The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

CHIEF WISE ia


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afternoon u hear from Assistant chief
q r. yesse his explanation 81 the ar
4.sGArs Friday night iu which John j.,
Fsjytg eas satauy Injured hy tho chiefs
as,snracb3lc. ana Ia devise means by
S@hs-h sl,ch accidents might be avoid
"a III the future. but was unable 10
arrive at a eoluttnn ~ the problem.
ers ,3aferre6 action rutl tomorrow
J.fgnt Svbrr CHIEF William II JnvneS
nns afr I.eckv ,y4Il report on the sub
snrt
Tbs board ala however. hccornplfsh
nae az rs main purposes. which was
n show the public that was deep-
* concerned ff1 the causes which led
IN Ia tse accident ara that N de-
Sfrea with tho utmost earrestness to
devise agtr7a method Or adont some
,ssas M which .7,ersoy Are snrarattt@
s4sfsat answer calls u,itf1 more careful
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an osacsai report}Fom Cntet Joynes
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Teaues1 81 tfesldeAl Ia}tof. ana then
MI l.eeky announced the purpose oT
the met an2 ttc Eaid that ne nad
been informed of the details of the
aecidenF by member 81 MS house
4 Bold ard fohr guests. VINO bad Wit
messed II from point almost directly
opposite.
Going Mt High rate.
He said that the machine must
have been proceeding NJ rate Of 81
least forty mics an hour and that Il
would have heen almost impossible for
the accident To have occurred had
y The automobile been running at
rate Of fifteen miles an hour Ae-
enrdsnG TO the Information gained by
him, Mr.. Fittz was struck by the left
A fender Of the car as he hesifated in
a the street and then turned back, evil
IDENTIFY blinded by the glare of the
4 four lamps. Captapulted into the ait
\ Tor five feet and then flung backwards
In the form Of Il bow. He argued that
IL the automobile had been running
n al less than twenty miles an hour Mr.,
3 Faiftz could not have been flung UP SIS
he was and then thrown backwards
Witnesses informed him that Chief
Wise blew his siren all the way down
Broad street until he got TO Eighth
AS the automobile reached the corner
OF Eighth and Broad streets. MIR
pSD zY4F f4saF
obstruction in front of Murphy
hotel and get ito the second rail- Of the
east bound tracks He hesitated fol-
the fraction OF a second and Their
turned back. Everybody saw that al
accident was unavoidable, and the
next instant Mr. Fittz was struck.
Chief Wise Gives Version.
Chief Wise asked to be allowed tc
make a statement. II used every
possible prccaution," he said ''anc
cautioned the driver to be careful
have told him that If ne exceeded
twenty or twenty live miles an hour
would suspend him, / am not here Il
shield myself or Cornell and ] an
willing To stand between tho ooarc
and harm" He explained that he was
sitting Ina his machine at the time the
alarm rang and he had been KEEP
awake by the Illness of his wife snt
L thai he was In touch with the Wes
End and Che business section while tht
other two chiefs were at the FIRE at
Fifteenth and Leigh streets He die
not quite catch the number Of the
alarm. and called up headquarters
rrho told him To take out No S Com
narv His machine was in the roa,
III the engine. and the engine wen
an, ara. I'm order To avoid the smok,
~ me engine. Cornell turned int
Ysraaa street. from Jefferson, and 81
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