Arizona republican., 1912-04-22

Transformed in the twinkling Of an eye from a happy Sunday pICnlc party into torn and bleeding suppH- cants for succour. a small auto pa;t= headed by W. L. BobO came to grief at 2:20 yesterday afternoon, when a Glendale bound electric car crashed into the Bobo auto at the Cave Creek road crossing three miles noI tn of Phoenix.
 in the wrecked auto were w. l.. Bobo, agent for the Western Insur- ance company and stock salesman, Mrs. Norton H. Wilson, ticket seller at the Savoy theater, and Marion Smith, q ten year olG oov.
 Of the trio Bobo is the most ser iousiy hurt He has cOncussion of the brain; received some terrible cuts about the head. face and neck. which required several stitches to close, and occasiOned the loss of consider able blood Unless internal injuries, or complications ensue, Dr. w. c. Ellis. who was early on the scene of the wreck and who first attended the injured. says that he will re . cover.
 Mrs Wilson occupied the rear seat of the auto, BObO anl the boy sitting in front. She was thrown nearly clear of the wreckage by the force of the collision, and escaped with a Spraned ankle, cuts and cOntusiOns. With the assistance of a passenger from the electric car she was taken to the residence of W H. Fuller a short distance away anu given tenn porary care.
 Marion smith, the boy, was pinned directly beneath the overturned and wrecked car and escaped death as by a miracle. The little fellow is liter ally covered with cuts and bruises but will recover
 The injured boy is said to be a rel ative of a man named Roberts, whc is employed about the theater
 All of the injured were taken to Dr Angeny's hospital. Mrs. Wilson and young Smith were able to be removed to their homes after receiv ing treatment.
 The car, new four passenger Buick, license No. 776. is an absolute wreck. three tires and a cushion be- ing about all the salvage from the accident.
 Early in the day Manager Brought of the Savoy theater organized an auto expedition to the Granite Reel dam There was not enough room in the Brought car to accommodate the entire party and Bobo's machine was drafted, and Mrs. Wilson and the boy assigned as passengers.
 The day had proved a pleasant one and the return trip was started in time to bring the merrymakers back to Phoenix in time for the afternoon performance at the theater
 Brought and his party were some distance in the lead, and it is thought that BObo was endeavoring to over take this car. At any rate witnesses assert that Bobo was driving south on the Cave Creek road at higi rate of speed
 Approaching the crossing which is between the Indian school and the Osborn road he apparently failed tC notice the approaching car which Ief Phoenix at ? o'clock well filIel witt passengers and bound for Glendale
 Lee Moffitt, motorman on the car and BObo sighted each other at tn, same instant and each did what h, could to prevent the accident. Al though both Motorman Moffitt, Con 1uctor Wesley Werner, and severa passengers assert that the car wa not moving over fifteen miles an hou it could not be brought under contro in time to avoid the collision.
 The best story of the accident i told by Guy Boon, who occupied
 
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