The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-05


most came 10 a stop. In the mean
time they had progressed possibly 100
or 200 feet from the point where this
swerye had occurred In the mean
! time also John Larson. VINO was sit
ting by his side. was looking back
through the back o. the machine to
see what he could observe as To
whether or not they had struck any
thing. Also when the machine came
almost to stop. Mr. Howell. who
was. as | say sitting on the right
hand side. looked out around the cur
tains of his machine to see II he could
see anything
Machine Was Hooded.
You will understand. gentlemen.
! that this machine nt that time was
, hooded and had isinglass OF a glass
| in front and on each side of it, Next
1 TO Mr. Howell and next to Mr. John
Larson IL was open OF course, so they
both looked back and John Larson
said: No. we never struck anything;
we better go ahead. and so the mat
ter passed from their minds. They
put on the power and went down 10
Twenty-secOnd street. turned to the
west. went down 10 Wall avenue and
came up and stopped on Twenty-nfth
street
In addition 10 what have cX-
planned as TO how this occurred at
that time. as stated by Mr.. Howell
aud by Mr.. Larson. Mr. John Larson
tells us, ard | presume YOU gentlemen
know him, member OF the city couu-
ell just elected in the Second ward,
SAYS that about the time that this
sweryc was made In the machine he
felt jar in the machine on his side
Mr VIII Howell tells us that he felt
no jar at the time OF the swerve. Mr..
Kennedy. who was sitting in the rear
OF John Larson and on the left side,
says that he felt 4 Jar George Lar
son, who was sitting behind Mr.,
Howell, says he didn't feel any jar at
all at that time. So the testimony OF
these gentlemen respecting the mat
ter is that those who were sitting on
the left hand side of the ma.
chine felt Il jar as though !
they had passed over something,
as expressed by Mr. Larson or Mr.. !
Kennedy as though they would pass
over the rail of the street car track !
or something of that sort They also |
say that they never heard any noise ,
at that time, or any call at that time ,
from anybody, except Mr Larson !
SAYS. as they were proceeding north !
after they had begun to stop. that he !
heard over on the sidewalk on one
side or the other call of some sort,
but he never paid any attention to ii
or thought about it coming from the
sidewalk and he never called the at
tentlon of Mr. Howell TO that at all
Heard No Noise.
These other gentlemen who were
sitting in the rear heard no noise
You Will understand also. as | said, in
addition 10 the fact that the machine
was hooded or closed. that 1t had
chains on the. wheels. IN the rear
which made OF necessity noise as
we'll as also the exhaust which comes
from the steam.
Now. having passed around and
left that point. they came around TO
Twenty-ilfth street and the first that
they knew that this unfortunate ac-
cident had occurred was when their
attention was called To 1t by MIR Had
lock who told them that they were
wanted here at the police station
They told us, and I tell you, that when
they were proceeding a;ong Washing
ton avenue and at the time when this
accident occurred. they were not going
at any eXorbltant rate of speed
AS to the Speed.
They think they were within the
limits oil the speed that is permitted
under the ordinance However, that
may be. II may be that II will be a
matter Of inquiry for this investiga-
tion, and all that We ask in this con.
nection with respect 10 that matter is
that there are witnesses to that trans
action and saw the accident when II
occurred who say ;nat this View OF
these gentlemen is correct and that
they were not making any great rate
OF speed, notwithstanding we are In
formed also that there are those who
claim that tremendous rate OF speed
was being maintained at that time.
AS to Drinking.
Also, we desire 10 say I'm the in.
tereSt OF our clients here. having made
to You a free, voluntary statement
OF this transaction as IL occurred as
we know it, that il has been intImated
that these gentlemen were drinking
At that time and had been during the
afternoon. We have not interviewed
one single soul In respect 10 that mat ,
ter, but we only ask that In Justice ;
to our clients I'm this investigation
that the police officers who came I'm
contact with these people Immediately :
after this thing occurred, the men and
women with whom they were nssociat-
ed and with whom they talked i'm {
mcdiatcly before it occurred. shall be I
called If any question of that sort
shall be raised In this investigation. {
Hat Thrown Away. {
There is one further mattor | dc. {
sire to mention In this connection 2
do not consider. now that we have {
made this statement TO You. that IT Is I
Of any great Importance in this inves- O
tgation, but considerable has been v
said about II through the newspapers =
and ctnerwise and. therefore. having I
To make to YOU fair, full I
and complete statement Of this trans v
action as we know II. desire TO say 9
at this time that. when these gen o
tlemen came around here to Twenty k
fifth street and were spoken to By Mr.
HadlocS. that they took the machine
TO the garage and they put II in It's Y
place aud when they had gotten out II
OF the machine Mr. Kennedy happen h
ed TO see somewhere on the body of Il
tho machine a hat He said some p
thing about 1t and ] believe that Geo. 8
Larson heard It, nobody else heard IL. u
When he saw the hat there on the
machine he picked II up and pitched "
IL over into machine that was next
4 IN..au 10.