Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-18

rear end OF the bicycle. pushing lena.
iahd forward several feet, then he
cropped to the pavement. and both the
'front.' and rear wheel OF the auto mass.
ed over his PROSTATE body. VanRa
declared he was not a Judge OF speed
ana aid not know how fast Muttera
was driving. The auto continued aas,
on Fifth avenue and turned south on
IWenty-eighth street. He claimed that
although it was quite dark at the snot
where the accident occurred. Muttera
could have seen the rider. had he
been looking out.
Gets Car Number.
His companion. Berg Madison.
chased the automobile south on
Tventy-eighth to Fifth-and-a-half ave.
nue. and said that when the machine
reached the end of the avenue. the
driver was forced to turn around. The
machine came back to Twenty-eighth.
then shot south on Twenty-eighth
again, and ran up an alley between
Fffth-and-a-hah and Sixth avenues
probably 100 feet. and backed out. II
was here Madison secured the number
OF the car, which he stated was 54.135
Iowa, 1914 When he returned to the
scene of the accident the police had
placed Jemeland in the ambulance.
Madison stated that the auto was prob
ably going at a rate of 90 miles an
hour at the time of the collision and
that II did not slack speed after the
crash.
Heard the Crash.
Henry Groth, Or Twenty-second.
was next put on the stand. Groth was
walking south on Fifth avenue with
lady friend at the time, on his way to
show. He said he did not see the
collision, but turned around after he
heard the crash and saw the auto pass
over Jemeland's body. He stated that
the machine was a FIVE passenger car,
dark in color and that the top was up
at the time. He saw one person in the
front seat driving, and said as a result
OF the accident the rear door of the
sitting in the rear seat closed it hast
lily. Groth called the ambulance and
doctor to the scene.
Lee E. Smith, 1928 Fifth avenue,
testified he was sitting in his room on
the second floor about to retire. He hap
pened to glance out of the window and
saw a car come south on Twenty
Seventh street and turn east on Fifth
avenue, but did not look out again and
could not state whether the car was
the one that struck Jemeland or not.
He next heard a cry from the land
lady. Mrs. Anna J. Lanaghan, who
was downstairs. He rushed down in
to the street and found Jemeland
bleeding and unconscious. He held
the dying man in his arms until the
ambulance arrived and made the trip
to the hospital.
Doctor Testifies.
DR.. Joseph DeSilva testified that he
was called to the scene. but when he
arrived Jemeland had already been
taken to the hospital. After an exami-
nation it was found that the man was
in a dying condition, with three severe
decorations on the forehead. broken
collar bone. and FIVE ribs fractured on
the left side, one of which penetrated
the lung. and two others which pressed
against the heart, and that Jemeland's
death was due to injuries sustained in
the accident
BENJAMIN Jemeland, brother of the
deceased, stated that his brother was
about 80 years of age, and had been
in this country about nine years. He
last saw the deceased alive at Water
town. s. D., about two months ago,
and that he was in the best of health
at that time.
States Attorney Floyd E. Thompson
and Officer Frankhauser also testified.
The following coroner's jury Is act
ing in the case: Walter Black, fore
man: Roy L. Salzmann, w. II. Flanni-
gan. F. Fl. Hill, w. Slagle and j.
Tarpy.
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