Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-07
MOTORCYCLE RIDER
KILLED IN. ACCIDENT
ming Wheel mt High Rate
of Speed.
SKULL CRUSHED AGAINST TREE,
James d. Spivcy, Machinist, Dies at
Hospital Without Rcgaining Con-
seriousness - Messenger Boy Scri-
ously Injured i'll Collision.

James n. Spivey. machnist, 1920
West Cary Street. was alinos, instantly
killed shortly after 6 o'clock last even
ing when his motorcycle plunged head
long into an oncomiuC auto. and sew
eral other persons had narrow escapes
in "a series of accidents OF the same
nature that followed in quick sue
cesson.
The police arrived at the identity
OF the motorclcyc victim by means Of
the license that his car carried-lSlS.
The motorcycle WAS said by eycwit-
nesSes To have made II impossible
for the collidinT auto 10 get out OF
it's path. Licuicnan, Mailer y. Mercer,
of the Richmond Blues. and Henry
SchwartzSchild saw the crash. They
were of the opinion. they told tho po-
lice that the motorcycle was going al
speed OF forty miles an hour when
the mishap occurred.
Spivey was going q such rate
Of speed that he is said to have rid
den right into he front wheel OF the
passing automobile. When he hit the
big car. bystandcrs say he turned four
somersaults almost in as many Sec
onds and then crashed into tree,
his head striking first; The ntotorcy-
Gle ran on riderlcss for a distance
fore il fell and lay there with its motor
throbbinG.
CRASH OCCURS AT MONUMENT
AVENUE. AND ADDISON STREET
The automobile in the collision was
driven by George g. Ware. 10l Belmont
Street Its license number is 1886.
Ware was little hurt and his machine
was damaged only i'll tn. forewheel. it
was said. The police reported that the
automobile as able 10 go home with
its own power Tie motorcycle WAS a
1917 model and was Geared 10 a high
power. The crash happened al Monu-
ment Avenue and Addison Street
M. ware was formally arrested on
q warrant charging involuntary man
slaughter He gave bail FOR his a?-
pearance August - The arrest is
techrica! under the laws OF Virginia. Il;
is said.
Sptvey's skull was fractured. his
shoulder d:siocated. his limbs s7.in-
tered and his whole body was more or
less injured. HI was rushed 70 Memo
rial Hospital ~ Lieutenant Mercer. %
the ;5!u@s. and some others. WHO had
seer ;h= accident. in = private car.
There i waS soon decided ;hai !!;;ls
could - done tov he injured man. and
At died a. O'Clock without having
-eEaia.6 CONSCIOUSNESS i!e WAS mar
red and Is said - L. - = nuusc: OF
-elz,irss !.y:.- n Sc.ie Carolina.
! tew minutes before the r1otc.cy-
- EsEsiy Kenneth Grt.r, sos Souir:
Laura Sc-e@;. afte... !@4-s old, . Pos
;s. TELEGRAPH messenger, riding & b.
cyc!@- crashed in;o N auto ;rucH driven
u !. i. Bennett. @: tae stephen \.
Ellison Coal COMPANY. Seventeenth and
DocE TIE ;fLc. Knocked him down
and 7asset over his body HIS legs
were fractured. according = police re-
ports and deep decorations were made
in the no! aesh on other parts u his
BODY. Young Griffin was taken TO
Memorial Hospital.
w u FULLER, Il :. . :, driving an
auto, carrying license -ac No 1913, ran
into an auto EARLIER IN the evening be-
longing 70 = ''rowu, epi Brook Avenue,
and slightly damaged tho Brown car,
No one was hurt