New Britain herald., 1920-10-18
CADWELL FUNERAL TOMORROW MORNING
Former Classmates Pay Tribute
 to His Character.

tho residence of hts parents at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The young man was killed last week in m auto mobile accident in Ann Arbor. Mich iEan. where he attended college.
 Tho body of the deceased arrived in New Britain yesterday accom- panied by his father. his sister. Miss Helen, Miss Thelma Bangs, his fiancee. to whom his engagement was re- gently announced, Ray Lewis and Robert BuoL MT. Lewis is dele gate from the Phi Alpha Delta, the law fraternity to which the deceased belonged. and MT. Lewis from the Delta Tau Delta, college fraternity in which Mir. Caldwell was a member.
 Tho deceased was held in high esteem locally and at his college. "The Michigan Duty" devoted to tho interests of Michigan State univer- sity, carried the following editorial upon the day following Mir. Cadweifs death. which occurred within half an hour Of the time he sustained n fractured skull:
 'Spikc"-A Man and Friend.
 George X. Caldwell. known to the campus as the hard-working business manager of Chimes, to his classmates and professors as student who took u TihH hlIlluut tOWhEu Noui oSc "o n preparation for life. and to his many closo friends ns Spike good fellow and a true friend, is dead. His passing Is Mfchigan's loss, to an ex- tent which only those who know the value of energy and ability Lnd kind ly personality can fully understand.
 Classroom associates, men who know him ns an intimate comrade or their good times in tho campus so- cial life or on the opera tour, col leagues who saw him face the prob lem of launching Chimes on it's sec-' 'ond and most critical year and place tho newest campus publication we'll on tho way to financial success. have already joined the ranks of those who. with Tho Daily, feel strongly tho sense of life cut short which promised great things. and which oven In the short period of undergrad uate days left memories and an ex- ample which Michigan cannot forget"
 Details of Tragedy.
 Following is tho detailed account of the tragedy as it appeared in the college paper of October Is.
 George A. Caldwell. f'2iL, of New Britain, Conn. suffered injuries when
  yesterday afternoon near tho County infirmary which resulted in his death s5 minuten later. His companions. Anderson Meadows. special law stu dent, and Elizabeth Garter, '23. were also injured. Miss. Cartor's back was severely wranched and she was con- stdersbly shaken up. Meadows was bruised and scratched but suffered no more serious injuries.
 Tho party left Ann Arbor early yes- terday afternoon. according to Mead ows. and started toward Ypsilanu on the washtenaw road, in Cleveland roadster. A short distance this side of tho county poor house, Meadows, who was driving at a rate varying be- tween 20 and 35 miles m hour. at tempted to turn out around Ford car which was travelling In the same direction, to pass it.
 k' Rear Wheel Breaks.
 < The road at this point had been heavily gravelied. and the roadster. striking the loose gravel. skidded slightly, breaking the left rear whceh and overturning. The occupants of Inc car were all thrown clear ot the wreckagc. lighting on the road where Caldwell struck hts head.
 Automobiles approaching from the other direction rushed Caldwell to the Homeopathic hospital where he died from fractured skull 45 minutes nftorward without reEaining con- sciousness. Meadows and Miss Carter were hurried to St. Joseph's sani- tnrium from where Meadows was later taken to tho Phi Alpha Delta house. Miss Carter was reported as resting as comfortably as could he expected at n lato hour last night. Meadows and Miss Carter are severely broken up by tho shock of Cadweii's death.
 Caldwell Was Delta Tau.
 Caldwell wns q member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Phi Alpha Del la legal fraternity. Griffins. and Pi Delta Epsilon. He was business man. sEer Of the Chimes and manager of tho Varsity GIee ana Mandolin club.
 The story Of the accident as told by Meadows has boen corroboFated by the driver of the Ford car which the other machine attempted to pass. The name of tho Ford driver could not be ascertained.
 Funeral arrangements arc being taken care of by the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity and tho body will remain in tho undertaking rooms of K. A. Dolph until word is received from Cadwclrs