The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-02
Pieces OF Broken Windshield
NJ 4 Aid OFFICERS in Locating
Auto Which Ran DOUn Three
CLGWS AND NFORMA'
TON IN POSSESSION Or
DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Vigorous Search In Progress For
Chauffeur Responsible Fer AccI-
dent Out The Pike

j triangular piece Of glass, evident
ly part Of the windshield OF IN auto
mobile, now III possession OF deputy
! Sheriff Lafayette Graner. Is cNpecl2I
10 aid in bringing 10 justice the chatt'
feur who on Thursday evening ran
down and seriously injured Junn Il.
| ClatOr. Jacob YusI nd Clarence bud
ley al lIOcnS STA on, Pleasant Sa!-
! ley.
Shortly after being assigned hy
! Sheriff Sweeney AT noon yesterday inc
task Of hunting down the party guilty
! Of driving his auto into the party OF
F! pedestrians on the National ROAD ana
! driving on without stopping 10 oiier
aid 10 his victims, Deputy Graner, IN
! examining the road at the Scene'ol The
accident, came upon some pieces or
broken glass lying scattered along
! the road from the point where Clator,
| YOst and Dudley were run down Tor
distance Of about 10 feet toward
! Wheeling. Picking up number OF
! pieces Of the glass. MIR. Graner found
! one which evidently was knocked from
! the corner OF a windshield frame. The
| stain Of the setting in the frame was
plain upon the glass.
Has Other Information
AS the afternoon passed yesterday,
! Mr.. Graner in whose charge The case
was placed with instructions to keep
al work until his mission is completed,
came into possession of several bits
| Of information that are expected 10
! prove valuable, and upon retiring last
night for Il few hours rest, the deputy
declared that he is confident that by
evening he will be in position to
name the man for whom The search is
being conducted.
Every garage in the Wheeling dis
trict Is being searched in an effort 10
! learn the location of the machine with
| the broken windshield or 10 learn
where broken shield has been re-
! placed.
Graner was trying last night to Sc
! cure the identity Of big touring car
which came in by Wheeling park about
the time of the accident in which 4
large man was riding with black and
tan hunting dog in tho car with him.
| The machine is said to have come by
Wheeling park nj Il terrific rate Of
speed. As the car Skidded and the ma
chine came near going over the wall
al the edge OF the road. 4 car answer
! ing 10 the description Of this one was
seen running through Philadelphia
, Thursday. evening. and the statements
, OF tirtrcn-yCarOld boy who witnessed
The accident TO Mr. ClatOr and his
! companions, tend to confirm the belief
! that the car in which the man and
! dog were seen Is the same one which
| figured in he accident.
Passed Other Autos.
II was learned during the invesfiga-
+ ton last evening that the much-wanr-
ed machine passed Two other automo-
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accident. The driver Of one Of these
cars is known and le will be located
! to-day. in the hope that he may shed
: some light on The identity Of The driver
OF the accident car. This machine, 60
Ing out the pike, passed the incoming
machine in the vicinity of Leather
wood or Glenwnnd
Deputy Sheriff Granrr is of the opin-
! ion that the machine for which the au-
! ihOrilieS are searching is IN Ohio side
car Through several cycwitncsScS he
learned thai the license number was
not clear. because The lag was black
: Ohio licenS" tA@S are almost black.
The WeSl Virginia tags are partly
white and easily seen AT night The
Pennsylvania tags are yellow. and so
. large that one seldom fails 10 notice at
| least thai they are PENNSYLVANIA tags.
| with these clcws. in addition TO
| other mcagrn information at hand"
Mr.. Graner last nigh told The IntelIi-
genCer, 81 am confident that The party
we're hunting for will b" landed very
shortly.
The more trouble nc gives us in To-
eating him, the more trouble he'll
bring upon himself when he is appre-
hcndcd. If he is the iilht kind of Il
man and learns thai h. is wanlol. he
will not try Ia hide himself. But if
| he does. liz will be brouSh: 10 justice,
for We don't intend To .;,op until we
! locate him
Sheriff Sweeney, DEPUTY Sheriff
Tom Smith. Motorcycle Officer Louis
| LagOmarcinu officials of tho Pike dis
! trict towns; Motorcycle Officer Walter
! WnrlS, city police and detectives and
! Prosecuting Attorneys -. 4. Mckee
and Frank a. O'B?i"n are h"nhing
every effort toward the one end OF
bringing III" driver of the car 10 JUS
! lice for his reckless deco.
Not Fatally Injured.
That John CIalnr. mos. seriously
! injured of the victims. is not fatally
hurt was The welcome announcement
I from the North Wheeling hospital yes
lerday. Although he received Ter
rife blow on the head and five broken
ribs. his condition yesterday ami last
night was greatly improved Charles
Dudlcy'S most serious injury is fr"c-
iurcd shoulder. Jacob Nnst had
kncc-ran diSlncaicd in addition 10 pos
Ii, int al