The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-26
Chauffeur Says He Could Il
Stopped Before Striking VI
man but for Rate of Speed
ADMITS WAS GOING ABOIn
TWENTY-FIVE MILES Hd
Not Sure footed Horn: nil
Apply Brakes, but Threw a
Clutch, Raced Engine

miles per hour?' questioned A.s;;
County Attorney j. +. Bowmo,
Erastus johnson, the lS.yenrold I
feur, employed by Burt & Carlou;st
estate agents, when he appeared /,
ufy at The coroner's inquest, hel,
fore Acting Coroner Stanley A n
Wednesday afternoon.
:. Yes, by the time [ hit her - Ia,
Johnson, as though unaware th.t'
1enseIess woman, Mrs. Fred v III
residing in the rear of 555 Fast e.
South street, had been hurled ;rtc
nlty by the automobile as she was
ing the street car at Fifth Easf
Seventh South streets Tucsdav
at l1;45 o'clock.
AS if annoyed, johnson. in =.
devoid of feeling and with his for,
puckcred by frown, told Of !
along the car tracks at snc
twenty-five miles An hour, of moi 4
ing the emergency brakes or an
brake. He said that he did mt -
ber whether he footed the horn y
lie stated. however, that To ne
noise he threw out the clutch rac1
engine and threw on the exhausi
Asked to relate the facts, ID
said: II
Chauffeur's Story.
81 had Just taken the faniIi
Burt and Carlduist home in the mt
and on the way back stopped 4
drug store at Tenth South and !
East streets for drink of soda 4
Armstrong, the druggist, and
| friends got into the machine To "a
town, saying that they would 1
car back. | am positive that wa
not going more than twenty-two
per hour when the accident han
] noticed the street car stop at,l
East and Seventh South street.
paid little attention to it. [ va,
south of the south crossing whf
car stopped at the north crossing.
was someone with-pie in the ser
| don't remember who it was.
came nearer the car, some
walked around the back end. q
one who was dressed in white. u
the car had hit Mrs. Hansen / 81
it as soon as | could and we
back. " =
DR.. Warren Benjamin was ths
witness to testify. He said tl
had been called and had made z
animation Of the body. Two rit,
| the right collar bone were brok(
the right side of the body was 81
bruised. Blood was running outk
mouth and nose. Asked for hif
ION, DR.. Benjamin stated that II
lleved that the woman had been
by being struck by the automobi.
ming at high rate of speed, bt 4
| the machine, on account of its I
would have killed her even thou(r
ming slower, n
Hears Woman's Screams.
A. NJ. Rice of SCI East Seventh
street, but a few doors from IT,.
dence Of Mrs. Hansen, testified n,
accompanied by his daughter, h
the street car few momentsf
Mrs. Hansen and her daughters
stated that he had seen the NJ
coming along the east car tra !,
about twenty miles an hour. III
that there had been no horn blot,
then told of hearing Mrs. IL I
daughter scream and of turning IL
to see her throw up her hands 81
she was standing on the east car I
Rice said that the young ~
threw up her hands as the back !.
automobile swept by and then s
Of hurrying back and finding tn
of the mother about eighteen rec
of the street crossing. Rice sW 4
the machine ran about half plo,'.
then the occupants came Tunnln z
to the scene of the accident. IN
BY Johnson testimony he
fessed to a violation of the. |,
law regulating motor vehicle'ss!
chauf'eurs, set forth in chapts
of the amended laws of Utah. 70
ing to section 8. subdivision
person shall operate a motor n 4,
on a public highway at a rate o. :
greater than is reasonable ana
having regard to the width, cn'Ey.
traffic and use of the highways
as to endanger life or limb on az sr
lie highway where the terrIto1
tiguous thereto is closely bullf N
a greater rate of speed than or Is
in six minutes; or elsewhere IN ,,
corporated city or town or VII
a greater rate of speed tnan o'sa
iu four minutes. or elsewhere IS,s
Of any incorporated city or ~
village at greater rate or speeSS
one mile in three minutes, suplec
ever. to other provisions OF tnis 3
More About the Law. ~ ~
According to subdivision 2, :,
approaching any bridge, dam I
curve. dugway or deep desce1t. 2 Q.
in traversiug such bridge, dam
duawsv or descent, a person opeI 10
motor vehicle shall have IL une ~
troll and operate 1t at ratc <s
not exceeding one mile IN Ten
and upon approaching crossintS
tersecting highways at a rate y ets
not greater than six miles per noIs ~
Upon the conclusion of the tes5 \
of Rice, the coroner s lnry. conl a
! II Tracy, 263 Seventh East sf -,
Afford Alder of the Western az
company and A. V. Thomson, a T
rainier in the ornce OF ATTORNEY I'd
Lee, accompanied by Assistans sta
ATTORNEY Bowman, went 10 tn "a
taking parlors Of S, NJ, Taylor N!s
Mrs. Hansen IS body and also 10 ~
garage on State stree e
anime the automobile. Acting Ia,
Hanks continued the inquest Ua u 10,
when A. Staymer, 81 d
pest avenue; w. Walton GramR4 ar
Princeton avenue; Harry b9wo
Tenth East street. and Ralph az
strong, 279 Ninth East street 4
in tue automobile. will testIiy-a.ts !
Ralph II. Armstrong; tue y a
who was in the antomopile@ @ az ss
Of the accident, allied NJ ~ h.s
office Wednesday night ana ns ~
he and Others ana eve, 'ntns ,hs neihN
power Immediately after tnS ssa,
FOR the injured woman and t1s s
he Others were not 10y rldln = g.
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