The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-04
Frank Weygandt Killed
WELL-KNOWN MERIDIAN MAN
MEETS DEATH IN OREGON.
Alonzo Robson Also Has Very
Close Call and is Nc4 in Hospital

Close Call and is NCM i'm Hospital
When the automobile in which
they were riding collided with an
east bound Oregon Short Line rail-
road freight train near Weatherby.
Ore, Sunday afternoon, at about 2
O'Clock, Frank Weygandt, of Battle
Ground, Wash, was instantly killed
and Alonzo " Robson, OF this place,
district manager of the field work OF
the Nampa irrigation dis
trict, received injuries, consequent to
which he is now in a hospital at
Weiser
At the point the accident occurred
and where the wagon road crosses the
railroad track, approaching trains are
hidden from view by deep cut, and
to this fact and the existence OF high
weeds and low grade crossing, the
sad accident is attributed. G. w.
Cartwright, of Dry Valley, Ore, who
was driving his automobile behind
Weygandt and Robson witnessed the
collision of the train and the auto
mobile. He says that Weygandt and
Robson drove their machine on to
the crossing without stopping and
biAdt lhC iiCl6hL u ain CdlnC upon
them before they saw it approaching
and crashed into their automobile.
When taken from under the ma
chine Weygandt was dead and Rob-
ison was unconscious. The injured
man was Immediately rushed to the
general hospital at Weiser and at an
early hour Monday a. m. telephone
advice was received here to the ef-
feet that he was still in an uncon-
scious condition. Robson is a
brother of Mrs. A. w. Garrett, OF
this place, and upon learning of the
accident, Mr. Garrett, Mrs. Frank
Robson, mother of the injured man
and his brother, Calvin Robson, OF
Orchard Immediately left for Weiser
A message from Mr.. Garrett to his
wife Monday morning advised that
while her brother was still uncon-
scious, it was believed that he would
recover.
Weygandt was a former citizen oi
this place, and arrived here from his
present home in Battle Ground
Wash, only two or three days ago
coming for the purpose of taking
back his automobile, which he had
left here when he went to Washing
ton. Mrs. Robson and child had
gone to the Weygandt home in Bat
tie Ground some days ago and hel
husband who was taking his summer
vacation was enroute to join her, the
two families meaning to spend the
vacation together at coast points
The injured mans mother and g
sister reside here, In addition to two
brothers residing near this place
Weygandt has five brothers here.
Arthur Garrett Interviewed.
Further details were given out
Tuesday by Arthur Garrett, a bro
ther-in-law of Robson, who returned
from Weiser Monday where Robson
is in a hospital.
1t appears that Weygandt and Rob
ison looked and saw no approaching
train before descending to the low
grade and that when there 1t was
impossible for them to see 1t com
ing, and they were in the crossins
before they had any knowledge o.
it's approach. Robson evidently saw
it then, for his efforts to get out o
the automobile probably saved hi
life. He was taken up, together will
the automobile by the locomotive
and carried some distance before ht
was thrown beyond the track. Wey
gandt was carried quite distance
Robson was concious for some tim'
after the accident and was enabled
to give advice as to whom the rail
road men should telegraph before
he lapsed into unconciousness.
Weygandt died at or near Hunt
ington on the train. Weygandti
body will be buried at Meridian,
Robson became concious at
O'Clock Monday morning. Though on,
rib was broken and he is badl,
bruised, he will recover. When HI
became disentangled from the auto
mobile and the train, he was thrown
1870 feet from the railroad track
Aside from the broken rib he hat
no broken bones, and his unconciou
condition is largely attributable L
an extreme nervous shock.
Funeral of Weygandt Held Here,
The funeral of Frank Weygand
was held in Meridian Thursday al
ternoon at $50. The body arrived
Tuesday from Battle Ground. ac
companied by his wife and on
brother
Alonzo Robson at this writing 1
rapidly improving at the genera
hospital at Weiser.
The Meridian Cooperative chees
factory in few days Will install
whey separator which has capacit
of saDe rating 1000 pounds of whe