The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-07
ILLNESSES TELL
! Of FAUT'S DEATH
|,.rsraI Persons Declare Howell
| |Into Did Not Stop After Run
ning Down Victim.
|NrLICTING ESTIMATES
RRGARDTNG SPEED OF CAR
|t,,hine Said to Be Going From
| 10 TO % Miles Per Hour;
| New Theory Suggested.
a The TrlhiIne

|tsf1l 10 Inc iiiO"H't
|mDgN. Jan. 6.-Wlth the eXamina-
~ large number OF witnesses
d -, killing OF Parker Faut, who was
L..t hy an automobile driven by Will
4 = Howell New Years night, the sec
4, dav Of the coroncr's Inquest closed
Ia afternoon with but one more witness
\ n called.
i s.r,rsl witnesses called today swore
". at the time OF the collision Faut
|,,med sufficiently loud for them TO
K,r bini. and that in their opinion me
|t.. heard the same cries OF pain and
|,s,tss ". C. Hart, a barber, said that
II, ,rrsem of the dead man sounded like
II .me from some one who was either
Isr frightened or seriously injured.
II. ,sys his attention was attracted to
4, machine not by It's own noise, but
Ii ,ha screams OF Faut. The witness
Hs he machine ran over the man after
h nd been Knocked down. Hart said
II r,s within twenty-five feet of the au
|-sblle when he saw the accident and
Lied for the men in the automobile TO
Ia hut that the machine continued
|stb on Washington avenue.
|isoording 10 the estimate Of the wit
|-ss The automobile was going ten or
liza miles an hour, and ii did not
|s,n thai speed after it passed over
Lug body. The witness was sent to
a, garage and identified the automobile
Il tsonglng to William Howell,
Physician 1estiEes.
In c. =. Osgood. who was called 10
|,nine the body Of the dead man at the
|<lyst Of Ilowells attorneys. testified
In he found seven ribs on the left side
IL three on the right side. TO be frac-
|.,ld, slight bruise over the right eye
Is sbras!ons on both hands,
|iAe witness said that from the exam
|.,on he had made he believed 1t pos
|Ei for Faut 10 have been killed by the
|Icnobile striking the buggy shafts
|sskh he was carrying at the time and
|rng them against his body
/ ihomas f. Farr and George J.. Span
|t.Ssrg were al their place Of business
|nIty when the accident occurred. Both
|rn that they heard the crash OF glass
ID muffled sound Ike the cry of u
IL in pain. F'arr estimated the speed
II he machine at from twenty 10 TWEEN
|.ive miles an hour, Both Farr and
E.Renbelg. who were working In a
|ksd office together. sworc that they
|.aly heard man across the street
Melting for the occupants of the ma =
|ss 10 stop after Faut had been struck.
IL 8 Shaughnessy, who was passing on
ID and John Barton, who was riding
! buggy at tho time OF the accident,
Elaborated most OF the testimony OF the
|fe witnesses IS TO the speed OF the
Eanohilc ana the manner In which il
|<nrk Faul
4 Threw Victim s Hat Away.
hDlman Oren HaGloclI was called &c
be the conversation which he had with
8bm Howell and the other occupants
"a the accident The officer said thai
sn he went TO the garage after the
|5tsrt he saw Elliott Kennedy, one
The passengers in the car. throw
BITS hat into another machine nearby
ID not occur 10 the officer at The time
|l the hat was that Of the dead man
Mater when he beard that Faut nae
Ia killed he went TO the garage 10 ge
Esst and found that II had been thro"I
~ ar adjoining 9lleyWay.
4 = the way 10 the police station HAD
rays Kennedy returned TO the Sarag'
|-ng that ho had left his gloves there
W he learned that Kennedy had gon'
~ 10 hide the hat which was touni
ne fender of the Howell machine.
HE lloucst was adjourned by Judg,
.. Murphy. the acting coroner, unti
|1srow morning, when the last witness
y examined,
~ jury went TO the garage after tht
|,sssl was adjourned 72Is afternoon ant
hs minute examination of the How
momobilc.