The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-06-09
.INDIANAPOLISAN
|. IS FATALLY HURT
IN AUTO WRECK
Dr.. Paul Dies of Injuries Re-
ceived When Car Capsizes
Near Centerville.

DR.. BENJAMIN D. Paul, 28 years old,
Of Indianapolis, was fatally injured at
8 o'clock Monday morning in an auto
mobile accident that occurred at the
entrance to the Wayne county infirm-
mary on the National road west of the
city. DR.. Paul died about IL o'clock
Monday noon in the Reid Memorial
hospital in this city. to which institu-
ton he was rushed.
The accident occurred while DR..
Paul was driving west on the National
road, Immediately behind an automo-
bile driven by Dr.. j. H. Allen of Cen
terville. DR.. Allen, making a semi
weekly professional call to the infirm-
ary, turned in to the driveway enter
ing the institution, and DR.. Pauls ma
chine struck the front fender Of the
formers machine. DR.. Paul's car, a
Stutz, ran about seventy feet before
It turned over, pinning the driver un-
derneath.
Hurried to Hospital
Charles w. Jordan, president Of the
American bank, who reached the
scene Of the accident shortly after
ward, together with Dr. Allen, placed
| the injured man in the Jordan ma
chine and he was hurried to the hos.
pital. DR.. Paul did not lose conscious.
ness until short time before his
death. Neither Mr.. Jordan or DR.. AL.
| len would discuss the accident with
him during the race to the hospital
| His identity was established by an
addressed envelope found in a pocket
Of his coat
According to the attending physi.
clan, DR.. Paul succumbed to shock
and internal injuries. His back was
injured, and he sustained a deep cut
on his left side, besides other gashes
and bruises.
| DR.. Allen escaped unhurt. DR.. Pauls
machine was badly damaged.
The remains were this afternoon re.
moved to a local undertaking estab.
| hshment to be held pending word
from relatives in Indianapolis. Moth
ing is known of DR.. Paul in Richmond
1t Is presumed that he was en- route
i to his home when the accident oc-
CURED.
i Coroner 8. Edgar Bond is conduct
ing an investigation.
i DRIVING At ARAPID RATE"
1 CENTERVILLE, Ind, June 9.-Dr
]. H. Allen Of this place, who escaped
uninjured this morning in an automo
bile wreck that claimed the life OF
DR.. B. D. Paul of Indianapolis, sale
this afternoon that the accident was
due to the fact that DR.. Paul attempted
to pass his machine on the wrong side
Of the road.
i II was driving west on the Nationa
road" said DR.. Allen, "and as turn
ed into the entrance to the county In
} firmary, the driver of the machine
that hit mine attempted to pass me
on the right side of the highway. Hi:
machine struck the right front fender
of my car, mashing the fender. His
machine went seventy feet before i
turned over. The man was driving a
a rapid rate of speed"
GRADUATE OF HARVARD
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 9.-Dr
B. D. Paul Of this city, who was killed
in an automobile accident near Rich
mond this morning, was an only sol
of Mrs. Harriet Paul of Brookston
; Ind, and was en- route here after
visit with his mother when the acci
dent occurred. He had been practic
j, ing medicine with DR.. Ernest Ruppl
of this city. He roomed at 1916 Par
!. avenue in Indianapolis.
DR.. Paul was a graduate of HaI
: ward. He entered the army at tn
outbreak of the war as a neutenan
: in the medical corps. After his dis
! charge he came to this city to pras
tice medicine.
He is a nephew of Charles J. Mul
q ply, vice president of the State Sa,
!. ings and Trust company of this city