The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-26
LITTLE HOPE FOR
M'CUNE'S VICTIM
Mrs. Amanda G. Shaw Lies al
Hospital in Valley OF
Shadow.
WOMAN BLAMES DRIVER
In Signed Statement Mrs.
Shaw Declares Car Crushed
Her Against Pole
WOMAN BLAMES DRIVER

~. condition Of Mrs. Amanda e. shaw.
aged % years, vi(c ~ 7. u, shaw an
ompIove or the Troy laundry, ;i5 Fast
Eighth South street Who suFtained q
broken back. Saturday night a. The re-
suIt Of being struck By an eutomooils
driven 10y = ". McCune, ". stiii re-
mains unchanged and the attending ply
s.ciaus hold out no hope for the injured
woman's 10. !, was Intended that sn
operation be performed upon the patient
yesterday morning. bat she was consld-
cred 10 br too weak.
Mrs, shaw made II G,ing statement
yesterday morning -. the suggestion OF
s. VI. Barlow. chief Of police, In which
she placed tho blame Tor the accident
upon MoCune
4 " McCune. Jr.. son OF multi
millionaire. ate his Christmas dinner yes
fetdsy ia the city tail with the Naga-
bond, the drug user and the fe'on'
McCune Still in Jail
Hc continues TO be held in the ri'"
tsil on an open charge pending change
IN the condition 81 Mrs. SEap. Although
ovcrtures looking 10 tho release OF Nc
Cune on bonds we're made To INC chis'
OF police and tho county attornsE yes'et-
dav morning by relatives OF McCuue. no
action was taken ln the matter ana INC
bonds were refused
]. L. Wiley. COUNTY attorney. said last
night that in tho event OF the death ~
Mrs. shaw McCuus will. In all pr2bapii-
d., lc charged with manslaugh,eS
ATry. shaw made tho following state
inert al the Groves /. ID. ;. hospital yes
Statement OF Mrs. Amanda {. shaw.
made this 2ith daN OF December. l2ll.
IN tho presence ol Mr., ]. y i'ynSn. MT.
Herman Raucr. Mr.. Angus NJ. Cannon,
Jr.' pr .Iardie lynch. Nr. Z. r. Shaw,
Mrs. Angus Lutzeu, ct al, about 80"
e. M a. s..,,d south and
state. at hslf-past II. "a VAS ehout
20 minutes 10 Il when this happened, II
knocked OF my watch know me nan
was all broke. Rert's arms were full ~
bundles. This Nas w AT Eighth South
and Seventh East. They got me jammed
in tho pole.
Car Running Fast.
There vers four of rs got on the
car. Mrs. Elsie Leslie and Walter Grow;
Bert and 7 waited until the car went by.
We STAYED until the car passed on TO
go across the street They ran around
tho post. Bert was little hit shead OF
me. saw the automobile or the oppc-
site side of the street. stood there.
J thought IL vas going up tho street; II
was going awful fast. Instead of them
going straight north. they cut across the
The automobile seemed 20 slide.
The statement was signed b. Mrs.
Shaw aud by Angus ", Cannon JT.. MrE.
LuiETu and Or fIsrdie Lynch as Wit
nssecv.
Mrs shaw was injured ar tie corner
Seventh East and Eighth South streets
=, about ] so O'Clock saturday night
Accompanied by her husband. che left
Nhndam.re car
McCUnc accompanied b- Dan Nc
CURE. a saloon keeper. and two other
men The names OF whom he does not
know. Was driving his seven passenger
touring car northward on the east side
OF Seventh East street.
Mr.. shaw saw the car approaching AT
y rate ~ forty miles an hour. ne SAYS,
and ran 10 tho cast side of the street.
According 70 her statement, Mrs. Shaw
attempted TO eludc tho automobile by
remaining tn tie center OF the street.
She was strlcl; by the machine and
Knocked against telephone pole. Her
spine was fractured az the Joint Of the
eleventh rib and two ribs were broken.
5ir. Shaw saws THAI McCunc appeared to
be intoxicated.