Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-05-06

story, as printed in the Sacramento
Bee, is as follows:
The mystery surrounding the ac-
cident late last Saturday afternoon
on the Green back lane near Folsom,
which resulted in the death at the
White hospital last night of Mrs.
Clara Shay. wife of Danny Shay,
well known baseball player, and
daughter of former State Senator
John Lenahan of San Francisco, was
partially cleared today, when it was
learned that the machine in which
Mrs. Shay was riding belonged to J.
@. HANNA of Paradise, Butte county.
HANNA appeared personally at the
Offices of the Motor Vehicle depart
ment in the capital last Saturday
and secured his license, No. 95915.
The machine was Studebaker.
Thaddeus c. Tucker. manager of
the California Almond Growers asso-
citation in this city, declares that he
was driving his automobile along the
Greenback lane near Van Maren's
place about $50 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. when he came upon the
wrecked machine. The automobile
was turned upside down and Mrs.
Shay was pinned underneath.
With the assistance of another
man, who was standing near the
wrecked car, but whose name he de-
clares he did not learn, Tucker re-
moved the woman from the wreck
She was conscious at the time. A
doctor was summoned from Rose
vile to attend her 1t is believed
that the man standing near the ma
chine was ] G HANNA. the owner.
fuckers explanation is the woman
was driving the machine and that
she was coming toward Sacramento
at a slow rate of speed She was an
inexperienced driver.
Although the accident, according to
Tucker, happened before o'clock
Saturday night, Mrs. Shay was not
brought to the White hospital in this
city until 1880 o'clock Tucker de.
clares he has no knowledge of where
she was in the meantime He did
not bring her to Sacramento, he
AYERS.
Mrs. Shay was brought to the hos
pital Saturday night in an uncon-
scious condition by man who told
the hospital authorities that she had
driven an automobile into bank,
turning it over and pinning her un.
derneath. The man refused to give
his name.
At II o'clock last night stranger
called at the undertaking parlors OF
w f. Gormley, to which place the
body of Mrs Shay had been removed
and called Gormley out of bed to ask
whether or not the woman was dead
j Gormley replied that she was anc
granted the request of the stranger
/ to view the remains. The man tool
one look at the body. gasped, ant
hurriedly left the place.
He is described as being about a
years of age, medium height and gra!
hair. 1t is believed that he cal
throw some light on the mystery.
An investigation into the acciden
is being conducted today by Corone
Gormley and Frank ]. Lenahan o
San Francisco, brother of the woman
Lenahan was in conversation wit
his sister at the White hospital las
night prior to her death. but she r'
fused to divulge the identity of he
male companion
The efforts of DR.. Stephenson I
save the womans life by operatin
yesterday, were futile. She was su
fering severe internal injuries, tn
abdomen having been pierced. Otht
> than this, there were no marks G
the body. She died at O'Clock la
night.
Mrs. Shay was the mother of tv
children, a boy aged 10, and gil
8. She left them Saturday with Mr.
Joe Gonzales, of East Sacrament
The children are now in charge
}. the brother, pending the arrival
l. Danny Shay, the woman's husban
e from Glasgow, Montana, where
e went two weeks ago.
Up to this time Mr. and Mrs. Sh
=, had been living at the El Pheodo
apartments The woman was 33 yea
old, and previous to her marrial
was professional musician in $
Francisco. She also was an ent
tainer in local cafes.
HANNA is from Goldheld, and
cording to information from Paradi
U his whereabouts are not known.
:, He is married. has son lS yei
old and they reside in that town.
HANNA, accompanied by his W
left Paradise several months a
presumably for Goldfleld.