The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-14

superintendent of the Sherman dis
trict of the Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone company, with head
quarters at Sherman He came home
Saturday to spend vacation of ten
days. He had invited young Boone
and young kurth to visit him during
his vacation. They arrived there Sat
urday evening and at 5:15 sunday
morning they started in Mr. Coek-
rell's car to Georgetown and Austin
to visit friends They were former
students at Southwestern tniversi-
ty at Georgetown, having spent
three years there. They We're close
friends and were members of the
same college societies and fraterni-
ties, Pat Sims of this city was with
them in the university during their
last year there Young Boone was
studying to be a physician and spent
last year in the University of Vir-
ginia. He was preparing to return
there for the coming term.
Robert l.. Kurth is son of R. C.
iN'' ~ u AbuAhiis LIS Idtliti 10 pItoi-
dent of the Lufkin Lumber com
pany and president of short rail-
way line in that part of the state
A few minutes after the accident
occurred the relatives of the young
men were notified The undertakers
received instructions to prepare the
body of young Boone for burial and
ship it to Tyler
DR.. R. w Baird and Mr.. Alex
Cockrell, father of the injured young
man, arrived in the city in Dr. |
Baird's automobile about 1890 The |
local physicians who had been ad-
ministering temporary treatment |
turned both patients over to Dr. |
Baird and after consultation it was
decided to take the young men to !
the home of Mr. Cockrell in Dallas |
Accordingly arrangements were |
made for cots and they were taken
to Dallas on the Trinity and Brazos
Valley at $40
The wreck of the automobile oc-
CURED near the farm residences of
c, A. Stephenson and Joe Chiles Mr.
Stephenson did not see the accident
but some of his children saw the ma
chine when il turned over. Joe
Chiles was also a witness to the ac-
cident. Both he and Mr. Stephenson
hurried to the wrecked machine to
render whatever assistance was
needed Young Boone was picked up
and carried to the shade of small
tree where he expired two or three
minutes later while Mr. Stephenson
was bathing his. face with water M
Shiles hitched team to his wagon
and brought Messrs. Cockrell ami
hurth to the home of Mr. Erwin
Young Coekrell was seen by a rep
resentatiye of this paper after his
injuries had been given attention by
He said he was driving
the machine and that he was run
ming fully forty miles an hour He |
...I tbat while going down the grade |
-'Vst Gone % llii.,Rs ely motor
,yclist coming and fearing that he
would meet him on the bridge he ap-
)lied the brakes but the speed of the
machine had not been perceptibly
'hecked.A After the motorcyclist cross
ID the bridge he turned his car out
o give part of the road to the rider
IF the wheel He said his machine
began skidding and the next thing
ne knew the car was turning over
n the air He declared the accident
was unavoidable and that he did not |
attach any blame TO the rider of the
motorcycle He said it was regret
able affair and that he was sincere
y greyed because it resulted in the
death of one of his best friends.