Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-09
bURMAN, FAMOUS
RACER, IS DEAD
F ROM INJURIES
Mechaniciao and Track Guard.
Also Fatally Injured as Re-
suit Of 0yerturoing Of Car.
al Corona Track
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tuiunH, cam, ApfN ftuU lili q
man, 81 Detroit, noted automobile
rncer. his mechaniciun Eric Schroe-
der. 81 Chicago ana q track fnard
are dend tonight ~ the result Of the
0yefturuing OF burnau's car In the
Corona rOnd race here today Five
spectators We're injured several seri-
ously.
Tho accident happened on the bnck
stretch Of the ninetp-seVenth lap. A
wheel flew off Rurman'a car and the
machine crashed through the fence
into the crowd schroeder was hurl-
ca eighty feet Tho guard. W. w.
speer. was struck hy the catapuling
ear and almost instantly Killed.
The race was won hS Eddie - Don
neil. who covered the SOL Mules In
hours, 20 minutes, 2 seconds Joe
Thomas scund with . time ~ = .3d
OF ana Eddie Pullen third, with
3.3S36 2-5 Teddy Tetzlan ana r.
e. Durnnt finished fourth and tifth,
respectively. Burmau died 10 the
city hospital at Riverside. twelve
miles away. where he was taken from
"A temporary race hospital
Mra Burnan was with her husband
coon after The accident and remain d
with him uniil ne died AS ghe stood
beside him in the council chamber OF
the Corona city han where thurman
was tnken after he accident. n Wom-
an who gave the police the name 81
Mrs Mary clark Of Los Angeles cuuc
beside Tho cot
The physician who WIS removing
Burman's clothing told the authori-
Ties that he found q diamond pin ana
handed Il 20 n. woman back Of him
whom he supposed TO he Mrs, Bur
man. He said he did not look
Mrs Rurman then accused
Mrs clark of taking the pin, which
she said was valued AZ $500.
A. q. Ramsey. chief of police or
dered Mrs CLARK searched de re
ported that two nurses found CON
ccaied under her corset the diamond
pin which Mrs Rurman alleged was
taken from her husbands clothing as
ilo was near death The woman was
held. Ramsey said pending the filing
Of formal charge.
Mrs. clark. the woman accused iH
Mrs. Burmnn. later WIS Identified
according 20 the police az one who
drove a cur across temporary VIA
iNti NNiI Inv fA'f t'HAN'f HlJhi t'H
two men Mrs Clark said she came
to the hospital to see her victiinf
when the police questioned her.
The race itself dWindled into min
or importance IN the swift happen
ines that marked Its close. O'Dou-
ncii Burmnn Eddie pullcn, Teddy
and Thomas kept the pact
for three-fourths Of the S0Lalb miles
al an average Of from 971 down To
sos miles an hour The first ten
laps we're made M Inc higher rate
O'Donnei led constantly from The
fiftleth lap llesdcs the Corona cup,
he WAS awarded "A prize of $1,000.
ODonnell ran like train schedule
HE followed the pace of 911 miles an
hour for ten laps, climbing steadily
forward into third place ~ the IN
tcenth lap and pulled III 20 second
behind pullen, winner Of The 1871
race and ran there until the fiftieth
Ipp when he took the lead and Kept
Il When he made his only stop la
The eighielh IMP he was so far ahead
that his margin WAS cut but little.
earl Cooper VAS out IN the fifteenth
lap with a damaged engine 4. Tecl
Withdrew IN the tWenty-cighth lnp
with broken connecting rod Ia the
forty sixth lap barney Oldfield. the
.os Angeles veteran. had broken
rocker arm that ended his chances
A. Hughes Followed IN the next lau
with a slipping clutch