The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-01
William ID. Williams. Aged
Tanner, Ground TO Pieces
Under Wheels.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE TRIED
TO BOARD CAR AND SLIPPED
Motorman Stops With Rear
Wheels of Front Trucks Rest
Ing on Mans Neck.

William -. Williams. 80 years old. "A
retired tanner, living in Poplar Grove
was run over and killed by Sixth ave-
nuc car No. 853 in front of tho resi-
dencc OF DIR. W. r. Beer, isI i street,
"Wednesday night,
The aged mans watch was picked UP
about hfiy feet from where the body
was pinned TO the rails. The watch had
stopped and the hands pointed to 9:17
o'clock
Williams had been TO The home OF
Orvin Morris. 2lG B street. lor dinner.
He had left the house on his way home
few minutes before the accident oc-
Cured
slipped while attempting to board the
car and was thrown under the wheels.
B. +. Stack. 772 East Fourth South
street. the motorman was too much ngi-
tatcd 10 speak Of the accident. Don't
ask me anything, for I can't tell" he
said. trembling. when questioned
Conductor p. H. Johns. 3iS West Sixth
South street. also refused TO make
statement. saving that the street car
company did not allow its employees to
talk II the time Of an accident
Wheels OH Mans Neck,
pr ". + Beer was one OF the FIRST
persons TO hurry TO the car tracks He
requested tho motorman To move his car
that The body could be picked up. The
motorman refused. DE- Beer says that
the wheels OF the car stood on the aged
mans neck for nj least twenty minutes.
When Captain Of Detectives Beckstead-
rairoiman Potter and Patrol Driver
Brown arrived. Captain BecSstcad or
dercd the Ger moved He had To speak
20 the street cGT mcn several times be-
fore his orders were given any atten-
ton. When the car was finally moved.
Williams's body was carried 10 the side
OF The street and covered with blankets.
Williams had apparently been caught
hy an iron on the brake beam. when lie
was ihown under the car and dragged.
possibly, ninety feet by the brake beam.
Hia heed was crushed between the front
wheels of tho front truck. An uncN-
plaiuubi~ festur. of the accident was
that The headlight of the car had been
Sees Hat Fly Into Air
Alder Schettler. boy. living at 23'
Fourth avenue. says he observed the
aged mans hat rs into the air about
eighty feet from where the body was
reImoy cd from tho rails. The next thing
ne noticed. II" says. was the car com
ing 30 quick stop. He says he heard
tre brakes applied. The ear was run
ming down grade at considerable speed.
Mrs. Orvin Morris had accompanied the
AGED man 10 The front steps OF her home
wilcr he departed and was standing
jhrrc when tho accident occurred. She
could not tcll how ii happened. however,
When The car stopped suddenly she APP
paTcntly realized that something was
wrong rs Fhc screamed, Her terrified
cries aroused several or the neiShoors-
Citizens Aroused.
\ hundred persons living tn the vicinity
o. Fourth sycuGc and u street rushed To
the scene OF the accident. Indignant cN-
cla ms tions as tu the manner IN which
.hc street cars have been handled upon
that particular grade were heard on ell
sidrs. Persons who have lived in tho
reiChbrrhooI FOR a long time declared
,aat thc cars have always been run az
greater speed than necessary on b street.
and M accident has always been looked
for I: Is said thnt q number of dogs
have been run ovcy rear whore the &C
,.idcut took place "Wednesday night by
street cars travelling ri high speed.
Wiiliams's remains were taken 10 the
:. NJ Taylor undertaking rooms.
Williams ~ said 10 be an uncle oi Mrs.
Ernest Schcttler. $50 Fourth avenue. ~"
i, no, known 10 hnVC other relatives In
Salt Lake City For some years nc has
not bccn actively engaged III business
lie buiI, one Of the hrst tanncries in the
sipie on the Redwood road.