The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-16
Was Leaving DR.. ThrailkilPs Car When
Car Ran Into Him and Instant
Death Results
TAXI OCCUPANTS ALSO
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Car OVerturns Burying Them, and Escap-
ing Gasoline Renders Position
Dangerous

A most regrettable but what appears
to be an unavoidable accident caused
the death Of Jasper Newton zinn, an
old resident of Chickasha, Saturday
night while the latter was returning
homo shortly before midnight from a
good roads meeting at Amber. Almost
instant death resulted when he was
struck By a taxicab driven by G. G.
Swaggerty. The driver and the occu-
pant also narrowly escaped death
when the former, in trying to avoid
striking the victim, turned squarely
into the sidewalk and overturned his
car.
swaggerty made no detailed state
mont today concerning the accident
saying he would leave that to DR..
Thrailkil and Conde Mckinley whom
Mr. Zinn had just left and who wit
messed the accident. The driver ven
tured the assertion, however that he
had turned almost squarely across the
street with his car when the compact
occurred, feat which would have
been impossible had he been running
at even fifteen miles an hour which
the law allows in that part of the city.
He did not see Mr.. Zinn until he was
on him, then he turned into the side
walk in an effort to miss him, but it
was too late. His car skidded for
twelve or fifteen feet but the length
of the car, he says must be deducted
from that as he struck Mr.. zinn wiki
the front end
Conde mckinley declares the taxi
cab was not running at a high speed
at the time Of the accident.
Or. ThrailkilPs Statement.
DR.. G. H. Thrailkill, from whose car
Mr.. Zinn had stepped just before his
death, made the following statement
this morning:
Twelve Chickasha men had been to-
Amber Saturday night in attendance
at the good roads meeting where they
met with delegations from Tuttle and
Oklahoma City on the Ozark Trail and
bridge proposition. When
they reached Chickasha avenue DR., |
Thrailkill, Conde Mckinley and Mr..
Zinn left Mr.. Donahue's car and en-
tered that of the doctor which had
been left in front of the Savoy hotel
This was about 11:45 o'clock, almost
at midnight.
In going home the party drove down
South Seventh street to Florida ave-
nue., Mr.. zinn living on Sixth and
The doctor stopped and let
Mr. Zinn out, the car stopping on the
west side of the street at the corner
of Seventh and Florida. Before stop
uing DR.. Thrailkill and Conde McGin-
ley saw a car approaching going
north. Mr.. zinn got out of the front
seat on the left hand side, closed the
door, and bade his companions good
bye, extending thanks for the ride.
His back was practically to the south.
He turned around facing the east and
started to cross the street Both Nc
Ginley and the doctor shouted, Look
out for the car" Mr.. Zinn took two
steps before he realized the approach
of the car. He then started to run and
had gone two or three steps when the
car struck him, carrying him Off his
feet and throwing his body and head
back against the car. The crash was
heard plainly.
BY this time Or. Thrailhll's car was
moving forward very slowly in low
gear. 1t was Immediately stopped and