The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-18

Without bond pending action Of the
Ital n in the city this week.
A. Furry. s1s North Second street.
who Witnessed the accident. said that
Chavez was driving west and running
at a speed Of between 30 and 20 miles
an hour.
Dragged Body es Fs1f.
Marks on the pavement showed
that the car had gone exactly G8 feet
after the brakes were applied. The
marks OF the skldding tire were meas
ured by Onlce Chavez with a tape line
obtained from men who were work
ms on the paving In front Of the Gen.
trail high school and showed exactly
chavez. the driver. declined to talk
about the accident except 20 say that
he did not zee the girl until she was
In front OF hin car. He said she was
running across the street from the
north 20 the south.
The accident happened about 0
O'Clock n II was more than a hour
before the identity OF the girl was
discovered No one at the scene was
able TO Identify the girl ana an ann
balance was called and the body taken
TO Strong Brothers morgue.
Mr.. Knight, the father. vas In y
barber shop when he heard hat a lit
tie girl had been killed. He had Just
left home and said Id wondered II lt
could be his girl. He said they had
sent her to the grocery store and that
she had no. returned when he lsff.
He went TO the store ana was able TO
tell from the description given that u
was his daughter. He then went
home and got his wife and went 10
TIE morgue where they Identified the
body.
Coroffsss Inquest Cancsa
Justice Mcclellan visited the acene
Of the accident before the body was
taken away and Immediately upon
his return to his ONCE summoned a
coroners jury. The following were
drawn on the Jury; Felipe 0urruic.
foreman; J. rarrifart : beniamln:
DR.. r. y. Tuii.
The jury visited the morgue and
viewed the body about n o'clock and
hen adjourned until 10 o'cioch Mon
day morning When the inquest will
be held. The police today Nre search.
Ing for witnesses. 80 far Mr.. Furry
IL the only man they have found who
witnessed the accident. although
there were a number near there at
the time.
The car driven by Chavez was a
large red Limousine and heavy. As he
was going down hill Il was probably
harder to stop than II he had been on
casualty company and accepted IN \
standard on such i alters and on dis
play at the police headquarters shows
that from tests II rakes sire working
right a car going at a speed OF IS
miles an hour should be brought 20
a stop In 81 feet.
A large crowd soon gathered az the
scene OF the accident n there was
much wild talk about reckless dgiv-
Ing. A big spot covered with blood
was covered yer with dirt by Onicer
Chavez before the body was taken
away.
The scdae al the moreue when tho
father and mother called TO identity
the body was pathetic. They have
ore other child but their sorrow was
not mitigafed by this fact.
Mother Unable 10 Talk.
The girls mother was hardly able
10 talk. She was In q half fainting
he got In this morning from his nj
az about lao o'clock IND reached
home about 3 n. m. Mrs. Knight
shortly af;erward sent Mona TO tho
grocery and as she did not return
promptly kept saying 70 her husband.
as he ate his breakfast. II wish you
would so after Noma"
But Mr.. knight thought the child
was only playing and after breakfast
went to the Aft-Aaceptlc barber shop.
goa East Central, where the barber
told him that a little Girl had been
killed outside only a few minutes be-
fore. and had been taken into the
Dolly grocery store next door. Mr.,
knight hurried 10 the store and there
found that the child had been takal
To Strong Brothers. The grocer from
the description given BY Mr.. KniFhi,
thought a was his daughter. ME-
knight went Immediately to his home
got q taxi and took his wife 70 stronE
Brothers.
He was met there by other en-
ployes Of the American Express and
by the manager who had been told
by one OF his men OF the accident anc
that the child wan Mr.. knights. rs
this time. although they had not yeI
seen the body, both parents realized
hat Il Yves their little girl.
Mrs knight has a baby SON, ST.
months old. Mona had been the bah,
for a long time She would haVi
been six wears ola on Mondsy.
on last Monday evening, Editl
Buehring, IS ear old, was STRUCK
and fatally injured at the corner OF
Third street and Gold avenue by ~
automobile driven by Ralph Gibson
Following the ~coroner'a inquent whict
found that the girl rRme 10 her dealt
: from being struck BY an automohiN
. driven ~ Gibson" he wnH ARRESTS
on n complaint Hled BY the pollci
I charging involuntary mAnniaughse'