Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-25
PROF. c. A. sAecOck, HEAD OF
PHARMACY INSTITUTE, AUTO
VICTIM,
DRIVES MACHINE AGAINST
STREET CAR TAT HIGH SPEED
Des Moines Man in Seeking to Avoid
Motoroyclist and 5ioyoIst Strikes
Car With Terrific Feree-Lived But
Few Hours After Aeeident-cem.
panion Escapes With Slight Injuries.

DeS Noines, Oct. 26.-Prof c. A.
Baocock. oS $500 Sixth avenue, head Of
the Babcock Institute Of Pharmacy
was fatally injured just before o'clock
last night when the automobile he was
driving, crashed headon into Sixth
avenue street car No. 1872, at Sixth
avenue and Prospect Boulevard. He
died four hours later at Mercy hos
pital. II. r. Brakeman, of Pocahonta,s
Iowa, the only other occupant OF the
automobile. escaped without injury
According TO story OF witnesses the
Babcock automobile was going at a
high rate Of speed when il struck the
car. The collision came when Pro-
lessor Babcock swerved 10 the left TO
pass motorcycle and a bicycle. The
machine swung too far and before the
driver could pull ii back, crashed into
the southbound street car and became
mass of wreckage.
Professor Babcock was picked up un-
conscious from the parking on the east
side of the street and taken at once to
Mercy hospital. Surgeons found that
he had received a fracture at the base
OF the brain and announced that he
could live but few hours at most. HIS
companion was hurled from the ma
chine, but was rendered only monlen-
sarily unconscious. He Went to the
hospital With the injured man, but did
not require attention himself and left
the hospital shortly afterward
Motorman Gives Version.
The street car which the automobile
struck was in charge Of Molorman c.
McGinnis. There were three passengers
in the car. Altho the front end Of
the street car was crushed in, neither
cupants of the car were hurt. AT his
home at 3715 Woodland avenue late
last night Motorman Mckeilip told his
version Of the affair
'SWe had just crossed the Sixth ave-
nue. bridge going south" said Nickel
lip. We We're running slow because
another car was Just ahead Of US.
boy on bicycle was riding along just
ahead Of US on the east side OF the
street ana E fellow OF = motorcycle
was coming down the hill toward US
on the same side.
Then the lights OF the automobile
flashed over the top of the hill and the
crash came. 1t all happened SO quick.
hardly know what was the cause. The
automobile was coming al high speed
while we We're practically standing
still. l suppose the driver hit Us in
trying 10 avoid the boy on the bicycle.
He had passed the man on the motor
cycle just before he hit lis and the boy
on the bicycle must have prevented
him getting back into the right side
far enough to avoid the car. The ma
chine struck the left side of our car,
crushed in the end, damned the con-
troller clear back TO the door OF the
'front.' platform and damned stick in
between the doors so / could not get
them open al once.
Shut of tho Current.
i feel terrible about the accident.
AS soon as 1 saw the situation and
what might happen threw off the cur
rent and put on the air. but had hard
~ done that before the smash came
There was absolutely nothing l could
have done TO prevent it, but I can.
help feeling mighty bad about it when
think Of the mans wife and child"
The motorcycle rider who PLAYED a
part in the tragedy was H. L. Tate OF
800 Euclid avenue. In his story OF the
affair he laid primary blame for the
accident on the boy on the bicycle, who
was travelling on the wrong side of the
street. Il was going down Sixth ave-
nue." he said, and someone on a biz
cycle was at the foot of the hill coming
toward me. He was on the wrong side
of the street. l think he turned in
toward the sidewalk. Just then Pro-
fessor Babcocks machine turne.
around me-"