Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-13
E. P. Mumford and Walter Meyers
May Die from Wounds.
MACHINE JUMPS FROM CULvER1
First Trial to Test It's Speed Results
Fatally,
TAKES CARE OF AGED MOTHER


BEATRICE, Neb.. April Especial Tel
epram. D. Frank y Rimball. the wealthy
laundry owner was killed and three men
we're injured. two seriously when an au-
tomobile turned turtle at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. two and oue-half miles south
OF this city
E. p. Mumford and Walter Meyers are
In r. serious condition. A. NJ Lavalle was
slightly hurt. The homes OF all four are
ir beatrice
The party left Beatrice at o'clock for
Wymore and started home about $3.50
O'Clock MIR kimban was driving the car.
After the machine left small oulvert It
ran In ziRzag manner about fifteen yards.
plunged into an embankment on the east
side OF the road and turned over twice,
burying the occupants underneath IL,
Mr.. Kimball was instantly killed, his
head being crushed. The other three men
were pinned under the car where they
we're found by William Hogben, who was
on his wav from Omaha TO Salina Kan,
In a touring car. Help summoned
and the injured men were removed from
the wreckage and taken to town In ambu-
lances. Kmbails body was found lying
face downward in the middle Of the road
about rod away from the car
Meyers left leg Is crushed and he is in
jured internally. Mumford sustained an
injured spine and several internal injuries
Lavane escaped with an ugly confusion
on the side OF his face and a broken hand
It is feared Mumford and Meyers cannot
recover.
Car Running swiftly.
Henry Coleman, farmer, who lives near
the scene Of the accident, said that when
the party passed his place the car was
running very rapidly. II is supposed that
wien the car struck the culvert Mr.. Kim
bali lost control OF IT,
Mr. Kimbal purchased the car which
IL a stearns. at Omaha last Saturday, and
he told his friends before leaving the city
that he intended to test the speed OF the
machine on the trip. He took great pleas
ure in making trips about the country with
his friends
Mr. Mumford is in the real estate busi-
ness here and Lavalle and Myers are en-
gage in the liquor business in this city.
Many residents Of Beatrice visited the scene
OF the accident soon after It occurred and
assisted in caring for the injured g.
Coroner Reed decided this evening that
an inquest was not necessary.
Mr. Kimbal was born IN Galesburg, Ill,
on May B. 1856. He attended the public
schools at that place until he was H years
of age. when he went 20 work for his
cousins in Weems Bros laundry company
at Quincy, III. on September Is, 1890 Mr..
Kimball went TO Hastings, Neb, where
ne bought small laundry. which he
operated until November, 1891. when he
sold the place at Hastings and bought an
other plant at Beatrice which Is stili rum
ming under the name Of r. J. I<mbau &
60, copartnership between himself and
4 his father,
Buys Plant I'm Omaha.
In the spring Of 1895 MIR. Kimball came
10 Omaha and bought another small plant
which was located at Twenty eighth avenue
and Boyd street For five years he oper
ated this laundry, until the growth Of his
business necessitated his securing a larger
place. In 1901 he opened a laundry al
1509-li Jackson street and In the year 1901
IL was Incorporated as f. J. Klmban &
Co, and George III. Strain was taken into
the firm
The kimball Laundry company was in
corporated and the small plant was taken
over In 1910
Desiring to spread his business out, Mr..
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