The evening world., 1913-08-07
American, Who Became Brit.
ish Subject, and His Pupil
Fail Three Hundred Feet.
HIS SONS SAW HIM DIE.
Double of Buffalo Bill" Who
Began as Cowboy, Was a
Marvel in Aeronautics.


ne famous Anslo-Ame~tcsn aviator.
was killed In an aeropisns accident at
Aldsrshot to-day. Another aviator
lieut. w. Evans who was nying with
Cody - his papu aiso met death.
Cody was trying out . new asroplsns
when he crashed to earth. The two men
we're flying over the open country. most
Of which II government lana u the Al.
dershot district. and had Just reached
Government House. when their aero
plane WAS seen 10 bs travelling badly
and finally to fall. People who rushed
to the spot found the dead bodies OF
Cody and Evans lying among the ruins
Of the machine.
Cody's soas. Leon and Frank. were eye
witnesses ot ne accidsnt. which was a.
tributsd BY spectators to the body Of
the craft proving too heavy for the
wings The machine. they say. appeared
To crnmpls up. the wings suddenly shoot.
ing upward and the whole structure
cola psins. During the descent the aero
the wings were left hanging on the
branches. The motor was shattered and
the remainder Of the asroplans smashed
into matchwood by the violence Of the
shook whsn they hit the ground. The
saropians had been out earlier ip the
day making an extended Night and gtv-
Ing every satisfaction.
The aseopaans was flying st an att.
tude Of between two handfsa end three
hundred feet Members Of the Royal
Fiying Corps removed the bodies to the
military mortuAry and N inquest 70
to BE- hs,d Tomorrow.
CODY A PICTURESQUE FIGURE
a.. IN AVIATION.
The snaohine ussA BY Cedy at the
time Of to-day's accident was . new
hydre-Aeroplans which he vas tuning
'up for the -forthooming race around
England and Scotland. In which . prise
Of $4,000 10 offered. The machine
kwaeASA over, . tn. It. vas Attod with
. motor Of 100 HORSEPOWER and had .
wing span OF sixty feet.
Cody was one OF the most interest
ing figures In aviation. more especially
In the British Isles. He was r real
soldier OF fortune. with . very Varied
career behind him. Hs>vas we'll known
70 the public In England. a. he at.
tnetSd general attention by his pecu.
liar makeup. He wore q somhrero. 9
long mustaehs and an imperial. with
long hair. and was almost an exact
repiicatof Buffalo Bill.
| When he came 10 England Q number
Of years ago from the United states
where he baA bean 4 cowboy In the
West. he had . severe struggle to OBJ.
tain q start here. After living precari.
ously Cor awhile he attracted the attsn'
ton VI the experts In the British Wa
! once on account Of his display OF ma
turM Gifts Of construction. particularly
In aerial machines. He was said to b,
able to build, anything In the way Of {
! flying machine or balloon.
HAD MARROW EscAPGs IN III,
j, .H. FLiohTs.
!, His theatrical appearance an,
! methods created some prejudice agAins
ham which. however. was largely dis
/ psllsd whom ne forsswore American a
iegiancs and became . British subject
The. pubic In England only began :
: Taxa him seriously when he carried OF
the military prise of $4,000 open to In
, world Ct Salisbury Plain In August. ~
He had several narrow escapes
: his aNation career In England. La,
| July whhs he was flying 1t Aidsrsht
J. he lost oonkrol Of his machine. while
4 descended with great force and stril
: Ing . COW In heid upset. Cody ssca,
= Ing with . fSw bruises.
=. The aviator leaves . widow and tv
sons. f
Evans, who was killed with Cod
. was Q member Of the Indian Civtl Be
% vice who had obtained leave Of absen
to como - England 70 study avtatio