Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-12
IHED CHAFF ''I''E|
FUNERAL HELD
lnAlii,cting Stories sAAoat
( Regarding Saturday
/ Accident.

, N@ss The funeral of Thed Chanee. III
ss~ssyeaar-old 3 Of Mrs. Frank Z. Dam.
forth. who was fatally injured Ia m
ssAttomobtle accident last saturuayt
a might, was held this afternoon from
home Of the boys uncle. city
Auditor w. II. Alexander. $50 South
Fourth street. Rev. VIII. Matthews
the Presbyterian church ofaciated.t
kE Shortly before six o'clock Saturday.
evening, Arnold wege. a delivery
s truck driver for ]. N. Black, was TAX
ssgsM1ng his from East Grand Forks TO
,Sthe garage In this city, ana. in pass
ss&ang h city scales on South Third
WNySstreet, ran into q group Of boys, nj
ss1pf whom was struck down n very
BADLY injured. Although unnerved
couple OF other drivers who were
9ssnear they scene of the accident, lifted
the boy into his and sped to the
##Deaconess hospital with him. It was
Ssanot until q little while later that he
SSSlearned h name Of the victim Of the
#ssRccident.
81. Arrived at the hospital .Thed Chat
table. and It was found that
5sfhts skull was. fractured, his left leg
fssnroken beow the knee, and his body
EsDadly bruised n cut. He did not
sSsfecover consciousness, and died short
ssSsSsly before eleven o'clock . !
Wege Reports to Police.
Meanwhile Arnold Wege had gone
to Chief J.. w. Lowe to whom he
sYtoldf q straightforward story Of how
sSthe accident had happened. He also
III gave his employer, j. N. Black, an ac-
sSASount, n from this it appears that
Assss3hle was driving probably ten miles
IN hour when the accident happened.
y Because Of the fog and the darkness
Ito stop his "a and it seems that
Chaffee made q vain attempt to
Heleap away.
ftSS It is impossible to sscertain exactly
what manner Theds was thrown
N under the car with such tremendous
5sforce that he was injured in various
aEGSEparts Of his body.
2 ISN It was said Saturday evening and
that Wege was In the habit
ssSSof driving his truck rather recklessly
through the streets, but this state
#Sment was met by the declaration on
THE part Of several other drivers who
SAY they know him WELL to the effect
that he was an unusually careful
driver. This was corroborated by
1AySSAs F.--1T' -rIhIr- W- #S- E%.H+Ss.-
It was also asserted that wege did
mot have his lights on the truck at
the time Of the accident. Everything
appoints to h fact that his lights were
Lon. but as a consequence Of the sud
den impact the engine was killed
sand the lights went out. This is ad-
vanced as the possible basis for the
fumors that the driver had neglected
sy8to put his lights on.
s$ 80 Did Not Leave City.
Early this morning it was rumored
a&% hhout town that Wege had left the
T-city. This appeared to be without
foundation. for at noon today he was
Sss5 In j. N. Blacks store getting some
sa lowers for the boys funeral.
When told yesterday morning that
Fhed sChaffee had died late Saturday
evening, Wege for the second time
went to the police department and
y. offered to surrender himself. The
f1 policy however. told him, that under
The circumstances, that would not be
necessary. Later in the day he told
his employer, that he would never
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