The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-26
FLU BAN RAISED HOLD WARNER BOY
State Warrant Charges Assault
Against Sergt. hudson.
Six Others Hurt When Car Hit
Co. III Ranks.

A state warrant was issued today
by the county attorney on the COM
plant of Capt. A. c. Smith, of Com
pany H, Fourth regiment, K. N. G..
charging Leonard Warner, Is years
old, with assault and battery on the
person. of -Sergt. c.. a. hudson, 1875
Lincoln street. Sergeant hudson was
the most severely injured of seven
guardsmen who were hurt Tuesday
night about 7:30 O'Clock, when a
large Buick car driven by Warner
crashed into the rear end of the
marching column of men proceeding
north on Quincy street between Sixth
and Seventh. The youth plead not
guilty and was released on a $500
bond signed by Charles w. Bennett,
by whom he is employed as an auto
mechanic in a local garage.
Sergeant hudson, whose left leg
was broken in addition to serious
bruises he sustained, is now at st.
Francis hospital and is reported to
be resting easy. The balance of the
injured men who were reported this
afternoon to be getting along quite
well, except that some are suffering
considerable pair, are: Lewis Semon.
229 North Locust street, ankle broken
and serious bruises, C. E. Williams,
420 Lafayette, serious bruises; Harry
Underwood, 100 Chester street, severe
bruises about head; Harold H. Farmer,
| severely: w. J. Villepigue, Ala Kan
sas avenue, slightly bruised, and
Henry P. Mann, 709 Fillmore, bruised
about the body.
Car Hit Marching Men.
According to stories told by the
guardsmen, the company had just left
the old armory on East Seventh to
go to the new armory at Fourth and
Quincy streets, marching down Sew
enth and turning the corner into
Quincy in column of twos. Lieut.. N.
B. Strauss, in command, said he had
given the order Squads right into
line" and that the company had bare
ly started down the street in column
| of fours when the big gray car doomed
up out of the darkness past the city
auditorium and without warning struck
the rear of the column. Men were
scattered in every direction and the
car, according to witnesses, Travelled
about 100 feet before it was brought
| to a Standstill
Sergeant hudson, being rear guide.
was struck first and was probably the
most seriously injured, his left leg be-
| ing broken between the ankle and
knee, in addition to which he sus-
| tanned severe bruises. The last three
! squads in the column appeared to be
| the only ones who suffered. 1t is said
/ that every man who was struck by
the car was either run over by the
1t passed completely over the body of
Harold Farmer. who was only slight
| ly bruised.
| The injured men were picked up by
their comrades and DIR. o. F. Narcotic,
| county coroner, an ambulance and a
squad of police arrived on the scene
almost simultaneously. Warner. who
seemed dazed by the affair. was placed
under arrest by Bert Miller. COM
pany musician. who is also a state
motorcycle policeman, and taken to
police headquarters. where he was
later released on 500 bond signed
by Chas. w. Bennett, owner of the
| garage where he works as a mechanic
Says He Didn't Sec Men.
Warner, who lives at 407 Monroe
said he did not see the marching men
altho several Of the guardsmen de-
clared there was plenty of light The
car belongs to Paul Glenn. an uncle
of the<boy, it was said. Warner says
he is an expert driver and lays the
| blame for the accident on the lights ir
front of the Iris theater, which he says
blinded him. He is said to have beer
going about Is miles an hour.
Sergeant hudson, Lewis Semen and
Harry Underwood were Immediately
latter two were later sent to theil
homes. Doctor Narcotic says Nudsor
I will probably be confined to the hos
pital for several days. The clothing
of the injured men was badly tori
and they were bruised when thrown
to the pavement.