The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-12
Drivers of Wrecked Cars Are
Arrested on Charges of In
voluntary Manslaughter
INQUEST TOMORROW
OVER MRS. GOSDEN
Her Daughter. Mrs. Minnie
Bowles, Other Victim of Col
lision at Intersection of Grove
and Lombardy

Two women were killed and a man
slightly injured yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock when two automobiles
oollided at Grove avenue and LON
hardy street Mrs Emma L. Gosden.
frty-six years old. OF North syca-
being rushed 20 the hospital. while
her daughter. Mrs Minnie Bowles,
tweuty-seven years old, died at |
o'clock this morning.
The drivers OF both cars, James p.
Schmitz. $40 Harrison street. and J.
T. Regenshurg. OF Baskerville. were
| arrested last night on warrants charg
ing them with Involuntary man
| slaughter. Regenshurg. who was
slightly injured. was driving the car
| in which the two women were pas
serr Both were hailed.
| According to eye-wftnesses the COL
| lision was caused by lack OF atten-
ton on the part of both drivers.
| avenue and Schmitz was going north
on Lombardy street The former ma
chine. under the trafilc regulations
had the right OF way and was struck
| In the middle by the car driven by
Schmits. The impact threw. the
Regenshurg machine several feet, and
It crashed into a tree box on Grove
avenue. The occupants were cata-
! pulled to the sidewalk. the two wo-
men being Knocked unconscious. The
schmisz car being Of lighter make,
practically crumpled up Schmitz es-
| capped without injury and disappear
cd, He was later found at his homs
| and arrested
Police were quickly on the scene
and made a cursory investigation. AZ
1 the side Of the ReFenshurg car a pint
bottle, hahnlled with whtskey. was
| fouIrSe A bottle of. ginger ale and a
glass were In the body Of the car.
| Coroner James NJ. Whitfield was
notified OF the death of Mrs Gosden
and viewed the body at the Stuart
Circle hospital, where the three In
jured persons were taken. He gave
| permission for the removal Of the
body to an undertaking csta hlishm ent
and announced that an inquest will
be held tomorrow raorning in the
basement Of the City Hall No action
In regard TO ire removal of the body
OF Mrs. Bowies will be taken until
this morning
| While several persons saw the col
iision. u happened so quickly that the
| details were confused. The police
| nave summoned J. j. Hill. South
! Mulberry street; Harry Brown. eies
West Cary street; J. Fl. Phillips. 900
! North Twentv-nfth street. and J. G
Paul, e3lo West Main street as wit
nesses.
schmitx is thtrty-six years old and
he recently purchased the car he was
driving He made no statement when
arrested and soon arranged for \
! bondxmau. He gave as hfs excuse for
leaving the scene that no police were
on hand that he left to r~t a ma
chine TO take his damaged car to a
garage.
] Regenshurg Is fortv-three years old
and 70 a lumberman. According 10
| Walter W Gosden. Jr.. son OF Mrs
Gosden. Regensburg Is friend o!
the family.
I : Mrs. CTosden was the widow OF wal
ter w Gosden. She is survived by
two sons. Walter w. teller at the
Planters National bank. and Freeman
r.. formerly employed at the Stephen
Putney Shoe Co. but now In the
United States navy Mrs. Rovles is
survived by her husband