The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-04

RED the -Inachine into the cart with
great force.
Heiker's Statement.
Joseph Heiker. Of 2225 Floyd ave-
nue. who Was standing on the oppo-
site side of the street when the acct
dent occurred. was with Morris him
self, the first one TO reach the spot
where Mr.. Holzgrefe lay he said
that the. injured man made several
attempts to speak. hat was unable 10
do SO. and. that realizing that the
accident was serious. he called 10 sew
eral persons near 10 notify the ambu-
lance and the doctors. Morris and
he did all they knew TO relieve the
evident sufferings of the victim, but
he died III few moments, his hands
lying I'm those of the man who had
driven the eath-dealng machine
Statements AS to the details of tho
accident as related by eye witnesses
and Mr. Morris vary c0nsid erahly. but
together they tend To the general be-
lief that the machine was being driven
at rather a high rate ri speed III the
half blocked street, and that Mr.
Holxerefe, who is said To have been
walking near the edge Of the curbinG,
suddenly stepped of and directly into
the path of the car He was struck
and hurled into the air. the car catch
on until it struck the mule and cart
"A short distance ahead. The mule
was knocked down the shafts OF the
cart were cut from the body as with
81 knife, and the cart hurled onto the
sidewalk, while the automobile turned
half around and came to a stop. The
injured man lay close to the machine,
and according to Morris, half under
it
Mrs, S. II. Williams. of 22to Floyd
avenue, was probably the first person
10 realize that an accident was inn
pending.
II had been talking To Mr. Holz-
CRETE as he stood before my porch for
several minutes" she told reporter
shortly after the accident He had
just turned away TO continue on UP
the concrete gutter when ] saw the
oncoming car II was being driven
rapidly, and for some reason ii flash
ed across my mind that something
awful was about TO occur, | turned
and stumbled into the hall When l
looked again everything was all over,
and MIR. Hoizgrefe lay in the street
and the machine was standing almost
against the mule cart. am ex-
tremely nervous. and was almost over
come, for ! realized that the accident
could not help but have been Sc
rious one ] did not see anything
more. for members of the family took
me within and a physician was called
to me-"
Saw Body Fail.
Joseph Heiker stated that he did
not see the machine strike the aged
man. but that he turned Just in time
TO catch glimpse OF his body as 1t
fell to the ground after the impact.
He saw the car hit the mule and the
cart. II hurried to the spot" he
said ''and found Mr.. Holzgrefe too
badly hurt to speak. Morris came 10
us and seemed greatly excited, begin
ming to chafe the injured mans hands
and to cali for a doctor. MR. Holz-
CRETE was bruised and cut about the
mouth but no other decorations were
apparent"
Mary Johnson. a negro nurse who
was in charge of several small chill
dren in front of 22l2 Floyd avenue,
said that she saw the entire occur
renee except the actual striking OF
the man by the machine II saw the
car coming up the street and when
il got about half way Of the block
II suddenly turned in from the bricks
on the other side and came straight
for Mr.. Holxgrefe. knew 1t was
bound to hit him and turned away.
saw him fall TO the ground and the
car go over him and then hit the
mule Tho unszse almost screamed;