The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Mr.. Cheesmans went In person TO III
residence on North D street and the
went to the Elmer Mickey home to i
form Mrs. Mickey. who was prostrai
ed by the information.
6urke's Story
Harold Burke, was more hurt thar
indicated at first. His back is badly
wrenched and his neck is injured. H,
| mas couple of deep incisions in his
legs and is otherwise bruised. He was
taken to the Mercy hospital Where his
injuries are receiving attention.
Burke gives the following account OF
the accident as far as his recollection
goes. Warner White was helping at
the Golden Eagle in the rush of Sat.
urday evening. After the store closed
he and White went driving in the
White car, here and there about town
for little while. Along in the course
of their ride they picked up Walter
Johnson and later some one hailed
them. and Mickey accompanied by
Marks and Smalley came up and want
ed White TO drive them to Eddyville.
Boots" demurred but finally agreed
to make the trip and they started
south. After leaving the city they OPP
ened up and drove very fast. Some Of
the party demonstrated but the speed
was increased. AS they neared the
turn TO the east Burke suggested to
Warner to slow up. Just little after
that he felt the side of the car rising
and that is the last he remembers I'M
til he felt like waking from dream.
He says it was not much after twelve
o'clock, midnight. when they started
from town. II was about one o'clock
when the body was found in the road
way by the Pella man and the men
had evidently been unconscious where
they had fallen from half to three
quarters of an hour.
Marks Version.
Samuel Marks who gives his resi-
uCiiNC AS It AhlhSlOhs iONus OhN VI INV
injured men of the party was seen at
his room in the Lacey Hotel where he
was in bed Sunday afternoon. He says
that they got into the car along about
midnight and started to take a ride.
White was driving and he was in the
front seat beside him. Smalley was
behind the driver on one of the little
Jump" seats Mickey was behind
Smalley in the rear seat with Johnson
on the right OF the seat and Burke
was between them. He said he had
a sort of premonitlon of a pending ac-
cident, and felt that they could not
make the turn. When he came to- he
heard Smalley say lis anyone hurt?"
/ must have tainted again for do not
anything until revived by
the rain in my face. was lying in the
road with the lights of an automobile
shining in my face and | knew | had
to get up or be run over and then
saw man standing by car. | was
lying in the road close by where
White was on the ground and L saw
he was dead. Then we got into a car
and came on to town. | do not think
it was raining before the accident or
that we struck mud. did not feel
the car skid or turn over and do not
remember anything of the accident.
Mr. Bennett Summoned.
1T was just twenty minutes past
one o'clock this morning" says Will
liam Bennett who lives in the Hobe
Armstrong home place about half
mile north of where the accident hap
pened, when someone called me out
of bed and said that an accident had
happened and that some help was
needed. got up and went with man
in a car to the turn south Of my place.
we came upon the body of White ly-
ing about in the middle of the road
as it turns to the east. The body was
right on the turn. We could hear some
one groaning and began to look
around. Mickey was lying south of the
foot of the embankment about six or
eight feet in a great pool OF blood. He
was quite dead. The others were scat
tered about on the ground lying on
the ground north of the car and east
of McKey's body. went up the road
piece after some water and when
returned the man Marks, was crawl,
ing up the bank into the road. He
walked about like in stupor and
could tell nothing of what had hap
pened. He insisted that there were
seven in the car and we hunted around
for a long time. trying to discover an
other man. / gave Johnson drink and
he came to. When we got him TO talk
he said there were only six In the
party. He did not know what had
happened and was much daZed. We
sent for a doctor and notified the
coroner.
We saw no signs of where the cal
had skidded on the turn but there
were two deep holes eight or ten inch
es in the ground where the side posts
of the wind shield had hit the road al
the car went over. Whites body was
living Just west of where these noles
appeared. 1t had been raining two OF