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Elkhart News
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I News-Times Special service:
/ ELKHART sept I4-Frsnk
smole. the drunken Austrian who
drove his speeding automobile into
one owned and driven by A. H..
4 Neu Of Elkhart near Mishawada
Thursday night was only yesterday
released by the local police on a
suspended sentence OF one year and
fine Of $3.50. lie was convicted in
the city court Thursday morning ot
having more than his limit of "lik-
kerr IN his possession.
He was arrested by Sergt Dcmer
90 his nome. S25 Blaine av.. FRIDAY
morning and was turned over 10
Chief Of Police Pfender OF Misha-
Waka a short time later He was
taken 10 Mishawaka where he viii
be held pending the outcome of i'm
juries sustained by his sister-in-law,
Mrs Albert SmOle, who Is now iu
Misha waka hospital and not eX-'
[ pected 20 recover.
The Elkhart residents who were
riding in the Neu automobile are to-
I day suffering from their injuries.
| but all viii recover unless internal
/ Injuries develop, according 10 the
/ physicians They are. Mr.. and Mrs.
/ a. r. Neu, 632 w Lexington av.,
/ their daughter. Miss Dorothy Neu,
and Mrs. Ralph Bates of Milwaukee
av.
/ Immediately after the accident
/ Thursday night. Smole. realizing the
/ seriousness of the situation. took 10
/ the woods and caught a New York
/ Central freight train 10 this city. He
attempted 10 prove an alibi when
the police went 20 the house
The four male companions of
I smole are being held in Mishawa&a
/ They were somewhat bruised and
cut I'm the accident All are Aus
I TRANS.
/ Arthur Davis. colored. paid an
! assessment of So in the city court
/ Friday afternoon after he pleaded
guilty 10 the charge OF carrying con-
/ cealed weapons. Thursday night he
used the revolver in an alleged
holdup Of another Negro and eX-
I tracted 90 cents from his victim.
/ The revolver was confiscated by the
police The holdup charge could not
/ De substantiated.
. The injuries which Benjamin T..
Wilmer. an employe of the Miles
| Medical CO, sustained Thursday
noon when he was struck by an au-
/ tomobie driven by Arthur J. StahI
/ of Toledo, proved fatal late Thurs
day night when the man died at the
I general hospital.
An examination Of the body re-
vealed the puncturing of the lungs
! by ribs that had been torn loose i'm
I the accident. In addition 10 this in
I jury. Wilmer suffered severe cuts
and bruises about his head body
and legs.
The body Will be taken overland
\ 10 North Webster, Ind. for inter
ment next Monday Wilmer was
born i'm Ligonief i'm May. 1866. but
\ has been a resident OF ElShart for
j the past 20 years
A. j. Stahl the driver of the ma
/ chine was notified of Winners
death today and is expected to ar
rive i'm the city saturday morning.
Coroner j. W. Holderman is CON
Quoting an investigation into the ac-
I cident and if evidence that Stahl
/ was violating the traffic ordinance is
I found. he viii undoubtedly have to
answer 10 a serious charge. Wit
( nesses of the accident state, how.
/ ever, that Stahl was driving his ma
chine within the speed limit and
I that Wilmer ran his bicycle in front
OF the automobile
Total disbursements from the
Elkhart Patriots fund have been
| S4O,OTO. according TO an audit Of
the fund completed recently by
three local citizens. The total cash
/ ON hand at the present time is S15,-
7S3.
County Agent AIetzger has re-
( Ceived communication from the war
/ department requesting him 70 find
cut the actual number of men nee
,ssaIy To the needs OF the farms I'M
Elkhart county. He must ind out
/ the number of men necessary i'm the
county 20 keep mp the AGRICULTURAL
production 90 the maximum. His re
. port viii Joe sent 20 WASHINGTON TO
bee used i'm classifying the new men
jon the Is 20 4J draft.
Complete returns filed by the
. draft registrars Friday show that 3.
ga men between the ages OF is and
. 40 years. registered Thursday i'm dis
,rict No. of Elkhart county, CON
>isting of the city of Elkhart. and