Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-25
STEPPED OFF CAR
n FRONT OF AUTO
-. Pauline Olsen Hansen IN
"''' ,,antIy Killed by Machine
Carrying Joy Riders.
suslED TWENTY FEET IN AIR
v.,,ry Occur. at rifth Fast and Sew
f'~ e,u,b street shortly Before
Midnight Tuesday.

..,,, few seconds after stepping
VIM ,f,ertv park street car with
~ laughter. Mrs. Pauline Olsen Han
h'' u. 80 az years. wife Of Fred HAN
SEN % .,,.rrvman. was struck by an
sen : driven by Erastus john
'l''mg s vas instantly killed. The
.on - occurred at Fifth East and
- -. South street at 1880 Tuesday
$50 '. hanson Is under arrest and Is
nls,- ,,,gbtened over the tragedy.
'.-9 ant, -,obile contained Joy
iH ,arty and after Mrs Hansen
i'''"s -, crushed four members OF
l'' it disappeared The impact was
'-- -. and the unfortunate woman
hurled a distance Of 20 feet
W. ,'s,.on stopped the machine and re-
~ IN - the scene. Several other
-. -. arrived and the mangled body
csrrIed to the home at the rear OF
". ,.st seventh South street The
,.',,s we're notified and Motorcycle
,.,.oi,,au W. W. Griffin and Frank
vi, OF studebaker's automobile
rssponded. Griffin at once
LIES S robnson under arrest and took
pae'u ~ notice headquarters. He
Mn probably be charged WIN man
slaughter r,trsor said
IA vas employed AS chauiieur py buIt
= Carlqulst. real estate nrin' anu
.t,s Ne had taken Mr.. Carlquist nome
ssrlier In the evening. on the return
,,in he stopped at a drug store on
Tspib South and Ninth East street ana
~ Ralph Armstrong, Druggist,
"a a marty OF the latter's friends LOT
.iov ride" johnson told Lieutenant
aeg5el that he was not going at
.,,sfer rate of speed than 20 miles an
sogr but it is claimed by witnesses
.sat he was driving the machine az
Ne rate Of more than 80 miles an
hour. ,,-. ,h.
stss woman. she noticed the automo-
M shedding along the street with the
srlsent intention Of beating the car
,,,ring down Fifth East Mrs. Hansen
.,ennsd from the car first and al
~, Instantly there was a crash ana
II was hurled about 90 feet.
M Rice. 567 east Seventh South,
"a y shovel, $50 Sixth East
s,rset carried Mrs. Hansen To the
tarss and DR.. Benjamin was sum
-one5 The physician declared that
~ uansen had been instantly killed.
No husband and daughter Of the un-
s,-,,,nste woman are almost prostrat-
"A with grief over the deplorable
affair
JoHNsONs STORY.
Ersstus Johnson. aged IS years, the
chaufeur for the firm Of Burt a. Carl
o,I.t h occupying a cell IN the boys
vard in the city prison. The young
nan appeared detected and nervous
ssd undoubtedly feels keen remorse
over the accident. He was asked TO
ien his story and said
4 had taken the Burt and Carlquist
families out 10 Garfield and took them
back 10 their homes, arriving about
% minutes Of n o'clock. ] then drove
% the drug store on Ninth East and
Tenth South and got Mr.. Armstrong
snd two friends. named Bowdish and
Walt Champion They wanted to go
down town. Near Liberty Park the
tire became fat on one Of the wheels
and stopped 20 pump IL up ! didn't
have time 10 put In a new tube and
vas anxious 10 get 10 town as quick
y As possible
When the accident happened / was
going at about 22 miles and hour. The
car stopped and several ladies got on.
hey were laughing and chatting and
J turned the machine TO one side. !
didn't use the horn but made all the
noise | could with the cutoff | think
NE lady became frightened for she ran
and tried 90 cross the street ahead
Of ne when she was hit The fellows
IN ne machine jumped out as soon as
] stopped and I don't know what be-
came Of them. ! ran back To where the
say was and wanted TO take her to
lne hospital but man said she had
oeier be taken into a residence. After
.lat got into the machine and went
If uf. Ridges I returned 10 where
the ady was and that's an / know
epout w. ! know / was not going more
uan % miles an hour and I am pretty
slie was going at the rate OF p
niles an hour"