Los Angeles to be cleaned,
and therefore could not identify the
men.
Constable Parker later procured the
names and addresses of the patients
and they were forwarded to the police
in this city.