The Detroit times., 1915-10-09
Flint Man Nearly Cut
In Two BY Wood
ward Car
ANOTHER is
VICTIM OF AUTO
John Tepf Falls Dead
on Truck; Three
Others Hurt

Running to board north bound
woodward car. with trailer. NJ
Congress-st. and Woodward-ave., at
A:l0 o'clock. Friday afternoon. q
man identified a. Harley BeCbe. of
Flat, Mich. was thrown from the
trailer 40. II lurched forward and
fell beneath the car, both front and
rear trucks passing over his body.
and almost cutting n in two.
Trafiic Onicer Maurice Slnnott.
who witnessed the tragedy. said
that the man tried 70 cling to the
inside guard rail Of the trailer. His
Identification was made 1t the coun-
y morgue. later through . small
pocket diary containing his name
and address. information that Bee
b was carpenter. painter. mason,
and paper hanger, and . record q
work done.
Flint oficials notified the ns-
troit authorities that Beebe had
been sentenced to the House VI Cor
rection. some time ago. for 65 days.
and his sentence had expired only
within the last few days.
Beebe's divorced wife lives IN
Flint. the coroner learned. and his
iAsher and brother reside In Court.
land. Mich.
Five minutes after Beebe was
killed. William O. Terry, a truck
driver for the Michigan Carriage Co.
was stricken with heart disease al
he stopped his truck, on signal OF
Trafhr Officer Walker. at Jefferson
ave. and Bates-st. Az Walker
waved for the man to come ahead.
no noticed that Terry had fallen To
the noor OF the truck and. running
up to investigate. found the man
dead. Terry was 80 years old and
lived at N6. 37f Iycaste-ave.
John Zepf. II, years old. Of No.
207 CollingwoodAve.. was the third
victim Of 4 street tragedy. when he
was struck by an auto driven by
james D. Ross, OF No. 80 Dawson
ave-, 1t Woodward and Calvert.
AYES.
The aged man. who was employed
for many years by the American Car
4 Foundry Co., was on his way to
the Church Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment when he attempted to cross
the street and was struck by the
auto.
He did not seem 70 be seriously
hurt, and protested, at FIRST, against
being removed to Grace hospital.
His son. with whom he made his
home. visited him there and did not
believe that his father was .ssri.
ously injured, but shortly after the
son left for home the aged man
died. Internal injuries are believed
70 have caused his death.
Ross, the driver of the auto
which contained his wife as pas
senger. made n statement to the
prosecutor and was not held. Wit.
nesses had stated that he was driv-
Ing at . moderate speed. He de-
clared that there was no street
light at the corner. and he did not
zee the aged pedestrian until II was
too late to avoid hitting him. "a
Henry I. Jolly. Of No. ait Parker
ava. made a DISASTROUS mistake
whsn ne saw the green tail light on
. d. u. r. sand car at Fort-st. and
woodwafdAve., Friday night. and
mistook II for the light on Trafic
Onicer Mc0ugin's semaphbre signal.
He drove HE auto into the rear end
of tho sand car, wrecking the auto.
He was thrown from the machine.
but not Injured.
An unidentified man, too badly
intoxicated. according to the police,
to tell his name, was sleeping on
the car tracks at Forest.ave. and
Russe1t-sty Ut 1880, Saturday MORN
ing, whep he was struck by an east
bound CrOsstown-car. and was rolled
some distance by the fender. His
left foot was fractured, his head cut,
and both Of his legs were badly
lacerated. He was taken to Grace
hospital
( According TO the police report,
liquor was the cause Of injuries to
David Mackie, Of Nc. 50 DafseiiSst.,
who was struck by an auto at
Grand River and woodward-aves.,
at 2:l0 o'clock. Saturday morning.
He was cut about the hesd and his
body was bruised.
Police Surgeon Eugene Smith at
tended him.
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