El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-27

2 heavy auto lnen paSSeu over Llle D'us .
he saws. Miss CORVALLIS invalid chair
was broken to pieces, she was thrown
to the paving and was craving To-
ward the south curb when she was
found and carried to her home.
Kilt. the only witness TO the accl-
dent says the automobile swung to-
ward the south curb, passed over the
body and then went east on Montana
at full speed. In the car were DAVID
TANGO. who works at the Palace buffet
and another passenger, the police say
Was with opera Company.
Williams. who was about &c years
old. came here with the Chicago Llght
Opera company as the producer of the
plays presented at the Alhambra. He
was fOtfAerly connected with the Singer
shows. including Miss NOBODY from
Starland,' which played, in the El Paso
theater After the opera company
closed at the Alhambra Williams
Joined the Lyric Players at the Craw-
ford He played a number of parts IN
the stock company production and was
playing at the theater Tuesday night.
Nothing is known of his relatives and
an effort is being made to locate them
in Chicago.
AS evidence of the force with which
Williams was struck an examination or
his body showed that the skull was
crushed. the left shoulder BLADE pro
ken and both of the legs were broken
The injuries to the body indicate that
he received the fun force of the blow
i'm the back and that his legs were
broken when he was dragged by the
heavy machine.
I'VE were returning from the theater
when the accident occurred, said Miss
Cornwall Wednesday. 1T was about
11:45 ana we had reached the corner
Of Ochoa and Montana streets. right
near my home 7 had not heard any
-Hr .. m i i'm l.
liams had not. The accident was so
sudden that ] do not remember any
thing about it except that I was thrown
on the pavement 1 did not hear any
screams. 1t was some time later that
I was picked up and I arrived at my
house few minutes after H.
Statement of Driver.
1--WE were going east on Montana
street, running between Il and 16 miles
an hour said Carl Dalton. who was
driving the Winton six auto. MY
lights were burning low because the
gas was nearly out When we reached
Ochoa street dark object suddenly
appeared before the machine not more
than six feet ahead. I quickly turned
to one side. but the end of the fender
struck something. ] thought 1 had
struck the wheel of a wagon.
II was pretty badly scared and did
not turn back. AS we proceeded one
Of the passengers said he thought we
had hit a man. I was pretty badly
scared and didn't know what to Go.
But I continued on to Bliss street,
where I discharged one of my passen-
gers, and then returned with the other
man. 7 came back of my own free viii,
to see what had happened, and to take
any one to the hospital who might be
hurt
1T was only after I saw the crowd
around the spot that 7 fully realized
that something serious had happened.
The body had just been removed Then
I came 20 the station with my passen-
ger and gave myself up. / did it Of my
own free will"
Herbert Kit saw =.
''I saw the wheeled chair cross Mon
tana street going in the direction of
Miss CornwalTs home" Herbert Kit
said. Il would say that the car was
speeding. for it was going pretty fast.
When it struck the man he was
knocked about % feet the body fell to
the pavement and the car seemed to
have passed over it. The ca swung to
the right for a minute and then disap
peared i'm the darkness at full speed. I
never saw him come back.
Miss Cornwall was pulling herself
by her hands toward the south curb
when 7 reached her. She was calling
for help and said to me: Go back and
see the man, I think he is dead When
We reached Williams's body he was
dead. Miss Cornwall was carried to
her home and the police patrol took the
body to the Cndertakers"
Actor was Married
Mr. Williams played the part Of the
interlocutor in the minstrel show put
on at the Alhambra by the Chicago
Light Opera company. He was y
WOrthingtOn Ham," in '"The Winning
Miss" and played the part of the
jealous husband in "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana With the Lyric players at the
Crawford he played the part of Cart
wright in Brown of Harvard" and
was Or. WoOdhurst" in "Wildfire."
He was married, his wife is an
actress in Chicago. Their little child
is with his relatives in Georgia. Mr..
Williams was native Georgian. He
was also a member of the Knights of
Pythias. The part that Mr.. Williams
was studying for next weeks produc-
ton was i'm his pocket at the time he
was killed and was very badly torn.
Bert GagnOn, Of the Lyric players.
said that he found TOrtfon of
Williams's trousers stuck to the bot
tom Of the body of the automobile.
From what / understand the driver
had had the car over in Juarez and the
front Of the car and lamps were caked
with mud so that not much light came
from the Lamps said Mr.. Gaenon. HE
was asleep at the police station when
1 went there soon after the accident"