The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-18
Aviator Loses Control of
Machine While Flying
at Denver.
THREE S0MERSAULTS IN AIR
Dead a Moment After Striking
the Earth Wife Hears the
News In New York.

va" a''''o-' INSANITY alliel ny iFop
q 800 fee. N his runaway hiplan. at Over
land Pars at AGO + VI to-day
He tried To reUov. his he.ri"t afts'
ae strrcH the earth. gasp"i and -xrireI
From she time II. los, control .! thu
machine .Ht.. irstrgck the eartn i -u-asd
three complete somersarits II is
question whether something hroks o.
whether .hs machine was b-oksn by the
strain .. -hes. evolu.lous
Tn. police were first AZ his side and
l!..ed :hs motor which hold him down
Then the crowd was driven back and
a canvas str"tcher was Thought TO re-
move the body Forced back ny officers
-h. crowd rushed 70 where 'he machine
.ay in tangled heap. and before the
police could interfere the lighter parts
mad he.n broken or torn TO bits and car
ried away a. souvenirs
! JchnstoEe had been doing magnificsnt
work in the air for two days. and previous
, 20 the accident had scared away from
the park and taken turn over Fort Logan.
Isvera! miles distant. while Hoxsey and
BrookiIs We're maneuvring over the
park
! When tn. crowd saw him returning
At an a!ti;ud. Of abour eight hundred feet
there was "A great cheer. A he grace
fully dipped his machine in response he
was again cheered and ha began making
a spiral descent to the starting ground
in tine park Then 1t was noticed that has
machine wabbled several times Sud
denly the aeroplane swerved. dartsd
toward the ground and after turning
three somersa'ilts struck tn. earth with
terrific force.
During the descent tombstone could
be seen cpfChIng the levers about his
seat. while IN. frightened spectators
hoped that by some chance he could
right his machine and save himself.
! When the aeroplan. struck the specta-
tors rushed from the grand stand and
paddock and literally crushed one another
trying to learn tn. fate Of the daring
airman.
/ Physicians hurried from the park and
grand stand. aud even they had TO beat
their way through the crowd To get to the
vict,m. Long before they arrived on
I th. scene Johnston. was dead.
A man who was sitting in an auto
/ mohi. within 100 feet Of tombstone when
he hit I'll. ground said:
I saw him begin To fall First the aero
plane turned turtle. tombstone then
I tried 10 climb OUT on the rods. As hs
eft the seat the aeroplane turned over
straight 10 the ground
! When the fall started tombstone was
about -OD feet rif. tombstone didn't utter
a cry while taking.
Their. was a team ~ gray horses almost
directly under the falling aeropiane The
driver pulled them back till they were on
] their launches Tn. machine did not
miss them ten feet
There - much Diversity IN the accounts
| II the fatal drop. On" spectator declares
that nothing broke while in the air. but
that rh- machinery seemed Z" stop sud
denly Then. SAID he. tho aeroplans
started for tine earth exactly a. leaf
falls with peculiar half spiral. half float
ing motion which was maintained. though
~ terrific speed. until within thirty feet
cf the ground when u fell like a piunmet-
" did NOT turn any somer-arilts nor did
II turn turrlc.
Johnst on" had trouhi. when he first
started preparations to fly to-day. His
motor worked badly and after h.. got IL SO
that IL promised % give no further trouble
he found that his steering apparatus was
not IN good trim. and he spent some time
tink.Ting with u Then d. had more
troubl. with his motor. and IL was some
time after Brookins and Hoxsey had be-
gun amusing the crowds before he got
into the air But when once up his grace
full rvolutions won for him the major
share. ii attention and admiration.
both John-t ones legs. hts neck and
back were broken by the fall and the
bones oS his thighs were forced through
the flesh and through his heavy leather
garments
| Brookin. ana Hoxsey hurried to his
side after the fall and helped remove the
BODY
Johnston. hal an accident yesterday
Just "a he was starting mp. and to-day
when h" gave tn" signal dog rushed
ia front u his marhin" barking furiously.
Th.. brrI. CorIld not b. driven away
and wa- still in full cry when Johnstons
ro-,. TOR hI- Last flight He said ye-trr-
day that a.. wptIh not fry any new stunts
here. ~ he feared the upper currents.
but h- spiral attempt to-day. had /.
been -ucco-~ful. would have surpassed
ANYTHING HIS comrades nave tried
! when .Iuhn-tona left the home Of his
uncle in kan-a. city last Sunday W N.
: FecIermann. his uncle said: 4 suppose
, III receive telegram one of these days
io come after your rnmain-
Not mine replied tombstone. When
mako a hight have my plans VOL laid.
. Befor" leave ~" ground ! know exactly
what arm going 10 do Don't worry
about me being injured
Mr.. Federmann wiSed tonight thaa