The Detroit times., 1914-07-22
ONE BOY DEAD,
ANOTHER DYING,
AUTO VICTIMS
Little Gerald Foley's Life Crush
ed Out Under Wheels of
Motor Hearse
FRANK RIVERS, AGED I,
FEARED FATALLY HURT
Iourners In ID. II. X. Funeral
Car Jolted In Collision With
Heavy Truck

Gerald Foley. nine years old Of No
81 Infantry ave, was KILLED, and
Frank Rivers. seven years old -of 80
$50 Henryst., was probably fatally in
ured In automobile accidents. Monday
afternoon
William Winrich. % years old, driver
os a motor hearse owned by l.. W
Burch, OF No. 1904 Forrest west was
arrested at one O'Clock. Tuesday morn
ing on a charge OF suspicion OF man
slaughter. IN connection with the death
OF the little Foley boy lie failed 90
stop. after the heavy motor truck had
passed over the body Of the boy and
when questioned about the accident
later said that he didn't know he had
rus over anybody Closely Quil2ed be
said he remembered having stopped
down 20 adjust the gasoline flow, near
Dix and Cavalry where the boy
was struck and ne Temem bered that
the truck jolted, but he Thought t was
from running over bump In the road
ne said
Two We're responsible for the intor
nation that led 20 the arrest OF Win
rich They are Dewey Brady OF No
cog Nilitary-ave.. and Howard Baisch
OF No. SOL Dragon and they told
investigators that the vehicle was an
undertakers auto, snd core the sign
''.I. W Bprch
The Rev John Bollens, Of Chicago
IN attendance a the Lutheran conven
ton here found the little lad a news
boy, lying ia pitifpl heap IN the mid
5le OF the road and carried him 70 the
sloe shop ~ J NJ Miller No 735 Dix
ave. but Miller refused 10 allow the
minister 10 take the dying boy into
HIS shop. later explaining that he
couldn't stand the sight % blood The
minister, bitterly gpraidinR the cob
bier. carried the hos % a PLUMBING
shop and called Dr. ] F. Rieg. no tst
DiN-ave, who had young Foley re
moved 70 his home
Later. the boy was sent 10 81
Mays hospital, where he diec
40 report OF the accident reached
the detective bureau until hours later
and frequent occuranCes OF the sort
caused Commissioner Gillespie e
start "a thorough investigation which
VIII result in the renovation OF the
system OF reports 10 headquarters
In the other accident, the little
Rivers boy stepped from behind Z
wagon at Clifford and Henry.sts., and
WAS struck by an auto driven by Franz
Burger, OF the Los Angeles apart
ments
Burger has one crippled hand which
he Is unable TO use in driving his auto
aud Commissioner Gillespie question
ed him closely as TO HIS ability 20 drive
a machine through tho streets Burg
or said that he had been driving fol
some time and was capable OF manag
Ing the auto, but the accident In which
the Rivers boy was injured was un
avoidable Burger was not held
Rivers lapsed into Inconsistencies
early Tuesday morning and II Is fear
ed that he cannot recover. re Is sur
fering from a serious conclusion Of IN,
brain
Mourners riding in y L r. Turner
al car were thrown from their seats
when a heavy motor truck driven By
Thomas Raby OF No 203 Churchst
struck the car az Beauhen-st anC
Candeld-aye, Monday afternoon Tn,
truck was wrecked. but the driver as
capped injury
william Mayors, an Ann Arho
taxicab driver attempted to ESCAPE
from Motorcycle officer Frank Schncl
who had captured him rs he wa,
speeding az 81 miles an hour on JET
fcrson.ave but as ne suddenly alp
piled the power 70 shoot ahead ~ IN,
officer. he collided with a Myrtle ca